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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24
A YermOnter's Opportunity.

1t is announced that the Hon. Will
liam j. Bryan is booked to deliver a
political speech in Montpelier early
next month, It this is true, Inc op-
portunity of life time awaits the in
lrepid editor Of the Montpelier Argus,
the great and only true exponent Of
the political faith cure in Vermont.
He can approach him as a bloiher
in distress. For as is Mr.. Bryan, the
silver-tonguei orator of the Popuistc
Democratic trust of the west, so is Nj.
Jackson the boy tongued orator of the
modern democracy of Vernon t--what
there is of it. Both gentlemen have
drained the bitter cup of political dis
appointment to the dregs; even 90 was
Mr.. Byran mown down be ore he was
ripe as presidential candidate, so was
Mr.. Jackson as I'm nercifully slaughter
ed whsn he ran for town representa-
tive of Montpelier.
After the meeting of these two ape g.
ties of revised Democracy and few
wet tears have been shed, neighhor
Jackson should take Mr.. Bryan's hand
between at least two of his own d
break it to him gently, that &c
L Icu w lli!hlu5 is not Tue only p6UDIt
on the eastern beach; that as rapidly
az Mr.. Williams developed from hated
gold bug into a 16 to / advocate, he
(Jackson) has superior record; that
from laying awake through long nights
with the cold shivers chasing down his
spinal column for fear that the Repub.
lican national convention might iniure
the country by taking some unfavora-
BILE action toward the gold standard, he
became a bowling silver man in just
one minute and four seconds after he
learned the action of the Democratic
national convention; that he swallowed
the whole Chicago platform as easily as
a blue.eyed billy.goat masticates an
empty gallon tomato can; that from
that time on he swore by all the silver
gods his Imagination could couture on
a fifteen hours per day schedule for
Mr. Bryan, and after the campaign was
over continued to swear-in another
language.-Northield News.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24
The Mystic Ten Year Period.

The Montpelier Journal calls atten-
tion to the fact that this year is one of
the ten-year periods when it is permits
slble to attempt amendments to orr
State constitution. 1t suggests as the
hrst amendment a change allowing flu
ture amendments TO be made more in
coneonance with present-day methods
and with more regard to the possible
requirements Of the people, to whom
the constitution is after all ONLY an in
strument, honored and reyered. il is
true, but human, notwithstanding. IL
seemed the idea with the founders of
vermont that their posterity was bound
to degenerate from their worthy
standard, so after building a Frame
work purely theoretical, they fortified
1t against possible alteration by about
all the barriers that could be devised,
short OF absolute prohibition.
AZ the Journal contends, there ought
to be shorter method of registering
the popular will. 1t is well enough to
make the course that amendment pro-
possl5 must run long enough and try
ing enough TO allow due consideration
OF every detcil, but there is no excuse
tor requiring them to pass through such
an ordeal as this THE ten year amend
ment periodl IL is conceivable how a
great deal OF harm might ensue before
one OF the mystic ten-year periods came
around, when, for some reason or 9TH
err, it was supposed the intellect would
be keener than between times. Why
should the constitution be put absolute
ly beyond the reach of the people for
four ffths of the tine? Will somebody
give sufficient reason2-Randolph Her
aid and News.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24

"Another British officer has arrived
here" says the st. Louis Globe-Demo.
crdt, "to purchase large number of
Missouri mules. A few days ago the
demand was for brides and saddles.
st. Louis is the great cosmopolitan CEN
ter for army supplies" 1t seems also
to be the scene of England's violation
with the Administrations tacit assent
OF the neutrality the United States
should observe, and is pledged to OBJ
serve, in the war between Great Brit
ain and the Transvaal. If an English
cruiser found these articles in an Amer
lean ship, sailing for Delagoa bay, ship
and cargo would be seized and con-
demned and the United States govern
ment might be unable to show that the
seizure was a violation of the rights of
neutrals. This sort of thing has been
going on in the United States since the
beginning of the South African war.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24

FRANKFORT, Ky, Jan. 1S. Elk
Congressman David G. Colson yes ar
day shot and killed E. @
Leather Demaree and Charles Julian
and wounded James Golden and Harry
McEwing, in the Capitol hotel. The
killing was the result OF renewal of a
feud between Colson and Scott, which
grew up between them while in the
army last year. Demaree, Julian,
Golden and McEwing were shot by &C.
cident. Colson was shot in the arm,
but not seriously hurt.
The shooting occurred in the lobby
of the Capitol hotel, which was dense
ly packed with people who were attend
ing the trial contests before the Legis-
lature. Persons who were in the hotel
when the tragedy occurred, say fully
twenty shots were fired.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24
A Rip Van Wrinkle Has a Nightmare.

