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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-06
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-06
IN IOWA.

There was great interest concerning
the outcome Of the Iowa convention
which came off last week. Republi-
can leaders liken the situation to that
in Wisconsin, where the Governor al
though Republican, was at variance
with the Representatives of his party
in Congress. There is this difference
in the situation, however, in that,
whereas the questions at issue between
Governor La Toilette of Wisconsin and
the State delegation were of a local
character, the one question between
Governor Cummings of Iowa and the
Iowa congressional delegation CON
Germs national policy.
Governor Cummings is committed
to tariff revision, revision by Repub-
licans, and along the lines of protec-
ton, but revision. Senators Allison
and Dolliver, Speaker Henderson and
other Iowa congressman, even If they
are not opposed to revision, do not be-
lieve the time is ripe for the introduce
tion of the issue into a campaign.
Secretary Shaw stands with the Iowa
delegation while the President is in
clined to espouse Governor Cum
ming's side of the argument.
Mr.. Roosevelt believes that, by his
announcement of his intention to Sc
cure regulation of the trusts, he has
left the Democrats almost without al
issue and he argues that, if the Re
publicans of the country will announce
their position as favoring tariff revis
ion along protective and business
lines, the Democrats will be left with
out a single claim on which to bas'
their appeal for support. 1t is freel.
admitted that whatever the action o
the Iowa convention may be it will
have decided effect on the policy o
the party Iowa Republicans ar
staunch party men and the opinion
prevails that if the convention stand
for a modified revision of the tariff
the party generally will abide by tn
decision.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-06
CLEMENT AND LABOR.

AS bearing upon Mr.. Clements APP
help him in his raid upon the govern
orship, the Phoenix of Brattleboro
calls public attention to one of the
ways in which he befriended" his
employees when he was president Of
the Rutland railway:
Soon after he obtained control of the
Rutland railroad, and was its active
manager, he got up a contract for the
employees of that road to sign. 1t is
an innocent looking little document.
1t was easy to get men who were sub
ject to their discharge to sign con-
tract which provided that in consid-
Grafton of their employment they
agreed that they would not claim any
damages from the railroad company in
case they were injured by it's negli-
gence.
This sounds little strange, but
Clement went a little further and
when he employed a minor he made
the parents sign the contract specify
ing that not only should the minor
not receive damages for injuries, but
if he should be killed, his parents
should waive all claim to damages
they might suffer by reason of the
railroad negligence.
This contract worked smoothly
enough until one Darius Tarbell, in
Rutland county, whose son had been
killed while at work on the Rutland
railroad, by reason of the company S
negligence, saw fit to test the contract
in the court. In volume 70 of the
Vermont Reports, on page BAT, the
case is reported and the opinion of
the Supreme Court is given. The
court in almost scathing terms declares
the contract to be within those which
were termed against good morals
and against public policy and void "
1t is declared to be an unlawful
agreement" and void in its inception,
reprobated by public policy" "pre'
MUM for carelessness, and the court
held that the plaintiff could recover
Notwithstanding this neat little game
that Mr.. Clement had played
This is how the friend of the
workingman" looks when the light il
turned on.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-06
JUDGE ROSS ON THE REFEREN
DUN.

The Vermont Woman's Suffrage
Association asked ex-senator Ross,
who was for long time judge and
for several years chief judge of the
Supreme Court, for his opinion in the
matter of the reference to the people
for their approval or disapproval of
the license law which the resolution
of the Republican State convention
asked the Legislature to enact. Judge
Ross replied as follows:
Il suppose what is proposed by the
resolution of the Vermont Republican
convention is an expression of opinion
on the subject of high license and
local option III preference to the pro-
hibitory law. The people cannot
enact or repeal law by direct vote
That must be done through the Leg
islature. If the Legislature desires tc
obtain their views on any subject fur
ther than it is expressed through the
members of the Legislature, it cal
do so in any manner it may select, tC
all the voters, or to all the people tt
be affected thereby, of certain age
/ think the women of age ought to b'
consulted as much as the men. AS
! rule they are more seriously affected
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-06
THE FUSION TICKET.

