Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-06-18
WHAT VERMONT DEMOCRATS EN-
JOY.

JOY.
| CFrom the Rochester. N. Y, Post Express }
1t is strange what some people enjoy.
| Travellers tell us of finding folks in the
far North whose favorite tfpple Is bubber
oil, The king OF tho Cannibal Island and
| his subjects are partial to human flesh; as
Lanigan sadd "they love their fellow
| men," One OF the results of the siege of
| Paris was the development of q taste for
horse meat. And now here come the dem
ocrats of Vermont with the declaration
not that they are resigned to, not that they
ARE making the best of, but that they posi-
lively "enjoy" the present administration
at Washington. These democrats held
their State convention yesterday and the
chairman In his opening address used this
language: 1--WE are here to demand n
| continuation of such a public service as
we have enjoyed under the admnistra-
lions of Grover Cleveland" 1t will be
remembered that the man who was forced
to dine on crow, on being asked II he liked
it." 1t Is different with these democrats
I'm free to say that ! don't banker after
it." 1t is different with these demochrats
OF the Green Mountain State. 1t is not
that they simply can endure the Cleveland
administration. they positively banker
after It, they really enjoy IT. Verify 1t is a
good time to quote, de gustibus non est
disputandum.
like the taste for olives-only more so.
Some one inciseively remarked the other
day of this administration which the
vermont democracy enjoys-enjoys Is the
word-that sit went In with very little OPP
position and 1t Will go out with none" 1t
Is an administration which has steadily
proceeded on the principle that 1t Is better
for a. nation to meet its obligations by bor-
rowing money than by earning a steady
and sufficient income. II is an adminiStra-
ton which has not paid cent of the pub
lie debt but on the contrary, has in
creased 1t many millions. 1t Is an admin
istration which holds THAT n tariff whose
fruit is n big deficiency is to be preferred
to tariff which puts enough money into
the treasury to enable Uncle Sam to pay
his way without calling upon the Shylock
tribe to help him. 1t Is an administration
which In It's treatment of the Cuban and
the Hawaiian questions has sgnally failed
to respond to patriotic public sentiment.
1. Is an administration whose influence
upon the great body of the democrats OF
tho country IL 80 conspicuous by its abb
sence that although 1T Is the champion of
honest money, the party as a whole is a
free silver party
Nevcrch eess. that is the sort OF admin
istration which the democracy OF the
sturdy old State OF Vermont enjoys, The
chairman OF tho convention, the duly ac-
credited representative OF his political
brethren throughout the State. distinctly
stated that they enjoyed it and since no
delegate rose In his place and called him
to order or challenged the truth OF his
assertion. what he said must be accepted
as trustworthy. The Indian expressed
tho opinion that too much fire water Is
Just enough. These eccentric Vermonters
hold that too much Cevelandism is Just
enough Seeing how they feel an cxigent
duty confronts them. They must march
In body to Chicago and demand third
term for Grover
THE MOST POPULAR NOVELS.
(Trom the London Graphic)
From the comparison OF the statistics of
all the chief libraries. says the Golden
Penny, IL Is evident that there is n very
general agreement that the best novels In
the various departments of fiction are az
follows:
Sensation novel-"The Woman in
White"
Historical novel--"Ivanhoe."
Dramatic novel--"Monte Cristo."
Domestic NOVELETTE, Vicar of Wake
field"
Sea observation-disclosures Easy"
Novel of Rural life-"Adam Bede."
Political novel-"Lothalr"
Novel written with n purpose-"Uncle
Toms Cabin"
Imaginative novel-"She."
Humorous novei--"Pickwick."
Irish novel.-"Charles O'Malley."
Scoth novel-"Heart of Midlothian"
English novel-"Vanity Fair"
American NOVELETTE, Scarlet Letter"
The most popular novel of all-"Vanity
Fair"