The Caledonian is greatly troubled
because, as the contemporary AYERS,
"of the four candidates for Senator, ex-
Governor Dillingham; is the only one
that has not declared himself upon the
issues of the day, and the great issue
of the Presidents policy in the Phil
ippines," The contemporary further
AYERS that Mr.. Dillingham; ''has been
asked many times, and perhaps some
of his intimate friends know, but the
mass of voters are still waiting for
some public expression. In Vermont
senatorial campaign silence is not
golden"
Where has the editorial writer of the
Caledonian been for the last twenty
years? During that period, Mr. Dill
lingham has been on the stump in
every national election, in this State
and in others. He has spoken in every
part of Vermont and has been one of
the potential agencies, one of the
most candid, convincing and effective
speakers-as well as, with hardly an
exception, the most popular and most
eagerly sought after-in the campaigns
in which this State has successfully led
the Republican party of the nation to
victory. The "mass of voters" in Ver-
mont is vastly better informed in the
matter of Mr.. Dillingham; "declara-
lions upon the issues of the day." than
the Rip Van Wrinkle of the Caledonian
appears to be, unless his assumption of
doing ignorance is sheer pettifogging,
a campaign trick.
We venture the assertion that Mr..
Dillingham's views on public ques-
tions are better understood, in every
quarter of Vermont, than are those of
any other of the quartet of candidates,
and that his opinions regarding the
Philippines, matter new to national
policies since 1896, has a firm and
broad foundation of intelligence, good
sense, wisdom and patriotism. The
well established reputation of the man
for sound judgment and clear concep-
tions of the right is an ample guaranty
that in the matter of the Philippines or
any other new question he carries
level head.
The people of Vermont are not wor-
rying about Mr.. Dillingham's views on
any public question. He is too near
the right, and his fellow citizens are
too well assured of this fact, to suit the
other fellows. So the Rip Van Wrinkle
contemporary, if his sleep has really
cen disturbed by nightmare as to
this particular senatorial candidates
soundness on ''the issues of the day."
may close his eyes and doze off to sleep
again. Furthermore, if any one has
any lingering doubt as to whether Mr..
Dillingham's position on any of "the
issues of the day" are sound and ortho-
dox, according with the best and we'll
founded principles of republicanism,
on questions old or new, he is likely to
have those doubts resolved in due
course OF time. The canvass is vet
young. The time for final choice is
many months distant. There will be
no lack of publicity before the campaign
ends, "And damned be him who first
cries, Hold, enoughP
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24

The Vermont Dairymen's Associa-
ton last week reelected it's secretary,
f. l.. Davis of North Pomfret, at Brat
tleboro, and thereby exhibited q wise
appreciation of good service. MIR.
Davis is not only an efficient secretary
but also a practical, progressive and
successful farmer, whose influence in
the interests of the association have
been vigorous and helpful.-Wood-
stock Standard.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24
ate army.

ate army.
The arduous work follows the eros g.
ing of the Rubicon, yet some newspa-
pers, with pro-British sympathies, by
their screaming headlines, and vocif-
erous use of type and double leads, con-
vey the impression that the extinction
of the burghers has been accomplished.
AS matter of fact, the British under
Butler have crossed the river without
serious opposition. There was no
fighting. The Beers withdrew, they
fired no guns, they abide in the en-
trenchments of their main works be-.
yond the river whose strength is yet to
be disclosed. The British have their
battle of the Wilderness yet to fight,
and upon it's issue will depend Buffers
ability to carry out the parallel by pass
ing beyond the Boer right flank, tow
ard Ladysmith, as Grant moved beyond
Lees, toward Richmond, at the end of
the two days. holocaust amid the blaz-
ing scrub growth and underbrush south
of the Rapidan.
There is parallel in the magnitude of
the operations, still there is In London
probably greater anxiety, more intense
solicitude, regarding Buffers pending
operations, than existed in the United
States at the time Grant was taking the
initial step in his campaign against Lee
and Richmond. The North had be-
come battle-seasoned. 1t had passed the
hysteria stage and was regarding mill
tary movements with grim calmness,
but in this instance with an uplifting
confidence in the new commander of
the Army of the Potomac.
Buffers fore are reckoned at some
10000, of all arms, and so guns. Half
of this aggregate is engaged in the
movement against the Boer right flank,
at the locality euphoneously called
Potgieter's drift, or ford, some fifteen
miles west of Colenso. The latter
place is the center of the British lines,
and there, and along the British right,
to occupy the attention of the Beers
confronting them, is the remainder of
Buffers army. When Butler is ready
to strike Joubert's right, the attack will
begin all along the line. This internal
din and its murderous accompaniment,
thousands of hearts in "Merrie Eng
land" and on the Transvaal veldt, are
painfully awaiting; and for it all the
rest of the world is listening with such
interest and curiosity as they may feel
whose own blood is not exposed to the
fatalities of battle.
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preparing to get out Of Buffers way to
save the draught on his resources in
men and ammunition a pitched battle
would entail, and husband these for q
time and place of better fighting advan.
tage. But one guess is about as good
as another in view of the obscurity
that wells all the operations in South
Africa.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24