The Democrats and democrats held
county conventions yesterday, or
what purported to be county conven-
tions. The two bodies were dovetail.
ed together and made fairly good job
of political carpentry The mortises
failed to mash in one particular. The
full ticket, as accepted by the Demo
Gratis, was the following
Senators, W. B. Mayo, Democrat,
Northfield; George Sibley, Republi
can, East Montpelier; d, M Miles
Democrat, Barre
Assistant judges, S. j. Dana, Re
publican, Fayston; M. S. Hathaway
Democrat, Calais.
Judge of probate, Hiram Carleton
Republican, Montpelier.
States attorney, F, A. Bailey, Re
publican, Montpelier,
Sheriff, Coin B. Evans, Democrat
Waterbury,
County commissioner, L. B. Brooks
Democrat, Montpelier
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-06
FURORE FOR PLASTER PATCHES

Plaster patches were introduced in
England in the reign of Edward VI.
by foreign lady who in this manner
ingeniously concealed wen on her
neck. They became such a craze and
were carried to such exaggerated
lengths that they were finally lam
pooned out of sight The men stuck
themselves over with those beauty
spots. No lady of fashion considered
her toilet complete until she was
equipped with her little box of patches
cut in her favorite design. If one
happened to come off in company, she
hurridly replaced it with fresh one
from her box.
At length patching in England went
so far that party spirit was symbolic
ed by the position of the patches. A
letter in the paper on June 2, III,
tells of visit to the Haymarket and
the discovery by the writer of three
classes of women in the boxes all
differently patched. Upon inquiry
he discovered on the right side of the
forhead were Wings and those who
favored the left were Tories, while
those who were patched indifferently
on either were a neutral party, whose
places had not yet declared them
selves. Harper Weekly.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-06

by the 'drink habit" of the men. In
my Judgment the bottom cause of more
than half the divorces, with the dis
astrous family results following come
from the husbands drinking. Many
crimes and much poverty come from
the same habit.
In 1862 the form of referendum-use
was this: The Legislature enacted
the prohibitory law, to take effect
the following March, if the majority of
the voters in the State SO voted, at a
meeting to be held, l think, in Febru-
airy. If the majority was against it's
taking effect, then the law was not to
take effect until after the next session
of the Legislature, so it could repeal
the law, in accordance with the wish
es of the majority. 1t lies entirely
with the Legislature to determine to
whom it will submit the question to
obtain the views of the people. A
strong petition to the Legislature, to
have the women have the right to
express their views with the men
would be entirely proper, in my view.
Yours truly,
Jonathan Ross.
st. Johnsbury, Vt, July z, 1902
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-06
\ TEMPTATION VALIANTLY
RESISTED.

The Republican State conventionlin
Vermont cast for the nomination for
Governor 1924 votes for J. G. McCul-
Tough of Bennington, 22l for P. W.
Clement, the local option advocate,
and $50 for +. D. Proctor, on the first
ballot On the third ballot McCul-
Tough was duly nominated, and sub
sequently some of the disgruntled
supporters of Clement put him up as
an independent candidate, pledged to
local option as the paramount issue
of politics in Vermont Mccullough
is the regular Republican candidate
in State which has been uniformly
Republican since 1856 without the
break of year.
The Democrats of Vermont, who
never win, and who have never won
a State election there since James Blu
chanan lost it, are on record against
the present prohibition law, as against
all other laws and policies adopted by
the Republicans, and at the Demo-
cratic convention at Burlington the
plan of indorsing the nomination of
Clement was seriously urged upon
them. With him at the head the Dem
ocratic ticket might win the Re-
publican organization in the State
4
shattered larger representation of
Democrats in the Montpelier Legisla-
ture would be assured; the Republi-
can plurality, usually larger than the
Democratic vote, would certainly be
diminished of the fourteen counties,
all Republican, one at least might be
carried by the Democrats, who, en-
couraged by this unusual mark of
popular confidence in Vermont, would
set themselves up as thermometers in
the field of national politics perhaps.
Here was, indeed temptation unpre-
cedented in the records of the Demo
cratic party in Vermont.
But the stalwart minority did not
finch. By the light of the brass but
tons on Luke Poland greatcoat they
saw their opportunity, and, to the
Astounding credit of their courage,
they evaded it by nominating for
Governor Felix McGettrick of st.
! Adams $500.
Now won't Clement think it over
and retire New York Sun.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-06
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
Will Visit Montpelier the Last of
August. Guest of Sons of
the Revolution.

