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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-12-21
Financial Methods of n Boss.

The developments in the case of former
Senator Quay of Pennsylvania in which
Hen. George +. Eduunds is one of the
distinguished counsel employed, throw in
torcsting light on tho methods of the po-
litical boss in mulcting the peo-
pies treasury. Attorney General Ell
kin appeared before the commit
tee on privlegcsi and elections
for the purpose of arguing in favor of the
admission of quay to the Senate and 1t
has since transpired that he claimed to
lie representing the state OF Pennsylvania
This would appear to be an innocent pro-
ceeding but its true significance becomes
plain when it is understood that this
procedure relieves quay from the neces-
sity of employing counsel and throws the
expense of the trial so far as he is con-
cerned upon the state of Pennsylvania
lnasmuch as two-thirds Of the Legislature
of the Keystone State opposed the seating
of Quay, his generous donation of the
financial burdsn of lis contest for sem
atorial scat to the State is likely to Gre
ate wave OF indignation in that common
wealth.
The discovery that the expenses OF
Quays efforts to break into the Senate
will come out of the State treasury has
recalled % some of the anti-Quay people
the way in which he made lavish use Of
| the peoples money in connection with his
contest for recollection while he was still
a member Of the Senate. In 1898 the coun-
| ~ of Blair voted on choice of United
States senator a the spring primaries and
on a single day he sent 2F kilograms 10
the tolls of which ere paid out of the
Senate contingent fund. There arc tricks
in all trades it is said, but Quay thrift
in these two instances tends to show that
this is particularly true of Pennsylvania
politics.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-12-21
The Wars of n Peaceful Reign.

Tho New York World, which Is decide
~ anti-Briton and pro-Boer i'm It's scnu-
ments Regarding the South African war,
thinks Queen Victorias death may be
FASTENED hy the British defeats. Its Lon
don correspondent says she is unable 10
sleep as a result of her worriment over
her nations losses. which are gricVous
and he attributes her resent state to
bitter rcmorse. lie shows that prolific as
Her Majesty reign has been in the tri-
umph of peace, the din OF war has sound
ed during thirty-six of its sixty-two years
and adds:--
when in 1898 she was coro-
mated amid tn, reioicings Of hcc' poop G.
her troops were putting down II rebellion
in Canada. when she was married, and
when her first-botn. Wales, came to her,
the Chinese opium" war was being
waged. When her irst-born was married,
in 1865, the British were thrashng the
Ashantecs. Her jubilee was celebrated
during the Soudanese war But in all the
wars of sixty-two years, barring the
Ctimean. the checks to British arms have
been trifting compared to the repulses IN
iiicted by tho Boers.'
Yet the gratifying fact remains that
Queen Victoria's influence has ever been
consistently cxcrtcd on the side of peace,
and that her chief solicitudc in matters
of state has been the promotion of the
progress and welfare of her people. The
fact that the United States has been en-
gagged in frequent wars with It's wards
as we'll as with other nations, does not
mean that We are not a peace loving peo-
pic. There are times when nation can
not avoid war and retain it's dignity aId
maintain its right and the larger MAJ
tion and the more extended its domain,
the morc frequent will be It's provocations
to war.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-12-21
PROHIB1TlON AND TIE PEOPLE.

