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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-02-22
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Vermont.

The efforts of a syndicate to purchase
several farms in the town of Plymo nth
along the banks OF q stream where gold is
said to have recently been found in paying
quantities, has agitated the people Of Wind.
sor county, some of whom believe that Yer
mont is fertile field for gold prospectors
The mines at Plymouth, in which work has
been prosecuted for several years, are care
fully guarded, but the large sums recently
expended for new machinery, is an indica.
ton that the work is renumerative.
NoRTHFILD, Feb. 15.-The O'Grady
house occupied by Daniel Sullivan, sit
uated at the extreme south end of the
railroad yard, was destroyed by fire
this morning. The department rallied
promptly, but because of the distance
to any stream or water supply the hand
engine was useless, and the firemen
were obliged to fight the flames with
snow and pals of water. The house
was totally destroyed, but most OF the
furniture and the outbuildings were
saved. The loss is several hundred
dollars, fully insured in the Vermont
Mutual. A defective flue was the sup
posed cause.
ISLAND POND, Feb, 15.-A. Britton
of Megantic, p. O., and Il. Dickson of
Montreal, railroad switchmen, we're
killed Wednesday night at Island Pond.
They were coupling passenger car to
the engine. The coupling did not
work properly and the men stepped in
to adjust the difficulty when a freight
train hunted in at the opposite end of
the car crushing them, Britton dying
almost instantly and Dickson living
two hours. The train could not be
seen owing to the binding snow and
the engineer could not see the car, the
engine being enveloped in steam.
Dickson leaves widow and six small
children.
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The VERMONT WATCHMAN
Still Waiting.

The Nicaragua canal bill is a meas
ure large enough TO pass into the re-
gion of enacted law on it's own legs,
not as a rider to the sunary civil or
any other bill. The effort of Repre-
sentative Hepburn of Iowa to insure its
passage by the expedient to which men
sometime resort to insure the success
of a questionable measure has failed by
the ruling of Speaker Reed that the
amendment was out of order, and the
House sustained the Speaker on an ap-
peal. So there will be no completed
canal legislation by this Congress.
The enterprise that has been waiting
over hundred years since its tirst con-
ceptiop, that received in The now his
torc voyage of the Oregon most i'm
pressive enforcement, must still walt
for the courage, or wisdom, or pa
trotism for its Undertaking. Many
wise men believe that every year OF
postp onement in building this water
way ia fraught with great peril to this
nation, just as many others believed
and had pleaded and labored to incor-
porate their faith into the active policy
of this government, that ships and
coast defences were necessary for safe
guarding the nation.
A year ago this people awoke to {
full and painful and almost panic strick
en- consciousness of the folly and imbe
cility that had pared down appropria
tons tor building cruisers and battle
ships and which had left its long coas
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Domestic.

WASHINGTON, Feb. Is. - Senator
Stewart presented the resolutions of
the Nevada Legislature favoring the
election of Senators by direct vote.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-The Presi-
dent has appointed Col. Marcus P.
Miller, Brigadier General, partly in
recognition of his valuable services in
IIoilo.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 10. - To-day
the anniversary of the destruction of
the United States Battleship Maine,
the keel of the new Battleship Maine
was laid in the yards of the Cramp ship
building company without ceremony.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-The Presi-
dent will send the nomination Of Sam
uel J. Barrows for librarian for Con-
gress to the Senate this afternoon or
tomorrow. President Mckinley and
the members of his cabinet leave
Washington for Boston about five
O'Clock.
WHEELING, w. VA, Feb. 15.-
Thirty fatalities from freezing are al
ready reported in this State. Reports
are current of many fatalities in the
mountains. A coal famine exists here.
Families are moving together to keep
from freezing. The snow is three feet
deep on the level.
The bill was favorably reported au-
thorizing the President to present
god medal to Miss Helen Gould for her
patriotic service during the Spanish
war. Hoar asked the bill to 60 over.
He disclaimed it as rejecting upon
Miss Gould, but said hundreds are as
deserving. Afterwards Hoar withdrew
his objection and the bill passed.
MANILA, Feb. 15.-The village of
Jaro, mile north of Ioilo, was cap.
tured on Sunday afternoon. The in
surgents held out an hour, with the
result that the American losses were
heavier than in the capture of Iloilo
Lieut.. Frank Boles, Eighteenth regi-
ment, and four men were wounded.
Business has been resumed at Iloilo.
ROCHESTER, N. Y, Feb. 15.-Jacob
Van Husen, a well known farmer of
Penfeld, was brutally murdered Mon
day night. He was dubbed and then
shot. The murdered man lived alone
in secluded spot. The body was
found on the floor of his home by
neighbor this morning. A tramp is
suspected. Robbery was the motive.
A watch and small amount of money
were secured.
WASHINGTON, Feb. l5.-The Mem
cry resolution, being joint resolution,
must now go to the House. Speaker
Reed said he was in sympathy with the
sentiment therein expressed. If it is
reported promptly by the House and
passed it will reach the President be-
fore noon Thursday when he will be
compelled either to sign or veto it. If
not, by that time there will be less than
ten days of the session remaining and
that resolution will die unless signed
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maintain its ground in Cuba, Porto Rico
and the Philippines. Dewey's reported
judgment of democracy fits the present
situation exactly, aud he is the last man
to reverse that judgment under exist
ing circumstances.
"Uncle Dudley" need not cit up
nights worrying over "What does
Dewey Think" either on the Philip
pine question or on the democracy of
the present times. He is not the man
to initiate the colossal folly of Horace
Greeley in the national canvass of 1872.
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Remember the Maine.

