The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-04-08

this act or encouragement to the patrl-
OTIS of Cuba find a dissenting voice
among the representatives of the Ea-
gle.nest of Freedom"p
1.-TWO hearts that beat as one THE
Swanton Courier and Bradford Opinion.
Imbecility and mental poverty seem to
be the distinguishing characteristics of
the Grout newspaper advocacy. But
mental poverty may be less inconven-
lent and more to be preferred than pow
erty of the other kind.
RHODE ISLAND elected a republican
governor, week ago, by majority
exceeding II ,000-the largest in gen.
Grafton. There will be long process
sion of similar majorities, from the
time when Vermont fires the opening
gun, in the fall campaign, to the day in
November when the grand cavalcade
of republican states files past the re-
viewing stand. -
HE lDUftbcf dobuuutb
that there will be no Kunnul Ropes"
on the next governors staff. Why is
Grout organ always thinking on Doodle
or office? Can it find spring of action
in no other motive? The Banner sees
in the support of the Vermont press a
"glowing tribute" to Grout. The Rut-
land Herald wckedly asks the color of
the glow" The tributes" certainly
do not "glow" with reason or shine
with mental or moral light
GENERAL GRosvENoR, Governor
McKinley's Washington manager, is
claiming 275 delegates already chosen,
or as good as chosen, for the Buckeye
candidate. All the unelected delegates
of Ohio are counted in this total. The
present week is without special interest
in the way of conventions, but in the
remainder of the month large number
of delegates will be chosen. BY the
first of May the Mckinley managers
claim that there will be $50 Mckinley
delegates elected, nearly enough to give
him the nomination.
EX-PREsIDENT HARRISON married
his handsome niece, Mrs. Mary Scott
Lord Dimmick, in New York, on Mon
day. The ceremony was performed in
st. Thomas Church, without ostenta-
ton, in the presence of a small COM
pany of friends, including some of the
members of the ex-president's former
political family, but none of the family
of his blood and bone. Son and daugh-
ter took the engagement very much at
heart, and signifed their disapproval of
the marriage by absenting themselves
from the wedding ceremony.
THE Cuban question is now up to
Mr.. Cleveland, the house having voted
in favor of the original senate concur
rent resolution, declaring in favor of
the immediate recognition of the bel
ligerency of the Cubans and of taking
steps looking towards the indepen-
dence of Cuba. Nobody seems to be
authorized to say whether Mr.. Cleve-
land will pay any attention to these res.
olutions, but the impression prevails in
Washington that he will not. Many
believe that the report, prevalent there
month or two ago, that Mr. Cleveland
had promised the Spanish minister to
take no action before June, was true.
GUTTERsNIPE" is the classic cpl
tibet applied to the anti-Grout papers
by the newspaper whose editor lives on
College Hill in Burlington and who is
balancing compliments between YER
mont's senators and representatives in
Washington, primarily as matters of
public interest of course, and only in
cidentally with reference to future
appointment to the Vermont collector
ship. Looks as though support of Grout
and Doodle were becoming synony-
nous terms. If the Free Press has
no more conclusive answer than " gut
tersnipe" and "spit ball" to make to
the objections urged with dignity and
propriety to its candidates methods
and public career, it may find in silence
credit for cheap kind of discretion.
SPEAKER REEDS explanation of why
he reversed his ruling in the fifty-first
congress that the presence of ma.
jority of the entire number of members
entitled to seats in the house was nee.
essary to constitute quorum, and last
week ruled that a majority of the living
members of the house was a legal quo.
rum, is perfectly logical. He was com.
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