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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-02
Gen. Grout on the Philippines.

Representative Grout makes in the
Free Press strong and convincing
presentation of the reasons why the
United States should retain The Phil
pines. In closing Gen. Grout said:
By retaining the Philippines we do not
commit ourselves to the policy Of going
around seeking what islands we may de-
YOUR. We simply deal with this case as
the circumstances seem to justify. We
waged war against Spain for the purpose
of freeing the people of Cuba from the
barbarism Of Spanish rule, and incidental
ly or providentially the Philippines, whose
people have been worse treated by Spain
than the Cubans, fell into our hands. We
struck at Spanish power in the Philippines
and wiped it out and the people are free
from their oppressors. We have also lib
Grated the Cuban people. We have rescued
both from the grasp of the same tyrsnt
Now on what principle can we give the
Cuban liberty and at the same time turn
the Filipino back to the despotism and
extortion of his old master? What will
the Christian world say OF US If we do
this2 What will the pen OF history say?
What will our own consciences say?
When our flag was raised in the Philip
pines it testified not only to our SOW
eregnty over the islands, but gave az
surance OF freedom to all who should seek
Its protection. 1t was planted there by
my countrymen, in the awful hour OF bat .
tie, and in the name Of liberty; and mine
shall never be the hand to pull it down.
do not believe the American people az
prove leaving any part of the Philippines
in the cruel grasp Of Spain. whose guar
anty Of reform has come to be known az
a synonym for bad faith. To provide for
them will doubtless give US some trouble,
but Providence has placed them in our
charge, and what excuse can we frame IL
we desert themP Our duty to this oppress-
ed people and the material value OF the
islands alike demand their retention.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-02
As to the Perennial License Bill.

One swallow does not make the sum-
mer. A canvass of one town through
private enterprise does not settle the
question of license or prohibition in
this State, if, indeed, in the town thus
canvassed.
Matters have come to pass in this
State where many people with stand
ing for wisdom and good judgment, as
well as for strict temperance principles
and practice, are inclined to favor a
reference to the people of the question
of the fundamental principle upon
which the regulation of the liquor traffic
shall be based, whether it shall be pro-
hibition or license. Since there has
been developing among good temper
ance people, among strong supporters
of prohibition, an inclination TO take
the mandate of the people on this ques-
ton, there has been a material change,
lowering of tone, among license advo-
Gates who have been somewhat OBJ
streperously demanding the referen-
dunn.
If there should appear to be rea-
sonsble assurance that a referendum,
on the broad question of prohibition or
license, could settle this ceaseless and
improbable agitation of the matter,
this perpetual recurrence OF license or
local option measures, at the biennial
sessions of the Legislature, the refer
endum might be welcomed as a profit
able conclusion of this whole matter.
No person at all familiar with public
sentiment in Vermont doubts for an
instant what the issue of the referen-
dunn would be,-that a steadlast adj
herence to the existing prohibitive
system would be the result. After
this, on what ground could the advo.
Gates of license, high or low, or of any
other degree, come into the Legisla-
ture with measures proposing to enact
system of regulating the liquor traffic
which the people, freshly polyed on the
subject, have said they do not want?
A popular vote for prohibition would
be mandate to agitators for any sys-
tenn other than prohibition to with
draw from the Legislature; and to the
prosecuting officers in all parts of the
State to enforce the popular will.
There ought to be, after the people
have met the agitators on their ground
and beaten them, an end of this per-
petnal farce that biennially plaques
the General Assembly, consumes its
time and wastes the public money.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-02
An Afternoon in Europe.

