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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-10-17
Never Was Submitted.

Several newspapers have been inves-
tigating the passage of the prohibitory
law in Vermont back in 1852. 1t is
found that the bill passed the House of
representatives. by vote of 81 to go,
over forty towns not being represented
in the Legislature at the time and 16 of
the members not voting. In the spring
of 1858 the measure was submitted to a
vote of the citizens and was approved
by majority of 1l21. The vote was
22,124 in favor and 2l,094 against
Current item.
The investigation" spoken of must
have been of very superficial charac'
ter.
The measure was not "submitted to
vote of the citizens" The people Of
Vermont have never. had a chance 10
pass upon the prohibitory law.
What was Submitted to vote of
the citizens" in the spring Of 1858 was
merely the question whether the law
should go into effect in March or in
December.
That's all.-Burlington Ne,os.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-10-17
President Buckham's Views,

President NJ. H. Buckham, of the
University of Vermont, writes the Bos-
ton Journal as follows:
l shall vote for Mckinley.
The greatest dangers to American
political life are anarchy and dema-
gogueism, and Bryan represents them
both. The Republican party has given
us, on the whole, an able, wise, vigor-
Gus and conservative administration of
affairs, domestic and foreign, and may
be safely trusted to continue the era of
prosperity during the four years to
come.
Though was opposed to the war
with Spain and wish the Philippine
question had never risen, l have not
seen the time when | wished the course
of the government to be materially diff
ferent from what it has been. / think
the cry of "imperialism" is in part
bugbear which is unnecessarily fright
ening few good men who have not 30
stalwart faith in republican instilu.
lions as one could wish, but largely a
mere device for making political cap
ital, trick for making dupes of men
who can be caught by cunning
phrase.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-10-17
Old DARTMOUTH SOLID


A correspondent writing from Hanover
Saturday gives the following facts which
are Of interest to many Vermont alumni:
A canvass of The academic faculty of
Dartmouth College discloses practically
unanimous preference for Mckinley, thare
being but one dsseuter ont of the thirty
eight, and he is waveriug, with ~ present a
leaning toward the Republican ticket.
The unaDmity of Mckinley sentiment is
remarkable, more especially because of the
usual Democratic propensiJies OF the facul-
ty. Under ordinary conditions DartmOuth's
faculty can be depended. upon TO cast u
mai rity vote for the Democratic ticket,
and IN the days when tariff issues were
paramount, those with Republican beliefs
were decidedly in the minority.
Upon the silver question, which they this
year regard as paramount there is uuan-
unity OF sentiment. OF the imperislistic
policy Of Mckinley several members of The
faculty disapprove, but they generally re-
gard this OF minor Importance compared
with the silver question; hence the solid
Mckinley ranks.
The Mckinley men include President
Tucker, who has always cast his vote ac-
cording 10 the issues, rather than by party,
though generally supporting the Demo
and down through the list,
The only one doubtful is Prof G. D.,
Adams, who is strong anti-imperialist but
a gold man, aud those OF his faculty asso-
ciates who know him most intimately ex-
press the bslief that he will join them for
Mckinley before November g.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-10-17
Baking Powder Peddlers.

Many brands o. alum baking pow
ders are for the purpose OF introducing
them peddled from door to door. There
are others which grocers get Eve and
lea cents Can for r. commenting TO
customers. Neither OF these methods
are ever employed to sell the pure,
high class goods.
People cannot be too careful about
what they eat. No one can tell what
theee baking powders contain without
employing a chemist. The peddlers of
the powders frequently claim they are
made from phosphate, but the recent
official tests show thai most of the So
called phosphate powders are mixed
with alum.
1t is only safe to reiuee oil baking
po~ ders or samples of food that are Of
fered in this way. 1t is best TO 90 TO
your grocer and buy the old reliable
brands.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-10-17
RETIRES FROM BUSINESS.

