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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-30
The Trading Stamp Business.

The trading stamp business, which was
instituted in this State some time ago, after
the promoters Of the scheme had been driv-
en- out of several other States. has termi-
mated as the JOURNAL predicted it would at
the time the Legislature assembled, and the
men who have been drawing on the mer-
chants for fat and easy living are COM
PEELED once more to move on. IL Is one OF
the mysteries of the nineteenth century that
the American people will insist on being
humbugged. Anyone with a reasonable
amount OF sense and a fair faculty for figur-
ing could see that someone had to pay for
the "przes," and when it was proven an
acknowledged fact that the consumer must,
in the end, settle the bills, the question is,
why did the purchasers barter for such
truck? Now that these preying plunderers
have had their death knell sounded by the
Legislature and knowing that they have
only a short time in which to feed on the
purse of the gullible purchasers, they are
more anxious to make their exit than they
are to give the people what the latter think
belongs to them. Up In Barre the mana
gers of the trading stamp store pulled stakes
last week and got az far as the depot with
his goods when they were brought TO halt
by the sheriff, who attached them in behalf
OF several patrons OF the concern, who held
stamp books.
Burlington people had a similar expert
ence as did other places. The fact that
these men would leave these cities with
out paying their patrons their just obli-
cations is fresh evidence that they were
after money and when thwarted in their
plans by the Legislature they would not
hesitate to resort TO method that may be
said to fairly we'll mirror their integrity. 1t
is to the credit of Montpelier that she has
not harbored these schemers within her bor-
ders. Itinerant peddlers and sellers Of
quack medicines and nostrums OF various
sorts, with the trading stamp gang, come
under the same head and they are cam
kerous curse to any community Like
leeches, they are always taking but never
returning, and their persistency only tends
to intensity the gullibilty of their subjects
at the purse strings OF whom they nag with
an ever increasing boldness.
The Legislature Of 1893 should be held in
grateful remembrance by a long suffering
public for this one deed-the wiping out OF
the stamp business-if for nothing more.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-30
Judgment Upon Spain.

On the day when Dewey sank the
Spanish feet in Manila bay and held
the capital of the Philippines under his
guns and entirely at his mercy, Spanish
sovereignty in those islands ended for
ever. Maintained for a long period
only at few points on the coast, and
held by feeble tenure, her power on
land and sea crushed by fast following
defeats, whoever might thereafter con-
troll the destinies of the archipelago, it
certainly could never more be Spain.
The protocol of peace was recogni-
ton of certain stern conditions and this
matter of the departure of the sovereign
ty Of the Philippines from Spain was
one of the plainest results of the brief
season of decisive hostilities. Span's
continued claim of sovereignty was
simply pretense to exploit her pur-
pose to part with the semblance of au-
thority over her former possessions for
the largest obtainable sum of money.
The end has come and Spain submits
to the victor's demands with dra-
matte appeal to the sympathy of man.
kind in her misfortunes. But mankind
will hardly melt in tears at the specta-
Gle of the Castilians' submission. The
fate of Poland aroused the pity of the
civilized world. The fate of Spain is
recognized as the just punishment for
her cruel and bloody offenses during
centuries of time against mankind.
Pity, except for the depravity that
brought upon her final and inevitable
disaster, has no part in the drama that
reached it's eliminating scene at Paris
on Monday. Americas attitude has
been that of the just judge, and with
becoming dignity and frmness she has
executed judgment. The oppressed in
the far East as we'll as in the near
West 60 free, land the area of liberty and
enlightenment is extended into regions
that from the creation have dwelt in
darkness. The Great Republic of the
West is giving living picture of Lib
erty enlightening the world.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-30
Washington County Court.

