The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-19

mere Is one 0l tHe tHoTtS liItN 'Nho'
repeated
10. my comrades, see the sigma
Waving in the sky.
Nc-cnforccucnts now advancing
Victory Is nigh
Hold the fort, for anu coming,
Old Maine signals still:
Wave the answer through the I mon
With Tom Reed we VIII
See the mighty host advancing,
Hanna leading on,
No matter what the combination,
Wen see the victory won
Chorus:
Old VERMONT, us we came th rough her,
Told us ProctOr's wrong.
/ A II the people At her stations
Chcered Tom Reed along
Chorus
Quincy. the colored national commit
teeman from Texas, labelled himsel
to 90 down into history with Flanna
gan. He said he was for homes
money if he was treated right +"
Gen. Clarkson was so i'll in bed al
Philadelphia that he was unable to at
tend the convention and wrote t.
Plat of his regret that he could no
participate in the latter's "inspirint
fight.
Mckinley, like some other grea
men, is bit superstitiops and so h'
wired Hanna that his nomi natior
mustn't be made Friday. If Il
couldn't be done Thursday it must be-
put over till Saturday.
DaoI a,tr,lIx. not I'M ilaru N Ii
i hope Monday, while the geld men were
sweeping things SO, that the nomina
tion might come to him. The del
egates in st. Louis are gradually com
ing to a realizing sense Of the inpossl
bility of battering down solid wall
with mush," he observed from his
Washington post OF observation
"He was ragged and bewhiskered, -
said DR.. Depew. :" | met h i'm out here
on Broadway. He asked me for dime
and gave him quarter He thanked
me profusely, and then he said
"Will you not tell me your name,
sir?"
Certainly" | said, taking him in
to my confidence. II am Grover Cleve
and, President of the United States.
Now tell me your name. blushed
and replied
me sir? I'm nobody. I'm only
Chauncey NJ. Depew."
Senator Chandler sent word to the
Republican managers that they must
not put gold in the platform if they
did they would lose New Hampshire.
There was strong talk last week of
making Senator Proctor the perma
nent chairman of the convention But
W. Murray Crane. the national com
mitteeman from Massachusetts, went to
Hanna and declared that such "A selec-
ton would be regarded as an insult by
Mr.. Reed and all his friends after
action in going back on
Reed for Mckinley
One of the curious features was the
way the colored delegates from the
south lined up for the gold standard.
chusetts headquarters Monday and
with less than half dozen dissenting
voices pledged themselves to work for
adoption of the Massachusetts plank. |
Gratitude for Mr.. Cranes action in !
opening the St. Louis hotels of CO urse |
had something to 10 with 1t. But at |
he same time tie silver man doesn |
hesitate to charge that bank gold |
counted for a good deal more.
Tburlow Weed Barnes, one of the
'latt delegates at ST. Louis talks in !
his picturesque way about the i'm
mortal Hanna: 1t is IA great day for
lama. He has treated the friends of
Reed, Morton and Allison the way
ailway contractor in California would
reat lot Of Chinese laborers We in
he east have heard thing or two
bout bosses and machine tactics. but
ave never suffered nor have we tol
rated such coarse and unmanly work
S characIerizes this millioaire bull
ozer from Ohio
A. 2. a. delegates were not fighting
gainst Mckinley whatever significance +,
he act may have.
There was straddle in the selec- !
ion of chaplain. \ prominent Prot /
slant divine and Catholic archbish /
p were both urged for the position, .
nd Jewish rabbi vas taken so as {
OF to off end either. {
The business portion of ST. Louis /
as turned into deep crimson :
Wednesday night. Mai McKinley's ,
] jutant general, William Howe, was I
sisted he says. by about 1000 |
Iembers of Mckinley marching clubs, L
nd by several thousand pounds of red a
re who took an airing through the I
rincipal down town streets. /
The Mississippi contesting deega p.
on headed by Gen. j. r. Chalmers l
as denied admission by close vote +,
apaus.. tho other ono uaS also for No
inIey. Chalmers will be remembered u
the rebel commander who gave the s.
der for the massacre of colored troops .
Fort Pillow He was sent to con
'ess by the Democrats twice from
issisippi and both times on gar- 4
gly fraudulent vote. The second
me this attempted cheat was SO bare
ced that the Democratic ma jority
the house of representatives refused
sanction it whereupon Chambers in
gnantly left the Democratic party
III joined the Republicans. He has
en Republican leader in Mississip-
ever since.
In the selection of national commit
emen for the next four years
any men of national repute we're
rned down. William II. Hahn so
~ potent factor in Ohio politics
sappears from the list, as does also
e equally well known Gen. James
Clarkson of Iowa and ex President
arrisons friend j. n. Huston of In
ana. Chauncey l. Filley of Mis-
uri sustained another defeat at the
nds of his old opponent Mr. Kerens
d Col. William Lamb. chairman of
? Republican state committee of