The Reformer of Brattleboro publishes
a column of editorial observations on the
subject of legal prohibited of the liquor
traffic as effected by the developments at
the recent Fish ana Game League oan-
quot at The Van Ness House. Burlington.
While denying or doubling that the ma
joriy of the peop,e of tho State deIiber-
ately chose the prohibitive system of their
own free will and have been and still are
la favor of adhcring to their original
choice, the contemporary gives the ligu.es
of the vote by the people in an election
where prohibition was the chief issue"
from which it appears that there was a
majority of some two thousand for the
existing system A majority vote tor pi
hibition, when this was the chief issue"
ought to settle the question of popular
preference at that time.
OF the state of public sentiment a the
present time the Reformer says:
That it is not true now was practically
confessed by the last Legislature when 1t
refused to submit the question to II vote
of the people Stripped of all subterfuges
the reason for that refusal was a fear
that the people would repudiate the Law
If given a direct chance at 1t, for it was
perfectly obvious that if, after As years
trial the verdict should be one of APPROX
al, and in favor of the continuance of The
law, 1t would add tremendously to lis
moral force.
vvattb,,,,,,, itr,rl.,, ,hot ,hn ,,,aio,t,,.
etiu e. In a,;nr 81 rrobibition and ",,ii
no. r,ot"b i's f,i,pa,i b,, t.s.r,i,,e, ,ti.
10 o,.,iority e. asa,rs, ~ ia,rS r''V
seems to be unconscious of "unfairncss"
in its statement of the reason why the
,io,' to ,.o,, af 10 ,.,r'n1n :, .,Stril,,'a
of al s,'ht,rf,,oa" tbo P,ror,,or's ~. "
,lont of 49, 80 i,t,, ,,o,'. ,,,,,,t i,i, =
a srht,rF,'oo 70 .,,sto1n ,,nsi,in, ~
u,hoso u.ao1,ro., :. go no ,.d,I ass,,r ~
~, Ivo,,br,,r oud ,,o bsIio,,, ~, ,[,,.s
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,n,, -, a., l,,,'s,i,,, -, 10 'oor,fl 49,
60 nio,o n,,, III ,.', IL, to-, ,.Lii', 80 =,
I;co,,oo omd fraa r,,r, aI7.o,,taS ~, H'o
s,,Gioo, 20 ,ha ,o,,,i,' i,'1,s,', ~ 49,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-12-21
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

The top of a desk from Norwich Univor-
sity. Vermont, i'm which Admiral Dewey
had cut mis- name while a student there,
sold in Boston the other day for SIS.
Gen. Lew Wallace Is not on an author
and politician. ono of the things in which
he takes lively interest Is the Phi Gam
ma Delta fraternity. He always attends
the conventions of this college society,
and is now its national president.
Miss Elsie II. Depew Strong a niece
of Senator Dcpcw, has just obtained her
NJ y. degree from the Noman's Medical
College of the New York lntirmary for
Women and Children. and has been APP
pointed to the staff of house physicians
at that institution.
Tx-Fostmaster General William l.. Will
son has gone to southern Arizona, whore
he will spend the winter He is suffering
from pulmonary trouble and goes at the
advice of his physician
Rabbi Emanuel Schneider of YounAs-
town. o.. who has been chosen rabbi f
the great Emanuel Synagogue of Chicago
is Il man Of forty-hvc, a native of Austria,
and received his doctors degree from. nc
Royal College of Vienna. He has written
uumbcr OF religious works
Peter A. y. Widcner. the Philadelphia
capitalist. has announced that he will give
pied children. He has bought thirty-siX
acres Of land near German own, on VIII, n
he will erect the building. He expects TO
spend about 100000 on the project
James Ends How. of St Louis, who
has given his fortune of sl,000,000 to the
poor says he was influenced to do this
by the incident of the rich young man
related in the tenth chapter Of ST
Marks gospel Mr.. How is grandson Of
lanes b. t,ids, the famous engineer who
built the great Mississippi bridge, at St.
Louis
Speaker IIondersons ervel is quite a
curiosity. The head Is OF rosewood from
Montojos flagship and the handle of ma
tive osuge grown In Polk county, Iowa.
IT Is decorated by an eagles beak bearing
scroll inscribed "E Phribus CHum "
On tho upper ferule are doves and gar
land on the lower pictures Of the United
states ships Iowa and Dos Moincs. The
Iowa arms and Mr., Henderson's Mono
gram are on the side of the head
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-12-21
The REPUBLICAN, CAMPAIGN
NATIONAL CANVASS TO BE BEGUN
iMMe OlATeLY.
Committee Selected to Have Charge of
Distribution of Campaign Litsruture
Philadelphia Contribution to He
the first Money Expended Han
mas Programme.