County court convened Monday morning
after the customary Sunday recess and re-
sumed proceedings at nine o'clock. The
first case taken under consideration was
that of w. o. Standish V. the city OF Mont
pelier and the town of Berlin. Lord e.
Carleton, attorneys for this city, appeared
in its behalf and moved for the Withdrawn
OF the exceptions in the case, Il ed by this
city last summer. Judge Start gave pro
fornld decision in the case and j. p. Lam
son of Marshfield, attorney for the M mt
pelier * Wells River railroad, took excep.
tons pro lorna which were overrued by
the court. The case will go to the Su-
preme Court and will be heard at thu jan
uary term.
At the afternoon session bill of divorce
was anted Mrs. Dodge Of Barre from her
husband
A jury was sworn in and the Gaze OF State
v. Albert Morrison OF Waterbury for NAL
treating horse was taken up, Laird and
Bailey appearing for the defendant. The
State will attempt to show that Morrison,
about the last of April while using his
horse in the field near Waterbury hill, gave
his horse an unmerciful beating and drew
his tongue out OF his mouth and cut it off
with knife.
County court will continue, for the pres
ent term, only this week as Judge Start
will be obliged to go to St Johnsbury early
next week. The next term will convene
| March B. Prior to this the term of Supreme
Court will be held, which will convene
some time in January. This will give the
court officials an interim of only seven
weeks in which to recuperate. 1t has been
well and truthfully said that the wheels in
the Washington county court do not have
much time in which to corrode.
The town of Cabot held a town meeting in
the county court before Judge Start Tuesday
morning. Several of the citizens from that
place were brought in on the charge of drunk
enness and before they had finished their tes
timony they began to 'squeal" on one another
and it really looks as If the end was not yet
Ernest Bliss accused Ernest Ormsbee with
having sold to him and the latter d;vulged Oh
some one else, 1t really looks as if the citi
zens of the town were carrying on a wholesale
business in Cabot and when the court has
fully clarified the atmosphere it may appear
that Billiards. compulsory prohibition" Law
is doing good work.
Charles Hendrick, who was arrested in Wo
burn, Mass on the charge of bgamy, las
Saturday, and who was brought to this city
for hearing in the county court Tuesday
morning, pleaded not guilty to the charge
and was held in 5000 bail. The case of Stat'
v. Morrison, which was taken up Monday af
ternoon, was resumed in the afternoon anC
went to the jury at o'clock
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-30
Time Is Up.

Spain's time limit expires to-day.
There are signs that the government at
Madrid will yield to the inevitable,
complying with the demand of the
United States, to cede the Philippines,
and accepting the 800 600, 900 indem-
nifty the American commissioners have
offered. The dispatches from Paris on
Saturday foreshadowed this conclusion
of the deadlock over the Philippines.
II the developments of to-day verify
these forecasts, Spain has set her allies
and partisans in this country who have
been employing every means in their
power to turn the negotiations in Paris
to the advantage of their principal at
Madrid, and to the disadvantage and
humiliation of the government al
Washington, an example that they
should make haste to follow. They
also, should embrace the inevitable
and periodically turn all their energies
toward securing the highest attainablt
degree of success in discharging thu
weighty and difficult duties and respon
sibilities of empire.
1t will be idle, and 1t will be unpat
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-30
A Settled Question and Lost Cause.

1t happens that The States that will
be represented in the Senate by sound
money Republicans comprise not only
a considerable numerical majority of
the forty-fve commonwealth of the
Union, but also include probably more
than two-thirds of the population of the
country and more than three-fourths of
it's wealth. The political complexion
of the United States Senate-with its
six-year tenure and its plan for retiring
one.third of the members every two
years-is not subject to very rapid fiuc-
tuations. AS a result of this years.
elections the free. silver programme as
practical policy of the United S ates
is blocked for at least six or eight
years. Many of those who have had
their sersous doubt about the gold stan
dard have at least been discerning
enough to perceive that uncertainty in
the monetary system of the United
States is exceedingly detrimental to the
prosperity of the country. After the
election two years ago we did not hest.
tate to declare that for practical pur-
poses the cause of free silver had been
placed on the shelf along with other
lost causes, and that the best thing in
the world to do was to accept the exist
ing monetary standard, raise crops,
carry on business, and consider that
the period of good times had made it's
advent. All this was true enough two
years ago, although many people de-
MED it. There will not be 80 many to
deny it now. We are more likely in
this country to turn the republic into a
monarchy inside the next half dozen
years than to change the gold standard
for the monetary system advocated in
the Chicago platform of 1896. This is
merely an observation touching things
as they are, and without the slightest
reference to what one might prefer.
For the present and for some years 10
come the cause of tree silver in the
United States is thoroughly and hope
lessly defeated. Surely there can be
no transce ndent virtue in stubbornly
denying fact that is as patent as the
rising of the sun.-Review of Reviews.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-30
Concerning Taxation.