George w. w er, the veteran mu lie
dealer, has retired from active business
after fif years continuous service to the
Montpelier public in that line. While he
still continues to hold an interest in the
store, George H, his son, will assume the
active management aud has engaged Del
bert Webster Of Boston, as his assis ant.
II is safe TO say that Mr. Wilder At his
retirement is The senior of any business
man in the city in the point of tenure Of
service In view of this fact brief retro
SD elton of his life will b. Of interest.
George Willis Wilder was born in Mid
dlesex, VT, in 1926. His parents removed
to Montpelier in 1873 He was educated at
the public schools and Academy in Monfpe-
lier. AT an early age he showed a talent
for music, and, after receiving the best mu.
steal Instruction afforded Ia Montpelier, he
studied piano-for'e, organ and flute with
Mr.. John III Paddock ~ StJohn- bury, who
was then considered the finest teacher in
the State, Subseq tently no was organist az
the "Old Brick Church" for many years also
at Christ church for several years, and for
long time taught music in Montpelier and
vicinity AT the same time he had an in
terest in his fathers wooden mill, situated
near the site now occupied by The Lane
Manufacturing Company. In 1850 Mr. Will
der commenced the business OF selling pia-
nos and other musical instruments and mu-
steal publications, In the building now
known as the Ellis block, and afterward
carried on the same business in the Walton
building. He removed 10 the New Free
man Building" in 1856 ut which time he
added books and stationery TO his stock n
trade. From there he removed ia 1864 to
the Willard Building on Main street, head
Of State stree, where his business is still
continued. He has always been public spir-
ited and always ready 70 sustain his part
toward the welfare and improvement of The
town.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-10-17

he was the attorney for the suitors for dam
ages With the exhaustless resources and
tireless pursuit OF hi purposes he had xhibit-
ed in the. performance of official duty he was
able to show that the accident was the result
OF causes for which the corporation was at
fault and responsible, and he pushed the pros
ecution, unawed by influence, to a success
full issue
No legal practitioner in the State has bet
ter record for legal quality, for legal acumen,
for ability to win victories from the most i'm
volved and difficult conditions As public
officer or private citizen in the practice Of his
profession he has earned the title of the Tri-
buue of the People. No man from Bradley 20
Proctor has entered the United States Senate
from Vermont with better equipment for the
duties of Senator, or with brighter promise
OF usefulness. If elected to the senatorship
Mr.. Dillingham; will maintain Vermont's high
standard Of enatorial ability and service
William w. Grout has been in the public
eve quite continuously for some ghteen years
last past, and his rank and standing man
and public servant should be well under
stood lie was a soldier OF the civil war, hav-
ing been Lieutenant colonel of the Fifteenth
regiment of Vermont Volunteers. and was
mustered out of service in August 1868, at the
end of the nine months period of his enlist
ment. In 1864, after the St Adams aid.
the State organized three brigades of home
guards, and Lieut. Col. Grout was elected to
the command of one of thes-. with the rank of
general Previous to his election the ma
tional House # Representatives, h had been
sta e's attorney for Orleans county, ad re
peatedly represented Barton in the General
Assembly and had been a membr of he
Senate from Orleans county. Estima es Of
the value of General CIRCUITS public services
vary widely, and his qualfca ions for the
Office If United States Sc ator, with the duty
and responsibility annexed of sustaining in the
Senate Vermons high reputation for States
mauship, are seriously and honestly called in
question by many of his fellow citizens of Yer
mont. The JOURNAL is among those who are
raising this question and are op osing General
CIRCUITS ambition to be advanced to the senator
sh p rendered famous by the illustrio Nor
riil, and the great men who preceded him in
| the senatorial Office General CIRCUITS appeal
| is o the assembled rep esentatives of the
! people of Vermont, nd before that body he is
entitled 10 what spirited foeman especially
ask, fair field and no favors. Gen. CIRCUITS
! age is sixty-four.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-10-17
A PRETTY HOME WEDDING
IN CABOT.

