The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-08-09
Senator PETER admits that the sill

Senator PETER admits that the sill
yer cause is on the wane.
The announcement was made official
1 ~ Tuesday of the consolidation of thu
Baldwin Locomotive Works and III,
| Westinghouse Electric Company witt
a working capital of about $40. 600, 600
The partnership is a natural develop
ment of this era of revolution in trac
ton matters and great things are ex
pected of il. One of the officials pre-
diets that it will soon be constructing
locomotives capable of running l5(
miles an hour.
Comptroller Bowler gave hearing
at Washington Wednesday on the ques
ton of paying the sugar bounty anC
Senator Henderson of Nebraska made
an elaborate argument in behalf Of the
beet sugar growers.
Those who have kept track of the
matter say that the voluntary wage
advances nov embrace 6S5 firms and
companies and 5l4, 600 employees.
These are cases only that have been
given public mention.
The Ohio Populists Friday nomin-
ated Gen. J. S. Coxey of the Common
wealth army for governor on platform
which declares for the free coinage
of silver at the ratio of IL to L, de
mands the abolition of national banks,
indorses the eight hour labor system.
indorses CoXey's good roads idea, de
clares II treason to issue interest bear
ing bonds in time of peace. pronounces
the Debs trial subversion of the
right to trial by jury, demands that all
public monopolies be nationaized. fav-
ors state control of the sale of intoxi-
eating liquors without profit, and de-
clares in favor of the election of all
stat and national officers by direct
vote of the people.
\ great and important gathering at
New York is that of the Catholic To
tai Abstinence Union which is holding
a 4-days session there, the silver jubi-
lee of an organization that has been
productive of vast good. There are
200 delegates representing 600 mem
beers, and bishops and priests partici-
pate IN large numbers. An exciting
episode occurred Wednesday when
State Senator 4. C. O'Sullivan of New
York, formerly of Burlington where he
was professor in the Catholic college
there and Democratic candidate for
lieutenant governor in 1884 pitched
into the Sunday excise law and its en-
forcement and argued for "A continent
Al Sunday. The convention fairly 4
stood up and Missed him while his con .
'tituents in that district where he is .
'ery popular cheered him. and the dis
rider became so great that Archbishop
Jorrigan presiding threatened To leave
he hall unless it ceased Theodore
Roosevelt replied vigorously and elo-
luently, and with an eloquent tribute
o Archbishop Ireland. argued for
emperance and regardless of that for
he strict enforcement of law. At ev-
ry sentence he was tumultuously
heered and at the close the applause
asted fully five minutes.
Gold to the amount of 81. $50, 600 was
from the sub treasury in
>ew York Friday.
Ex-GOv. Foraker tells his friends
frankly that while he is not over
ond of Mckinley he will stick to
nm through thick and thin" in the
1atter of the presidential nomina
ion.
great paper trust is organizing.
ccording to the reports to, control the
reduction of wood pulp news paper. 1t
To have capital of SD. 600. 600 and
. include the leading mills of the
'orthern and Central STATES. amono
hem that of the Fall Mountain com
any at Bellows Falls. with an average
utput OF l2,0oO tons of paper daily. ]