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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-01-08

james w. Kimball of Lynn, clerk,
and Daniel w. Waldron of Boston,
chaplain.
a significant act of the caucus wa
TO elect caucus committee of eleven
members to act as the party's repre-
sentative during the session. The
Democratic caucus was devoted large
ly to complaining Of the small repre-
sentation of the Democratic party on
committees and appointed Il commit
tee to confer with the speaker
In the Senate after prayer was offer
ed, a comittee was appointed to notify
the governor. The governor came in
and administered the oath. Hon. Ru-
fus "A. Soule of New Bedford was
then elected president, Henry c. Cool
ldge of Concord, clerk, and Edmund
Dowse of Sherborn, chaplain. In the
House Chas. II. Green of Mortified,
presided as temporary chairman and
Noble W. Everett of Wareham. offer
ed prayer.
Albany, N. Y, Jan. 1.-The New
York Legislature met today and Gov.
Odeil's message was read. The Gov
ernor is opposed to open saloons on
Sundays and said before the right was
given to sell liquors seven days week
III any city the question should be
passed upon by the people of the
whole state. lie also paid a tribute
to President Mckinley.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-01-08
A Certain Cure for ChiIbIains.

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot Ease,
a powder. 1t cures Chilblains, Prostitutes
Damp, weatng, Swollen feet. At all
Druggists and hoe Stores 25c.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-01-08
ARTHUR ROPES, General Editor.
CLUBBING LIST.

The following offers are for the benefit
only of subscribers TO the WATCHNiAN
(weslily) or the JOURNAL daily who pay
all arrearages and years subscription III
advance. One or more of the publications
may he ordered, but the money for each,
pauy the order, with all arrears Of any
due on either paper and fun year IN adj
vance. To the Club Rate add $l.bO for
the WATCHNIAN, or SO 90 for the JOURNAL
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-01-08

Senator Sewell of New Jersey,
whose death has recently taken place,
was man of public spirit and ability,
who was prominent in many sorts Of
activities. He was a gallant soldier
in the war of 1S6l-65, was conspicu-
ously identified with the railroad sys-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-01-08
Grip Should NOT Be Neglected
for One Moment.

1t dcpresses and weakens its VIC
tims-makes it easy for other diseases
to attack them.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-01-08

presented, that under the present sys-
tenn very many bad appointments have
been made.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-01-08

Accidents come with distressing ire
quency on the farm. Cuts, Drl ses. stin -
spraius. DR. Thomas Ec.ectrc Oil re
HeVes the pain instantly. Never safe
without 4
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-01-08
IA q! e'S
Honey Of
and ar

cures grip. But it should be taken at
once. $50, 500, $500 per bottle; the
largest size cheapest. AT all druggists.
Refuse substitutes.
Pixies TOOthaChG Drops Cure In One Minute.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-01-08

In all departments
of active service
stand in need Of the
readiness of mind
aud promptness of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.. BRYAN.

The Philadelphia Press makes the follow
ing interesting suggestion:
IF Grover Cleveland would publish a
weekly newspaper to fire on that section of
the democratic party which Colonel Bryan's
newspaper is not shooting at things would
be even gayer than they are.
Mr.. Cleveland has never gone hunting for
the presidency with brass band and a
hard club. His methods are very different.
Not timid man. by any means, as every
body knows, but aggressive to the last de-
gree when occasion demands, he yet walks
cautiously when a candidate, and shows a
shrewdness in the manipulation of men
which has counted for a good deal in his
political successes.
When he left the White House in March.
either side expected to see Mr.. Cleveland
reappear In public affairs. The popular
opinion was that New York would absorb
him, and his law offices be the theater of
his future activities. But he had different
purposes, and he proceeded in his own way
to execute them. Through the means of
personal letters he kept in touch with
nearly all of his friends and admirers. He
addressed himself to his correspondence
quite as industriously as ever editor did to
the columns of his newspaper No commu-
nication was neglected. The most obscure
individual Offering his good wishes for the
future received prompt and gracious res
ply. Mr.. Cleveland attacked nobody, but
coddled everybody. The result was that
when Mr.. Whitney appeared at Chicago In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17

1892 to take charge OF the Cleveland boom
he found boom To- the robust health Of
which Mr. Cleveland himself had greatly
contributed.
There Is good reason to believe that
within the past two years these tactics have
been renewed Many OF Mr.. Cleveland s
friends-and some of them are men OF great
influence In affairs, political and financial
have been turning to him again as the hope
of the democracy. His personal correspon-
dence is said to be very heavy and widely
distributed. He has leisure at Princeton
and he employs some Of it in acknowledg-
ing the receipt Of letters bearing upon his
future. His public appearances, while not
frequent, are well timed, and his addresses
on such occasions are In good campaign
ing style. He has fewer political enemies
by many thousands than he had at the
close Of Mr. Bryans second campaign.
Shall we witness in 1904 repetition of that
epistolary triumph which made Mr.. Cleve-
lands third nomination in 1892 so unique
in our history?
Mr. Bryan is making money with the
Commoner and seems to be enjoying his
work, but he is not Strengthening himself
as a political leader by his editorial
writings ,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
The Stars Fiftieth Anniversary.

