The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-10-13


try are seriously considering the adop-
ton of the Government by Injunc-
ton" cry as the chief feature of their
campaign of 1893 and 1900. The free
coinage proposition has been rejected
by the people of this country and some
new slogan the Democrats must and
are bound to have.
In one of his addresses in the early
part of the campaign of 1896, Mr.. Nc
Kinley said that it was better to open
the mills of the United States TO home
labor than to open the minis of this
country to the silver of the world.
Thousands of people who did not agree
with him at that time have since
reached the same conclusion.
THE shooting of colored Office holders
the South has been suspended until
after the Ohio election, because it
might interfere with the Democratic
party in attempting to capture colored
votes in that State at the approaching
election. There was no need of this,
however, as the colored men of Ohio
will never vote for party led by John
r. Mclean.
ONE of the latest reports of indus
trial activity comes from Pennsylvania.
The Philadelphia Press has thoroughly
canvassed that State inquiring as to
business conditions, number of factor
les, hands employed, wages paid, and
the amount of work done. The reports
show large and steady growth all
along the lines. Every section of the
State is receiving increased orders and
business and labor is in great demand.
THE latest announcement of national
Importance is that Mr.. Bryan, the can
ddate of the "dear people," is wear
ing diamonds. While it is eminently
proper for any ordinary man and pol
itician to wear diamonds, the idea that
Mr.. Bryan, who stumped the country
from the rear end of a baggage car in
his shirt sleeves,lo Tor wearing three dol
lar alpaca coat should now wear dia-
monds, all goes to show that prosperity
is not only coming but has already ar
rived.
THE Wilson law found the ware
houses and docks of this country filed
with foreign goods waiting to come in
under it and swell its receipts and the
Dingley law finds the country already
filled with these foreign goods which
had paid duty before it went into oper-
alton. But for all this, the Dingley law
in its second month came within three
million dollars of meeting current ex-
penses, while the Wilson law in its Sec
ond month fell thirteen millions short
of expenditures.
THE Washington Star of recent
date mentions the following six ques-
tions sure to be conspicuous in the next
session of Congress, namely, Hawaii,
Cuba, the currency, international bi.
metalism, immigration and govern
ment by injunction. The Star might
have added, the Union Pacific railroad
sale, the Nicaragua Canal and the ques-
ton of trusts. If the coming Congress
considers fully all these questions, the
senators and representatives will find
abundant opportunity to air their elo.
quence.
PROSPERITY is reaching Colorado
even against her will. All her prod.
ucts except silver are advancing in
price and her gold mines are yielding
stores of wealth beyond the dreams of
avarice. Three times as much gold is
flowing into the minis at Denver as
went there one year ago and the stream
is constantly growing larger and larger.
If Senator Teller could have had pre-
monition of this state of things at
the convention held in st. Louis in
June, 1896, his dramatic walk-out"
would not have formed a part of the
history of that convention.
No Democratic orator in Maryland,
Ohio or New York has opened his lips
on the silver question thus far during
the campaign, and those who attempt
ed or proposed to do 80 were promptly
silenced by the chairman of the Demo-
cratic party. When it is considered
that the Democratic party and plat
form only one year ago, discussed
nothing but silver, the rapidity of the
change which has come over the pub
lie mind under the prosperity following
the enactment of protective tariff law,
is phenomenal and justifies the thou
sands of Democrats who refuse to fol-