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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-01-12
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS
FACTS AND OPINIONS GATHERED
FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
THE ANTi-IMPERlALisT LEAGUES.

VHE ANII-lMPEHlalISl leaGOeos
Erving WinslOw, secretary, in his re-
port to the Anti Imperiaist League at its
annual meeting at Boston, says: lie is
probable that in least a hundred active
centres of anti-imperialist work, under
various titles, have followed our pioneer
effort in the name of liberty, and are
carrying on the propaganda, besides the
hosts of individual workers throughout
the country. The largest and most not
able bodies are those in New York,
Philadelphia, Springfield, Cincinnati,
Washington, d c., Los Angeles, Port
land, Ore, and the recently established so.
ciety In Minneapolis, after, Of course, the
central organization in Chicago, in favor
of which we are about to propose to you
that we should abdicate our primacy and
become its New England branch.
During the last August the secretary
learned that members of our board of
vice presidents were to be in Boston, and
called special conference of such
of our friends as could be reached at that
time, and on the very short notice which
circumstances permitted. An excellent
meeting was obtained, at which, among
others, Governor Pngree of Michigan,
Mr.. Samuel Bowles of Springfield, and
Mr.. Edwin Burritt Smith of Chicago,
were present.
After full discussion, the secretary
submitted plan for a conference in the
autumn, to precede later general meet
ing next spring, was unanimous
ly adopted; and committee, appointed
with full power, called this conference
in Chicago for the 18th and 18th of DC,
tober. The success of this meeting was
extraordinary. Delegates from almost
every state in the union met a large
number of local delegates In the buslnes;
sessions, and the public meetings in the
Central Music Hall were attended by
some ten thousand people. The Hon
Carl Schurz made an exhaustive and
final summary of the cause of liberty on
the evening of the 18th. On the 18th
the public meeting began at noon and
continued with only an hours intermis
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-01-12
HIS WIFE SAVED Him.

My wife's good advice saved my life.
writes F. NJ. Ross of Winfield, Tenn, for
had such bad cough could hardly
breathe. | steadily grew worse under doe
tors treatment, but my wife urged me to
use DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, which completely cured me-"
Coughs. Colds, Bronchitis, La Grippe,
Pneumonia, Asthma, Hay Fever and all
maladies of Chest, Throat and Lungs are
positively cured bv this marvellous
medicine. SOC. and 81 90. Every hottie
guaranteed Trial bottles free at w. FL.
Sheldon's drug store.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-01-12
EVERY BOTTLE GUARANTEED.
D. A. Bisbee, Druggist, Middlebury, VT

1t is impossible, after the clouds of
of the late elections, to deny the potent
influence which our principles exerted in
Ohio, Nebraska, Maryland and Massa-
chusetts. Eliminating some personal
equations and allowing for local disturb
ances, the result is unexpectedly salts
factory, especially as the presidents
own state stands arrayed against his ad e
ministration by majority OF almost
1900 1t Is not time yet to forecast
call on =. thy, like those who bow
do n In hypocriti>ll worship of the
,1s heir own hands have ia iiioned
Our destiny is our immediate 6n..yy. It
Is to encourage and assist our friends
and the friends of human liberty in con-
gress to unite in distinct and aggres-
sive campaign against imperialism and
the colonial idea.
We are promised the leadership of our
venerated senior senator and the aid of
other Republican members of congress,
while many sincere anti-impeIialists
among the Democrats have assured us
that they will also Loyalty follow this
lead.
We have thus far kept apart from po-
litical affiliations. Until the battle is
fought out our purpose should be to
maintain an absolute independence of all
lesser issues. To this effect testifies the
address unanimously adopted by the
Chicago conference, concerning a ques
ton to which short-sighted persons have
given relatively false prominence:
"Those who dispute about standards
of value while the foundation of the re.
pu bile is undermined will be listened to
as little as those who would wrangle
about the small economics of the house
hold while the house is on fire."
This national conference decided, If il
decided anything, that it is not now for
us to cast presidential horoscopes, or tC
discuss candidates, or to promote party
movements. AS individuals, we reserve
our independent notions and principles
and the right, when this question is set
tied, to go our several ways, but, al
least until congress has acted, we mus
in our organization stand shoulder to
shoulder, Republican, Democrat, Social
list, Populist, Goldman, Silver-man and
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-01-12

