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The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-10

The Combine Against Mckinley,

The anti Mckinley cause among til
Republicans is reaching point no,
, where it can be described as littl
, better than conspiracy to cheat hin
out of the nomination which the grea
mass of the party wants to give him
Tho managers Of all the other cnndi
dates are working together with th'
sole and desperate hope of preventing
-McKinley's getting the nomination OF
the frat ballot, and then forming any
combination, on Harrison nr anybody
else, that seems feasible So far ol
course this is all lustiiiablc MS political
tactics, but it's practical weakness
lies in the fact that Mckinley is the
second choice of the great majority
of tho delegates elected for the other
candidates, and any break would almost
inevitably nominate him. The man
ayers realize this and the Platt-Quny
program apparently is TO strengthen
themselves enough by shutting out
Mckinley delegates from the south and
admitting contestants. TO control the
convention at least in its early stages.
It may be significant in this connec-
ton that Plat and Quay are both in
tho south now. As there are from 100
to POO of these southern delegates that
represen nothing in the way of electoral
strength for tho party. the chance for
this sort of game is a big one, and tho
national committee is in the hands of
McKinley's opponents, so it can be
played if they wish; but it is liable to
be dangerous thing with which to
90 before convention OF which
about half at least aP out and out
Mckinley men and half of the rest in
favor of him as q second choice. There |
is d good deal of Dragging in the
Reed Plat Quay combine of delegates
they have got that delegates that
were elected as Mckinley
men and in some cases even
instructed for him. But probably
there will not provo to be much of this
uni ess it is Ohio where there are some
serious nigns of treachery. Foraker
las the whole thing in his control out
here. and some of his organs have
,urned bitterly on Mckinley and Gov.
Bushnell is apparently using the state
patronage to undermine him and the
lifferent Investigations of state officers
md institutions now in progress seem ,
O be about all aimed at Mckinley.
riends, all justifying uneasiness among
ii. manaegre If his strength wcro not
o overwhelming in the country at large
here would he serious danger of his ,
eing betrayed at home just AS Shcr {
nan was. There has not been much Of i
interest in the election of delegates this
eek, though Mckinley has apparent .
carried kentucky, knocking out
iov Bradley, another ''favorito son. "
he result was something Of q surprise
nd was the result largely of 4 faction
ght between Gov. Bradley and Or.
Lunter, the late Republican candidate
" senator who was forced 90
tire by the discovery of the fact
lat while running as an avowcd sound
oney man he had secretly pledged
imself in writing TO the free silver
cs. He thought the governor had not
rpported him heartily and he had
over enough, with the aid of the
opular Mckinley sentiment to knock
IT the governors ambition.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-10

Secra AIRY G as written Il letter
\ to his Kenucky home friends, dec:inin.
Though not very positively to be a
candidate for the presidency. He
makes strong plea for the naming Of
la man by the party who is known to
have sound views on money. He says
|he is muchfmore concerned about the
Of priniples to be adopted
THAN about the candidate and in order
|that the conventions deliberations
may be embarrassed as little as posi-
bile by the contentious of rival
|a6pirants and their friends. | think
|ny duty to the party will be best per-
Formed by defining 10 participate in a
contest for the nomination. Mr..
#Carlisle's decision is wise one, for
though ono Of the strongest men intel
Eectually in the country and equipped
Ats a statesman with the dozen strong
S,st in our history, Mr.. Carlisle's can
lidacy would have serious weaknesses.
Ie is right now on the financial
question but he has been wrong so re-
gently that he would offer little ad-
gantage in this respect over Mckinley.
and his great character is or has
boon named by personal weaknesses
hat would almost certainly invite
campaign of nasty attacks.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-10

The Cuban resolutions have gone
before President Cleveland, but being
concurrent in form, or merely an en-
preston Of congressional opinion, do
not require any action by him. 1t will
require his proclamation to accord
belligerent rights to the Cubans and
he still keeps his own counsel as 10
his plans. probably being undecided
himself. II is understood that he has
sent or will send special agents 10
Cuba to study the situation and report
TO him, and one rnmor states that ne
will send Gen. Schofield for this work.
When bcligerency is proclaimed. it
will bind US to strict neutrality be
tween the combatants, granting one
no more privileges than the other on
our shores
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-10