The fifteenth of February,-the ami
versary of the blowing up of the Maine,
every American observes with shud-
der. On this day, one year ago, 266
American sailors, reposing in their
hammocks, in fancied security, in the
harbor of Havana, without a moments
warning, by an act of basest treachery,
were sent to their death.
The awful tragedy of the fifteenth of
February has been swiftly and splend-
idly avenged. Punishment meet for a
crime so enormous has been admins
tered by the comrades of the saugh-
tered sailors. Vengeance half en-
circlng the earth has been repaid.
The first blow fell with pitiless celebrity
and effect ten thousand miles from the
scene of the murder, and it struck from
some ten million people the shackles
with which the power responsible for
the destruction of the Maine and her
crew, from medieval times, had fettered
them.
But the crime in Havana bay was
but half atoned by the destruction of
SPANS ancient sovereignty in the
Philippines, and the naval and military
power of the United States was pur-
suing the arch criminal with fleets and
armies, to the end that the only full
and adequate and complete atonement
should be wrested from his bloody
hands. When Spain should be ex.
PEELED utterly from this continent,
when Cuba should be free, and when
the liberation of Porto Rico should be
super. added to the penalty, the destruc.
ton of the Maine, the black climax in
centuries of dark offences against
humanity, might be stricken from the
long calendar of SPANS unatoned
misdeeds.
And this full measure OF exacted
reparation came. The grim watch of
the ENABLED knights of the sea" off
OdutldRO uc OuDd 6llucu III Slt cWluS
the Cuban coast with the wrecks of the
proud remnant of Spain's nav.i power.
The peerless valor and galantry of the
American soldiers at Santiago COM
pleted the humiliation of the proud and
offending Castilian, and his iron hand
was reluctantly lifted from the people
it had pressed into the dust from that
remote period when his ancestors first
revealed these jewels of the western
seas to the greedy eyes of the Old
World.
Retribution, swift and sweeping, has
followed the destruction of the Maine.
Humanity, in some imposing measure,
will be the gamer. The American
sailors buried in the environs of Ha-
vans, and those cof1ined in the wreck
of the proud warship at the bottom of
Havana bay, have not died in vain.
Vengeance has been glorious, as well
as effective, and it's glory will take on a
new radiance with every fleeting year.
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line, with its populous cities, practically
defenceless against sea power of any
pretension to nava strength and eff
cheney. The emergency that, year
ago, demanded the transfer of the Ore
gon from the Pacific to the Atlantic
coast of the Americas, pressing as it
was, may sink into insignificance in
comparison with some similar crisis,
in the future, and the hysterical refrain
may be, "Had we but begun the canal
promptly after the warning of 1893"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-02-22

Nominally this is government of the
majority; practically, of the minority.
A small band of obstructionists can
hold up the United States Senate, as
has been done once and again, and
through the agency of filibustering
prevent the enactment of any law that
does not happen to be acceptable to
the gang. The Senate is not disposed ,
or is powerless, to change its rules, or
to make rules so as to permit the
majority to do business. The army
reorganization bill, which has passed
the House, and is measure upon
whose enactment into law the safety of
the government in Cuba, Porto Rico
and the Philippines, absolutely de-
ponds, is now the object of the malig-
nifty of the senatorial conspirators. Just
now it was the treaty of peace. But a
few days of the existing Congress re-
main, and the Democratic minority in
the Senate appear to be determined to
make them fruitful only in embarrass-
ment to the government. An extra
session, at the present time, seems in.
evtable. Great and vital measures
like the army bill, the Nicaragua cana
bill, bill providing a government fol
Hawaii, it is clear, will not be finally
considered at the session now rapidly
drawing to close.
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The President In Boston.