AT every biennial session of the
Legislature for some twenty years past
members have come up to the Capital
with their pockets bullying out with
bills to "remedy double taxation"
The discussion over this matter was
particularly active in 1880, at the time
of the adoption of the existing law for
taking the grand list. 1t was resumed
with vigor at the session of 1892; in
1884 the "remedy" was embodied in
the Douglass bill of that session, and
the discussion of the Fundamental
principle of all similar measures cul
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-30
MOURNING IN PORTLAND
Over Loss OF Her Namesake Steamer,
Which Had 100 Of Her Citizens
On Board.

PORTLAND, ME-, Nov 29,-The city is in
deepest mourning over the loss of the
steamer Portland. Nearly one hundred of
the passengers and crew OF the steamer
lived here. Captain Blanchard, who had
been promoted from first pilot recently is
charged with the whole responsibility Of
the disaster by Manager Liscomb of the
company. Liscomb was in Boston Sunday
and telephoned orders for Blanchard not
to leave on account of the storm but Blan-
chard disobeyed and started out in the
iercest part Of the gale.
The steamer Manhattan, nearly two days
overdue, arrived tonight. Fears had been
entertained for her safety.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-30
BY TELEGRAPH.
PORTLAND PROBABLY LOST,
No Tidings From the Ill Fated Steamer.
Probably Lost With All on Board
Including 1919 Souls.

BOSTON, Nov. 29.-It is now believed that
the steamer Portland foundered in.open sea
somewhere off the coast of Cape Cod in
stead Of being driven ashore. This ia al.
most conclusively proven by reports brought
In by the captain OF the revenue cutter Dial.
las ard steamer Dongfe.low which arrived
from Provincetown this evening. They ex-
amined the beach on both sides of the cane
and though they found quantity of wreck
age, identified as coming from the Portland. 4
not piece of the hull or any OF the vessel
larger parts we're found.
1t is doubted II even piece OF boa,
ten inches wide will be found TlDSSGong-
fellow, while on an exploration today came
upon a vessel with five men frozen to death
in the rigging. Around the cape they found
wreckage but no bodies. The crew. of the
Dallas also failed to find bodies but the
bodies of eight men and two women were
in the Provincetown town hall.
Officers OF the Longfellow believe the
Portland was in trouble with her engine
when she passed Provincetown but once
outside the cape the full force Of the gale
met her and the steamer went all to pieces
in moment. 1t Is extremely doubtful IL
any vestsge Of the steamer more than has
been found on shore will ever be seem A
report from south of the cape states that
six bodies were found there and more have
drifted ashore in other places, making with
those at Provincetown a total of thirty-four
bodies. II the vessel foundered as is be-
lieved by many, especially those in the
staterooms will never be recovered.
While estimates differ as to the
number that were aboard the Portland, a
careful search of the list places the number
OF passengers, officers and the crew at 1919.
Boston, Nov. 29.-The steamer Gate
City according to reports, which reached
here tonight from the southern end of
Cape Cod, has been wrecked on "peaked
Hip bar, where she usually carried passen-
gers.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-30
Candidate GrOut on Economy in State
Expenditures.