From the Washington Post.
The Evening Star has worthiIy cele-
brated a notable EVENTS fiftieth ami
versary-and, with Westinghouse gen.
orally, The Post here extends Its cordial
greetings and congratulations. In the con-
trast between the diminutive first issue Of
The Star-a facsimile Of which 1t appro-
prttely reproduced-and the mammoth an
ntversary edition Of yesterday, the develop
ment of the capital is typical in striking
form. Both have grown great. Newspa-
perdom can feel honest pride in the sue
cess Of such newspaper as The Evening
Star, because that success crowns honest
efforts. 1t is a triumph Of conservatism,
the just reward of a consistent hewing to
the line, the natural result Of a lifetime Of
conscientious effort. 1t bespeaks, too q
substantial public appreciation Of journal
ism of the right sort The Stars editor-in-
chief. in a passing allusion to yellow
journalism in his admirable review Of
fifty years, aptly remarks that the sane
conservative journals still hold the fort
The Star itself, all honor to it, furnishes
ample evidence in support of that observa-
ton. Sane, conservative journals hold the
fort because, happily, they are in the hands
of men like Crosby 8. Noyes and Samuel
H. Kaufman, who are good citizens as
well as good newspaper men. May the
shadows of such men never grow less!
OF the big edition that marks The Stars
birthday it is scarcely necessary to speak.
The paper speaks for itself. II is splen-
did production throughout, and contains q
wealth of Information about Washington.
1t is of historic as well as artistic value.
The magazine supplement Is of SURPRISING
excellence, thing of beauty typographical
ly and pictoria!ly, and it gives in compact
readable style a story OF Washington and
The Star that Is of absorbing and timely
interest. The Star has acquitted itself
proudly on the great occasion. 1t has this
Posts best wishes for countless similar
celebrations. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
Two Great Railroad Terminals

New York was spared humiliation yester-
day by narrow margin through the action
of the aldermen, who, by a vote of Al to
SO. approved the Pennsylvania railroad tun-
mel franchise and removed the last obstacle
to the inauguration of that great work.
The deciding votes. curiousiy enough, were
cast by Brooklyn and Bronx aldermen,
while the Manhattan aldermen constituted
the most solid body OF the opposition.
There are various speculations as to the
real attitude of Tammauy on the subject.
The Tammany leaders In the board stood TO
the end against the grant, but Tammany
votes were cast for 1t. One of the most
persistent rumors for some time past has
been that Tammany would make this show
of opposition but would permit enough of
its members to vote for the franchise to
prevent It's defeat, thus securing the great
work for the city and playing politics as an
organization In favor of the workngmen
in whose interests the clauses were framed
over which the issues were raised.
However this may be. the grant has now
been made, short Of the signature Of The
mayor. which Is certain to be given, and
the work Is likely to start at once. the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17

necessary lands having practically all been
acquired Thus 1t may be that within few
weeks actual progress will be simulta-
reously achieved on two of the most notable
railroad improvements the country has VII
messed for many years, the construction OIL
monume ntal terminal stations at New YORK
and Washington which are rightly re-
gar1ed as of vital Importance in the trans-
portation interests. Indeed it Is appro-
pirate that these projects should be started
together. They will approximately be nm
ished at the same time. and thus in The
course of half dozen years at the outset
tourists from abroad, for example, Will De
able to take train at New York and TO
disembark at the national capital under
circumstances giving them most grati1y-
ing impression of the American railway
system.
The New York terminals have for many
years inflicted serious disadvantages upon
the public, while those here have offended
the artistic sense of travellers and onereo
them minimum of comforts. The WASH
ington union station will combine all the
railroad facilities at the capital In manner
to give maximum of convenience and
safety while adding materially to the city's
attractiveness. The New York terminal
will not only permit through traffic to the
heart of Manhattan, but by means of the
supplementary tunnels and connecting lines
which form an important part Of the new
project, will give direct communication
without change with all New England and
upper New York.
1t is unfortunate that the New York
scheme has been delayed even for few
months through the. obstinacy or worse oil
the aldermen. But airs well that ends well
and the oltcome'is the more satisfactory
for the fact that it has administered an
emphatic rebuke to those who, for private
gain or for petty political ends. would stand
In the way of great public work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
To Beautify Washington.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.