President Mckinley was on Thurs
day the guest in Boston of the Home
Market Club. In his after dinner
speech he reviewed the course of
events in Cuba, Porto Rico and
the Philippines, explaining the policy
that had guided him, the principles
that had been the foundation of all his
actions. His "concern was not for
territory or trade, or empire, bnt for
the people whose interests and destiny,
without our willing, had been put in
our hands" "Did we need the con-
sent of the Philippines to perform a
great act of humanity Was
it necessary to ask their consent to
capture Manila? Did we ask their con-
sent to liberate them from Spanish
sovereignty, or to enter Manila bay and
destroy the Spanish sea power there?
We did not ask these. We were obey
ing higher moral obligation which
rested on us, and which did not require
anybody's consent. We were doing
our duty by them as God gave us the
light to see our duty with the consent
of our own conscience and withthe ap-
proval of civilization"
mo imperial designs" declared the
President, "lurk in the American
mind" But in nothing that the Presi
dent said does there seem to be found
the slightest warrant for the frantic
head lines in which a contemporary
who has not been conspicuous for its
support of the administration in it,
settlement of the issues of the war with
Spain, announces that president Nc.
Kinley declares himself opposed to i'm
perialism." OF what its oppone nt'
have been fond of styling "imperial
ism," a term its friends serenely &C
cept, the President said:
Our priceless principles undergo NJ
change under tropical sum- They 60 will
the flag. They are wrought in every one o
its sacred folds and are inextinguishable il
their shining stars. 1 have no ligh
or knowledge not common to my country
men. 1 do not prophecy The present il
all absorbing to me, but l cannot bound my
vision by the bloodstained trenches aroun(
Manila, where every red drop, whether
from the veins of an American soldier or
misguided Filipino is anguish to my heart
but by the broad range of future years
when that group of islands, under the i'm
pulse of the year just past, shall have be
come the gems and glories Of those tropica
seas; a land of plenty and of increasing pos
sibilities a people redeemed from savag
Incidence and habits, devoted to the arts o
peace, in touch with the commerce AM
trade at all nations, enjoying the blessing
of freedom, Of civil and religious liberty, o
education and of homes, and whose chill
dren and children's children shall for age
hence bless the American republic because
it emancipated and redeemed their father
land and set them in the pathway OF tn
worlds best civilization.
This is the gospel of Imperialism ant
the President discovers no signs o
heresy to its teachings.
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Seeing the Other Side.

A Trooper" in Manila, whose "di-
airy" has been running for some
months in the Outlook as a sort of SER
ial, and who has been taking some
what restricted and pessimistic view of
the duties and responsibilities of the
government OF the United States, and
of American prospects, in respect of
the Philippines and their inhabitants,
writes in his journal under date of
November 10: 81 have read with
great interest two able utterances of an
annexationist on this island problem.
They made me realize that 1 had, in
my thoughts, been giving too much
weight to the suffering and sickness
and death of our men, necessitated in
the conquest and retention of these
islands, and too little to the gains that
would come to our commerce and to
these Indians souls. | don't know
that l am an annexationist even now,
but l think see much more in the
other side than | did"
This is significant admission, and
the troopers case is probably repre-
sentative of thousands of others. Un-
til Admiral Dewey fred the islands
into worldwide publicity, there was
hardly any other part of this earth that
was less known in America than tie
Philippine archipelago. People had
carried from their earlier school days
some hazy recollection of struggling
group of islands in the Pacific, off the
southeastern coast of Asia, and trades
people in certain lines of merchandise
were familiar with manila as the basic
article of stock in strong paper and
stout cordage. The event of May l
1898, was mighty stimulant to the
study of the geography of the Orient
the history of it's people and its com
mercial possibilities. A great deal Of
information was suddenly acquired a;
to the islands themselves, their inhabi
tants and their productions. They hac
been somewhat known as the seat oil
chronic rebellion against Spain in the
East, as had Cuba in the West. Sud
| denly, however, they doomed on the
public knowledge as possessing many
times the area and population of Cuba
Manila, from being associated almos
exclusively with paper stock and shiE
cables, appeared to be city some five
times larger than Havana, the seat of &
large commerce and many manufac
lures, the abode of a cosmopoli
tan people, and the bay on whose
shores it rested spacious inland sea
Indeed, the battle in Manila Bay
was an imperial advertisement, dove
tailed into the leading editorial articles
of all Christendom, of the Philippine
and sounded not only their redemption
from Spanish thralldom, but the begin
ming of their march to commercial EN-
pire. No country on earth, in ancien
or modern times, ever had 80 magnifi
cent send off as Dewey gave tn
Philippines. No region on earth
ground into the dust for centuries, eve
fell into the hands of Samaritan so be
nign, so powerful for healing and up
lifting, as did those islands--and prob
ably no people on earth ever showed s
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little appreciation Of this fact, and their
Astounding mercies and good fortune,
as that part of the Inhabitants who
seem to be under the spell of the vain
and crafty Aguinaldo. Time and events
will bring enlightenment.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-02-22