Montpelier, July 5O.-President
Roosevelt has accepted an invitation
isvit Montpelier the last of August,
as the guest of the Vermont Society,
Sons of the American Revolution,
which will hold its annual meeting in
this city at that time. This announce
ment will be received with much sat
isfaction by the people of Vermont
and it will be especially gratifying to
the residents of this sec ton of the
State.
a meeting of he officers and board
of managers Of the society and the
local members of the S. A. h. in
Montpelier was held today at the Pa
vilion to consider the matter of the
proposed visit of the President to
pMontelier and to make preliminary
arrangements for his reception and
entertainment while here.
The President will make an adj
dress and it is proposed to provide am
pie accommodations for the public to
The general arrangements for the
visit of the President to the capital
will be in charge of the officers and
members of the board of managers.
f. d. Proctor, w. P. Dillingham;,
B. f. Fifield, Hiram Carleton, and
Chas. s. Forbes were appointed
committee to select ub-committees
for the visit of the President. 1t will
report at an adjourned meeting to be
held next week The President will
be entertained by Senator Dillingham;
while here.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-06
ARTHUR ROPES, General Editor.
AS TO LARGER POWERS.

Some sweeping changes are impera-
lively de manded, in order to make our
State administration efficient and to
bring it in line with the advanced
thought of the day. We re-
fer more particularly to the very
limited power now welded by the
Governor of the State A
more Immediately practical reform
would be to devolve upon the Cover
nor the duty of approving and recon-
mending to the Legislature all such
acts as administrative needs may re-
quire in the general public interest. -
Burlington News
These extracts are from an article
the contemporary publishes favoring
larger powers for the States Chief
Executive, and they give an idea of
the general scope of the article.
The Constitution of the State re-
quires that the Governor, with the
Council, "shall prepare such business
as may appear to them necessary to lay
before the General Assembly," The
council has departed from the consti-
tutional machinery but the obligation
specified abides with the Governor.
The messages of the Chief Executives,
especially since the valedictory was
introduced and became fixed custom,
bear abundant testimony to their
fidelity to this duty the Constitution
imposes upon them None could be
impeached on the charge of dlsobe-
dience or neglect of this mandate of the
fundamental law. Indeed the extreme
zeal of the Governors in the prepare
tion of 'such business as to them may
appear necessary to lay before the
General Assembly has been often a
WEAKNESS and a burden to reading
citizens. 1t has also been, apparently,
a matter of reprobation with the Gen
eral Assembly. Does any one recall that
the Legislature has ever, to any ap-
preciable extent, paid any attention
to the recommendations of His Excel
lency, wise or otherwise? True, $50
much of the Governors message as re-
lates to this subject or that the two
branches of the General Assembly SOL
lNltl w tlllS VI llldl,
and there they sleep awaiting the
blast of Gabriel's horn that shall usher
in the revolution against a Constitu-
ton that denies this people republi
can form of government.
The setting and the rising suns of
gubernatorial" glory, in duplex re-
fulgence, pour in upon the General
Assembly recommendations of such
acts as administrative needs may re-
quire in the general public interest. ="
The executive beams fall upon non
rejecting surfaces, their light is
speedily quenched, the dazed members
directly adjourn for several days, and
when they reassemble they chuck into
the waste basket the whole wad of
recommendations by the Governor, and
speedily betake themselves to the ia
miliar business of legaliAing the lille
gal work of laundering or inefficient
listers, of statutory restraint of wan
dering fowls, fxation of the bound
aries OF puphood-and so on and so
forth, to the dawn of the day of
Thanksgiving, which has double
significance to the people of this
model" but most unrepublican, re.
public.
The enlarged powers" the people
Of Vermont need is the will and power
of an uprooting revolt against the alb
solute despotism that has been SNUG.
gled into the State Constitution.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-06
CLEMENTS BOLT.

