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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-06
George w. Reed.

At the quarterly meeting of the directors of
the National Life Insurance Company, held ON
Tuesday, the following resolutions were unani-
mously adopted:
George w. Reed, a good man, beloved by all
who knew him, followed with gratitude by
many who enjoyed his silent kindness, and a
true type of the old-time character in the
country town which for over seventy-one years
has been his home, died suddenly in the eighty
hrst year OF his age at noon of July 4, 1898.
lie was a quiet, educated, cultured gentle
man, who loved streams and woods. He was
a man OF the home, a maker of his own garden,
and looked at nature. When he left the col
llege, he was a teacher; when he left the school,
he was a pioneer; when he left the west coast,
he was among the first in the art and science
of insuring life.
He was not great, but good; not fast, but
sure; not brilliant, but solid. He was a good
citizen, a painstaking officer, an honest trustee
and a true friend. Such he was in his whole
life and SO we shall always think of him, now
he is dead.
We order this brief statement of our esti-
mate to be placed in the record which he kept
for almost half a century. We place his name
by the side of others, Doctor Dewey, Governor
Dillingham;, the elder, General Pitkin, Judge
and the rest, with whom he worked for the
birth and growth of the company, whose ST.
lent ranks he now forever joins.
Our Judgment of his life finds voice in the
wish that there were more such men; and of
his mind and heart, that there were more such
neighbors. His long life was pure, quiet and
useful. 1t had in it what lives too often lack,
the power of self-living in the sense of living
ones own life in peace and content, free from
disturbance of outside conditions. He was
himself and not another.
While we regard his death with grief, we
also look upon the end of his life as the closing
of a noble account, in which the balance is
on the side of the student, the teacher, the
pioneer. the officer, the trustee and the man.
With deep respect, we order this entry in
our journal by a rising vote and direct that the
Home Office be closed on the afternoon of
Wednesday, July 6, bis burial day.
Resolved, That a copy of this memorandum
be sent to Mrs. Maria R. Hemenway, sister of
Mr.. Reed.
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An Extra Glorious Fourth.

The sourc of language failed en-
tirely to give adequate expression to
the emotions of joy, national pride,
gratitude and all round satisfaction that
swelled in the hearts of the great
American public when, on Monday,
July Fourth, the old historic glories of
freedoms great anniversary were I'M
unexpectedly gilded with a radience
fresh from the brilliant achievements
of Admiral Sampson, his %lieutenants
and seamen in the waters of the Carib-
bean. The DEFICIENCIES of oral express
ion were supplied by cheers, and men
%canvassed in r%hapsodies the consequent
ces favorable to the early issue of hui
manity's holy wal that would flow from
the destruction of Cervera's dreaded
squadron and the pending fall of Santi-
ago.
The previous tidings from General
Shafter had prepared the country for a
painful postponement of the rewards
OF the heroic valor of the men who had
fought on Friday, from sunrise to sum
down, under a blazing tropical sun, in
the brush peopled by hidden, desper-
ate enemies, and who had carried their
country's banner, against great odds in
numbers and position, to the outer
limits of Santiago. The sudden change
in the situation, the revulsion of feel
ing from the apprehension of disaster
to the assurance of complete victory on
the land as well as the sea, gave an
citation to the spirits of the people good
| tidings could not otherwise have i'm
parted.
Then came also the long awaited
news of the safe arrival at Manila, for
the relief of Dewey, of the first expe-
dition that had sailed from San Fran
cisco May "a, conveyed by the cruiser
Charleston. The Charleston brought
as trophies of her voyage the governor
Of the Ladrone islands, a Spanish pos
session about 1000 miles east of the
Philippines, and in the direct track OF
commerce between Honolulu and Hong
Kong. Fifty prisoners of war taken in
the conquest Of the islands were also
ON board the Charleston. The stars
and stripes have been raised over the
L%adrones. One by ono Spain is shorn
of her outlying colonies.
The bearing of these accommodating
events or the length of the war is the
consideration uppermost in every patri
otto mind. Will Spanish madness still
further tempt fate9 The powerful
squadron at Santiago has followed the
Manila feet to the oceans bottom,
Utter humiliation has been visited up
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Electric Railways.