Commander Wainwright of the con-
verted yacht Gloucester has been in
Boston. With this shell of war ves-
sci Wainwright intrepidly attacked the
Spanish torpedo boats in the battle of
Santiago and was the chief factor in
their destruction. 1t was one of the
most conspicuous acts of gallantry in
that action, but, like some others, the
gallant commander of the Gloucester
has been overlooked in parceling out
the rewards and promotions that &C.
crued in that fight. In his speech in
Boston, Gays the Record, all that Com
mander Wainwright could say OF the
Schley-Sampson controversy was that
he could see the smoke of SIMPSONS
ship in the distance to the eastward,
which corroborates the opinion that
Sampson really knew there was fight
going on, and that he was able to get to
1T soon after the finish. "We some
times WONDER" says the Record, "why
1t is that Sampson is 80 crazy to try to
make it out that he was in that battle.
or course he was not. His ship neither
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24
His Wife Saved Him.

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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24
DEWEY ON THE BRIDGE.

stood on the bridge at midnight.
And gazed on the ripping sea,
And wondered If Widow Hazen
Would promise my wife TO be.
Above me the moon was shining
In the clear, blue, tropic sky,
And my heart was so full of longing
That thought should surely die.
Then wished that sweet Mildred were with me
On that lovely night in June,
So that on the bridge OF that warship,
We might sit together and spoon.
How often, o, how often,
Ahoat on the ocean immense,
Have sat on that bridge at midnight
And felt like thirty cents.
How often, o, how often,
have wished that the rolling tide
Would carry me the ocean
And land me at Mildred's side.
For my heart a seethng volcano,
And although was outwardly calm,
There were times when I'd given dollar
For the touch Of that dear ones palm.
But now 1t has fallen from me,
My worrying days are past;
proposed and was accepted,
And the widow is mine at last.
And IT, somewhere in the future,
There are orders awaiting me
To again take command of my squadron
And journey across the sea,
shall think OF the days that have faded,
And remember how many men,
without any bridge to stand on,
Are feeling as did then.
HAZEL FAIRBANKS,
Randolph
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24
Across the Tugela.

The crossing of the Tugela by Butler
bears about the came relation to the
campaign for the relief of Ladysmith
and the destruction of the Boer army
as the crossing of the Rapidan by
Grant bore to the capture of Richmond
and the humiliation of the Confeder-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24

The House committee on inters tate
and foreign commerce will favorably
report Chairman Hepburn's bill, pro-
viding for the construction of the
Nicaragua canal, by this government,
80 soon as the required territory is
acquired from Costa RIGA and Mica
ragua, and Mr.. Hepburn thinks the
bill will pass the House at this session.
That the sentiment of the House favors
the bill is unquestionably true, but the
desire on the part of some members to
wait for the report of the canal COM
mission, which will be available next
winter, may prevent action at this
session.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24
Says the New York Sun:

"Prof +. Spencer Baldwin OF Boston
University is lecturing on Some Gains
from Expansion which he calls "a settled
fact and national policy He asserts that
lit will elevate the whole tone OF our ma
tional life While Winsow and Boutwell,
and Atkinson are straining their eyes in
the vain endeavor to catch a glimpse Of
their lost Emilio's heels, the enemy, brutal
aggressive and dsgustingy hopeful, pos
sesses Boston. The Anti-Imperialistic
League needs to do more homo missionary
work."
"Bsldy' got, in the WATcHMAN Of
flee, the true bearings of the right pc.
litical course, and it is gratifying to
know from the foregoing and other
similar notices the papers from time to
time contain, that he is pushing ir-
Progressively along the right track.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24

The "Cradle of Liberty" at the
Club" has been properly rocked and
sympathetic lullaby sung in behalf of
the Beers. Among the speakers was
George F. Hollis, a former United
States consul at Pretoria, whose only
criticism of Dom Paul was that at the
time of the raid in 1896 he did not hang
Jameson, its leader. II. W. Higginson
wrote an interesting letter of regret and
Hon. George F. Hoar, replying to an
invitation to be present, said the gall
liant people.of the little republics care
making the best fight since Thermopy-
lac for a cause as holy as that for
which Leonidas and his Spartans gave
their lives"
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THE DRUMMER,S REPLY.


