Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-10-30
BRATTLEBORO, OCTOBER 1896
Notes of the Week.

band on his travels, taxes nanu III lne
proceedings by scattering roses and chrys-
anthemums among the crowds. In this
respect she follows the custom in England
where the wives of candidates have long
taken part in campaigning.
Five special trains, each bearing branch
of the Mckinley sound money expedition,
left the Union station in st. Louis We'd
nesday morning for a speech-making tour
of Missouri and Kansas. Every section of
both states will be reached by these trains
and their speech-makers. The rural dis
tricts as well as the cities will be flooded
with arguments for sound money and pro-
lection.
In the great rush of delegations to visit
Maj. Mckinley at Canton last Saturday the
wooden fences about the house were torn
down and carried away by the relic hunters,
and all the smaller trees and shrubs in the
yard were cut down close to the ground
and converted into souvenirs of the cam
paign. Men almost came to blows in the
eagerness of their desire to get near enough
to Maj. Mckinley to touch his garments.
Twelve speeches was the days record.
The mystery regarding Tom Watson's
letter of acceptance as candidate for vice
president on the Populist ticket has been
partially solved. at has been detained in
the post-oilce for want of sufficient pos
tage and l had not been notified by the
post-otiice authorities" says Senator But
| Ter, the Populist chairman. But after Mr.
| Butler found the long-looked-for letter he
began another period of waiting for Mr..
Watson to make certain changes in the let
ter before giving it out for publication.
Grand Chief Arthur, ofthe brotherhood
| of Locomotive Engineers; Grand Master
| Sargent and General Secretary Arnold of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen,
have issued a circular to the working men
of the United States, denouncing the at
tempt at free coinage of silver at Is to l,
believing it to be directly against the in
terests of labor; and also declaring their
belief that under condition of free coin
age this country will be subjected to one
OF the most frightful panics that any coun-
try in this world has ever seen.
Tuesday carried to Canton a special
train from New England bearing the Bos-
ton Herald excursion of members of the
New England Sound Money league. The
visitors were met at the station by the
Canton mounted troop, the widely known
Grand Army band and a company of
prominent citizens, who escorted them to
Major Mckinley's home. Wednesday was
Canton day During the day several
visiting delegations were received, and in
the evening all Canton was divided in two
parts,-those who marched to Maj. Nc
| Kinley's residence and those who viewed
and cheered the marching throngs. The
occasion was the Canton business mems
parade, illumination and visit to their dis
tinguished fellow townsman.
When John G. Carlisle, secretary of the
United States treasury, began a sound
money speech at his home in Covington,
KY, last Thursday night, he was greeted
with derisive cheers, cat calls eggs were
thrown at him, and every effort was made
to howl him down. The demonstrations
were the work of Organizes angered at the
secretary's sturdy opposition to the doc
trines of their leaders. The shameful in
cident aroused widespread indignation, and
opened the eyes of Kentuckians in partic-
ular and Democrats in general to an appre-
citation of the spirit of lawlessness and
brutality aroused by Bryan's campaign
From Louisville citizens came this prompt
assurav~e- sotshl, oiSs SsNoes5,
sH,ossss nee TO the secretary: "You will nave
go b complete protection against insult and
7 ogrand an ovation when you come to
louisville as will forever wipe out the at
| tempt OF last night 10 destroy free speech,
to dishonor the fair name of Kentucky,
and to discredit her foremost citizen"
William J. Bryan struck Chicago at
half-past 3 Tuesday afternoon and at once
began the most remarkable piece of cam
paigning which he has attempted. Places
for meetings had been arranged previously,
and that evening he made six speeches at
as many different points. Wednesday
evening he made nine speeches and last
night he was booked for six. The schedule
arranged for him was at the rate of a speech
and 15-minute ride every half hour,
Great crowds gathered, anxious to see
this "latest attraction" MI. Bryan was
to leave Chicago by late train last night
today he is down for 16 speeches in as
many Wisconsin towns. Tomorrow he
goes on run through Iowa, winding up
with big meeting at Council Bluffs
Thence he goes home to Lincoln, Neb
Monday, the last day of the campaign
will be given trip of speech making up the
Platti river valley in his own state. Two
grown-up school boys, who threw eggs al
Mr.. Bryan while he was being driven from
the railroad station in Chicago Tuesday
were arrested, but were released at Mr.
Bryan's request. The principal of thu
school announced that he would publicly
eXpel them.