The Brattleboro Reformer takes this
rational view of Mr. Clements stand
ing in the pending canvass and the
outcome of his irrational bolt
The editor of the Springfield Re.
publican, who has always been a close
observer and taken deep interest in
Vermont matters, thinks that the act
ion of the Democrats in running a
ticket, will throw the election of our
next Governor into the Legislature.
The Republican man is evidently read
ing the wrong paper. The truth of the
matter is that Mr. Clement is as far
away from the governorship of Yer
mont az is Mr.. McGettrick the Demo
cratic nominee, and it will be as great
a surprise to him as to anyone else if
he polls as large vote as Mr.. Nc
Gettrick Mr.. Clements bolt disgust
ed the better element of his supporters
in Brattleboro as we'll as III other
portions of the State, and without the
leaders he cannot hope for success.
Here in Brattleboro, where he carried
the town and got his original boom, he
will not get 200 votes for the simple
reason that the people had no partic-
ular desire TO see Mr.. Clement Gov
ernor. 1t was the issue he represented
and not the man that carried this town
as well as others; and since the reg
ular Republican platform grants all
the people ask, they will stick to the
regular nominee. The Republicans OF
Vermont have followed the leaders toe
long to kick over the traces at this
time and Mr.. Clement as well as 9th
ers will learn this at the election il
September
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-06

Now if we could only feel that we
were fast drifting toward the winter
with some earnest, substantial work
begun toward putting our streets and
sidewalks in order, there would be
some encouragement under a 81 tax
rate. But we can simply console our
selves with the reflection that. so far
from promising ever to be any better,
when the next spring comes, our
streets and sidewalks will be even in
worse condition than they are today.
We keep moving here in ST. Adams,
but the wrong way about some things
st. Adams Messenger.
How nice it would be if we could
drift into the season of snow with a
full coal bin and pocket book that
did not resemble a local optionist s
head. How nice it would be, also, if
we knew just how many more votes
General Mccullough will have than
the field:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-06
THOSE BIG COPPERS.

Somewhere in the world are 1l9,
600, 600 big copper pennies. What has
become of them is a mystery. The
Sun.
Not only a mystery, but a miracle
Those big, honest, round faced. home
ly, hulking "coppers, how is there
room enough to hide them in this
crowded world? 1t is shame that
they are tucked away from huma n
view. Seldom is youth to be pitied,
but in knowing not the good old cop
per cent the boys lose much. A coop
per" was of such weight and respect
ability. A boys pocket had too
many uses and engagements as q safe
deposit vault and curio museum to
carry more than one copper or, at the
most, three.
There are no such sticks of candy
in this oblate spheroid now as those
beautiful striped sticks which used
to sell two and three for a copper.
There is no fun in matching or pitch
ing pennies since those lovely brown
coppers went away. Why, anybody
could have the sense of wealth, would
be passing rich with half a dozen of
those massive and solid coins in his
pockets.
1t is our firm belief that some
wealthy amateur, whom we hate and
admire, has quietly acquired most of
those coppers, ranged them in ma
jestic galleries, in long dull shining
layers, in towers and walls, within
some mighty crypt or palace. There,
by the CLEAN of copper lamps and cres-
sets he passes happy days and nights,
consulting the faces of his treasures
and gloating over a defrauded world.
We intended to be such a collector
once, but Dis alter visum. Fate
would not have it so. New York Sun
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-06

