News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1899-09-27


elected Governor of Ohio there is
9 man in this country who will not
Joy it as much as some Others.
His name is William J. Bryan. But
then John R. will not be elected Gov
ernor of Ohio this year.
G. A. Prouty will have one vote for
Senator in the next General Assem-
bly,, in all probability. DR.. Webb
tavors him, of course, and as the doc
tor can represent Shelburne as long
as be pleases it is fairly safe to pre-
sumo that he will be there next year
and vote for the candidate of the
railroads and other combinations of
mwealth.
m The writer acknowledges with sim
eere pleasure an invitation to be
present at the reunion of the Grout
family, which was held on the old
home farm in Kirby yesterday. We
understand that the occasion was
most complete success in every re-
spect, as it could not we'll help being,
and we only regret our inability to
be present.
Editor Stone of the st. Johnsbury
Caledonian is again taking a flying
trip through Europe, sailing from
New York last Thursday. Since his
Hawaiian scheme was abandoned he
has been looking for an opening in
Pither hemisphere, and if he doesn't
decide to go on q balloon voyage
a la Andree will probably lease a
diamond mine in Africa.
The Newport Express and Stand
ard takes cognizance of Hon. Charles
A. Prouty's Senatorial candidacy
and makes it the vehicle for a most
thorough-going and enthusiastic en-
dorsement of Gen. CIRCUITS Senatorial
aspirations. Prouty is utterly with
out newspaper support, except such
rs incidentally comes from the ene-
mics of Gen. circuit who also detest
Prouty but hope his candidacy will
have the effect of iniuring the General.
It's all right to be neighborly, but
it is possible to get too much even of
good thing. The Americans went
over to the sixteenth annual meeting
of the Canadian Athletic Union at
Toronto and not only broke all rec
ords in running jumping, vaulting,
putting shot, throwing hammers,
ETC., but actually captured every
event, not leaving a thing for their
forlorn hosts. They may have to
knock pretty hard before they are
admitted next time.
DR.. j. W. Jackson of Barre, assist
ant surgeon of the Vermont National
Guard, has resigned at the peremp-
tory and unexplained request of Col.
Estey, and it is asked if the Colonel
is paying his recently incurred politi-
cal debts in that way. Certainly it
is to be hoped not. Politics and
political methods must be rigidly
barred out OF the regiment if it is to
amount to anything and merit the
levying of taxes to support it. The
regiment is not a political machine
or play thing or bank of discount for
the payment of debts.
Since it is understood that the Adj
ministration strongly supports the
Nicaraguan Canal bill and the bill to
promote American shipping, Demo-
cratic opposition to these measures
at the coming Congress is actively
crystallizing. 1t is to be expected, of
course, that Democrats will oppose
anything advocated by Republicans
without regard to the merits of the
question, that is the Democratic
method; but it will he found that
these are more than Republican or
Administration measures. The need
of the country demands for every
reason a short cut between oceans
and there is also a highly popular
demand that we should carry our
ocean freights, for which we now pay
foreign ships, according to such emf
nent authority as Senator Frye, fully
&00,000,000 year.