Chairman Hanna has decided to begin
the campaign of 1900 at once. He has So
lcCted "A committee consisting of Control
Ter Charles l. Dawes, First Assistant
Postmaster General j. S. Heath, Score
tary DICK and others, who will have in
charge the distribution of campaign liter
allure this winter. Tho subscription of
10000 received from Philadelphia is to
he eXpend I'd by that committee. Through
olt the neg )tiations with the representa-
lives of different cities which desired to
obtain the national convention, Chairman
Hanna and the leaders insisted on a SUBJ
scriptiou of considerable size as pro-rc-
Quisite
Mr.. Hanna announced that he should
not pass the ha." this winter. but that
it is absolutely essential that some money
should be Forthcoming in order to at once
start the campaign of education and or
ganization
The vote which turned the scale for
Philadelphia in the national committee
was that Of Richard G. Nerens from MIS-
souri, on the second ballot Philadelphia
and Chicago had twenty-four votes each
and ST. Louis one. kcrcns withdrew 81.
Louis from the contest and voted for
Philadelphia
The first republican convention held in
Philadelphia was in 1856. when the party
had its birth as q national organization
1H 1872 Grant was renominatcd there tor
President by aCclarr ton, and Henry Will
son was nominated for NiCc-PIcsidvnt af-
ter sharp contest with Schuyler ColtaX.
Tho remembrance Of the Grant case mad
II Is said something to do with Mr. Eer'
,ns's decision. 1t seemed fittiug that the
second republican President to be renom-
mated by acclamaticn should 20 before
the people With the Endorsement of a con-
Vcntion held in Philadelphia
{ 1t Is fortunate that the coming national
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-12-21

Gov. Otero of New Mexico in pleading
for Statehood for that territory makes tho
interesting announcement that 1t has n
population of 260,5O0, excluding Indians
who number 25, 800 The territory contains
nearly 100000 acres, of which 100000
comprise land grants Indian and military
reservations, railroad grants, and govern
ment entries. The assessed value for tax
alton is more than S4O, 900. The improv-
cd system of irrigation on which the Ter
ritory has to depend for the multiplication
of its land area is developing rapidly. 1t
may not be good argument fer Statehood,
but Gov. Otero says there are only two
Jewish places of worship in all New Mex
leo. Unfortunately he can not say as
much for his territory as regards the Nor
mons who have number of settlements
there In view of the experience of the
republicans in admitting new states it
will probably be some time before New
MeNico's knocking is listened 10 by that
party in Congress-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-12-21
Committee Assignments.

The Ncrmonters have nothing TO COM
plain of in the re-arrangement of commit
tees in Congress. Senator Proctor re-
aims the ahlirmanship of the committee
On agriculture and forestry. He is on the
committees on coast offences; on the Dis
irict of Columbia; on fisheries on mill
larry affairs; and on the Philippines, six
fcry important committees. That on the
philippines is, of course, a new commit
zee and its work will call for bread states
nanship, sound sense, and fidelity to high
American ideals. Mr.. Proctor stands on
he military committee aud on fisheries
Senator Ross is chairman of the COM
ulttce TO examine the branches of the
civil service, and Is On the committees ON
sngrossed bills, and on territories.
Judge Powers retains the Craftsmanship OF
the important committee on Pacific rain
roads. He is advanced from the seventh
"a the third place on the education COM
mittec; and Is second oil the committee OF,
election Of President Vice-President and
representatives
Gen. Grout retains the Craftsmanship OF
the committee on appropriations in the
war department; and is third on the very
important committee on appropriations.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-12-21
Army Appointments Confirmed,

The United states Senate on the 18th
inst. confirmed the following appoint
nents. all Of which have beer previously
nnounced: Promoted to be colonel Lieut..
.ol. Emerson II. Lscum, Twenty-fourth
Infantry. To be lieutenant colonies: Mai.
tcphen p. Jocelyn Nineteenth Infantry,
lai. sumner II. Lincoln, Tenth Infantry.
nd Mai. II. W. Vessels, Third Cavalry,
o he captains: First Lieutenants John
n Heard Daniel l.. Tate, Third Cavalry;
and Charles j. Bailey, First Artillery. TO
be first lieutenants: Second Lieutenants
Lincoln c. Andrews, Third Cavalry; Law
renee S. Miller, Fourth Artillery; George
j. Holden, Tenth Infantry; and George
c Martin, Twenty-irst 1nfantry-all in
the regular army. Several of the above
hold higher ranks in the volunteer ser
vice.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-12-21
Menage of the Northwestern Free

There are not a few Vermonters who
have financial interest in Louis F. Men
age, president of the defunct Northwest
ern Guaranty Loan company, who recent
ly returned to this country after travel
ling incognito in Mexico for about Ave
years; and they will hardly be pleased to
learn that he is to-day a free man. After
a consideration of his case al Minneapolis
County Attorney J.. A. Reed entered Il
nclle prosequ in each of the three indict-
ment cases hanging over Menage, who
was charged with en.bezzlement
The memorandum filed by the county at
torney says that evidence against Menage
is the same as that with which futile
efforts were made to convict William +.
Streetor, The vice-presldcnt of the COM
pany; that material Witnesses are dead,
that others are out of the State; that
documentary evidence has been returned
10 the original holders, and that the trial
would cost .he county at feast $500 with
no chance Of conviction
If the lessons received under the iinar-
ciai tutelage Of such men as Menage re-
suit in the adoption of the home ield for
investment, the state may be the gamer
ia the end, but the experience is not Pleas
ant for those who pay for the tuition
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-12-21