The proceedings of the Washington
county Republican convention are
printed on page two of this issue of the
WATCHMAN. One of the resolutions,
suggested by Hon. William Chaplin, is
somewhat outside the perfunctory plat
form utterances of local conventions.
1t is this:
ResolUed, That we, the Republicans Of
Washington county in convention assem-
bled, do request that our Senators just
nominated, use all honorable methods to
further the development of this county,
particularly in voting for all bills that tend
to establish new electric railroads leading
to the now more inaccessible localities, 80
rich in agricultural products, lumber and
minerals, passing through scenery unsur-
passed in this State, which we believe will
tend to the building up and increasing of
the material prosperity of the county.
There is no doubt of the d~esirability
of these cheap and convenient high
ways into the regions inaccessible to
steam railways, or into which the Wis
ible traffic will not tempt steam rail-
way enterprise. There is little doubt
that the Legislature will grant charters
for electric roads asked in good faith
and for legitimate purposes. 1t is a
hopeful sign of public spirit, this di-
recting of public attention to the i'm
portance of electric railway construc-
ton into "the inaccessible localities so
rich in agricultural products, lumber
and minerals" and natural scenery of
unsurpassed beauty and interest. But
''money makes the mare CO." and
money is needed to make the horseless
cars go up and down the valleys of the
upper Winooski, Mad river, the North
Branch and other by-ways to land
locked riches and delightful prospects.
Capital may be willing to take the ini-
tiative in building electric rail into
these regions off the main lines of
travel and traffic, but it expects also
local help and encouragement. This
is n thing for the people and local
interests to consider, and they should
be prepared to give a reasonable meas
ure of financial assistance. Mr.. Chaplin
remarked that his paternal ancestor
put money into the building of the old
Vermont Central, half a century ago,
and the son is willing to do a similar
good deed for prosperity in the matter
of electric railway building. That is
the right spirit, and that is the spirit
that should animate Montpelier and
every other community that will be
benefited by the construction and oper-
alton Of these cheap and expeditions
means of intercommunication. The
resolutions of Washington county
Republican convention have given the
people of Central Vermont something
besides the commonplace of partizan
politics to think about. Agitate this
thing by local discussions, through the
newspapers, and in every other way in
which intelligence can be disseminated
and public interest aroused.
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marilylkilled by the Senate-apparently
out of false Difference to the man in the
Governors room-without any p~retense
OF a hearing on its merits.
The contest of 1896 was an ardent
m and the issue was exceedingly
close. There was the temptation which
the utter absence of law regulating
caucus proceedings encouraged to re.
sort to means not sustained by the pre-
cepts Of honor or morality to carry out
individual schemes and ambitions.
Not, perhaps, to the same extent, but
in a degree demanding serious consid-
GRAFTON, the evil influences and practi-
ces that corrupted the caucuses two
years ago have reappeared in the pri-
maries duringlthe recent pre-convention
canvass for candidates for State, district,
or county offices. Democrats have
been run into Republican caucuses by
candidates in a stress of fortune, snap
judgments have been rendered, "still
hunts" have borne their partizan fruit,
and the schemes and intrigues which
the absence Of legal control and regu-
tation permit, and have long permitted,
have had their triumphs.
The State has adopted an elaborate
and expensive system of conducting
elections 80 as 10 secure a free and in