Mrs. G. II. Baldwin prepared pleasant
surprise on Monday afternoon for her assoc-
ates of the Ladies' Reading Club of Christ
Church. Notice of special meeting of the
club was given early in the day and there were
surmises as to the nature of the entertainment
devised for the members, each of whom was
asked to bring friend who was not member
SoJourning with Mrs. Baldwin is her friend
Miss Abbie j. McCutcheon of Charlestown
Mass, who has recently returned from tour
in Europe; Mics McCutcheon is keen OBJ
server. Her eyes and senses are alert for the
beautiful, the grand the humorous, the Gu
rious things in life, and in the panorama of
novelties and wonders that unrolls before an
American tourist abroad she found rare enioy-
ment and entertainment for herself, and the
means of delghting and interesting her large
circle of friends in America.
Miss McCutcheon is not only close and in
telligent observer but she has the rare faculty
of portraying in vivid word pictures the sights
she has seen the ways and characteristics OF the
people she has met, the events and incidents
of travel. She was for several years president
of the Norumbega club of Charlestown, lead
ing social organization of that city, of which
she is still member. Knowing the capacity
OF their sister for entertainment and nstruc-
ton the members of the club asked her to
give an account of her summer wanderings
Without notes or manuscript Miss McCutch-
con responded and her friends well understand
with what degree of satisfaction
AT Mrs Baldwin's earnest solicitation Miss
McCuteheon ,graciously consented to tell the
Christ Church reading club and invited guests
the story of her Sightseeing, and give them her
impressions of the country and the people she
saw across the sea 1t was an afternoon of
rare pleasure to the members of this organza-
ton. Miss McCutcheon is unconventional in
all her ways. She has an easy flow of felioit-
Gus speech; word and gesture, animated ex-
preston and play f wit supply their part
in story that becomes a reality to the listen
err. She is not lecturer or professional
talker. 1t is the free, unconstrained portrayal
of delightful social communion, and ones
listener becomes a spe, tator of the things de-
scribed. Europe had in Miss McCutcheon
highly appreciative observer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-02
Work To Be Done,

Three weeks, eighteen working days,
to the customary time of final adjourn
ment of the Legislature. No measure
of the slightest Importance to the
State has yet been matured, or has
made any appreciable progress toward
maturity. Among the measures of
first Importance are the various rail-
way bills, for steam and electric rail-
ways, all of vital importance to the
State, important above all things else
that they should be settled right-in
the interest of the people of the State.
There is the application for the commu-
tstion OF the sentence of death, passed
upon two persons now in solitary con-
fnement at Windsor, to imprisonment
for life. The hearing of the petition
in behalf of these people must be by
this Legislature, or the gallows will
claim it's victims. Only the Legisla-
ture can commute. There are bills for
changing certain town lines and
another for creating a new shire of
Essex county. There are proposals to
create new and important State offices.
Matters of taxation and revenue are
under consideration. Like the poor,
we have al ways with us those peren-
NAL subjects of Legislation, local OPP
ton in the liquor traffic and woman
suffrage, which will occupy much of
the precious time of the General Az
sembly and then go the way of their
predecessors. Legion is the name of
mi nor subjects of proposed law-mak-
ing. To settle all these vital matters
alone, and settle them with any APP
proach toward deliberation, in three
weeks, is an absurd proposition. To
settle them off hand is menace to the
best interests of the State. To deter
mine the fate of all the bills already in,
and which will come in, by the highly
judicial process of Tipping up copper
would require quite the full measure OF
time remaining before the odors OF
roast turkey will coax the members
back to their flresides.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-02
House Bill 22.

The Legislature of 1894 enacted law
requiring towns maintaining a liquor
agency to pay into the State treasury all
profit in excess of ten per cent on
| liquors sold. The law went into effect
February l, 1895.
The question was raised whether or
not the law was intended to be retroact-
i've in its requirements. The officers
administering it ruled that its pro-
visions were retroactive. Under the
law, and under this ruling, nineteen
towns reported profits aggregating
$915.75 in excess of ten per cent and
paid this excess into the State treasury.
Nineteen towns, also, reported profits
aggregating S3,618.01 in excess of ten
per cent, but refused to turn over the
money accruing before the law became
operative to the State treasurer.
Other towns simply ignored the law.
A test case was sent up to the Su-
preme Court, and that tribunal declar-
ed the retroactive requirement invalid.
Now, the towns which paid their excess
of profit accruing during the retroac-
tive period into the State treasury have
not been reimbursed, nor have the
other towns been required to pay.
House bill % is intended to right what
is evidently wrong,-to reimburse the
towns that peid under what the court
declared was an illegal construction of
the law, or to compel all the towns to
pay the profits in question that accrued
before the law became operative.
Refund what has been paid under a
wrong Interpretation of the law, OF
compel all the towns to pay their share
of retroactive gains on liquor sales
this is the spirit of House bill %, and il
is right. Auditor Hale recommended
the refunding of the money. OF cour c
the recacilrant towns cannot be COM
PEELED to pay money the Supreme
Court says they are not legally bound to
pay. The State must, therefore, OBJ
serve the other alternative. and refund
the money it has illegally taken. TIC
this end the bill in question should be-
come law.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-02