At the annual meeting of the State
Grange in December, 1895, resolutions
were unanimously adopted relating to
retrenchment in public expenditures in
this State and reduction of official
salaries. In pursuance of instructions
from the executive committee of the
Grange, Hon. Alpha Messer, the secre-
tary of the committee, called the atten-
ton of the candidates for the governor.
ship, early in the canvass of 1896, to
these resolutions and asked from each
an expression of his views on the ques-
tions involved. The reply of Josiah
Grout, then candidate for the Repub-
lican nomination to the Office of Gov
ernor, will have some interest at this
time as showing how the views of the
candidate and the practice of the
elected official coincide--or fail to har-
monte. Subjoined is MIR. CIRCUITS
answer to the courteous inquiry of the
Grange official:
DERBY. VT, May 8. 1896.
ALPHA MEssER, ESQ.,,
Sec'y Ex-Com. vt. Grange,
Rochester, vt.
Mn Dear Mr.. Messer:-Yours Of the fourth
inst, stating the desire Of your committee
to know my views upon the subject matter
OF State expenses has been considered and
for answer will say: regard it the duty of
nit NJ IN lam do inf
ence and cast his vote to secure the mini
mum of expenditure in State disbursements.
Every State expense should be kept upon
the most economical basis consistent with
the welfare of the public service. Econo-
my, always a virtue, becomes in the exigen-
cies OF the times necessity, and should be
practiced as we'll in public as private az
fairs. Our public outgoes should be meas
ured by our Income which, upon just and
equal basis, should be regulated according
to the taxpaying ability of the people and
needs of the State. Subjected to the lowest
price known in years for everything he
produces, the farmer may we'll urge the
most frugal practices in administering the
| affairs Of State; and being farmer l sim
cerely sympathize with him and hope he
will, in common with all the people of the
State, contend for simplicity and economy
which will more surely than anything else
lead us to prosperity and happiness. am
in accord with the purpose of the resolutions
to which you refer. Thanking You for the
honor of your inquiry, am, cordially.
JOSIAH CIRCUIT.
Look on this picture then ON that re.
vealed by the recent Investigations
Every State expense should be kept
on the most economical basis" ETC.. or
the reverse side, proaigate, and the
largest, expenditure of public money, in
detail aud in the aggregate, by the ex
ecutive, ever known or dreamed Of il
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-30

Spanish sovereignty in Mexico Thi-
is merely statement of historical
truth, quite irrespt Give of what ones
preference might be TOUCHING the
policy OF The govern nent of the u lited
States. Spain was simply in the posi-
ton of former holder Of property who
is asked TO remove any possible
cloud from the title by giving a quit
claim deed, and who was clubbing
with the object of OBTAINING as large n
consideration as possible for yielding
up all technical claims TO what was
already quite beyond hope or chance
OF actual recovery Review of Re-
views.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-30
TROUBLE YET AHEAD.
The House Reported as Yet Standing
Squarely Against Any ApprOpria-
tion for the Board of Agri-
culture.

Near midnight last night the DAILY
JOURNAL was informed by telephone and by
parties who knew what they were talking
about that the House would insist to the
death ON its rider to the appropriation bill
providing that no part of the money thus
appropriated should be applied to the board
of agriculture or its work
A sufficient sum of money was deposited
in the First National bank OF Montpelier
late yesterday afternoon to pay off all mem
bers desiring, and this will be- done to-day on
demand. The opponents OF the board re-
fuse to recede an inch, aud there is evil
IDENTIFY going to be warm time in the old
town for the next few hours.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-30
To the Hon. Mr.. AguinaIdO and Others,

Hello there, Mister Aguinaldo,
And all you
Malays, Tagals. Japs, Chinese, Bisayans
And you other tribes that
Join with the Filipinos
In inhabitug the Philippines.
We want to shake your hands,
Metaphorically speaking,
And to assure you Of royal welcome
Under the Stars and Stripes.
We have an idea
That there's some darn fine stuff In you.
And we rather imagine
We're the people to bring 1t out,
We never tried this thing before,
But that's no criterion,
We hadn't been in modern naval battle
Before Dewey entered Subig Bay,
Though you would never have thought so
From what followed.
Don't you get nervous
II you happen to read anything
Said about you
By q man named Bailey.
He doesn't know, himself,
What he means, half the time,
But really, he's not so much
Opp sed to you for he emulates you
In never wearing dress suit,
So you can call him brother,
Though an erring one.
And that's the way with the others
Who want Chinese wall
Along the Atlantic and Pacific.
They're all erring. e.,
If there are enough Of them 10 say "all."
So you needn't bother about what they say
II they don't come around
To our way of thinking,
Why they will have to step aside
And let you take their place
In public life.
So keep your eye on your Uncle Sam,
Step off together, ard you'll soon
Be able to march along
With the band wagon.
j. Warren T. Mason, in New York Sun
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-30
Acknowledgements Received.