Makes Seventy-one Years That
DOWNS ELIXIR

Has been made and sold During
this time it has cured more colds,
coughs and all kinds of pulmonary
ailments than any other medicine now
made anywhere in the great wide
round world
Even consumption has many times
been cured by it, If not already in
your medicine cupboard make New
Years's resolution to get it today
Sold at all drug stores.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-06

1t is hoped, in the event of Hon p.
w Clement being Governor, that he
will make his mark. That was what
one of the signers did on Mr.. 9. s
nomination papers-a little mark like
this ~ (x).
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-06

When the machinery of. the federal
government begins to revolve and reg
ular troops make an official visit to
such riot stricken districts as Shenan-
different phase, and in mighty short
order. Call off the volunteers and
put in bunch of men who will pro-
coed to steady things there and let it
be done quick. Bullets are harsh
medicine but they are remedy that
cures such disturbances. If troops
are to be used the kind of men that
know their business are needed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-06
Hay Fever.

This aggravating form of c. --h
always appears at about the o.. me
time every summer, and suffers
from the disease will be glad to low
that there is an absolute cure f. lay
fever. BLOOD WINE reg, .rly
taken prevents the formation of
the catarrhal secretion, and tines
up the whole system to a nc, nal
condition. 1t is the only remedy
which can be relied on. For sale by
G.E.Megrath, Suc's'r to WE. Terrill.
II. A. Slade.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-06

Possibly the arrival of the Grand
Duke Boris of Russia at San Francisco
on Thursday had something to do with
the recent seismic disturbances in
California. Some anarchist may have
secreted a chunk of dynamite in the
Dukes clothes
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-06

Poor little Guam has not received a
copy of President Roosevelt's 4th of
July proclamation yet. Hurry up the
transport. 1t is possible that there
may be a stray local optionist there
who would like to hear the news
from Vermont
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-06

Addison county local optionists fail
ed to innoculate the Clement virus in.
to the Democracy, or else it didn t
take in that region. 1t has been said
all along that Addison &C unity Demo.
Gratis knew their business.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-06

H. F. Coe, TREASURER of the Bowker
Fertilizer Company, has failed to
adopt the policy of that concern which
does business solely "for the lands
sake. " Mr.. Coe embezzled s12O, 600
for his own use.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-06

From much of the talk at the local
option convention in this city on We'd
nesday one would infer that Mr.
Clements election depends solely on
the result in Barre.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-06

The popular belief that the region
of the Yukon abounds only in snow
and ice must be dispelled when one
reads that forest fires are raging for
a distance of 1000 miles along that
river.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-06

James Bowman of Lexington, Ky,
has been cured of rheumatism by a
stroke of lightning. There are men in
Vermont who have been cured of liv-
ing by the same method
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-06

The drafters of Connecticut license
law must have stood in with the pro-
hibition element in that State, for it
has been discovered that through GER
tain discrepancies the law resembles
prohibitory measure.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-06

-" Bacillus coli communis' has been
discovered in the Montpelier city wa
ter. Just what we expected. Some
one connected the city liquor agency
with the water pipe and contaminated
the city water. No wonder Mont
pelier is suffering from an epidemic
-Middlebury Register.
When did this epidemic" appear
and of what nature is it?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-06

81 was total wreck-could not sleep OF eat"
writes Mr.. ]. c. Beers, Of Bergman, Crawford
Co. Mo rPor two years / tried medicine from
doctors but received very little benefit l lost
flesh and strength was not able to do good
days work. l commenced taking DR.. Pierces
Golden Medical Discovery, and when l had
taken one bottle could sleep and my appetite
was wonderfully improved. l have taken Ave
bottles and am still improving"
The sole motive for substitution is to
permit the dealer to make the little more
profit paid by the sale of less meritori-
Gus medicines. He gains you lose.
Therefore, accept no substitute for
rGolden Medical Discovery"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-06

Why don't Essex invite its old
townsman, Harry Tracy, to return !?
He would make a good arbitrator to
rearrange the train schedule at the
Junction. ~