The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-11

lHE DenOCThtlC eultOI HAS JcO w w
heard from who has uttered a word of
regret at the final departure of Wilson
law from the statue books of the
country.
THOSE silver senators who left for
the Orient last week to study the silver
question will have to hustle in the ac-
complainant of their task. Japan has
already gone to the gold standard and
China is seriously considering it.
Should the latter take this step while
these senators are there it might be
embarrassing for them.
PRESENT conditions ought to allay
the uncertainty expressed last year by
the silver orators regarding the "dear
farmers" OF course those stump ora
tors were sincere in their wishes for the
farmers welfare and their wishes have
been granted, for there is to-day no
class of men in the United States 80
prosperous as the farmers.
THE farmers of the West are at pres
ent having as much difficulty in getting
freight cars to move their crops as they
were two years ago in getting crops to
put into the freight cars. Many thou
sands of freight cars which have been
standing idle since the summer of 1893
are now running day and night to move
the abundant crops of the West for
which advanced prices are being re-
allied. -
1T ought to be welcome news to all
interested parties that Japan and
Hawaii have agreed to submit their dis
pute to arbitration. This is in the in
terests of peace, and in case the United
States government should determine
to annex the islands, this arbitration
policy will make the work easier to &C.
compiish, and will not strain too hard
the good will of the Japanese, who, for
certain we'll known reasons, will never
be wholly reconciled to the extension
of American sovereignty in the Pacific
ocean.
THE Democratic editors and orators
who have expressed the hope that
President McKinley's modification of
the consular-fee order of the last ad-
ministration would apply to the high
salaried consuls are disappointed. The
original order of President Cleveland
required all consuls to turn over to the
government all of certain classes Of
fees collected by them which they had
formerly been accustomed to retain as
perquisites. President Mckinley mod
flied this order allowing them to keeI
certain fees, but made his modification
extend only to consuls who were re-
ceiving salaries of $4,000 per year OF
less. The criticism which Democratic
editors and stump speakers had hoped
to be able to heap upon President Nc
Kinley in regard to this order is moi
available.
SHOULD silver keep declining during
the next three years at the rate which
it has declined during the last twelve
months, before the advent of 1900 Mr.
Bryan will have to argue for ten-cen1
dollar. The value of the precious met
al in the silver dollar is now forty-foul
cents, while year ago it was fifty-three
cents. The managers of the silver
party have called off Mr.. Bryan for the
present, and are awaiting further de-
velopments. If silver continues tG
come down they recognize the fac
that they will have to find new hob
by, and they are sharp enough to see
that it is not wise for Mr. Bryan tt
harp on the silver string any longer
Until he was called in last week he was
still Grating on wheat and silver keep
ing pace with each other in the mar
kets of the world.
The New Jersey Legislature has
scheme on foot to rid that State of thu
mosquito. 1t is seriously proposed tt
do away with the swamps and marshe
where these insects breed, and thu
Danish them. In undertaking thi
work the State of New Jersey may b.
sure that, if it is practicable, they will
rid themselves not only of this annoy
ing insect, but of many other trouble
as well. Not only is the presence o