A very pretty nome wedding took place
at the residence Of Mr.. and Mrs George
Gould on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 10,
when their youngest daughter, Miss Bessie
May, was married to Mr.. Angus John
Smith of Anaconda, Montana,
The decorations were profuse and elab-
CRATE The double sitting room, in which
the cere mony was performed, was trimmed
with green, and white flowers and ported
plants; the dining room and parlor in au-
tumn foliage arJistically and beautifully
arranged. About fifty invited guests were
present in honor OF the occasion.
Promptly at three o'clock, Miss Ellen
Pike, presiding, the organ strains OF Men
delssohp's wedding march were heard,
when the bridal party appeared, consisting
OF the contracting parties, Edwin Q. Gould,
brother OF the bride, best man, and Miss A.
Pansy Smith, maid OF honor.
The bride wore gown OF white crepe-de-
chine trimmed with chiffon and ribbon, car
rying white pinks. The maid of honor was
dressed in white organdie, carrying pink
carnations. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. ID. l.. billiard, pastor of the Con-
gregational church, using the single ring
service.
AT the conclusion OF the ceremony all
took their way to the dining room where a
wedding lunch was partaken, served by
Miss Jennie Gould, Miss Sara McAllister,
Mrs. Nellie Walbrldge and Mrs. Il. W. Bur
bank. The bridal couple were the recip-
tents OF many pretty and valuable gifts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith started for the West
on their wedding trip on Friday They will
stop at places of interest on the route, in
GLIDING Niagara Falls, Salt Lake City and
points In the Rocky Mountains They will
make their home in Anaconda, Mont,
where Mr.. Smith has established himself
in a successful business. Their friends will
deeply regret their absence from Cabot
always holding them in high esteem and
regard, We wish them much happiness in
their new home and relations, and may suc-
cess crown all their efforts.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-10-17
North Montpelier.

The event OF the season is the entertain
ment to be given by Charles K. Tsggart at
vestry hall on Monday evening. Every
body should be- present as it 10 for the bene
fit OF the society,
George f. Sibley and sisters, Miss Hattie
and Mrs. W. s. Little, returned home last
week after several days visit in Canada.
The wooden factory is soon to start up af-
ter a shut down of several weeks.
j. w. Butterfeld, who lately purchased
the grist and saw mill pro perty Of Nj. V. b.
HOLSTER, is making very thorough repairs
upon the same and will soon be in posi-
ton to attend to the wants of patrons,
There was a generous turnout from this
place to the fair ut Barre.
Messrs, Carleton and Brooks OF Barre
City we're in the village on Tuesday and
Wednesday, doing some work for w. G.
Nye.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-10-17
Hot Shot For an Anti-Imperialist.

The JOURNAL recently referred to E.
l.. Foster, native OF Calais, now
resident of New Jersey, doing business
in New York city, and printed Mr..
Fosters references to the national po-
litical situation in that city. G. g.
Hughes, president of the Greater New
York Association of the Antl-Imperi-
alist clubs, recently wrote Mr.. Foster,
proposing to make him an honorary
member of the National Association.
The subjoined scathing reply was made
By Mr.. Foster;
Dear Sir:-I have your esteemed ia
vor OF the End inst. asking to propose
my name as an honorary member of
the National Association of Anti-Im-
perialist clubs. Accompanying is a
notice giving me instructions whom to
address should desire to give my SER
vices as a campaign speaker. Since /
am forced to decline the proffered hon.
or, courtesy demands suitable reply
to your letter. You say:
1.-THE object of this Association is to sup
port candidates for Office November 9th,
1900, who are against the destruction OF our
Republic
am most heartily in accord with
that sentiment, and shall certainly give
the proposition effect. In fact, it has
heretofore so controlled my condpct
that l have always consistently voted
for just such candidates, and, moreover,
voluntarily and cheerfully, gave three
years of my life as soldier in the SER
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-10-17

The enterprise of tine newspapers durin, a
somewhat exter ded and arduous canvass. has
left uothinp o add TO the public i. formation
respecting the candidates for the seut+orshin
Of William f. Dillingham; if may he reneatad
that he was born December ~ iS43. aud his
a.ra il therefore arpioXimatelv 6ftv-s.y.n
vetrs He has risen through the yatious ranks
of public life from the Sc retary of Governors
to the COVE norship itself If is due tn Mr.
Dilinphrm to saw that he has uever beeu a
seeker after Office. but is abilities md ami
tude for affairs have marked him for public
trusts, and Office has invariably sougLt him
out
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-10-17