Executive Mansion Washington,
November %, 1898.
Ny DEAR SIR:-I beg leave to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of the Dist instant,
with enclosure, in behalf of Capt Charles E.
Clark, and to inform you that by direction of
the President it has been brought to the at
tention Of the Secretary of the Navy.
Very truly yours,
j. A. PORTER,
Secretary to the President.
Hon. THOMAS G. CHENEY,
Clerk of the House of Representatives,
Montpelier, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-30
Work for Josiah GrOut.

On the principle that it takes rogue
to catch rogue Ex-Governor Grout
might be appointed committee to in
vestigate legislative expenses and the
doings generally of the General As
sembly. The difficulty with the sug-
gestion is there is no power, except the
Legislature itself, to make the appoint
ment. In the way of useless and mex
cusable-not to say prohigate-waste of
public money the Legislature can give
his ex-Excellency and the adjutant and
inspector general large number of
points and beat them every time.
Is there a suggestion that the men,
bers shall not draw their three dollars
per diem during the Thanksgiving re-
cess? The debentures of the General
Assembly, 275 members, and the body
of official attaches and employees,
make an aggregate Of about 81 900 a
day. The recess practically covers six
days time, for there was no work done
on Wednesday, the day of adjourn
ment, and there will be practically none
done to-day. Here are some $4,000 in
debentures for which there can be no
pretense, even, of services rendered.
The per diem of members, clerks, Sec
retaries, door-keepers, pages, sweepers,
etc., etc., goes on while they are away
attending to their own affairs, or on
pleasure or other missions bent. Re-
cesses or junkets of from three TO four
or five days continuation have frequent
ly been taken during this session, as in
former sessions. Some twenty days
have been thus wasted, and some
800 900 will be drawn from the tax
payers of the State by the law-making
body and it's little army of servitors, for
which there has been no return, even
in the questionable kind of service rem
dered while they are actually at work.
There are laws regulating the pay Of
the servants Of the General Assembly,
and the sergeant-at-arms is biennially
buried out of sight-and he is man OF
some inches above six feet in stature
by billiards. of applications for these
places, and would continue to be 80
buried if the lawful wages were rigidly
adhered to. But the Legislature bien-
nialy, by Joint resolution, increases the
statutory salary of its servants from
fifty to one hundred per cent. The
price allowed for service in various
other capacities in both bodies, is un-
warrantably high.
His ex-Excellency, in the capacity of
investigator, might be able to turn the
tables on his Investigators aud bury
them in the debris of the wretched
legislative fabric he might, if he bowed
his shoulders to the pillars of the edi.
fee, bring down upon them. The
Legislature should cast the beam from
it's own eye as well as pluck the mote
from the Executive orb. Law-makine
in Vermont is an unreasonably wasteful
business, fault attributable to the sys'
tenn and to vicious customs in about
equal parts. Get Josiah Grout to in
Neutrality-suspicious. pay-with author
ity to send for persons and papers, bu
he need not administer osths. There
would be swearing enough outside OF
legal formality.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-30

THOSE Democrats aud Mugwumps
who jumped to the conclusion that the
announcement that this government
would maintain the "open door" pol
icy in the commerce CT the Philippines
meant that there was to be free trade
with the islands, simply exposed their
ignorance, or malice-or both. The
term "open door" has long been in use
in Europe, and means, not free trade,
but an equal footing for all. In other
words, all countries will be allowed to
trade with the Philippines upon the
same conditions.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-30
MORE SUGAR TRUST.
j. PierpOnt Morgan and the ROckefel-
lers Afflicted With the Sweet
Tooth.

CHICAGO, Nov. 29.-An attempt is being
made to form a combination of the existing
sugar trusts by consolidating the American
sugar refining company. the Doscher plant,
the Arbuckle concern and all independent
reineries and the glucose company of Chi
cago. The syndicate is said to be formed
with the Rockefellers and j. Pierpont Nor
gan in control, to undertake the enterprise.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-30
FIRE-CRACKERS FOR HAWAII
Commission Want to Initiate Hawaiian
Territory on July 4, 1899.

NEW YORK, Nov. 29.-Hawaii will be-
come full fiedged territory on July 4, 1899,
of the Hawaiian commission. The finish
ing touches are being put on the commits
sioners' report and their conclusions will be
embodied in the bill establishing the terri
torial form Of government with delegation
in Congress and the local legislature.