dependent exercise of the suffrage, but
it has neglected the means necessary
for the protection of the suffrage at
the fountain head, the primaries. 1t
has taken great pains with the aque-
duct, but has left the spring exposed
to any form Of impurity that malice or
cunning or wickedness may contrive.
A caucu nomination, however OBJ
tanned, bears the mark of regularity"
and generally "goes," just as a counter
felt coin bearing the stamp of honest
money passes current. The State be-
gan at the wrong end to secure an
honest expression of the will of the
people. 1t should, however, have be-
gun at neither end. The law regula-
ting elections should also have includ-
ed the aucu The principle of the
Australian ballot law should have been
applied to the primaries, the initial
act in an election, as we'll as to the
election itself. The legislature to be
chosen this fall should take up the
work begun by its predecessor and
carry it to completion. There will be
in the chair of the Chief Executive a
man in whose nomination no faint OF
corrupted primaries will be found. The
time will be suspicious for taking up
again the work begun by the House of
Representatives at the session of 1896
and carrying it along to the statute
book,
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safety and our men.of-war for recuper-
alton and supplies. What we want is
not a lease, but title; not to be tenants
in unprotected houses, but owners with
locks upon the doors. The whole of
Hawaii should be ours.
"This war was begun to secure the
Cuban people a stable form of govern
ment, and should not be switched from
its original purpose. The island of
Cuba can, therefore, never be annexed
until such a disposition OF it is the free
choice of the liberated Cuban people.
But, in the nature of things, our in
fluence will be, as is our protection, ex-
tended to the West India Islands that
obtain their independence. Whether
in the process of national consolidation
going on over the entire globe, these
islands must eventually be attached to
a stronger power need not now be de-
bated; but when that time comes the
United States must permit their search
for an alliance to go nc farther than
our own shores.
"But without violating the purpose
for which a war is insugurated, the VIC
torious nation has a right, at the con-
clusion of peace, to h%onorably mend it's
hole wherever fighting has taken place.
This war has shown that we need q
home port in Asiatic waters. The
strategy of war has compelled us to OBJ
tain a temporary fcothold in the Philip
pines. l believe we will find a way to
make it permanent. l believe that,
having no policy looking to colonial
settlement, we will find such way with
out offending any great power. Al
any rate, the period of possession
through the price of blood and victory
is the time to formulate our purpose,
Another opportunity will never Gomez
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Then the candidates for the honor are told
to take three PAGES to the front, are piled
with questions, put through the manual of
arms, etc. the one ranking highest securing
the coveted Office.
Rumors are afioat about great doings here
July q, including sports OF all kinds, any
thing the regiments in our brigade can get
up. They also say that the First Vermont
and Third Tennessee go on target practice
soon. 1t is also stated that we are a part Of
the next allotment Of troops to be sent from
the park. We hope 30.
Capt. Creed says he was unable to secure
the supplies much needed for our regiment
because OF the rush to equip the fifteen
regiments ordered to leave soon.
hIhe fourth Ohio cavalry had all packed
ready to leave to-day, but received orders
last evening to undo all they had done and
await further orders.
+ the present writing all in Co. III are
well in health, doing well in their drills,
and, as Spicer says, LET them come on,
we're ready for 'emI"
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As to Caucus Reform.

