The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-16

ditious advocates anew the RESPONSE
bility for the Filipino rebellion, for it's
continuance to the present time, and
for the new outlay Of lives and treasure
the government is preparing for its
suppression.
AS if the future of Vermont were
not already sufficiently overcast, in re-
spect of political storms, the hydra
headed Record of Essex is thus early
raising its multitudinous yelp against
the superintendent of education. The
issue in the fight the Record is bre wing
is to be the matter of photograph of
a certain school house in the city of
Burlington, which the superintendent
has prepared for the Paris Exposition
of 1900, in Difference to Burlington's
wishes in the matter. This is some-
what graver question than has custom
arily been raised in tho canvass for the
election of superintendent in the
past, and Mr.. Stone may reasonably
hesitate again to answer the popular
demand to stand for reelection, and
brave the awful avalanche that is ac-
cumulating for his burial in the juno
ton City and its suburb by the lake.
In the erudite phrase of the Herald
of Rutland, the Barre Times "should
grow q sense of humor." 1t seems to
be taking very seriously Governor
Woodbury's jocose answer to Governor
Smiths request at the late conference
for his opinion on the advissbility of
sending the national guard, or as to
any other representation of Vermont
in the New York reception to Dewey.
The Senate chamber was half filled
with ex.Governors, and this particular
ex-Executive cleverly lodged Governor
Smiths inquiry by suggesting that the
corps of ex-Governors should be dis
| patched to Gotham on the occasion, at
the States expense. This suggestion
sent a laugh round the assemblage,
though it has awakened the contempo-
rary's crushing reprobation. A "brain
factory" seems to be growing need in
the proximity of the Tines sanctum.
The devout will truly discern the
hand of Providence in the immunity of
the West Indian coasts from devastat-
ing hurricanes a year ago. At that
time naval vessels and transports laden
with troops, and all the auxiliaries of
warfare in that region, were in the
ports and along the shores that have
recently been swept by "besom of
destruction" Had these terrible visi-
tations of nature recorded in the news
of the day occurred at that time the
loss of life and property would have
exceeded many fold the fatalities of
mans warfare, during all the weeks of
hostilities and the more fatal weeks in
infected camps.
AS neither Mr.. Stickney nor any
supporter of his candidacy for the office
of Governor, in the past or the present,
has ever intimated, or deemed, that he
has mortgage" on the governorship,
the constant and silly reiteration of this
matter of lien on the office in his
favor, by few of the smaller and more
insignificant of the old Grout brig
ade of mercenaries, is indicative only
of weakness and extreme pettiness.
The emphasis with which the mem
bers of the conference on Wednesday
sat down on the proposition to send
the national guard of the State to New
York, to share in the reception the
city and State of that name will give to
Dewey, was satisfying to every one
except possibly the st. Adams Messen
en- and those papers of the State which
accepted its absurd suggestion in the
matter.
There were one Governor and seven
ex-Governors, number of lieutenant
governors, one United States Senator
and two Representatives in Congress
and the names of candidates was some
what less than legion-in attendance
at the conference on the Dewey recep
ton on Monday.
In the first district the Banner is in
terested. From present appearance
Bennington county will have candi
date of it's own, and in such an even
this paper will undoubtedly supper
that andidate.-Banner of Benning