Col. GEORGE E. WARING, JR.. who
went as a sanitary expert to Havana,
by request of President Mckinley, to
inspect and report upon conditions af-
fecting health in the Cuban capital and
other cities, and what measures would
be necessary to purify the island and
maintain the public health, came home
on Tuesday Of last week. He passed
quarantine, but on the afternoon of the
day of his arrival home he fell i'll and
went to bed. His malady was declared
to be yellow fever. The ill he had
gone to Cuba to devise ways for abat-
ing had seized him. On Saturday he
died, victim to the cause to which he
had devoted the later years of his life.
AS the head of the street cleaning de-
partment of New York city, under the
administration of Mayor Strong, Colonel
Waring achieved national distinction.
Cuba has been the breeding place of
pestilence and constant menace to the
health OF this continent. Colonel Wood,
as military governor of Santiago, has
been renovating that city. Colonel
Warning had carried out the purpose of
his commission in that he had gathered
the material for report to the Presi-
dent and for recommendation as to
the measures that should be under
taken to remove the causes of pestilence
in Cuba. Colonel Waring died in the
line OF duty and must be accounted
one of the martyrs to the sanitary
freedom, as others have been to the po-
litical freedom, of that island.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-02

FREE PmIs.-Send your address to IL. e.
Bucklen q Co., Chicago, and get free sample
box of DR.. Kings New Life Pills A trial
will convince you of their merits. These pills
tive in the cure of Constipation and Sick Head
ache. For Malaria and Liver troubles they
have been proved invaluable. They are guar.
anteed to be perfectly free from every dele
terious substance and to be purely vegetable.
They do not weaken by their action, but by
giving tone TO the stomach and bowels greatly
invigorate the system. Regular size 25c per
box. Sold by G. Blakely, Druggist.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-02
Fool or ROgue.-Which q?

The Messenger is still squirming.
'The WATCHMAN is simply lodging
the ISSUE" and is altogether incorrig.
able.
The trouble with the contemporary
is that the item of alleged news it
printed on the eve of the election of
superintendent of education was not
"perfectly legitimate" as it AYERS. 1t
was wholly illegitimate, an utterly
bastard, "item of news" The Demo-
cratic caucus did not vote to support
the candidacy of Mr.. Stone, as the
Messenger reported, "because he was q
Democrat" Mr.. Harris of Benning-
ton denied this, emphatically, on the
floor of the House. The Democratic
caucus, he said, understood perfectly
that both Mr.. Stone and Mr.. Dunton
were Republicans.
If the Messengers representative
was gulled by what he says was told
him by Zone attendant in that caucus"
it was simply because he was too will
ing to be gulled. He preferred to be
deceived. 1t suited his purpose to be
misinformed. He is no spring chicken.
He has been about the Legislature for
years. He would not relish the impu-
tation upon the state of his informa-
ton on public affairs if he should plead
fho ha lid not bpouu oil about th;, 80
litical canard, and how it had been ex-
plotted, and for what purpose, at every
election of State school superintendent,
since 1892, or that he was really taken
in by the alleged report of the caucus
attendant. Nor would the editor of
tb Messenger.
The malice and the meanness of the
Messenger in this matter appeared on
the face of its publication. They were
Instantly recognized and branded every
where. 1t was part of q sly and con-
trived plan to stab one of the candi-
dates at a time when he had scant
time to defend himself All the Mes
senger's bluff and quibbling and sancti-
mony does not avail. Its course in the
matter, with that of its co-conspirators
of the press, was, to employ its own
toplofty rhetoric, to which it invariably
resorts when it is cornered, can exhi-
bition of journalism utterly unworthy
of fair-minded newspaper"
Its case is not helped by the circum-
stance that "the Messenger made no
comment whatever upon the state
ment of its Montpelier correspondent"
If it had done what a really "fair-
minded newspaper" would have done
under the circumstances it would have
thrown the statement of it's correspond
emit into the waste basket; or, if it was
opposed to Mr.. Stone, fact that was
well understood around the Capitol, it
would have expressed its opposition
openly and man-fashion. 1t employed
the methods of the cut-throat and the
ssndbagger. There is no "dodging the
issue" in this statement, and there
is no appeal from this statement of the
real facts and the plain animus of the
Messenger in this matter. Any che
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-02