The Republican anvas for the NOM
ination of a candidate for Governor,
two years ago, brought out in a clearer
light than the subject had yer before
been presented, the need of reform in
the of conducting the prima-
ries. Mr.. Palmer, the representative
from Waterbury, introduced a measure
at the session of 1896, designed to
guard the caucus and make it what it
ought to be, the true exponent Of local
party opinion and the expression of its
judgment.
1t is a notorious fact that, in the cam
vass~ referred to, many caucuses for the
election of delegates to the State con-
vention were perverted from their
honest and legitimate purpose by inn
proper influences, or by the presence in
them and participating in their pro-
ceedings of men who had no right in q
Republican caucus. In other words,
money or other consideration was used
to influence votes, or men who were
Democrats, who had always before and
have since acted with the Democratic
party, were brought into Republican
caucuses by one of the parties to the
contest to vote, and by the votes OF
these Democrats delegates to the State
convention were chosen who did moi
represent the honest majority of the
party caucus. The votes of these dele
gates fraudulently chosen in turn
forced upon the party, in the State con-
vention, a candidate in opposition tc
the will of a majority of the party fairly
expressed. These facts were the jus.
LITIGATION of Mr.. Palmer's measure,
which passed the house, but was sum
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-06
Concerning "Imperialism."

We have to thank the Mugwumps
and their congeners for a new epithet.
"Jingo" and "jingoism" have long
been doing ungrateful duty in charac-
terizing a man and a policy that stands
for national strength and development.
Now the lingo has become an 'imperial-
list" and jingoism has become "imperi-
alism." The change in nomenclature is
welcome, even if it were only as a re-
lief from the dreary monotony of the
old and meaningless epithets contrived
for men who are statesmen and whose
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craftsmanship is Of the broad, expan-
sive, humane kind.
This change in characterization i'm
dictates also a hopeful mental develop
ment in a class Of beings whose case
has hitherto been regarded as quite
hopeless. There is significance and
meaning and inspiration in imperialist
and imperialism, whereas in lingo and
jingoism there was dense, dank, inn
penetrable stupidity in the application
and endless iteration of the terms, as
describing any person or thing Ameri-
can. The illuminating spark that
seems to have forced an entrance into
the dark and dusty chambers Of the
mind of the Mugwump newspaper
editor and writer, and his allies Of
other political associations, and has
led to the evolution of new terms
and their application to men and
things American, may be the pre-
cursor of such light as came to Saul
Of Tarsus. Scales as thick and i'm
penetrable as the armor plates of mod
ern battleships have beclouded their
vision. Is the coming of the new
terms indeed the loosening of the scales,
the faint dawhing of more enlightened
and patriotic views Of American ma
tional policies2 The beginning of less
intolerance of the opinions and judg-
ments of superiors in wisdom and
learning and true patriotism? The
twilight of less self-assurance in the
presentation and enforcement of their
own narrow dicta in respect of the
limitations of the power and the des-
tiny of the government of the United
States?
The national policy that rent the
grave-clothes in which Grover Cleve-
land had wound this government of a
free people, and brought it forth a liv-
ing and militant power to smite the
murdurers of its seamen and release
the islands of the seas from Spanish
oppression and cruelty is, indeed, i'm
perial. The policy that is inspired by
a spirit of humanity so vast and ag-
gressive, employing great armies and
navies to enforce its mandates, illumln-
ating its great purpose with sacrifices
and deeds of heroism that are unmatch-
ed in history, that proposes to provide
for the peoples it will release from the
thraldom of a tyranny hoary with age
the blessings of a stable, enlightened
and uplifting government, to protect
and guard these ransomed victims OF
oppression till they have acquired the
principles and practice of self-govern-
ment, to build a great waterway be.
tween the eastern and western seas,
to create navies and raise armies to in
sure the success of its high purpose,-
this is American imperialism, and it's
disciples are im~perialists in the Hottest
meaning of the term. In it's triumph
is enlisted
Humanity with all its fears,
With all its hopes of future years"
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"reminiscences Of Montpelier and
Waterbury via Manila.

Editor of the Watchmdn:-The special
mention, by Admiral Dewey, of Lieut..
Calkins incites me to this writing. Either
Vermont can claim some share in him, or
he in Vermont, on account of his origin.
In 1904, John p. Calkins, a minute man"
from Connecticut, and a soldier from New
Hampshire, settled, with eight sons, 'in
that beautiful vale above the mills"
Charles, his SONNY father-b built mills on
the admirable site in 1922. Charles was a
Congregational minister, OF the era Of
Father Wright, Father Hobart, Amariah
Chandler, Edward Payson, Judge Nathan
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-06

THE opposition to the annexation Of
Hawaii is dying hard, but it is expect
ed that a vote will be taken in the Sem
ate on the Newlands resolution this
week. If the resolution be adopted by
the middle of the week, this will prob
ably be the last week of this session of
Congress, as there is little else in the
way of adjournment.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-06

CAN anyone not participating in the
naval fight of last Sunday begin to
imagine the delirium of martial joy that
possessed the officers in command of
the ships and the men at the guns?
The Maine was remembered, and
avenged. But a chivalric nation can
appreciate the kind of heroism that
moved the Spanish admiral to make a
dash for the open sea, preferring to go
down with his ships fighting for his
freedom, rather than to perish ignobly
like a trapped beast, in the harbor of
Santiago. There is no corner in hero
ism.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-06

