Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-02
The Voice of Vermont.

The returns from Vermont are in every
way important In the first place, they
dispose of the story that the farmers of
the east are as deeply in sympathy with
the free silver propaganda are their
brethren of the south and west. They do
not appear to be in sympathy with it at
all. 1t is useless Tor the silver Hen to
say, as some already doing, that they
made no fight for the state; that the COM
mittee have put but little. if any. literature
into the campaign. No state is voting
this year without knowledge of the issue.
Vermont. understood it quite we'll
Maine Will understand it next week. or as
Georgia VIII in October Silver has siif-
fered defeat-in the quarter, it is true.
where defeat was to be expected. hut a
defeat nevertheless, most signal, and most
Inspiring to the cause of sound money.
In the second place. these returns must.
III the nature of things, Influence the sit
uation in Maine and help swell the republi-
can vote week after next. The farmer of
Maine is likely to look at the question from
the same point of view that his Vermont
ne.Shbor has just occupied. Why not?
Silver promises much to the one as it
did to the other. Ii likewise threatens Us
much 10 the one as it did to TIE other.
Vermont has rejected silver Is not Maine
signal d sign? Mr.. SewaIrs name on the
silver ticket will probably count for moth
ing with the Maine farmers. His IN
fiueLce, whatever it may be- is confined to
the workers in shipping. Ii is not great
even there.
In the third place. Vermont speaks di-
rectly to the Indianapolis convention,
which begins its laborS today 1t en-
ccurages that body in its deliberations. and
It's voice VIII be heard. Many of the Yer
mont democrats, it is true. voted for the
republican ticket, as the most effective
means of insuring democratic-popuIistfc
defeat The ableSt man among them, Mr.
Phelps. counseled this. These men NAV
1eel. too that the greatest service the In
diaLapolis convention could render sound
ncrey would be to indorse Mr.. Mckiniey's
CaLdidacy-not his platform-outright But
conditions i'll the middle states differ from
those prevailing in Vermont. and hence the
demand for d third ticket in states like
IlliL OILS and Indiana, Iowa and Kentucky
The word of cheer will be, therefore, for
the sound money men of the middle states
to take the wisest steps possible in the
circumstances. working as they are toward
the same end as, by different means. has
just been attained i'll the Green Mountain
mont figures to the echo. 1t will thank
God and take courage
y fourth consideration is that the truly
rational character of the SOUND money
contest is established. This response of
Vermont is largely because of the appeal
made to national pride and interest She
was one OF the rirst states to respond when
the life of the government was threatened
IN ISL, and she is at the head of the col
umn now when almost as grave a peril -
presented The appeal is strong and will
grow IN effectiveness. Nor will it be con-
h:ed to the men who in the former strug-
gle stood for the Union. Some OF the
ATTEST of the men VINO are now piedging
Themselves to help preserve the financial
crc"it of the ration were soldiers of the
southern confederaCy and made notable
sacrifices for that cause. But for the re-
united country, and all that tends to make
1t greater and more glorious, they are vie
ms with the Union veterans now in sery-
ices of honor and courage