Ey-Goy Boies of Iowa is 10 hcat
the free silver forces in the Demo
cratic national convention, going as a
delegate at large, If the silver men can
control the convention, and in all prob
ability standing as their candidate for
the presidential nomination. He has
authoritativcly announced his position
IN a letter in which be SAYS he will hc
"A candidate for delegate at large only
. nth the understanding tina; il our
state convention at Dubuque. b, reso-
linton or otherwise approves of our
present financialpolicy, I will not be
expected ia serve,''
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-10

The Inner financial circles of Lon
don, usually we'll informed in such
matters, are telling of the conclusion
of treaty of alliance between England
and Spain whose official announcement
will ''startle Europe within few
days. I, is pretty safe to predict, how
ever that, whatever tho treaty may be-
it will not include provision for
English help to Spain i'll Cuba. be,
cause it would involve a reckoning
with Uncle Sam such as John Bull
has shown he has no appetite for Be-
sides, England's hands are full just now
with South Africa, Egypt its relations
with Germany, Russia and France and
with its own domestic problems. 1t
will not go to Cuba to hunt trouble.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-10

The Barre Enterprise makes a state
ment that ought to be heard all oveI
the state 1t is that Mai. Grout pays
his fare on all railroads over which he
rides 1t is tho best argument that
has appeared in all the gubernatorial
canvass yet, and the best compliment
that has yet been paid to the Major.
III il is true. it is not too much to say
that q man who has from choice kept
out of the free pass class of statesmen,
would ornament the governors chair.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-10

joe Manlcy, Reeds chief manager
tries to draw consolation from the
Republican delegate situation by CON,
| pairing Ii 10 that IN 1876 when Blaine
was so far ahead of everybody else and
semed 10 be sweeping the field in the
spring only 20 be beaten when the
convention met in the summer. There
fore, Manley argues. history is going
TO repeat itself But what defeated
Blaine loG was The MuligaH letter
disclosure and the investigation of it
only avcrtsd by a sunstrofc on the cvc
Of the convention. If Senator Chandler
should carry into effect his threat ot
several weeks ago Of producing blacl;
and white proof IF the Doodle tactics
being adopted in behalf of Mckinley.
the result might possibly be Il rcpeti-
ton uf 1876 history. but il is not like
~ In the first place. it is probable
that Chandler has been 50 eifectualIy
squnlched hy the convention in his
own state that he wlll regard il as
both personal and party policy 10 keep
ms mouth shut i'll the future. In
thc neXtpacc,it is not easily believablc
mat Mckinney can he personally con
nected with ANY doodle business and
in any event the proof. If Chandler
should offer ii, would be of only what
everybndy already knows in Il general
way. Even the "sost sincere believer
in the high tariff policy understands
that under the laws of human ia ture
doodle methods are logical develop
.ncnt of IT. This has become so clear
md recognized an elemnct Of the
political situation that it vii.
require good deal worse rcy.
'lation than tan he expected to cause
such shock rs would seriously weak
IN the high protection RANKS. Chaui- :.
cr's owe argument on the sub icct is
,roof of the decentralization. He ha
,ot word to say against the use offs
Doodle from the tariff fed interests
o carry elections for thu party: in-
erentially he justifics il according To !,
he long time practise. of New HanIp-
hire politics. He only Complain. of
hn iot!le before the convention b.
ecnre nnu:aatiobs. ,;lsoi :iie bases this
oinpiaIrt largely on the ground that
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-10