A great public improvement at Washing
ton has been assured by the passage
through Congress of the bill which pro-
vides for the construction In that city OF
the new union railroad station which has
for SO long been a subject Of debate. The
scheme Is for the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company to vacate the ground which 1t oc-
cupies near Pennsylvania avenue, to re-
move its rails from the mall and to run its
trains through a tunnel which is to pass
between the Capitol and the Congressional
Library to a fine station to be erected q
little north of the present site of the Balti-
more and Ohio terminus. Then the ground
upon which the Pennsylvania station now
stands, and which belongs to the govern
ment, will be converted into public park
Eventually 1t is the intention to raze the
houses on the south side Of Pennsylvania
avenue east of the station and to add the
ground thus secured to the mall. Wash
ington Is the pet of Congress and the ma
TONS pride. Already one of the most beau
tiful cities in the world. 1t is being made
more beautiful all the time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
Mr.. Bryan's Trip to Mexico.

A dispatch from Austin, Texas. says:
Colonel w. j. Bryan will arrive here
next Friday on his way to Mexico. He will
remain here few days as the guest of 10.
NJ. House. 1t Is said that his object In Wis
iting Mexico at this time is to investigate
the financial situation in that country, and
personally to study the effect of the great
decline in the price of silver
Still harping on my daughter. Well why
not? What other subject is there for Mr..
Bryan TO harp on? Imperialism affords no
text today outside of a little coterie in and
around Boston. Mr.. Cleveland seems ut
terly Indifferent to all criticism directed at
him. Mr.. Bryans opinion of David B. Hill,
Henry Watterson, John c. Carlisle, A. P.
German and other democrats of their way
Of thinking Is so well known 1t needs no
new stating. The President has made the
trust issue for the time practically his own.
When Mr.. Bryan abandoned the tariff
issue for silver he lost for good the ear of
the tariff reformers. What else is left him
then but silver? And where should he go
for any additional light on the question but
to the scene of silver's last stand on this
continent?
Aside from any political purposes he may
still be cherishing, Mr.. Bryan must nat
urally feel a continuing interest in silver
Never were a mans calculations on any
subject so completely upset as his were by
the rise in prices, the increase of business
and the fall Of the white metal. He had in
his way given the subject some thought
His treatment of it in the campaign of 1880
vas not wholly rhetorical. The theories he
presented were rather Ingenious and there
has never been any doubt in anybody S
mind that he sincerely believed in them
But they all fell 10 the ground when Mr..
Mckinley's policies were set in motion, and
thousands who had followed him unques-
tioningly while the battle was in progress
deserted him after his defeat and an
nounced themselves as cured of the silver
heresy.
But Mr. Bryan himself has held out. In
the face of market reports and everything
else, he has again and again insisted that
the silver issue was still very much alive
and would yet triumph on the lines OF his
contention. VIII his visit to Mexico afford
him any new arguments in support of his
proposition? Or will the situation in that
country, which in the opinions of trained
fnanciers Is but an additional argument
against silver. bring him for the first time
nothing 10 promise himself or his followers
from a longer agitation of unlimited free
coinage?
Mr.. Bryan is getting ready for 1904
There Is to be platform written by his
party that year, as well as a presidential
candidate nominated, and he hopes TO play
an important, II not a controlling, part In
the convention charged with the work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
The Statehood Question Goes Over.

Discussion of the statehood bill report ed
by the Senate committee on territories
after bare beginning in the Senate, goes
over by agreement until after the holidays.
That is very well. Enough has been said
TO reveal the attitude of each side, and to
show that the struggle will be a stubborn
one. During the holiday recess therefore
senators will be able to prepare themselves
with the greater care. and public sentiment
will be voiced In larger measure through
the medium of the press.
Those who oppose the admission at TINS
time of Arizona and New Mexico as states
into the Union have nothing to fear from
thorough examination of the question No
more comprehensive or convincing docu-
ment has been presented to the Senate in
recent years than that of the majority of
the committee on territories with respect
to those two applicants for statehood. 1t
goes to the very root of the matter 1t
shows how slender and insufficient Is the
claim preferred, and how great the mistake
would be to allow Ii. 1t marshals statistics
adverse to the claim with such force that
they sweep everything before them. They
are Irresistible; and II will be surprising
indeed If in the face of them influences can
be summoned to defeat the duty to which
they so plainly point
Much stress Is laid by the friends OF
Arizona and New Mexico on the fact that
the republican party in Its national plat
form pledged statehood to those two terri
tories. That is an awkward proposition
for party leaders to handle: But 1t shows
at most how party platforms are made.
They are sometimes very hurriedly knocked
together. and adopted In convention under
circumstances of intense excitement or
the latest platform Of that party. adopted
in 1900, it was charged that 1t went into the
committee room In admirable condition,
both as to form and substance-the work
accredited to one of the most accomplished
Journalists in America-and it came out so
twisted and misshapen that its author and
those to whom he had submitted it felt out
ragged by the change.
But the point of paramount consideration
at present is the fact that the promise made
at Philadelphia cannot be redeemed here
In Washington at this time without mate
rial injury to the country. Arizona and
New Mexico are not now prepared to as
sumo the onerous duties OF statehood.
They should be required to wait while
longer. They will benefit no less than the
country at large by the delay and the gen.
eral good is the end to be sought With all
the facts before the Senate. one may hope
for the right decision in so important a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
Glad We Are Cold.
n the Springfield Republican.