"THE war was fought for Cuba.
Remember Cuba, C-u-b-a" Thus the
mani acal Republican of Springfield.
This precept is entirely in harmony
with the mugwump in6rmity of mind
and morals. If rescuer went forth
into the wilderness to save perishing
mortal, and on the way he found
another who had fallen among thieves,
also, and was in distress, Mugwump
ethics, as illustrated by its prophets in
their current discourse on Spanish
American questions, would direct the
Good Samaritan to leave victim num-
Der two to his fate, and bind up the
wounds OF him only be set forth to
save, and bring him only to the inn of
civilizations host. There is wine and
oil and bandages in plenty for both
sufferers. 1t is only the mugwump
ass that is kicking against saving the
other unfortunate. Humanity cries,
Save both. Remember, also, the
Philippines-P- h-i-l-i-p-p-i-n-e-s.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-02
THE subject of the Boston Globes

THE subject of the Boston Globes
consensus of opinion, in signed ar
ticles, on Sunday was, "Can the boss be
abolished2" The answer was that the
boss is very largely mental creation
Of certain small but vociferous and
violent class of persistent DIRECTORS.
There must be organization in all
movements. There must be leaders
In all organizations. If leader has
power and following he must repre-
sent somebody. A man cannot be a
leader for day who does not repre-
sent the element he leads. He exer-
cises certain authority and power only
with the consent of those who follow
him. The boss is very largely mis-
homer for the leader.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-02
PlainfieId.

After most distressing illness of more than
years duration, Thomas r. Gibson a veter-
an of thu war of the Rebellion, peacefully
passed out of the mortal into the imm ortal
life, Monday evening, Oct. a, aged seventy
years. The funeral services were lar ely at
tended by relatives and neighbors at his late
residence, Wednesday afternoon. Rev. l.. f.
Fortney assisted in the services by Rev
DR.. Cooper. The interment was in the village
cemetery.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-02

who can "see church by daylight"
sees this. And here's an end of the
whole matter
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-11-30
COURT CONVENED MONDAY,
AND ADJOURNED THE SAME DAY
UNTIL NEXT MONAY.
Two Important Criminal Cases on the
Docket. Judge Spence to Pre-
side Next Week.

