The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-09
Continued on 4th page.)
CONVENTION QUILPs.

Col Goe. Richey OF st Louis, tn
designer OF the mixed drink nance
after him, rests his reputation as
prophet on the prediction that Mr.
Bland would carry every state If nom
mated.
SenatorTillman says in an interview
man, or II any man attempts 10 secure thei
support. II will he found that this support i
n yeritable shirt of Ncssus, and II will prove ib'
undoing of any man who dons it,"
Gov Flower predicts that free sill
yer ticket and platform will max,
NewYork Republican by $50, 600.
! The Hannaverian dynasty is consid.
cred by Mr. Williams the sum of all
vilIianies but there are others who
find poor alternative in the reign
of the Blanditti. Springfield Repub
lican.
The Free silver Democrats are trying
their best to fool the people, and
make them believe that the Repub-
lican party is the enemy Of the silver
dollar, Chicago Inter Ocean.
There will be some boiling in the sol
id South also. The Charleston News
and Courier is ready to lead bolt
in South Carolina. 1t says if the con
vention will not listen to reason, il it
shall persist in declaring for 16 to |
or bust, there will be only one WAY
open for sound money Democrats "a
sound money candidate on sound
money platform.
Jim Bedford 1.-THE red headed roost
err of the Rockies - who made himself
conspicuous not long ago by advocnt
ing the secession of the silver pro-
ducing states, once more steps forward
with this declaration "If theDemocra
tic convention we're held in Denver
and Whitney came there with his
Standard OIL doodle, | would be one
of twelve to hang the scoundrel higher
than Hannah"
A letter from holes which made some
of the silverites very mad was publish
ed few days ago in which he advo-
Gated unlimited coinage, but limited
legal tender for the American silver
product. Of curse it is an entirely i'm
practicable scheme. but shows how
Boies naturally a man of far sighted
conservatism, would like to find some
way to escape the consequences of the
doctrine he is advocating.
The Vermont delegation organized
as follows: Chairman, L. W. Maloney
credentials, S c Shurtlef: permanent
Wells Valentine: rules.
w. ii. Dreamer: iesolu tions, P.J. Far
rell: to notify candidates. Michael
Magitf: national committeeman. B. b.
Srlalley.
"Why didn't Mr.. Cleveland come out |
here to help along the gold bug fight? -
some one asked Don Dickinson. And |
that reminded Dickinson about an old |
Dutch sea- captain. There was ire
storm at sea. Everybody was
sea crazed but the captain. who sat read
ing book in the cabin. A passenger
went to him and told him that the ship
was going down and all would be
drowned. IL don't care Won TAM" the
Did salt replied. without lifting his eyes
from the book. II hat got Won cancer
m my stomach and | die in six weeks
anyway"
A friend of Senator Blackburn says
hat he won his fight in Kentucky for
rec silver against Secretary Carlisle en-
irely on Bible lines. Isn't the money
If the bibl" good enough for you?" he
would shout. Are we to depart from
he plain precepts of Christianity at the
,eheS of the tyrants of Wall street. :
That old father Israel bought land in !
PALESTINE and paid for it in silver 1000 5
ears ago. a money which would buy I
cal estate in the Holy Land ought to be
,ood enough to pay your interest to the i,
money leeches of the bourse." This '
ort of talk made all the free silver men a
owl with glee. Tie had the gold-bug
ratOrs on the Iun. Thev couldn stand
he pace. When he pulled the Bible ON
hem he had them cut on the end of the