and graveyards? Nothing to do in
stemming an evil which has dffused
through the whole body polite, Is alb.
sorbing the resources of the country,
stunning and dwarfing every noble IN
terest, and proving the greatest hindrance
to the success of the gospelr'
Here we have not only the recognition
of the principle Of self-protectfon, but
that whatever so opposes the church
works evil and suffering far and wide,
SO that pity Tor ones fellows and love
for ones country also call for opposition
to the saloon, as well as ones love for
his Lord.
"What should be said IL the church
were blind to such facts and deaf to
such appeals? 1t is sign Of hope for
the future that she is become more and
more awake to them" Unless the peo-
pie who support the church put down
the liquor traffic, it will never he put
down. Certainly those who do not sup
port the church will never do it, and we
cannot expect few legions of angels to
be sent for this purpose. If the church
fails the people and her Lord in this
matter, from whence shall we look for
deliverence?
SO much good anti-saloon work has
been done in Vermont that much less
remains to be done than In most of the
territory of the United States. But
what remains to be accomplished needs
to be attended to, and is the business of
the whole company of the church people
Every compromise with the drink evil
that has been made during the last 400
years has resulted in increasing the evil.
Only on the ground of no compromise
has progress been made In doing away
with this evil and saving the church from
this antagonist. K. J. BARTON.
Salisbury. Vt.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-01-12

sion until ten o'clock at night, Mr..
Bourke Cochran concluding the con-
ference with a magnificent address.
The American Anti-Inperialist League
was formed at this convention, to be
localized in Chicago as the most con-
veDient situation for commanding effect
and national Influence. Ii Will he one of
our duties TO adapt our title and consti
tuition to the new order, in which we be-
come branch of the. organization thus
established.
At this moment when. by a reversal of
the Saturn leg nd, we submit ourselves
to be devoured by our offspring, we may
reflect, .hat The al imperialist move.
ment VIII be remembered In history as 8,
disnterested and fer ent protest again t
the menace to liberty at home and abroad
which has befallen our generation in the
! United States. Weakness. incompetence
and afterwards what seems TO be giddy
and perverted ambition in high places,
spurred on by greedy sycophants, en-
courged by carelessness, recklessDess
and the lQiSSer-aller of prosperous de-
mocracy-mlght well have pursued un.
checked its fatal career. Our testimony.
so earnest, so united, and so obviously
convincing to those who care to think
and know how TO feel, has at least vim
dicated the principles of republcanism
and the faith of the fathers and proved
that the immortal spark is not yet ex-
tinct.
In this campaign, through the final
surrender, which is sure to come, may
be the immediate consequence of a
Saratoga or Yorktown farther afield,
it will not be forgotten that the locality
of Concord iand Bunker Hill was the
cradle of liberty in 1898 as In l776. Ia
fact, it was literally from the cradle OF
liberty that the Ii FAINT movement
emerged, for the meeting of June Is
1898, In Faneuil Hall, which led to the
nomination of a committee of cores
pondence, was followed by the appoint
ment of cooperating committee from
the Massachusetts Reform club, and this
joint committee called the meetings
which adopted the constitution of tn,
Anti-lmperialist League, now great ma
tional organization with hundreds Of
thousands of members all over tn,
country.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-01-12
GRAiN-O! GRAiN-Ol

Remember that name when You want
a delicious, appetizing, nourishing food
drink to take the place of coffee. Sold
by all grocers and liked by all who have
used 1t. GrainO is made of pure gram,
1t aids digestion and strengthens the
nerves. 1t is not stimulant but health
builder and the children as well as the
adults can drink it with great benefit.
Costs about 1 as much as coffee. l5c.
and Zoe. per package. Ask your grocer
for Graln-O.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-01-12

j. B. Clark, Peoria, H., says, "Sur-
geons wanted to operate on me for piles,
but cured them with DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve." 1t is infallible for piles
and skin diseases. Beware of counter
feits.
Day Bros, East Middlebury; q. W. Sowle,
West Cornwall; ID. IA. Bennett, Bridport;
G. b. Kendall, Shoreham; +. G. Dyer, West
Salisbury; w. b. French Orwell; G. G. Frost.
Cornwall. -
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-01-12