THE battle around Santiago illus
trates anew the iron will and dauntless
courage of the American soldiers.
Never were these qualities put to a
severer test, and never were they more
conspicuously triumphant. The pow
ers of endurance, the deeds of valor,
the GOODNESS and intrepidity of Amer
lean troops in this battle, under all the
disadvantages of climate, in a foreign
land, in a region nature alone had
strongly fortified, against an alert foe
superior in numbers and familiar with
all the by-ways Of a tropical bush, will
make one of the most interesting and
thrilling chapters in military history.
"For the dead, honor and tears. For
the wounded, prayers and all forms of
succor. For all the brave, a country's
blessing and rewards"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-06

THE Fourth of July has now been
thrice baptized in national glory. Its
second baptism was in 1868, when the
nation celebrated the twin victories of
Grant at Vicksburg and Meade al Get
tysburg-events of the largest magni-
tude in the country's history, and
which insured the ultimate restoration
of national unity. Only one other
event, the surrender at Appomattox,
poured over the North 80 great a food
of fervid and patriotic rejoicing. To
say, as some of the newspapers are de-
claring, that such a Fourth of July as
was last recorded "has not been known
since the bell of Independence Hall
rang out the tidings of American free
DOM" is a rhetorical extravaganza the
truth of history does not justify.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-06

FOR STATES ATTORNEY,
RICHARD A. HOAR of Barre.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-06
County Nominations.

The republicans of Washington coun-
ty will support these candidates at the
September election:
FOR SENATOR'S,
G. G. PUTNAM of Middlesex,
E, w, SLAYTON of Warren.
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FOR JUDGE OF PROBATE,
HIRAM CARLETON of Montpelier.
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EoR JUDGES,
MARK MEARS of Marshieid,
G. d. EDGERTON of Mortified.
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FOR HIGH BAILIFF,
GEORGE H. FISHER of Mortified,
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No one in this country seems to be
disturbed to any noticeable extent by
the story from Berlin that Germany,
France and Russia have formed a COM
bination for the purpose of opposing
either the. United States or England in
the matter of the Philippine islands,
after the wal is over. In the first place
nobody believes that such a combina-
ton has been formed, but even if it
were officially known to be in exist.
ence it would not influence this govern
ment in the slightest degree. The final
disposition of the Philippines will be
settled by the United States when the
proper time comes, and it will be set
tied in accordance with what the Ameri-
can government desires, and not what
any European power or powers may
wish.
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FOR SHERIFF,
G.. G, GRAVES of Waterbury.
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FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
DANIEL WORCESTER of Berlin.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-23
STILL 9N1HEB SUIT0R IS SEEKING PRINCESS KgUANTS HIND

From the New York Herald.
Princess Kaiulani is again engaged
TO be married, according to usually ac-
cepted reports. This, the latest Of her
attachments, is no ordinary story of
royal matchmaking, but one which
thrills with real romantic interest and
which goes q long way to sustain the
old adage, THE pen is mightier than
the sword or, as it happens, the lead
pencil. For the chosen royal consort
to be is-or was-a reporter, Andrew
Adams by name, who but a short time
ago was member of the staff Of the
Providence Or. - Journal and more
recently Of the Hawaiian Star, in Hon
olulu.
But a few weeks ago it was ANNOUNCE
ed in Honolulu and in this country
that the successful aspirant for the
hand-and all that goes with it-of the
heir presumptive to the remains 60 of
the throne Of the Sandwich islands was
Capt. Putnam Bradlee Strong, the son
of former Mayor William L. Strong.
This report was Indignantly denied, and
it appears that the announcement was
premature and that the real inside
course to the princess heart was held
by the handsome Yankee reporter, re-
gardfess Of the glamour of military
glory and Shiny brass buttons. Thus it
was that the aforesaid pen-or lead