1t was supposed a few months age
that the 4. p. y. was for Mckinney
for president, but the announcement
now comes from St. Louis that this
organization of darkness ard of the
dark ages has declared war on the Ohio
man through the chairman Of tho
national advisory board, Judge Stevens
who has established headquarters at st.
Louis to carry on the fight This nc
ton is said to grow out of an alleged
snub administered to the national
board while it was in session at Wash
ington last week. Congressman Lin
ton, who has been the 4. y. \. cham
pion in the House. is the \. e. 4.
favorite for the nomination but it is
said--and the trouble is that ANYTHING
can be said of such secret political
order without possibility of vertical
ton to the public, which is entitled 10
the knowledge that either Reed. Al
lison. Collum or Harrison would he
satisfactory to ii. As 10 the Democrat.
IL ticket no pronouncements are made.
except that Grover Cleveland would
not be tolerated as a candidate. But
a. Z. \. demands are not very impor-
tant 10 the Democracy. not only be-
cause this year is this year. but he
cause in the nature of things the 4. /
Z. y. man who is Il Democrat is a !
rather rare bird, though the natioas! |
is said 10 find enough of |
them so is divides its offices equally |
between the two parties.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-10

8 The MontpclierWatchman is ground.
Ang its attack on CIRCUITS candidacy
,IDr governor chiefly on his makeup OF
%he railroad committee in the legisla-
@ire of 1886, make up against which
aS,x-Gov. Barstow protested and in
srceded in vain at the time. and of
HI hIch five of the nine members were
'9ee pass men, us the Waterman as
Erts, two railroad attorneys and none
Experienced legislators representing the
agricultural interest, The Waterman
therefore charges Speaker CIRCUIT with
responsibility for the impotency" Of
&c legislation to which Republican
pr.v entions all over the state had
d edged the party. With Il respect
u the rest of the legislature which it's
rerase quality fully warrants. the
Xatchman says
N His hostile committee was master
Al the situation. Action was DELAYED
Nll the end Of the session. The bill
'@at was finally reported and passed
Shs n compromise that eliminated
Very Feature essential to thn efficiency
n the measure.
*The Watchman is right with regard
y the impotence, the absolutely
frcical character of the present COM
3ssion law. no matter whether il isl
!ir or not in laying it all TO Grout.
5But il Circuit was to blame. what Ia
4 be said of the whole Republican |
*rty of the state? Has it made the first
pve towards strengthening this law
putting if into shape to be Of hane-
g TO the state il the 10 years tina, /
I've elapsed since this "bctraya!, /
N the Watchman asserts when i, was
decd on The statute book? The
hickman answers:
Repeal Il law whose i,rpotency com
sDds it TO powerful and dominating
erests, and which offers to patriotic
tizens opportunities for fat salaries,
'tlc work. pleasant junlots and free
4 unlimited transportation
Veil we guess not. No r-'ii We
'e HOUSE CLEaNiN "a tate
sitics.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-10

The Republican State Committed
has issued it's formal call for the state
convention to elect delegates to st.
Louis to be held at Montpelier We'd
nesclay April 39til. The basis of repre-
sentation will be as usual, ono delegate
for each town and one additional for
each 100 votes or larger fraction there
of cast for governor in 1894.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-10

The Democrats are sweeping tho 10.
cal elections in Now York. Tho
Raines bill is what does it.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-10

The second district republican CON
ventiun to elect delegates to st. Louis,
has been called at Montpelier for tho
goth.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-10

issue:
The Last Straw.
One of the profoundcst disappomimcnts OF
boyhood Is to try to get cider ont of barrel witt
n straw that Is just Two inches too short. Many
man has tried to do the same thing in cycling
With a wheel too small, too large, too heavy
improperly adjusted, i'll kept OF i'll made, he has
struggled along for while trying TO keep up
with the cycling procession, then fallen by the
wayside and blamed the sport for failure that
was his, not cyclings. a straw too short or n
straw just long enough marks the only differ
ence between success and failure in cycling as
In all things else.
We quote this to emphasize point we
wish to make, viz: Your bicycle, how
ever well made, will not be satisfactory
unless it ''lits you.
Active connection with the whee trade
since its infancy has given us the expc-
ricncc necessary to help YOU select "A
mount that will be JUST RIGHT" for
you.
Have Jon visited our wheel show! us
worth visit.
ItCkEEY n MORAN.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-10

it is Unjust to Reed and Allison to use
the manufacturers money against
them, because they had as much to do
with the passing Ut the Mckinley bill
AS had Mckinley himself.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-10

Pollen Il ~L;,;try have m eoa,.,
iinc Coiia auNi .}apaa teas that arc rx,
ira iinn flavor and quality. pircc is cnc
lb.--atly.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-10

