The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-16

PERHAPS a sufficient answer to the
abstract below, from the Rutland Her
AIDS comments on the Roxbury
case" is found in the article in another
column, in reply to the Bennington
Banner:
Montpelier hotels, like other hotels the
world over, sell rum. If they stopped the
rum they would doubtless soon stop bust.
ness altogether. Rum is always practically
as free as water at the capital, only more
expensive There is never a legislature or
convention or other large meeting OF men
there when the fact is not apparent to the
most casual observers drunken men are
common sight, and that in the most con-
spicuous places. The selling is less open
than in Rutland and Burlington, but the
places Of selling are just as we'll known.
The selling never stops. And yet the
states attorney passes all this by and takes
up case year old in which two men are
charged with giving little whiskey to
certain other men when all hands were in
another town"
Upon the rum question in particular it
is not wise to take the Herald too Sc.
riously. Its discourse on prohibition
in Vermont, and especially on affairs
at the capital, is apt to be very much
like Horr's famous tree toad, " all a
id noise !" The foregoing alb.
stract is made up about equally of noise
and damnation. Possibly there is a
preponderance of the latter. We think
there is, decidedly. The existing situa-
ton in Montpelier, in respect of tenn
perance matters, is too well understood,
and has been too often set forth, to
require explanation now. 1t is need.
less to say that it is precisely the oppo-
site of the picture drawn by the Herald.
THE political situation in the city of
New York is interesting, not by reason
of the rank and Importance of the Off
Gals to be elected, as these are for the
minor executive and judicial offices,
but because the result will show to
what extent the reform movement
which swept the city a year ago has
maintained its hold upon the people.
The victorious party was made up of
heterogeneous members, and it will be
remarkable if the desire for reform de-
velops cohesive power sufficient to hold
the larger number of voters together in
opposition to Tammany, under whose
banner the opposing elements are mar
shaled. A fusion ticket for the county
clerk, register, and judges of the COURTS
has been agreed upon, in the makeup
of which the republicans and the DEM
ocrats opposed to Tammany are allied.
1t is the cause of offense to some re-
publicans and radicals of the DR.. Park
hurst class that Mr. Plat has partici-
pated in this alliance. The reverend
reformer announces his determination
to scratch some of the nominees and
vote for the others. The German
American Reform Union, on the ques
ton of appearing to endorse Roosevelt,
has split, those whose love for beer is
stronger than their desire for reform
going over to Tammany; the others,
representing Germans of the Carl
Schurz stamp, abiding with the fusion
lists. The united reformers declare that
Tammany is the one dominant issue,
and that they must stand united till
that foe and menace to good govern.
ment is crushed beyond the chance of
recovery. After contamination so
devoutly to be wished, questions of ex.
else, of Sunday laws, of local option
will have clear field. The indications
appear to be that the tiger will be
thrown again in November. The mem
DRY of his offenses against human
rights, against everything that is good
in government, should be still too fresh
to admit of any doubt on this point, in
any enlightened community.
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