The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-24

Gen. Harrison's young wife i!
said to be ambitious to be mistress
of the White house, and there is {
growing suspision that the eX-presi
dent may not persist in refusing to
allow his name to 90 before the Econ
vcntion.
Gen. VIM Booth, the head Of the
Salvation Army, has this week pub
llshed the correspondence with his son
Ballington preceding the lattcr's sc
cession But il does not improve the
showing for the General al all 1t
shows Darlington protesting in IA manly
rulings against Amcricanism in tho
army, and especially advising agains
the plan to divide up the country into
parts to annex to Canadian authority.
Instead'of meeting all this on the
ground of principle and expediency the
old man flew into a temper, treated the
expressions as manifestations of insub
ordination and accused the son of I'M.
filia conduct, and told him in sub
stance that he owed: his position to
the old man. Great as the work Gen.
Booth has done, this correspondence
shows him to have reached "A point
whore he regards himself as bigger
than the cause.
The New York legislature has passed
a bill requiring railroads to carry
bicycles as baggage. President Depew
of the Central threatens TO rctaliatc
by a bill compelling clothing stores to
furnish a bicycle costume free. with IA
state prison penalty for disobeying
!, great fight is now fairly on in
the British Parliament over the Gorst
bill for the reorganization of the edu.
cational system Of the country in the
inntrests of sectarianism. Tho meas
IRE is distinctly Tory one and com
mands the support of both the Angli- !
can and Roman Catholic churches
while the non confOrmists stand with |
the Liberal party against it, Prior to /
1872 the country was entirely without
a public school system and in the main
the present system can be said to date
back only - years or to 1870. 1t is
one. owing to the success
slve layers Of legislation over the old
system Of control by religious bodies
individuals, but il forhids any rclig-
ous catechism or denominational form
llary being taught in any pnrely public /
school or any child being given relig
nus training contrary 10 the wishes Of
parents. Besides supporting the the
public schools, the present system pro. ,
tides for public contributions to the
voluntary or private or sectarian
chools but only whore private con {
ributiOrs Of equal amount are made. !
The Gorst bill proposes TO knock out /
his limitation entirely and so tax 5
he people for the support of denomi
rational as we'll as public schools and ?
t also provides that where any ''rea- '
onableh number OF parents desire it. I
instruction shall be provided i
II public schools. In other words it o
ompletely puts them into denomina. Il
ional control, and both Anglicans :,
nd Roman Catholics desire this. with y
he understanding apparently that the
ne that is in majority in "
articulai place shall exer Z
Use the cotfol II will be decisive "
Iep backward if the Tories succeed in c,
arrying this measure and il is worth o. a.
citing by the good people in this o,
ountry who believe that il is fl
of the Romish church to ~
sht public or non sectaran schools.
is a popularity of any church,
Mon with state
\ letter from President Cleveland
as read at the Shakespeare celebra
on at Birmingham. Eng, Tuesday.
which he said:
There Is much said ana written in these DAYS
ncerning the relations that should exist,
unl close by the strongest tie, between them.
oh. speaking peoples, AMI concerning the n
iii dcstiny that awaits them in concerted effort III
opG shall never know the time when these IA
obling sentiments will be less often expressed II
in the least lose their potency and influence.
rely If English speech supplies the token of
tied effort for the good of mankind and the
pulse OF an exalted international mission, we
well TO honor fttingly ihc,namc and memory
William shakespeare