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-12-21
WINOOSKI
SAVINGS BANK

From its careful management has no
met with loss from any loan made dur
ing the last twenty years.
Deposits made during the first five day
OF any month will draw interest from tho
frst day Of that month. Deposits madt
after the firth day Of any month vii, draw
interest from the first day of the mex
moath.
Interest is credited depositors Januar!
list ana July lst Comuounding semi-ap
nualIy. The rate of interest paid to de
positors by all savings banks in this STATE
Is limited ~ law to four per cent. until iu
surplus amount to ten per cent. Of III
deposits, when an extra dividend Is e
be made.
No interest is allowed by law to be paid
on deposits in excess Of two thousand dol
lars except 1t be on deposits by widow
orphans, administrators. executors. guar
dams, charitable or religious institutions
or on trust funds deposited by order OF
court.
The Bank pays all taxes IN this state
on deposits OF fifteen hundred dollars or
less
VERMONT LOANS SOLICITED.
Due depositors June 30, 1S99........s72 en- 4
surplus .'.'....'...... .............., 6G",l.hi
Deposits and surplus. ............. 7js,577.0
! OFFICERS-S. II. Weston, President,
Ormond Cole, Treasurer
TRUSTEES-S. H. weston, j. 3. Small
o. =. Ray, A. ]. Stevens. Ormond Cole L
c. Mower. Samuel Biswood.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-12-21
Bryan May Abandon Free Silver.

Attention has already been directed in
these columns to the increasing disposition
on the part of number Of leading demo-
Gratis in the East and South to break their
relations with the popocrntc party as re-
CARDS the currency question and take i
pronounced stand in favor of sound mon
cy, a tendency which has gained strenst tn
since the opening of the monetary discus
sion in Congress as indicated by the bod
ness Of New York democratic congress
men and others in supporting the bill
providing Cor the permanent establishment
Of the gold standard. The large proper
lions already gained 10y this bolt are plain
~ having a pronounced effect upon the
silver leaders. 1t Is noteworthy that Bry-
an has not recently made an open utter
anCe in favor of the free and unlimited
coinage of silver at a rario of 1G to /. In
deed there are indications that the popo-
cratic prophet is seriously considering the
project of abandoning this issue in the
coming national campaign.
\ striking coincidence pointing In the
direction of the abandonment Of free sill
vcr is TO be found in the uttcrancc of a
Nebraska congressman, who has been Wis
iting in Virginia and who is a near per-
sonal friend of William J. Bryan, and the
statements of Congr. ssman Bailey of Tex
as, the former democratic leader in the
House and a devoted adherent Of the poro-
cratic chief. As reported in our news col
nmns Saturday morning, Congressman
Bailey in reply to a question from Con-
gresham Dalzell of Pennsylvania regard
ing democratic support of free coinage for
the white metal said that the democra tic
side simply asked a sufficiorcy of basic
money, and If this was supplied by either
gold or silver it confirmed the democrat tic
position.
Compare this assertion with the utter
,auco of the Nebraska congressman refer
red to who said that Bryan was not in
favor under the circumstances Of making
silver an issue in the next election anc
that feelers had been put out by Bryan tc
ascertain the feasibility of dropping thai
issue. This congressman said tho demo
cratic party had never advocated the free
coinage of silver for tho purpose simply
lof having the white metal coined, but be
cause its members believed larger vol
ume OF money was needed. In 1896 there
was no indication OF any great increas'
in the production OF gold but the rapiC
increase in the production of the latte
metal had now obviated the necessity fo
the free coinage of silver.
The statements of both Bailey and tn
Nebraska congressman quoted are open t.
question as regards the attitude of th'
r0pocrats toward silver as such in thu
campaign of 1896, as extracts from part!
platforms and stump speeches would amp
Ily show; but we are interested now chief!
in the present attitude OF that party oil
the currency question, The utterances w
have quoted show oonclusivey that tn
p0pocra'lc leaders are preparing the wa,
, for the ignoring of the free silver issue II
the national contest of 1900 and whethe
or not that step is resorted to will depen'
entirely Ipon developments.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-12-21