In the clustered precincts of the supreme
Court of Vermont, Hon Jonat an Ross. for
iwentc-nine years-from 1870 the year of his
first election to the bench-had Teen binding
IN a reputation for iud ieial wisdom. The Sc
clusou Of the bench is not the place for cu i
vaiins the arts of politics II may he however,
that ere the foundations may be laid for
wise state nship Before his deviation TO
tn judgdslip. Mr.. Ross had represented his
town and county in me Gen4Ial Assembly.
| the practice Of hi profession and in vari-
Gus pursuits he had demonstrated his capacity
as a man of affairs On the dea,l Of Senator
Morrill, Governor SIN tn apl onted Judge
Ross t, supply the vacancy in t seuatotship.
As Senator Mr., Ross has worthily naiutined
the Vermont standard Of craftsmanship His
appointment to the Senate wa unt ouhtedly
a gain of one vote for the ratif atun of the
ire ty of peae" with Spain and 'he policy Of
President Me tinley in respect of ia posses
sious acquired by the late war
Sstato R1,s course in the Sonu- urques-
tiona /, has the app. oval of ii e great ajcrty
of his 60 stitut-nts. lis promu.g ltio ot the
doe rite THAT the Constitution of ihe United
States is extended 60 he new posse SION only
s" f,,st Congress, 10, sprriii e,ucfuir mt. APP
plies he rrovis CO.'S "a at ms rl,e,t. med
III NAH dist c.on aud been sener-
a |, occep-' J ae tho rlu- i.rI e. senator
Ross wa, bonn ia 4e-O. Ills &c is t.er1tore
seventy four.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-10-17

Parties from outside tina State have wr;'.
ten merp bers OF the Legislature asking chat
a bill oh trteriug an electric road from
Montpelier 10 Newport via HardWiok be III
troduced aud put through both houses ss
soon as possible, and guaran eenI snfficieit
funds to construct equip and operate il as
soon as the necessary permission Is obtain-
ed TO permit work TO be begun The names
of parties behiud he PROPOSITION is GER
tam guaranty that plenty Of energy and
cash will be contributed 10 the scheme 30
make IL a success. The writer has seen u
signed proposition, and attached TO II the
Aame OF man whom Vermonters would
recognize as abundantly able 10 carry it
out. This apparently means business, and
bill chartering the road may be expected
In the near future.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-10-17
CAPITOL JAcK-STRAWs.
Points on Legislation, Legislators
and Matters More or Less Con-
nected with the Asylum Of
Wisdom on the Hill.

"I dunno" said a Democratic member,
"but what I'd kind of iujoy runnin' rice
farm over Ia China"
why, you'd be a Chinaman"
Yes. But it would be- somethin' OF a
comfort to live some place whore your pre-
dictions that the country was goln to
pieces stood some show of comm true"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-10-17

Such have been the men Vermont has chos-
en-, from the begin ing, to ear her commits
sion ia the United States Sc ate, and, as a
natur result, a very important stage of the
national history, in every perilous crisis, her
Senators I'VE taken decisive part in the
settlement of the great questions that have
arisen. That is to say, Vermont has taken
bought when the q estion of the selection of
a Senator has been presented, of the great
matters of national concern, and for the office
has invariably taken men from the hest of
her citizenship. The choice of Senator has
never been made on the low ground Of mater
ial considerations 1t has been taken to the
high plane that predetermined the selection
OF Bradley, a Paine, Prentiss, Phelps. a
Collamer, Foot, an Edmunds, a Morrill,.
There ha~ been in the choice no room for any
element of any degree of grossness or faint.
There have been sharp rivaries and stiff con-
tests, but the scent of any form of corruption
has never been shifted in the breezes of per-
sonal contention. So Vermont has kept her
escutcheon clean, and secured, md thus far
maintained. her proud pre-eminence in the
Senate. BY such means alone can her peerless
record be continued.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-10-17