Safe From Drowning. Winter Visitor
Gin Florida)-I should love dearly to 60
sailing, but it looks very dangerous.
Do not people often get drowned in
this bay?
Waterman. No, indeed, mum. The
sharks never lets anybody drown
New York Weekly.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-02-22

Something Up TO Date.-I have in
vited several army officers, said the
hostess, and am anxious that the oc-
casion shall be something unique and
appropriate. / don't want anything
commonplace, like five o'clock tea or
pink tea or violet tea.
Well, suggested Miss Cayenne, after
deliberatloD, why not make it beef
tea?-W Washington Star.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-02-22

The Senate has passed the bill re-
viving the office of admiral, and with
universal acclaim President Mckinley
will nominate Rear Admiral Dewey for
investment with the rank that was Gre
ated for the immortal Farragut, apt
pupil fifty succeeding to the honors of
teacher.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-02-22

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HALF-MAsTED flags from Maine to
California, from the lakes to the gulf,
showed that this people remembered
the Maine" on the anniversary Of the
great tragedy in Havana bay. Far dis
tant the day when Americans neglect
this token of reverent memory of the
victims of Spanish treacheryl
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Foreign.

PARIS, Feb. 16.-The Senate has re-
ferred to a committee the governments
bill removing the Dreyfus revision in
curry to the criminal section of the
court of cessation. placing it before the
full court.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-02-22

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THE Maine will live again iu the fine
battle ship of the frst-cass launched on
the first anniversary of its nameslke's
unhappy fate.
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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-01
Peace in the Islands Only Possiz
bic Through Annexation.
SO SAYS THE CHIEF JUSTICE
IEe Believes Conditions WIN Remain IN
settled Until One Of she Treaty Pow
e.s Absorbs the Samoan Isles.
May Not RI turn TO Apia.
CBy Telegraph

N ATLANTA, GA, August 31.-Chias.
Justice Chambers. of Samoa, arrived
here this morning en- route to Washing,
ton where he goes TO make his report
on the situation in the Samoan Isla nds.S
In speaking Of the condition Of affairs
in Samoa, he said: ,&ss
las to whether peace in the islands
will be permanent depends largely upon
the action of the three governments
upon the reports OF the commissioners
Such a. thing as a permanent and peaca-7
full government in Samoa is of COURSE
possible, but the natives will ut ALI
times seize upon any indication Of dis
agreement between the three govern
ments and therefore no one can pre-
dict with absolute certainty what the
conditions may be in the future
ANNEXATION THE THING.
My own opinion is that annexation
OF the island by one Of the treaty DOW
ers is the only solution.
II do not say the government viii.
be only temporary. 1t may be pernl:a-
nent. The situation is unique. II is
the only case in history of it's kind
1t Is the only instance in which &t,nes
government has allied itself with for
eisn powers to control q formerly inic-5
pendent government. 5$$ss3s
HE MAY NOT RETURN,
And as neither appears TO be willing
TO give way to the others every diplo-
matte eNpedent will be resorted to to
continue the present arrangements.
When do you expect to return TO the
island 2" 4 J5'.-,3$sss.,s1
I have been about as long IN the trop-
les as officials ever remain and it Is Dos
siple that may not return at ALL sff55ss552