Mrs. r. Churchill, Berlin, Vt, says,
"Our baby was covered with running
sores, DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cured
her." A specific for piles and skin
diseases. Beware of worthless counter
feits. Isaac Storms, Mddlebury; b. &.
Peck, or Day Bros, East Middlebury
c. w. SOwle, West Cornwall; d. II.
Bennett, Bridport; c. b. Kendall, Shore
ham; F. c. Dyer, West Salisbury w. B.
French, Orwell; c. G. Frost, Cornwall.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-01-12
WHAT Do The CHILDREN DRINK

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have
you tried the new food drink called
GRAINO? 1t is delicious and nourlsh-
ing and takes the place of coffee The
more Graln-O you g!Te the children the
more health you distribute through their
systems. Grain-O is made of pure
grains, and when properly prepared
tastes like the choice grades of coffee but
costs about as much. All grocers sell
it. l5c. and 25c.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-01-12

Hawaiian sugar planters welcome
American annexation, but not the influx
of American labor, because it is too
costly.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-01-12

DeWitt's Little Early Risers purify
the blood, clean the liver, invigorate
the system. Famous little pills for
constipation and liver troubles.
Isaac Stems, Middlebury; b. G. Peck, OF
West Cornwall; d. ii. Bennett, Bridport
c. b. Kendall, Shoreham F. c. Dyer West
Salisbury; W. B. French. Orwell; c. c. Frost
Cornwall,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-01-12

Suit against the Standard Oil company
will be brought to test the constitution
atty of the Indiana antitrust law.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-01-12

Charlton Il. Lewis of New York, who
has investigated the prisons of Cuba,
says they are in deplorably disgrace.
full condition.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-01-12

The plague was reported to be raging
In New Caledonia. The governments of
Australia have taken elaborate pre-
cautions.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-01-12

"fISures Tor Pastors and Churches
Such is the heading of some calcula-
tons that are reported to have been
published first in the National Temper
ance Gazette. Here are some of the
calculations:
According to the census of 1890 there
were in the United Safes 100, liz
churches, of all denominations-say IN
round numbers lG5 900. Now let us sup.
pose that each church has lost during
the year one member through drink, and
had been deprived of one that but for
drink, would have united with the
church. This calculation is below the
mark, because if some churches lost
none. others lost ten or twenty, as their
records will testify; but we have taken
the average low enough, and what Is the
affecting truth? Why, that lG5 900 mem
bers have been cut Off from the church,
and 10000 kept out of the church by
alcoholic poisons, making total of
100000 individuals, of whose services
the church has been thus wantonly de-
prived. These divided into congrega
tiOns of 200 each, would constitute 1850
churches. More churches of all denom-
nations than are in the state of Maine,
the number there being 1905. What
would we think if the Turks, had they
the power, came to America, leveled
with the ground these 1850 sacred edi-
fees, and put to sword 100000 individ-
uals? But here we have what is worse.
The Turks could only destroy the body,
and after that they have nothing they
can do; but alcohol in the insidious
form of beer, wine. whiskey and rum,
can destroy both body and soul Ia hell
And yet we ourselves kindle this fire
that desolates so many churches and
ruins so many souls. Yes Tell it not
in Gath, publish lit not in the streets of
Ashkelon. A Christian people extends
the sacred aegis Of law over a traffic
which has already destroyed millions
and unless driven from the land will
: destroy millions more"
! One evident feature of these calcula-
tons is their fairness. The saloon must
be reckoned with 10 determining why
the church does not reach more. In
high license states it Is much worse thar
in prohibition states, like Maine anG
Vermont, yet many a pastor, in Oul
state, can see holes in his church mem
bership and in his congregations tina
are made by rum. Many man begins
to attend church, when he stops drink
ing. The principle of self-protectiol
should be sufficient to arouse the churcl
against the saloon. Another portion o
the article reads thus:
Now, has the Christian church moth
Ing to do with this state of things? Moth
, ing to do with traffic and with custom
, that are doing the work of Satan, tina
, are spreading ruin and devastation NOR
than pestilence or famine, making wive
t widows and children lfatherless; crowd
. Ing our prisons and poorhouses, asylum
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-01-12

