The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-24

a Congressman Wilson of Idaho Joined
e the boiling Republican silver men at
e Manitou, Col, Friday.
t DIR. j. Henry Jackson OF Barre. the
Democratic nominee for governor of
, Vermont tells the Burlington Indepen
:, dent, that, while not fully agresipg
With the majority Of the Chicago con
vention on the financial plank adopt
ed' ne snail give his hearty support To
Bryan and Sewali. He adds:
IF the test Of the silver question must meet u.
II may as well be settled now and only hope ii
VIII be done well. Anything is better than IN,
certainly. f:
Hon. Carlos s. Moves president of
the Union Savings Bank and Trust
company at Morrisville, one OF the
. substantial men of Lamoil,e COUNTY
aud a lifelong Democrat SAYS EN-
phaticalIy that he will not vote for
Bryan.
Good Government. the official Jour
nal of the civil service reform organi-
cation OF the country, in its July issue
declares that ii is the manifest duty
OF all sincere reformers to vote the Re
publican ticket because 1.-THE Repub
liean pledge to maintain the civil
service system and TO extend its opera
ton wherever practicable is clear and
lunmistakable, while the Democratic
expression accords with the rest of the
Wild iconoclasm of the creeds the
majority OF the party's representatives
have put forth.
The New York Herald has also been
making a canvass of New York city
option and its results differ very
materially from those Of the journal.
1t finds that where one free silver Re
publican has bolted the Republican
ticket, y sound money Democrat repu-
diate the ticket nomi mated atChicago
Secretary hoke smiths paper, tn
Atlanta journal, is gradually swing
Ing into line for the Chicago ticket.
1t expressed strong approval of the
tarlff, income tax and railroad planks
OF the platform, and it seems to be
iieve that free silver may be averted
even should Bryan be elected. Thus
not all of the Cleveland cabinet will
bolt.
great surprise has been caused
by the announcement that Il. G.
Slmons of kenosha. the wealthiest
man IN southern Wisconsin, has de
clared himself as unqualifiedly in
Io'eA Va lut eltCAiOD Oh DTNdU anu
Sewall and has Endorsed the entire
Chicago platform. Mr.. Simons is
president of the First national bank
owns large business blocks. is pres-
dent of the Northwestern wire mat
tress company and of the northwestern
telegraph company, whose wires now
form, under lease, great portion of
the EorthwesternU Union telegraph com
pany, and controls large holdings III
railway stocks. He has always been
a Republican.
As expected the Tammany leaders
have decided TO endorse Bryan and are
organizing for a ratification meeting
This course places Tammany hall in
direct antagonism TO Senator Hill and
the state machine. which had decided
to do nothing till September,
Comptroller of the Currency ,Eekels
believes that gold standard Demo
cratic ticket will be nominated at
mass convention of gold standard Dem
ocrats probably to be held in Chicago
within the next six weeks. it is not
necessary to have national commit
tee call regularly elected delegates.
DE believes this is the only effective
way to fight Bryan and free silver.
Congressman Towne of Duluth, the
Republican representative from the
Sixth Minnesota District, who joined
he silver boilers. has been repu
lated by his constituents. The dis
rict convention has unanimously
ndorsed the st. Louis platform and
nominated another candidate.
The Connecticut Democrats, it is
ow decided. will hold another state
onvention before they finally shape
heir course in the campaign.
A movement for the organization
I the sound money Democrats Of
kentucky is being started in Louis
lille and will take practical shape
n the next few days
Gov. Altgeld's private secretary
rites letter TO admit the charge
lat the leases OF the big Unity build
1g IN Chicago. owned 10y corpora
on OF which he is president, has
old clause written in all its leases.
ut the secretary explains that this is
One because the holders of the bonds
the building require it
The Addison county Democrats are
} have their convention at the town
all. Midd!ebury, next Thursday.
it'll L. W. Maloney of Rutland and
Their prominent speakers to address
lem. The Franklin county conven
on will be held at East Fairfield
ext Wednesday and the Grand Isle
invention at North Hero tomorrow.