The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-09
THE REFoRMER: BRATTLEBoRo VT. THURSDAY 1896

Editor Holden of the Cleveland Plain
Dealer, who is II delcgate-at-largc from
Ohio. says that he will offer Il resolution
indorsing Senator Teller for secretary Of
the treasury il no other delegate makes
such Il proposition.
1t was amusing to see Don Dickinson
and Cleveland's sold guard of friends
smuggling up to Hill so aflectionatcly
Indeed Dickinson himself declared Hill
to be hi. choice for president. The line
of cleavage is almost exactly opposite to
what 1t was four years ago.
Another financial heresy is largely
due to the fact that our farmers have
grown accustomed to rapid values due
to the sudden appearance OF railways IN
remote agricultural districts, and to
other abnormal profits. They do not
seem to appreciate the fact that there
are uncarned increments. They cannot
go on forever. The Western farmers
cannot settle down to the old slow,
small, but steady incomes. And so any
thing which promises Il boom attracts
them. Senator Gray OF Delaware.
Three of the Maryland delegates-at
large to the Chicago convention resigned
their places and refused to attend the
convention, because they would not
support free silver platform.
| A bombshel was exploded Friday in
the announcement of Geo. Fred Will
iams, one of the Massach ussetts
delegates at large formerly member
of congress and last year the party
candidate for governor, that he was 90
the free silver side The Hop was
all the more remarkable because Will
Jams when 10 congress 1912 led the
fight against free coinage and led it
with magnificent courage and resource,
defeating bill that seemed at one
time sure to pass. He says now that
he has completely changed his views,
that he first began to have
doubts as long ago as the first bond
sale was negotiated by Secretary |
Carlisle Since that time he has been |
giving special attention to the study |
OF currency questions, with the result |
that many of his preconceived notions !
were abandoned. 1t is not doubted b, |
those who know him and believe in
his honesty and courage despite his
cratic qualities, that his change is "a |
sincere one but he is severly criticised
and justly, too, that with such views
he should have accepted an election
as delegate from convention tnet
declared against silver and reposed
this trust in him with the belief
that he stood the other way. He of
course: had an ELUSIVE welcome in
the silver camp and there was much
talk of making him temporary chair
man and Of nominating him for vice
president, but he refused to allow his
name to be used for either His defect
ion was followed by that of four or
five of the other Massach ussetts dele
gates
George = Royce of Rutland. direct e
Or in the Baxter bank, manager of the
True Blue marble company, of the
steam stone cutter company and the
leading free silver Democrat ir Yer
mont went 10 Chicago with and upon
The invitation of the delegation.
Joseph Battell of Mjddlebury, the
,wner of the Register, and the most
silver Republican in the ,
state is also in Chicago TO attend to
he Republican end of the fight there.
The Texas gold delegation, at Whit
ley's advice, gave up their contest and
ssued an address declaring that they Z
represented more than 100. 900 democrats
whose patriotism will not tolerate the
degradation of our national honor, and
Who would never vote Il silver ticket.
One of the names that Gov. Boies is
,nown by is affidavit face 1t came
bout in this way. When he was prac-
ising law he was retained by man to
glit case against railroad company. 4
Ie won the case. The foreman of the |
nry. explaining the verdict afterward,
aid:
"Nou see it was just this way. The
violence was Just exactly even. One
ide had just as many witnesses as the
Their, and they were all reliable. There
iasnt any choice. so we had TO consider
he counsel, an | tell you tibet ere face
Holds is as good as an affidavit every
me-yes, sir, cz good as an affidavit.
Then We think o'thet face we all had
give in that the plaintiff had away the
est OF it-yes, away the best of it.
The birth of the Democratic Iarty I
as cceval with the birth of the sover- 1
gnty Of the people. 1t can never die
ntil the declaration of American in
,pendence is forgotten and that SOY
eighty is crushed out.
Chairman Daniel.
An address of the leaders of the
Dpuist party was issued Monday
pDeu ny IreD weaver, chairman
iubeneck, Editor b o Flower and
others, strongly urging the nomina
IN of Teller at Chicago, warning the
that they would not sup
MT straight out Democrat, that the
untry would look with distrust"
mere platform utterance and
aiming for the Populists the right
discovery of free silver and demand
G the reward for it.
Women delegates sit in this convention
+ the first time in the history of the
party. There are four of
em from Utah and three of them are
Drmons. Mrs. Emily Richards of Salt
Ike City heads the list of women alter
ties. She is Il Mormon and the wife of e
attorney. Her husband is son of ~
e of the Twelve Apostles and promi-
mt in Mormon church affairs. Mrs.
;. Ferguson of Salt Lake City is second
the list. She is also Mormon.
ittie Hughes Cannon, wife of the pres
mt OF the Salt Lake Stake of Lion,
lgus Nj. cannon, presents a peculiar
'ture of the result of politics in Utah.
c is Democrat and her husband is a
unch Republican. The fourth alter
te-at-large is Mrs. Jessie knight of
ovo. She is also Il Mormon and is
,minent in church and politics. Who
s the old Democratic party is behind