Four hundred farmer boys are on the
auxiliary cruiser Dixie for cruise
round the world.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-01-12

he old reliable remedy for Spavins, Ring
bones, Splints, Culbs. Enlargcments, etc.
Also all lalneness.
81 lrw in St. Muskeg0n, Mich, Jan. %, '96.
Gentlemen:-l have used your kendalpS
SPAWN Cure f. L III any years with remarkable
success.
l Have Cured six epavins by its Use.
Inu are at liberty to use my name If you
wish
will stand by it. have performed some
wonderful cures.
Very truly yours. J. RowLEY.
Ask our Druggist for iENDA LIS SPAWN
CURE. also "a Treatise on the Horse" The
book free. Or address
, =, ry,>>-n.rr <,O
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-01-12

Mugwump, for the one momentous,
vital, paramount issue, anti.lmperialism
and the preservation of the republic.
The difficulties In the way of alienat-
ing our sovereignty over foreign posses
sions which have been acquired-if they
have been legally acquired-wrongfull
have been doubtless increased by the ten
months war with the inhabitants and
natural owners of those possessions.
This war, Instituted by the president by
his proclamation of Dec. 2I, 1893, an act
of despotic power, absolutely indefen-
sible,-was doubtless set on foot BY Mr.
Mckinley for this very purpose. The
drunkenness and dissoluteness 10 the
streets of Manila, the slaughterings
ravishings, and burnings by the soldiery
and all the Inc vitable Accomplishments of
warfare, have done much to make heredi-
tary enemies of those who were once our
devoted and grateful friends. We have
corrupted, discouraged or killed some of
those who were fitted to be leaders of
their nation, but there are still hundreds
left who are capable of assisting the de-
velopment of their own people, in their
own way, the only possible evolution
towards free government.
The opportunity, therefore, is still
open TO us to vindicate our claims as
lovers of liberty and friends of those
who are striving to maintain 1t all over
the world. If so be that organized armed
opposition has ceased, the cowardly plea
can no longer be urged that our govern
ment cannot treat with the foe In arms.
One practical word concerning our
pressing needs. The national orgapiza-
ton will probably hereafter attract the
largest givers. yet it apparently counts
on receiving contributions also from
branch leagues, not on assisting them.
1t expects us to continue our work and
to enlarge it, maintaining all our present
connections, while 1t develops new fields.
We ought to have great and prompt gifts
to meet the requirements of the situation.
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Of men. With all his acknowledged ability and
the personal qualities that drew men 70 him.
Rufus King lscked the self asserting. spirit which
might have led him 10 demand positions which
those who knew him best deemed him competent
" MI. While his heart, however. might covet
distinction in certain directions. he was too modest
or knew not how 10 use the means. 70 op'aln ~,
and thus seemed 10 have failed. where crafty
and more INSCRIPTIONS men sucoeeded. he
could not trim his sails 10 catch tho popular breeze,
hut he had the satisfaction Of knowing tnat,
from the beginning 10 the end OF a long publc NE,
he had striven W do his duty a. a citizen and a
patriot. lie has left a name which ought to be
recalled 10 the warm remembrance of his country.
men, and Of which his descendants may well DO
pfuul
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Seward wM not one Of the original founders Of
the Republican parry. This will he evident, II We
look at the dates. The frs, large Republican
convention was neld in Jackson, Mich. early
In July. 1854. where a State organization was
formed. The example was soon tollowed In
Wisconsin, Vermont and Maine. Similar at
temps were made in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and
Iowa. but, at nrst. with much less success. II
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~.


The unexpected death OF President Taylor
on July Q, 1880. temporarily changed Stewards
prospects. The alliance with the Executive
that be- had ~skiliully brought about wa a; an
end, Would the new President be a party 70 .
similar one' As yet, Fillmore had taken no
definite stand either for or against Compromise.
In former years he had held opinions nearly iden-
tical with those Of Seward and Weed: but, when he
had lost the favor Of Presidsn, Taylor. he had
entered into closer relations with Conservative
Wings. Taylor left no considerable following
In the South, 40 Fillmore had to choose between
acting with Clay and Webster, thus pos
sibly reuniting The Wing party, and supporting
Taylor's policy under the management OF Seward,
Weed and Greeley. Seward strongly urged
Fillmore to retain Taylor's Cabinet. For q few
days, the new President scanned 10 hesitate, but
Clay soon became his chief counsellor, and Web
STIR WAS made Secretary OF State. Within q
week from the date Of Taylor's death, Seward
wrote; John jay and Franklin would be Knocked