The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-22

If France will open her mints to the
free coinage Of silver, and If the Bank
of England can buy the silver at price
that will insure its sale at profit, on
some propitious occasion, then the lat
ter may consent to hold one-fifth Of its
bank note reserve in silver bullion.
This, in plain English, is the pro-
nouncement of the governor Of the
Bank Of England respecting the con-
clusion of the Bank as to maintaining
a part of its reserve in silver. The
prospect is equally alluring to France
and to the silverites OF this country.
THE despatch from Madrid, by way
of Paris, respecting Minister Wood
ford's ultimatum to Spain, in the Gu
ban matter, may not be more trust
worthy than similar dispatches which
have emanated from eminent Span
iards =" at st. Louis, or other American
points, setting forth Spain's unalter-
able determination to die in the last
ditch before relaxing her grasp upon
the Gem of the Antilles. The time
limit, October l, for subduing the in
surgents is rather short and seems to
point to some mistake somewhere. At
the proper time the American people
should know from their own govern.
ment the full text OF it's communica-
lions to Spain respecting the war in
Cuba. -
THE free trade press regards it, or
tries to make it appear to the public
that it so regards the matter, that the
compelling of foreign manufacturers,
who have established a market in this
country for their wares, to start fac
tories over here or lose their American
trade, is misfortune, but it does not
so appear to sensible people, whether
they are Republicans or not. 1t is
clear enough that every industrial es-
tablishment started and maintained in
the United States must necessarily
add to the prosperity of this people,
and while increased prosperity for the
people may be misfortune for the pro-
fessional calamity yowlers among the
Democratic and Populist politicians, it
will certainly not be 30 regarded by
those who get additional work and be-
come sharers in the increased property.
A RECENT letter of T. j. Deavitt,
Esq, to Senator Thurston is printed
elsewhere in this paper. We under
stand that the letter is in great demand
by war veterans. Mr.. Deavitt informs
us that since the letter was written Sem
ator Thurston has visited the President,
and the commissioner of pensions has
modified his August statement in which
he said that che believed that the
high water mark of pensions had been
reached" and now estimates that the
payment of pensions for this year will
be about 81 900, 900 more than for last
year. The sincerity of the commits
sioner's last statement, Mr.. Deavitt
thinks, may be questioned by his far
Their statement that "if there should be
an unexpected falling off in the reve.
nues, the pension payments might be
curtailed toward the end of the year."
The revenue is a concern of Congress,
which has always appropriated cheer
fully and promptly the money required
to pay pensions.
IN the person of Judge Lynch the
Devil has been going round, the past
week, like roaring lion, and he has
devoured many victims. In the city of
Mexico a poor misguided wretch at
tempted to assassinate President Daz.
The fellow barely escaped death at the
hands of the police, but at midnight
mob of 200 Mexicans broke into the
room in which the prisoner was con.
fined and stabbed him to death with
stilettos. Diaz is a man Of JUS
tlCO, CfCh WhCh lC 10 Ll6 as
sassin's target. The chief of police,
the policemen who were guarding the
prisoner, and large number of the
mob have been arrested and imprison-
ed. Diaz sets the governors of some
of the American States good example.
Besides the usual death rate In the
Southern States, the staid farmers
around Versailles, in southern Indiana,
assembled one night last week, took
five prisoners, under arrest for various
robberies, from the Jail, tied ropes
round their necks and after brutally
treating them hanged them from tree
on the outskirts of the town. No ar
rests,a1nIs yet reported. Even right
mi lower court in the
iSed over by Judge
~ Brattleboro,