The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-04


The solid business men of the coun-
try west of the Mississippi river are
much depressed over the failure OF the
trans-M Mississippi congress which was
to be useful in business way,
but was failure because it was cap
tured by the silver politicians.
AUSTRALIA which last year pro-
duced 643, 100000 pounds of wool is
likely to produce not more than half
that amount during the coming season.
Sheep are dying there by tens of thou
sands from starvation because of short
age in pasturage. 1t is almost certain
that the quality as we'll as the quantity
will be materially reduced, which will
add to the prices American farmers
will realize for their wooden crop.
NEITHER the Republican National
Committee, nor the Congressional Com
mittee, will have anything to do with
the management of the campaign in
Maryland this year, but both will rem
der aid in every possible way to the
republicans of that State. The Mary
land Republicans are not disposed to
boast but having licked Boss German out
of his boots last year they express con-
fldence in their ability to repeat the
whipping this year and to elect major
ity of the legislature which will elect
Germans successor in the Senate.
EVERY republican should be on watch
for the tariff beats, and he should have
no hesitation in exposing them where
ever found. 1t is, of course, expected
that the democratic free traders will
duplicate the fight they made against
the McKinly tariff and endeavor to make
sentiment against protection by pushing
up the prices on everything. But there
is a worse class of tariff beats, those
traders who for no other reason than
greed attempt to raise the prices on
goods that will not be affected to any
marked extent by the tariff. If you
have any such in your vicinity, expose
him and refuse to patronize him, and
persuade your neighbor to follow you
in going to the dealer who is too honest
to try to add to his profits by putting
up prices on everything and charging
it all to the tariff.
THERE is one thing about Secretary
Sherman's recent very vigorous instruct
ions to Ambassador Hay on the seal fish
cries question that can not be denied;
they brought the government of Great
Britain to time. Up to the publication
of Mr.. Sherman's plain language Lord
Salisbury had declined several sugges-
tions from this government that confer
ence be held on the subject. AS soon
as Ambassador Hays instructions were
made public John Bull suddenly saw a
new light and speedily accepted the
last proposition made by the United
States for an international conference
on pelagic sealing in Behring Sea, and
the conference will be held in Washing
ton this fall. No better proof could be
found that plain talk is sometimes need
ed between nations just as much as it
is between individuals.
The general rule that adversely
brings those having differences OF
opinion more clearly together does not
seem to work in the case of the Demo-
Gratis and Populists. Although they
were thoroughly defeated in the last
fall election, they 60 on quarreling
among themselves more vigorously than
ever. 1t is now apparent that the Pop
ulist party is completely torn asunder
without prospect of reunion, while the
Democratic party is absolutely in frag-
ments. The gold wing of that party is
making strides in its organization and
capture of men who drilled last fall with
the silver squad in such way as to
strike terror to the hearts of Chairman
Jones and his followers, while the pro-
lection element of the party is gaining
strength and courage every day, as
shown by the brilliant speech of Con-
gresham Bailey in the House on the
last day of the debate on the tariff,
when he declared openly and vigorous
ly against free raw material.
LYMAN j. GAGE, Secretary of the
Treasury, was rendered dinner last
Wednesday evening at the Tuilleries,
Boston, by the business men of that
city. At the after dinner speaking
money was the theme of nearly all the
addresses, and number of gold Dem
ocrats contributed to the symposium.
In the course of his remarks Secretary
Gage said: SIN another month the
country will wake up to find itself face
to face with prosperity. know that
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