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

Although lower tariff prevails on til
plate than was levied by the Mckinley
act, the industry continues TO gain
ground. No less than 36 plants are now
in operation making the black plate;
which are the foundation of the product
and which have heretofore almost en-
tirely been imported from England. In
fact the country is in fair way of sup
plying its own needs in this respect.
The Bennington Banner has put in a
Thorne Type-Setting Machine.
The national convention of Socialists
was also held last week at New York.
Quarrels between the English-speaking.
the German and the Hebrew socialists
were frequent in the six days session.
Their national candidates are Charles II.
Matchett of Brooklyn for president and
Matthew Mcguire of Paterson. n. j..
vice president. Mr.. Matchett is J3 years
old. served in the navy in his youth and
during the war, became Il carpenter. and
is now employed by the New York and
New Jersey telephone company. He
has come into socialism through the
gates of the single tax theory. and he
ran on the socialist ticket for vice presi-
dent in 1892. polling COCO votes. Alder
man Mcguire of Paterson, his noted rum
ming mate, has been noted trade union
ist for wears. and was one of the organ
izers of the central labor union of New
York.
We are indebted for the recen. use Of
cuts Of Stickney and Fisk to the courtesy
of the Bellows Falls Times, an acknow-
Judgement accidentally omitted at the
time.
Gen. Campos estimates that it will
take 100000 men to put down the Cuban
rebellion.
There was a good deal of high-grade
oratory at Chicago. Bryan of course
took the honors. but ex. Governor Russell
came a close second with this gem: II
have heard that democracy was being
tied to star-not the lone star my
Texas friends--that we would gladly
welcome. but TO the falling star which
flashes for an instant and then goes out
in the darkness of the night" And Sem
ator Villas made a powerful stroke when
he said to the silver men, Would yeu
stop the fall of prices, suppress inven-
ton. extinguish enterprise, discard i'm
provement in transportation-ih short.
sHlitc VIII paiaiS SIS ehc AoiS"1 va s'''A
izstion:''
Two members of the Ohio state
senate have been Sentenced to two
wears in states prison for bribery. One
OF them is convicted of trying to bribc
the clerk of the house to record enough
votes for certain bill he. was inter
ested in to carry il through. The
other was convicted of soliciting a
bride for his influence in securing
the passage of bill favorable TO Ger
tain interests.
The Boston Standard, the A p. A.
organ, suspended Saturday night. 1t
has been losing venture from the
first because. though conducted with
ability. the Intelligent
American people had little sympathy
for its ideas of narrow bigory.
The Topper ministry in Canada resign
ed last week. but not until after an at
tempt. of genuine Tory and Federalist
character. to strengthen itself by the re-
anpointment TO the senate of two MEM
bers of its cabinet who had resigned TO
RUIZ for seats in the Commons and had
been defeated. Lord Aberdeen. the Cap
tain-General. himself a Liberal in SYM
pathy though fulfilling his duty of
maintaining strict impartiality be-.
tween the parties, refused TO permit it.
The London Times publishes Il dis
patch from Vienna which says that gold
fields rivaling those of the Transvaal
have recently been discovered in the
African Orange Free state.