News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1899-12-27
GENERAL NOTES.

AObDEA NOtC ANEAbuGhA was
$4,000 less than that cast for Bryan
in the same state. Taylor's vote was
$4,000 less than that cast for Mr..
Mckinley, and the vote for John
Young Brown was 1000 more than
that for John NJ. Palmer for Presi-
dent in 1896.
Congress has oftentimes passed
pension bills not so deserving as that
introduced by Senator Fairbanks for
the relief of the widow of General
Lawton and the public has found no
fault. This time there will be general
and emphatic approval if the mea-
sure is passed.
There are rumors that the Beers
want intervention and an end of the
War, and also a story that Kaiser
Wilhelm says Germans must stand
by England. Both stories are uncon
tirmed, and it is a safe guess that so
long as the Beers continue to do as
we'll as they are doing at present
they will remain without confirma-
ton.
When John Bull reflects that the
very gold and diamond mines which
British capital developed are now
being worked by the Beers and fur
nishlng the sinews of war for Dom
Paul, he doesn't look forward to the
Christmas celebration with the serene
delight that characterized the obser-
walton of the holiday as described by
Dickens.
The Duke of Westminster, the man
who owned 600 acres of land in the
heart of London's most fashionable
section, is dead. 1t was only as a
landlord that this particular duke
attained fame, but as such he was
known all over the world. 1t has
been estimated that bis property in
London is more valuable than sever
al of the British colonies.
A bill granting a pension of $4,000
year to the widow of Gen. Lawton
was introduced in the Senate recently
by Senator Fairbanks, and a similar
one in the House by Mr.. Lands.
There is not much doubt but that
the double bill will pass with as much
speed as is consistent with the rules
of the two Houses. Gen. Lawton
has served his country faithfully for
many years, but he died a poor man.
When does the new century begin
That apparently simple question is
perplexing some pretty big minds.
President Eliot of Harvard says in
1901. President HadIey of Yale says
the same, but President Hazard OF
Wellesley says in 1900, and in this
opinion she is supported by President
S9elye of Smith. Can it really be
that our colleges for women are a lit,
tie behind times ?-Springfeld Union,
Senator CuIlom has introduced a
bill into the Senate granting full am.
nesty and forgiveness to all deserters
during the rebellion, and making
them eligible to a place on the
pension roll, if they received disability
during their transient military ser;v-
ice. Senator Cullom appears to be in
his dOtage, aud he insults every
soldier who does not wish to convert
the country's roll of honor into a
roll of infamy.
The government paid $214 1888 43
for the transportation OF mails IN Yer
mont last year The routes aggre.
gate 1928 4S-100ths miles and the
total number of miles covered in
handling the mails was 3 AL, 1851.
The steam railways of the state re-
ceived $3.50, 956.S1 for carrying the
mails, the electric car lines ST. ,474 3S,
and the star routes, where the mail
is carried by stage or other vehicle,
$40, 1852,
Alfred Austin has written another
stirring and inspiring war poem for
British consumption. These last
verses are full OF pluck and fight, but
there is noticeable absence of that
vaingloriousness which the poet lau-
reate formerly injected into his poems
singing of Britain's martial power.
Inc c0ange OF tone Is undoubtedly
due to the lessons recently received
but it is nevertheless gratifying. II
Great Britain can overcome its ego
tism, or at least keep it in check, il
will become Greater Britain.
The Vermont state grange, in the
resolutions adopted unanimously al
the annual meeting held in st. Johns
bury, takes decided ground in favor
of the prohibitory law, the towr
system of schools, skilled supervision
of the schools, permanent road i'm
provement, and endorses the actor
of the National grange against trusts
and combinations of capital to raisC
prices, and favors free rural mai
delivery, postal savings banks, anC
the election OF United States SENATOR
by a direct vote of the people.
EAST ELMORE.