agenent. VIII they lock their vaults and
refuse to loan their funds and thus bring
distress to the people? You might as well
say that the merchant with n store full
Of goods will decline to sell them IN or
der to distress his customers Self inter-
est will always avert such dangers
The demand for state banks is only one
phase of the cry for cheap money 1t
comes from the same source as the cry
for the coinage of 80 cent dollars or the
demand for irredeomable paJcr issues.
our people have repudiatcd all these popu-
listic demands. It only remains for us to
plant ourselves upon the rock of honest
money
/ The bill mdor considcra ion Is demanded
by the condition that surround us. Never
in our history has such prosperity visit ed
the homes of all our people. Let US, then,
make this prosperity secure by giving TO
the wage.carncrs, the farmer, the manu-
facturcr. and the brakeman dollar that
will not disappont him. Let us remove
all those uncertainties respecting
our currency that have rested for years
| Ike II nightmare upon our business inter-
csts If gold is the recognized standard
among the leading nations of the world
we can not set it at defiance. We can
! easily secure our share Of the worlG' s.
supply. Our increasing exports will show
! the balance of trade on the risht side.
Cur vast volume of corporate and INIT
niCipal bonds, with their higher interest
! rates and their uncquallcd security, al
payable in gold coin. will cutbid all other
securities in the confidence Of investors
! The election OF President Mckinley was
/ = Powerful factor in the strengthening IF
our credit in the exchanges Of the world.
II was strong evidence that payments by
our people were to he made in gold. The
only payment that will mako International
transactions continuously possible
/ If now we follow up the ADVANTAGE gain
cd by that election with the passage of
tho pending bill we will dispcl all fcacs
that our national obligations can be dis
honcred. and give to business ventures a
new hope, to labor a better grounded and
more contcnJod faith, and to the newborn
prosperity Of all our people a better AS
surrcd endurance,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-12-21
Burlington
Savings Bank
INCORPORATED ts47.
Deposits June 80, 1899. S6,576, S79.7i
Surplus 325,SS6 10
$6,9O2,765.44
INCORPORATED 1874
Total Assets

Total Assets 5000, 766.44
TRUSTEES.
6. #. WARD, WILLARD CRANE,
CHARLES =. SMITH. HENRY GREENE,
j. Il. BARSrow, A. T.. pEtRCk,
HENRY WELLS.
receives and pays deposits daily. De-
posts made during the llrst four busi-
ness days of the month draw interest
IRON the first. If made afterwards in
terest will commence the first of the fol-
lowing month.
Interest viii be credited to depostors
January | and July /, comuoundng twice
a year. There are no stockholders in this
bahk. All the earnings, ,ess cXpensc, be-
long to depositors The rate OF interest
depends upon the earnings, and for twelve
years was Az per cent. but under 10 "
passed by the Legislature OF 1896 no saw
ihEs BANK can pay moro than per cent.
uhtil Its surplus reaches 10 per cent. OF
us deposits, when special dividend Is 10
be made.
All taxes in this State are paid by the
Dank on deposits of $3.50 or less. Depos-
It's arc received in sums from 81 to $500.
and no interest will bc paid on any sum
In excess OF this amount. except on de-
posts by widows, orphans, administra-
tors executors, guardians charitable or
religious institutions or on trust funds de-
posted by order of the court.
No money loaned to any officer or trus-
tee of the bank
CHARLES p. SMITH, President.
FREDERICK w. WARD, Treas.
Il. S. lSHAM, Assistant Treasurer.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-12-21

by local applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion Of the ear There IS
only one way to care deafness. atld that Is
by constitutional = needles. Deafness is
caused 10y an inlamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eus lachian Tube.
When this tuHo is in!amed yau have a
rumblirg SQUAD or imperfect hear!ng. and
when it is entirely closed, Deafness IS the
result. and unless the Inflammation can
be taken out and this tube restored to It's
rormal condition, hearing will be destroy
ed forever. mine cases out of ten are
caused by Catarrh, which Is nothing but
an infamed condition of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give one Hundred Dollars fol
any case Of Deafness Caused by catarrhl
that cannot he cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for corculars, free.
+. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O.
Sold by Druggists 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.