The past. in the pending senatorial contest
is enforcing upon the prese, its impress i've
lesson. 1t points the wa to duty ard honor
This is not matter of an election TO ONE pet
ty office of town. municipality, or State
mistake now is practically ir emediable The
history of the senatoislip best pre-eu-s the
magnitude OF the respoa siblity with which the
Legs 'ature hrs at length come face t. lace
The past appea TO the present to do it, full
duty. The new and vast problems OF which
the 'athers in their wisdom ne, er dreamed -
that confront the national government enforce
the appeal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-10-17
The Rutland Herald editorially saws:

"The work of the commission on double
taxation has resulted in the accumulation OF
a good deal Of information in the form of alb
ulated statistics which will be Of value to
the Legislature. We think that the commits
sion have something to learn before they
will be accepted as authorities on the sub
ject."
II is already learning that its views on
the subject are not likely to he accepted by
the Legislature. The individual members
go right along devising schemes of their
own, just as II the commission had never
happened TO happen.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-10-17
THE sen VTORSHlP.
VermOnt's Historic Rank in the United
States senate. Pioneer > natOrs.

The pending contest for the election of "a
Senator OF tile United ) ates to fill the vacau-
cy caused by the death IF Justin s. Morrill,.
who for generation had served his State aud
country with Ugh dist notion in that office,
has attracted Al unaccustumed degree of at
tentiUn to tie senatorship aud aroused an in
tense public interest III the matter of the seec-
ton OF the mtu who shall sustain Vermont's
presi in the most eminent delberative body
in he world.
Nermont's standing in the Senate of the
United States vs. unique fact of general note
and comm, mt The States influence in that
body aud i'll the councils of the nation has
been EN- rely cut OF proportion to its territorial
extent, the "umbers Of ITS people or it wealth
and resources, except in the one particular of
Men. This proud position has not been the
product ct adventurous circumstances, it has
not been accid ntal it has not been periodic, it
has not b on IIeteorlc. 1t dates from the very
beginning of Vermont's senatorial history, it
has continued down to the present tune with
the light OF the steadfast planets CLEAN.
The roster of Nermont's Senators with the
pelio Is of their service is here appended:
Moses Robinson, li0l-9j
Stephen Bradley, l791-95.
Isaac TichenOr, II 6-!)7.
Elijah Paine l7gj-lo0l.
Nathaniel Chapman. 797 1903
stephen Il. Bradley lS0l-13.
lsrae, Smith, 1903 o.
Dudley base, 1887.
Jonathan Robinson, 1917 10
James Fisk 1917 IS.
Isaac Tichenor, l. 1921.
Mi.nam A Palmer, 1918 %.
HUratiO Seymour, lo2l-33
Dudley base, 1925 81
Benjamin Swif 1880.
Samuel Prentiss. lS31-12
Samuel ) Phelps lS39-jl
Samuel &. GRATIS, 1Si243.
Solomon Foot. 1S5l-G6.
n 2. % -
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-10-17

As were the States pioneers in the Senate,
as were the men of the middle period, SO were
their successors of the last generation, Poland.
Edmunds and Morrill,, a triumvirate of great.
ness in craftsmanship that took up and car
ried along to glorious completion tn great
work begun by their predecessors, a task that
taxed human wisdom to the utmost. In more
than one imminent crisis in national affairs,
since he entered the Senate, Proctor has seized
the helm at the decisive moment and given
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-10-17

Tue Middebury Register heads its legis-
lative report column ~ follows:
Down to the Grind. Legislatures Bill
Mill Now Working Overtime"
In heavens name where was every body
when this happened?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-10-17

anee than was Governor Dillingham's s, Vermont
has never had, from q ittenden's to the second
Smiths.
In the administration of public affairs of a
widely diversified ard an exceeding difficult
fullest degree of competency Fidelity to duty
has gone hand in hand with the highest meas
ure of competency in all his publ s-ryices
and this has been a shining characteristic in all
the affairs of we'll ordered life In the prac-
tice of his profession his devotion to the inter
ests OF his clients, his answering fidelity to
their cause, with his eminent legal abilities and
power as an advocate, have brought him into
many famous cases ON the side of tire people
In the celebrated Hartford bridge case, grow
ing out of the terrible railway disaster in 1887,