The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10


crowd of them went to Foraker ut
clock in the morning before Harrison
was nominated offering their support
But Foraker who was heading tho
Sherman forces refused TO allow the
use of his name, at least until he hac
a withdrawal and release from soher-
man. He declared that he would not
be placed in the position Garfield had
been forced into under the Same cir
cumstanccs. Sam Fcssonden of Con
lneeticut who was one Of the visiting
party, confirms the story and it is one
of most crcditablc things ever told OF
Foraker.
Discoveries of gold in North Caro-
lima, Virginia and other states where
the existence of the yellow metal has
! been altogether unsupported are report
ed with great frequency.
The Memphis Commercial Appeal
advances an idea that may be worth
considering regarding the military
strength of the south in case OF war.
| 1t SAYS the negroes were Il source of
strength to the south in the war of he
| TtUclIlOil. Dul ludt illth Nbulh W al
element Of weakness there now. In
the earlier instance. the negro titled
the soil. raised food fort he armies,
and protected the families of the fight
ing men. The condition is so much
changed. it states. that the new gen
GRAFTON is source Of constant appre
hension and terror even in times OF
peace. Southern men would ear to
leave their families unprotected. This
journal goes SO as to forebode that,
if war should become fragrant, it
would require almost as much force to
keep the negroes under control as the
south could spare for military pur-
poses. Doubtless the Commercial APP.
peal cxaggerates the danger. but ii can
easily be seen that its fcar is not with
out foundation.
Secretary Morton is said tn be favor
ably disposed toward opening at Rich
ford new port of entry for the trans
portation of Canadian cattle. An ar
gument in support Of the application /
was made in Washington last Monday |.
by Sigourney Butler of Boston in be I
half of the Boston Chamber of Com
merce and Collector 3. b. Smaley of |
the port of Burlington. Collector /
Smalley was accompanied by Senator /
Proctor and Ass s'ant Secretary Ham
lin. No provision is now made for
shipping Canadian cattle into England !
except FROM Portland, /
Tennessee will no longer farm out 4
its convicts, but will in future put
them at work in the main prison at
Nashville and the branch state prison
IN Brush Mountain. The contact of
:onyicts with free labor caused the
miners riots and war at Coal Creek
our years ago, and it is thought that
heir removal will prevent any such
rouble in the future. i
The New Years Vermonter contains
ull page portrait; of Senator RedtieId
Proctor and General O. O. Howard
'lso portraits OF prominent Vcrmontcrs
n Brooklyn. y. Y, and of the officers 4,
# the State Teachers Association |
The leading feature Of this number is
n interesting article on Norwich Uni =
ersity, profuscly illustrated. Promi :
cnt among the contributed articles is :
ne from Colonel a. b. Chandler,
resident of the Postal Telegraph
able Company, who writes on "Why
'ermontcrs are loyal 10 their native
tate. = This number is embellished
18th thirty four fine half tone illus
-ations.
The president signed the proGlama-
on Saturday declaring Utah a state.
le 10th in the Union,
Not less than 700 cases of premature
urial have been collected by DIR.
RAM Hartmann, of Hallien. Austria,
nd are claimed to Re authenticated.
of more than 100 are given
! work now in press. =
Mi Flaurcns, former French minis .
y of Foreign Affairs. tells English ,
en- wholesome truth when he SAYS .
an article in the Pal! Mall Gazette
'Unlce- eho believes she is face to face with a Y
-ouger power than herself, England's weap
Is of discussion a c ultimatums. This unbri.
Ell manner does enormous harm 10 her repu.
lion, whether II imposes her will on the people |
roe roe weakness obligcs them to submit 10 IN.
iiaton. or whether she gives way. us she will
We to do In the quarrel with Venezuela, be.
re unseen resistance. Her moral authority
Is seriously impaired. for instance, by Lord
isbury's mcnacing language 10 the sultan. A
lropean concert in regard to the east far east
America does not exist, because no one
shes to be associated withEngland's diplomat.
or exposed to the dangers of her
caches of faith"
Our latcr-day Tories have tried
rd TO excuse themselves from their
plishncss on tho Venezuela business
tn the claim that Secretary Ores.
m would never have done what Olney
i. One who knew Mr.. Gresham
III and kept close track of state dc.
rtment affairs says on the contrary
ir Gresham made the first move in this Ven.
lelan matter. He prepared the case, which
successor took up and developed. There
now in the archives of the state depart.
nj writings In Judge Gresham's hand which
Namined, would show that he was preparing
ieclsre the principle foreshadowed by Mon.
, lust rs President Cleveland and Secretary
ey have declared it. MIR Gresham always
arded his action concerning the Brazilian
ellion as leader TO declaration of the Mon
doctrine, He chafted because the facts In -
Coiinnto episode did not give him an open.
Tor calling Great Britain to account He
led forward TO the Venezuela affair with pa.
TIC eagerness, and was hard at work upon
presentation of our case when death struck
down.