It Is not bad news which comes from
Washington, that the coal famine there Is
approaching a critical stage. that some of
the government Offices had less than a
days supply on hand yesterday, and that
the House of Representatives must have
more coal Immediately or be forced to close
up and 80 home. There Is question be-
recurrence OF such calamitous folly as was
enacted in the coal region last summer.
and extraordinary influences are evidently
necessary to force congressman to give it
any attention. A freezing may serve the
purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
Unsettled.

This world Is so extensive
That there seems but little hope
That peace can ever be maintained
Throughout it's mighty scope.
For when one country's quiet
And running smooth and right
Another gets uneasy and
Prepares to start fight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
A Modified Ambition.

From fancy to fact reluctantly turn,
Strange doubts are expressing my soul
No more do 1 yearn
For money to burn;
I merely want commonplace coal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17

Considering the fuel conditions. MI.
Bryan would be entirely excusable II ne
reverted to the old-time methods OF the
weekly newspaper and accepted cordwood
in payment for subscriptions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17

Italy has not so many local troubles as
to prevent 1t from taking a hand whenever
international complications permit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17

The Sultan of Turkey, turns from a con-
temptation of the Venezuelan situation
with regret to find that he has nothing to
learn in the art of debt lodging.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17

Mr. Rockefeller has made another gift to
the Chicago University. and some OF the
professors are more firmly convinced than
ever that he is greater man than Shake
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17

President Roosevelt has received numer-
Gus hints to the effect that the Wall street
mena gerie is more dangerous than the Mis-
sissippi bears.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
Old-Time Troubles.

Does your wife insist on having the last
word?' said one Babylonian.
Yes" answered the other; land that
isn't the worst Of it. She insists on writing
her arguments on a brick and throwing
them at me-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
Askine for Information.

"All I want Is little pin money" said
young Mrs Darlington.
IT know it, my dear" answered her hus-
band; but don't you use anything but dia-
mond pins?'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
The Agreeable Age.

when do you like children most?'
The ascetic bachelor was thoughtful and
then answered, When they are too old to
recite Little Drops Of Water and. too young
to recite 'Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight >"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17

John L. Sullivan suffers from the fact
that his salary as variety performer was
so large as to permit the purchase of an
unlimited quantity Of liquor, all at once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17

The numerous novels written In Indiana
would not inspire so much Mstrust II 1t were
not for the dramatization factories in New
York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17

Mrs. Molineux should be allowed to get
her divorce quietly. She is obviously able
to take care of herself and Is in no need Of
sympathy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17

1t does not pay to assume too much
knowledge. The wise child is the one who
hangs to the Santa Claus myth as long as
possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17

No lobby has yet appeared to protest
against the anti-kissing bill In the Virginia
legislature. 1t will probably be quietly ig-
EOred.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
"F1uences."

"A senator must attach a great deal Of
Importance to influence, must he not?" said
the young man who is learning the politics
business
Yes" answered Senator Sorghum, 'infiu-
epce and affiuence"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17

David b. HIN still insists on leading the
New York democracy. but declines to say
where.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17

The trouble seems to be that the bad
trusts have grown too big to be punished
without great difficulty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
SHOOTING STARS.

Tom L. Johnson has gone hunting.
hopes for better luck this time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17

A great table full Of these books
at 18th street entrance. Come to-
morrow morning and find s1.50 copy
rights School teachers and others
needing quantities are Interested 10
per cent off tomorrow morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17

Shaving Mug and Brush in box
another Mems Corner Bargain Spot"
And just as good spots will be
found among the very much more
expensive presents for men.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-05-14
His SalntatOrY.

The editor of the new Manila Vol
cano, aptly bows to the public in the
following wild West fashion,
"The Philippine Islands are of
volcanic conformation The coun-
try, politically, is in eruption. In
this eruption this paper proposes to
belch forth molten lava, sulphurous
fumes, hot sand other eoneomitants
of volcano in active eruption. The
Manila Volcano will be heard, and
we trust that the illuminatlons from
its crater will shed transcendent
light On all classes of society for the
kvtterment of society tor the better
ment of man in these islands