The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-08-14

republicans, because it would not only
kill German as a presidential candidate
but would destroy his influence, both at
home and in the democratic national
convention. The Maryland republic
cans are not disdaining any assistance
from the anti-Gorman democrats, al
though they are confident of carrying
the state.
BAR HARBoR, Maine, is great
pleasure camp during the summer
months. 1t is hardly representative
community of the Pine Tree state.
Men in business there are there to
make money from the whims or fancies
or vices, as we'll as the virtues and le-
climate needs and pleasures, of large
temporary population. Bar Harbor is
a juicy orange and the tradesmen are
there to squeeze it. 1t is not presum'
able that the moral element, or high
regard for the conditions that conduce
to the building up of a permanent,
prosperous, well-ordered community,
doing business twelve months in the
year under normal demands and re-
quirements, prevails there. So the
anti-prohibition press and people should
not, in their extremity, attach too much
importance to the presumptuous re-
quest of the business men in that Van
ity Fair for the suspension of the pro-
hibitory law there during the summer.
On this matter of the enforcement of
the prohibitory law the subjoined para
graph from the Lewiston (Me.) Jour-
nal is exceedingly pertinent to much
wild and pestiferous talk here as we'll
as there: "The trouble with this claim
that enforcement is 'impracticable' is
that it covers too much territory. 1t
carries with it general disposition
toward anarchy in the notification Of
many laws and in the protection,
finally, of thieves, as we'll as of other
offenders, against arrest, as has been
illustrated in the recent exposure Of
municipal gangs. If law is on the
statute books, let it be enforced, dill
gently and faithfully. That prohibit
ton is well enforced in four-flfths of
Maine by no means shows that it's en-
forcement is 'impracticable.'
THE United States cruiser "Colum-
bia" made the run from Southampton
to New York in eleven minutes less
than seven days, making an average
speed of 1871 knots an hour. This is
undoubtedly faster average speed,
under natural conditions, than a war
vessel of any other nation has made.
On squirt, under forced draught, the
Columbia " could undoubtedly main
tain for several hours much higher
rate of speed. On her trial trip she
made nearly twenty-three knots an
hour, but these trial trip exploits are
never repeated under everyday business
conditions. The columbia could
probably overtake or run away from
any war vessel now ahoat, and could
therefore offer or refuse battle at her
will. But the Columbia" named
originally the Pirate" was intended
as commerce-destroyer, and the pur-
pose was to give her rate of speed
that would enable her to overhaul and
capture and destroy the larger, faster
and Weather craft of traffic and COM
merce. For this purpose she was
equipped with powerful engines and
provided with triple propellers. The
"Columbia is a splendid ship, and,
compared with warships, a very superior
ship, but she is not quite fast enough to
catch the slowest of the transatlantic
liners. The record westward from
Southampton, six days, seven hours
and fourteen minutes, is held by the
"New York." of the American line
A ship of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. line
accounted the slowest of the express
steamers, leaving Southampton few
hours later than the " Columbia" made
the voyage in four hours less time
One of the results of the Columbia's
trial voyage will very likely be the pro
duction of an American war vessel thai
can match in speed the fastest CONNER
cial " greyhounds " of the Atlantic
Throws Down the Gauntlet.