New Hats just opened up tor lsle
nor Easier Siarkcy ~ Go. adv.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-10


hcV y Tough gave an excellent d,scours. 4,
tut O'Clock meeting last SUNDAY which Wa
iaIgcly ate ded. The male Guartct,c tnrn;ehc,
music and received an encore iNi "'9''c'
INC iaaies auxiliary held their animal me.,;r,
u, tne association pario. Tuesday afternoon n,
S,Uoch, ana elected a. follows Mrs i u pa,
PIT pnt, rres Mrs l. d Temple, 'Miss Helen cband
er, wee Pres: Mrs G r X Jennc. See. Ms r. ~
MMeucii, Asst Sec; Mrs + Van Doom. T,e.s
Mrs W Edgctt and Miss Ar ! nonnci, |. IT,, LIS
rsn, on the secretary and ltrcasnrcr were
roau and showed that the society besides ,he,,
LEU, reguIar WORK had by individual and orran,,a
'.o o. woIk thc past year helped to furnished H.
NV ~ assolhtlcn rooms. gwen quite n ,ro,,i A.
al r money 20 the Boys Battaiion ssd furnish
rcoih IN the new dormitory Of the T,ainI,' !,
'cheoi ~ Springfield, Mass RAINING
Fraternity Notes.
%; WI be held next Tuesday, 's'' y"
n'hsnstn Chapter. q T. : held /, -e,,,,,,,. 49,.
,s,g at va sonic bal Tuesday evening De,.re.s
Seie conferred before several of Tho ,rs,,s -.
Car.on "h 1--WE. were guests Of the local lodge. Mr.
Ssoo, ono OF the past officers of tho go
roap', OF massachusetts ouas. a,so nre.ens y.
wefe also n large delegation from en,Ies eh' as
ssocr s supper followed tn, w,rt -, ,,,i,s
'"'he NJ ne'nherS sal down I" ""r'h
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-10
DO YOU READ WHEEL TALK +?

Published weekly by Morgan Il Wright
1t contains from week to week many ar
ticlcs of interest to wheelmcn. The fol-
lowing is an extract from last weeks
issue:
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-10

! EuWlh u Futnam. recorder; W II tintoh. mar
shai' y III Frat, steward; l. Piper, sentinel
meeting of ST AIichacl's Court, COZ VIII
oe ned at the Catholic school house this even
ing AT O'Clock, for the transacto of important
business.
The annual meeting of Fort Dummer EoySl
.Arrh chapter No II was held last night and inc
following officers chosen for the coming year
~ a W Crouch; king. + II Holden; scripe'
iocot; ii, q l. Randall; r :, f X Vaughan
a., FCarruthers; NJ I'D V, Ernest Winchester,
"a V, ID Young; NJ Ist V, J. Cononis'
Sespiain ID Eailey;S :, W Dawson; j :, W
=, Ninton' tyler, Harry Rowe: trustee, i
Friday. April 3
The following are the best scores
made by members of the Bfattieborn
Riae nI,,t
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-10

Cso -. cap: you use too much.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-03-14

the settlers in Nye and Churchill coue-
ties have pr@spered.
With wheat at ST hundred pounds
and silver dollar an ounce, Nevada
would be permanently prosperous.
lion ore in the State running 81 per
cent iron ard 10 to IL per cent. slrm-
mum. The State of Nevada has been
at the bottom worse than it is believed
it ever will be.
People are beginning to open their
eyes and thinking "Where can l build
home for my family and children
where they can grow up and be az
sured of a livelihood" Things will
shape themselves here just the same
as they did in Ohio, New York and
Indiana and other Eastern States.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-03-14
mOTVcE of FORFEITURE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO JAMES
~ Nichols, W. G. Barry, j. +. Ruders-
dorf Peter Mclaughlin that the Assess
ment work on the May Flower for the year
1865 has been performed as required by law
by the undersigned and unless your pro-
rata is paid within the time required by
law your interests will become the property
of the undersigned:
Assessment pro-rata, Jas. Nichols e $33,
1878; w. C. Barry 10 81 Il 10; j. f. Rud-
ersdorf e SIC 662s; Peter Mclaughlin, 10
$11 1110 The above claim is located in
Eagle district, White Pine County Nevada.
SAMUEL DUNBAR,
Ibapah, Tooele County, Utah, January,
3rd, 1896. 9o-ds.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-03-14
EttUAL pA!apNEHY

