The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-18

such goods. Attorney-General Nc
Kenna announced that he would give
Messrs. Carlisle and Hamlin until
Wednesday to file briefs, after which he
would render his opinion as early as
possible. Secretary Gage will not make
q ruling on the question until he gets
the Attorney Generals opinion.
CHAUNCEY M. DEPEw, President OF
the New York Central Railroad, has a
Job on his hands that will last him well
into the winter. The directors of the |
New York Central Railroad recently |
voted to refund their outstanding bonds
by new ones, and one hundred thousand |
bonds of one thousand dollars each
have been printed. These were de-
livered at Mr. Depew's Office last week
for his signature. When he saw the
immense pile he made an estimate of
how long it would take him to sign
them all without undergoing too much
fatigue, or interfering with his other
duties. He decided to sign five hun
dred bonds daily, and at this rate TAX
ing twenty-five working days to the
month, it will require just eight months
to complete the job, he giving two
hours a day to the work. While en-
gagged in this work he talks business
with whoever calls, and with the assist
ance of clerk who lays the bonds in
front of Mr.. Depew and blots them
after they are signed, the work is auto
matically done. To caller last Satur-
day, while he was engaged in this work,
Mr.. Depew said: 81 guess l shall
know how to write my name blind
folded when finish this job"
AT their recent State Convention the
Virginia Democrats nominated Major
j. Hoge Tyler for governor, and
adopted platform which reafirms in
no uncertain language the. devotion of
the Democrats of that State to the free
coinage of silver at rate of 16 to l
without the aid or consent of any ma
| ton on earth. The attacks of the tenn
porary chairman in his opening address
on Grover Cleveland were enthusiasts
tically applauded, and the name of
Bryan was cheered to the echo, when
it was stated that his character and
methods appealed to Virginian tradi-
tions. These Virginian Democrats de.
manded the election of United States
senators by the primary plan, and in 80
doing gave expression to sentiment
which, whether right or wrong, is gain
ing in favor in the Southern and West
ern States. To the credit of these fiery
Southern Democrts be it said that they
failed to make any specific mention of
the famous riot act in the Chicago plat
form. 1t is we'll remembered that the
Democrats of Virginia were among the
first to indorse the action of Mr.. Cleve-
land in sending federal troops to
Illinois at the time of the Chicago
riots, which, in view of their well
known ideas on the question of State
sovereignty, was considered remarkable
at that time.
ALTHOUGH the Japanese objections
to the proposed annexation of the
Hawaiian Islands by the United States
have not been withdrawn, and while
the Mikado's ministers have not de-
serted any of the contentious that
figured in their original protest, the
answer of Moshi to Secretary Sherman
indicates, nevertheless, that the atmos-
phere has cleared. This answer is
nothing more than an elaboration of
what has already been submitted, and
was on file in the state department at
Washington for nearly three weeks be-
fore it was given to the press, Secretary
Sherman evidently seeing no reason
for rushing it into print. The tone of
the answer is pacific and not buster
ing expression disturbs its serenity.
The writer makes deliberate and
complete statement of his governments
case and closes with an expression of a
sincere desire to remove all possible
cause for Misunderstanding. And this
note had been received by the State
department at Washington at the time
when British newspapers were pre-
dieting the appearance of Japanese war
ships at Honolulu and were prophesy.
ing all sorts of trouble for the United
States, including an alliance between
Japan and Spain and the immediate
sinking of all battle-ships flying the
stars and stripes. While the precise
character of the claims made by Moshi
have not been made clear, it is sure
that their equitable adjustment will NOT
be imperiled by annexation. There
will be no disposition to take purely
technical advantage of any of the rights
with which this government finds itself