The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-17


Little Enthusissm-Kinder Tar
I'M Talk by Col. Hooker Account o.
| the St. Louis Convention by DR.. HoI
ton Silver Question Discussed by Mr.
Martin.
Because Of the hot weather, the
audience in Opera Hall for the open
ing Republican rally was a very small
one and there were more ladies persent
than men. The lack of enthusiasm
was marked but, much better, it was
an attentively LISTENING crowd, in
dicating that this is to he campaign
of thought and information, seeking
instead Of shouting. The Bratlteboro
Protective Quartette' consisting of
Walter Gilbert, Walter Stearns Fred
erlck and Frank Brazor rem
drred three selections very spiritedly
from the Republican song book
and the speeches were by Col. Hooker,
Hon. j. L. Martin and DR.. H. ID. Hol
ton The Colonel's was characteristic
aboundiDg in his bright turns, genrous
in his allusions to Mr.. Rryan than
whom he admitted there was mo
more brilliant man living'' but fur.
nishing assertion entirely in place Of
arument. His topic was the tariff and
his position. was ever, with the ques-
tions that have puzzled the profound
est minos of the world, was that it
was too simple to admit discus
sion before an intelligent audience.
AIsthere was of it was question OF
wager, whether our labor shall be
reduced Ito Englard's standard of
living. Free trade" with a tariff
on the article it covers averging
higher than in war timej bad brought
such impor:ations (which as mat
ter of fact are running $4,000, 600 10
$40, 900, 600 than under the Mckinley
cia) had sh ut down shops and tha
was the reason for the dulness 10 our
organ business fully half of whose
product is going abroad and beating
cheap labor" in competition) and
the shutting down Of the Hinsdale
and Ashuelot mills. And some one in
England had told some one in New
York who told him that mills in Ian
cashire were running Is hours day
and il Democrats would give them
five years more of it, they would get
rich enough SO they could afford to
give away their mills.
DIR. Holton came in late because he
hau peen caieu W seInon iof SUR
gical operation, but gave a very
o ranhic and interecfino aHnonnt of
81 frL x:
o ,on'ohti"n, "n,oA no
garded as the most notable IN the
history of the marty. and like that of
1oeo -
,,s, LOU ioi oftdhcc " tut CoupiI..
Inc Doctor was on the committee or
resolutions and told of MANY of the in
"a. ~ s:.
ciuch's " ite "oih anu tho ui5cuSefon
over different planks, especially on
Womanis suffrape inferspersin0 il ali
NTH n,a,, hr;1ht t,r,. "a thn,oht
III III man. oilsHt tutne "a thousit.
Inc cnleI ADDRESS OF the evening was
that of Mr. Martin who made "A strong
/, ,,o1 tho,,rht ,nd ,rait ,t,,a;a,l as
"o" enousht uDu "cH.tuurSu al
gument Oh the money question. Eepecl-
aIIy good Vas his iIluatratron about
hort aanos;te and ohaorg ana tho
o" .o
eHecI OF counueDce or lne lack OF ~
One or two of his positions might be
aor .royar,ad hy. as uhola ;,,,a. a
NV 90 onoio - ""e
ulScuSsion SUCH rs tne people are look
ing for in these times, and we there
fora give II NEARLY in fpU.
-s -
The first claim of the silverites Is that under
The act of Congress of 1878 silver was taken
from It's place as money, thereby forcing sin
gle gold standard for our currency, resulting in
contraction of the money in circulation.
This position is erroneous In the first place |
he act of decentralization of 1873 has nothing 10 |
10, can have nothing to do, with the contraction
'f currency. /
we are using now all the silver that can he |
lsed and he kept on a parity with gold. From
1872 to 1873, a period of 81 years, there was /
,olned about STAG 100000 of silver. From 1873 |
iown TO lss5 we coined under special acts of t
Ne have coined in the D yearS since the act of I