Abraham Lincoln said: "This coun-
try with its institutions belongs to the
people who inhabit it. y
Since women are one-half of the
people and amemable to all the laws
established by eve the people of the
United States," & etc., why should
they be deprived of any of the rights
and privileges of those institutions
which eminate from the people. The
grand central IDEA of the Declaration
of Independence was the sovereignty
of the pcople-men, women and peo-
pie were alike, children of the Union,
and as such have the selfsame common
interest in all that pertains to our So
cial, civil and industrial progress az
people CT the United States of Ameri-
ca.
The Declaration was not made by
the States scvsrally, but jointly, so
freedom and equality were declared for
the people. the citizens jointly, not
ssverally-men nor woman, but the
people. This was no accident, but
the result of the divine ideal of self
government. Women labored as pa
triotically in their sphere for the es-
tablishment of the Federal Constitn-
ton as did man. Is there no tribute.
nor recognition to be awarded unto
them for the eight long years they sus-
tanned themselves and helpless ones at
home; also helped to furnish the sup
plies for the brave { Id continentals at
the battle front, during the Revolu-
tionary struggle? Since they were
equal partners in the revolt, should
they not be equal partners in the vic
tory!
The right to protect person and
property by law, was the guarantee
sealed by the blood of those rsvolu-
tionary heroes And this right was
then, and is now, as dear to every
woman citizen, as it is to men citizens
time has wrought no change in this
principle. The right for
women to say what the laws shall be,
through the ballot, is a far safer means
Of protection than any revokabls priv
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-03-14

The Public Opinion says that, TIE
action OF the Republican free coinage
Sens 'ors from the far West last week
in defeating the motion to take up the
House Tariff bill led to something very
like family quarrel on the Republi-
can side of the Senate chamber, and
serves to emphasize still farther the
determination of the free coinage Sen
ators to adopt every means in their
power to bring about the restoration
OF silver to its former place in our
financial system.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-03-14

j Among the great movements of the
present day in this country none ranks
higher in Importance, both economic
and social, than the movement for
better roads, Low prices of farm
products at the place of production
and high prices of the same products
at the place of consumption are the
result very largely of the unnecessary
cost of transportation involved in the
use of bad roads Thus producer and
consumer suffer equallyand are equally
Interested in correcting the evil
Public Opinion.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-03-14

ilege that the law can grant Womans
interests in the economic and indus-
trial progress of the race, and the a.
ton, are identical with that of mar,
therefore union of political response
bility is the necessary means to the
completion of this end.
1t is an evsry cay quotation that
there are more voting now than is good
for the country. This in sense i
lamentably true, because the unthink-
ing citizens. under the magnetism of
fns-spun, guided persuasions of polit-
ical manipulators, is too often deluded
into the belief that he is voting for the
best interests of "the people. J." When
in reality he has cast his vote solely
for the best interests of certain rings
within the legislating class. Who is
the greatest sinner against American
ism? Certainly not the poor untutored
citizen, but the highly cultured citi-
zen who is willing to make the country
and its institutions subserve the be-
hests of his party, instead of the be-
hests of the whole people, irrespective
of sex or condition. The intellectual
citizen very often resort to the tactics
of ''Philip of Macedon, who with gold
refuted the wisdom of Athens, cen
founded their statesmen, struck dumb
their orators, and finally argued them
out of their liberties. Women do
net seek reimbursement for a part
nership in any IF the speculative phases
of American politics; but to reestab-
lish the partnership of "aqual rights
for special privileges to none" as
dictated by Washington, Jefferson and
their compatriots.
MRS. j. r. WILLIAMS,
President,
State Suffrage Association, Austin,
Nevada.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-03-14
FOR SALE.

hereby offer for sale my Ranch
and Stock Cattle, located at Pleasant
valley, White Pine County, Nevada.
w. %. MALLORY.