Terrell superior court convened Mon
day morning at 10 O'Clock, sun time,
Judge sheffield was on the bench, ant
Solicitor General L win was on hand
guard the interests of che state. A mum
Der of visiting attorneys, including w
C.. Worrill of Cuthbert, G. w. Warwic
of Smithville and Clarence Wilson Of e.
Gaines, werealso~ present, ~wIfile a3 0f.s
usually large number Of peopl5.earhe H.
from the country aroun- to be present a
the proceedings of the COURT. aa
AS soon as court was OF CANT d Jud2a
Sheffield delivered bis cd2rge to II
grand jury in hts usually clear a4C
explicit manner, recounting all of TIA
duties expected of them nd npraFsjn
upon them tue respons,ple iutios tha,
rested upon them. hlr. F. Ndsworthy
was elected foreman Of lhe Grand jury,
Mr.. H. A. Petty secretary anu Nj. W.
T. Lewis .ailiff.
Judge Sheffield ae once begun CALI
TIE civil docket, but en- accouuC OF ala
absence and sickness of attorneys -Et
cases could be gotten 20 TRIAL, and n tte
afternoon court wos 5djoubed until
next Monday, when Jue Grant al d0oEs
viii be taken up. AL CIVIL, Gases were
continued for the uerm. sng... ....4-..
The only Important q iinint} Gates for
tfiaI ere these Of tue negro who was a.
rested in Alabama sometime aqO aa the
murderer of Marshal Huff of Pavputt ia
1892, and Bird jacobs, charse with OUT
raging Mrs. J. II. Hairy.
vJule Spikes was ingaeted as the nur-
, dersr Of HUFF while JqdGe. Sheffield was
JS4licttoF, and the.judg8being aisqpalih5d
N IBIS case J udge Speaea OF the l5any
l0rcult will preside loph hg% week n
the ctrial Of all ,crimiusl cases. !. The ne
gro noY bDqet arrest: ~ this cAlro was
Captured in 8l1btma, &ffd is pS9#t@as
Win LOVetS. Another Altbame negro.
Dick Weldon, was tried for killing HuGf
two years ago, but proved that ne was
not Spikes and was 8cquitteH. &.
There are a number Of prisoners tg
Jail, and court will probably, be IA se5-
sion all of next week -., F./
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-11-30
Tortured BY
Rheumatism
a Purely Vegetable Blood
.',,.. Remedy is the Only
,. % o7 !' 20 rrro -7|
- lu a' t.., fJaG r

j 3
% 5If the people generally knew the
true cause of Rheumatism, there
would be no such thing as lini-
ments and lotions for this painful
and disabling disease. The fact is,
Rheumatism is a disordered state
Of the blood-it can be reached,
therefore, only through the blood.
But all blood remedies can not cure
Rheumatism, for it is an obstinate
disease, one which requires a real
blood remedy something more than
a mere tonic Swift's Specific is
the only real blood remedy, and it
promptly goes to the very bottom
of even the most obstinate case. 81
A few years ago I was taken with in
hammatory Rheumatism which though
mild at first, became gradually so in
tense that was for weeks unable to
walk l tried several prominent physi-
clans and took their treatment faith
fully, but was unable to get the slightest
relief. In fact, my condition seemed to
grow worse, the pains spread over my
entire body, and from November to
March suffered agony | tried many
patent medicines, but none relieved me.
Upon the advice of friend I decided to
try S. S. s. Before allowing me to take
1T, however, my guardian, who was a
chemist, analysed the remedy, aRd pro-
nounced it free OF POTASH or me~eury.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-11-30

V No-ro-Bac for Fifty Cents.
- aranteed tobacco habit cure, makes veal,
men strong, blood pure Soc, 81, All dr,g1 WEAK
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-11-30
WORK OF THE LEGISLATURES.
Speaker Little Would Create More Offices,
Mr.. swift Pursues the University.

Speaker Little has introduced his tax
retO N bill in the house. 1t was read
ana seat TO the ways and means commit
Zee, OF which Mr.. Freeman of Coweta is
chairman. Speaker Little's tax reform
measure is too voluminous and too i'm
pOrtant 20 do justice to in a synopsis. 1t
coy" rs over 100 sections, and is complete
IN the detail of tax gathering. Posi- bly,
the most important feature is The ID
Ilshmen; Of state tax committee, to
C INSIST of the controller general and Two
others to be appointed by the governor
II a SALARY Of 81, 600 per aunum. These
3CA assessors in turn appoint Two local
assessors il each county, upon recon-
AcnNation of the grand jury OF each
county II is the duty of local SsgeaSots
oder ID prescribed oath to investigate ell
returns, and list of intefrog lions I
zach tax payer is laid out, rhgse quertionS
5ng designed to bring out al species
property for tax stiOn. Ile state tax
crmmission are to have general super
vision over the local ASSESSOR, ana are
10 visit all the counties OF u, state at
ieasC once year. The bin Imposes a
lax upoo collateral inheritance lDd pre-.
,cr,Oes the manner in which stocks,
Doth statos d,u ., Inership asst s, suall
oe z. ven IN fut HasiOn.