Commercial travellers don't want to sell goods
'rritory obtained by conquest.-(Col. W. j. Brya
Travelling Mems banquet, Lincoln Neb.l
Come Off there, Willie
Ifadrouth
Could have itself
Fixed in your mouth
For several years
And put stop
To what we know
Is not a crop
of any value,
1t would do
A lot of good
For us and you.
Say, Colonel,
Do you think you'll bluff
The Yankee Nation
BY such CUFF
AS that we do
Not want to sell
Our goods to any one
On earth Go tell
That to the Aunties.
We're out to sell
The stuff and we
Take as our field,
Infinity.
We're limitless in scope,
And go
Through torrid zones
And lands of snow;
From sea to sea
From Pole to Pole.
We crcumnavigate
The whole
Commercial world,
And every place
Where man Is,
There is our sample case.
Conquest rejected?
We're conquerors ourselves, and we
Fight for the trade
On land ana sea.
In every cline
On every shore.
We're crowdir through
The open door
We do not stop
To question why
Or what country is,
fit will buy
The goods we offer,
That is all
We ask of this
Terrestrial ball.
And most of all, Bill,
Anywhere
The Flag is, mind you,
Wen be there;
And there for keeps.
You bet your boots
We don't intend
To lose the fruits
OF victory and what
Was done for us
When Dewey got
Manila Bay
And everything that came his way.
Oh Billy, Wiliebil, go get
Thee to nunnery and let
The vow of silence seal your lips
Against the multitude of slips
You're always making
Can't you see
A limit to our
Charity
And a. for us
Well watch the trade
Come down the road
Conquest" has made.
w. j. HAMPTON, In New York Sun,
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Clubbing List.

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only of subscribers to this paper who pay
all arrearages and years subscription in
advance. One or more of the publications
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the club rate, must invariably accompany
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24

The news of the execution of GEN
eral Buffers duplex flank movement,
unless it shall materialize today, APP
pears to be "delayed in transmission. ~
Two or three days ago the world was
warned that great events were impend-
ing, that the British commander had
spread out his wings right and left to a
distance Of twenty miles in each direc-
ton, that he would surely enfold the
Boer lines in deadly embrace and the
relief of Ladysmith would be accom-
plished. Experience has shown that
these reports were largely speculative.
Undoubtedly movement for the re-
lief OF Ladysmith was undertaken. If
it had already accomplished its object,
the world would have learned the news
ere this, and the paroxysms of delight
the event would have produced in Lon
don would have sent their circling
waves across the Atlantic. So there is
ground for the belief that the move
ment has either failed or still is in pro-
gress. There were indications that
the Boer commander was hedging, and
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24

The practical extinction of the Fill
ipino instruction has deprived the
news from the Philippines of the lively
interest it has hitherto possessed. And
the effectiveness of the subjugation of
the Insurgents is indicated by the
tameness of the news from the archi-
pelago for month past. The peace
full order of things is being established
in the north of Luzon. In the south
there is an occasional Frightening of
the smouldering fires of revolt, but
present appearances seem to Justify
tie hope and expectation that peace
will henceforth have her victories in
the islands, and they will be somewhat
more renowned than war.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24

Tired a gun nor was one fired at it.
That he is good officer, most remark
ably favored and petted by the navy
department, is generally acknowledged.
That he did good service during the
blockade of Santiago is admitted. Why
not be content with that, instead of this
everlasting effort to make it appear that
he was in the battle when, as q matter
of fact, even 30 ardent a defender as
Commander Wainwright can only say
that during the fight he could make out
the smoke of SIMPSONS flagship miles
away TO the eastward?"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24

kOdOl Dyspepsia Cure
"Dlgests what you eat"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24

England's determination not to get
into fight with an antagonist of her
size is again illustrated in the release
of the Bundesrath, to propitiate Ger
many, as the American -four was re-
stored to its owners to appease the
United States.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24

Senator Hoar wants to know many
things about the Philippines and asks
the President, by resolution, to furnish
him the information of which he is in
quest. Many people would like to
know the whereabouts of the Senator's
protege, George Washington Aguinal-
do. A resolution of inquiry addressed
to Mr.. Hoar might develop the GOV.
eted information, unless the furnishing
should be declared inconsistent with
the interests Of the anti-imperialists.
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