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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-19
the same number lowering of disci
pline and morality and seventy-two a
poorer condition of health.
WHAT LINCOLN WAS NOT.

The anniversary of Lincoln's birth
day brought out great deal of what
Lincoln was, or what the speakers and
writer's conceived that he was. In the
course of one of these discussions the
Brooklyn Eagle tells some of the young
people who, are growing up-and who
ought to know-what Lincoln was not:
He was not civil service reformer.
He turned men out Of Office because
of their political opinions, and he put
men into office because they had po-
litical opinions which suited him.
He was practitioner of the spoils
theory. He gave to Moses Odell,
Democrat share of the Federal pat
ronage in Brooklyn as reward to
Odell for voting to submit the XIIlth
amendment to the States. He signed
laws letting pocket borough States
into the Un on, in order to get the
two-thirds majority by States for that
amendment. He parceled out the fed
eral offices in New York between the
Greeley faction and the Weed faction,
giving to each enough to quiet and to
neither enough to enable it to throw
down the other, just as Roosevelt to-
day, is trying to accomplish the same
purpose, by the same method, between
the friends of Odell and the friends
of Platt.
Moreover, Abraham Lincoln was
politician and not reformer. He
was consummate politician. He put
into his cabinet all candidates who
contested the presidency with him in
the convention by which he was NOM
mated. And he managed them at the
first in way which made them think
they we're managing him. When they
discovered that he was at" and not
they, they behaved pretty well. But
when one of them, Simon Cameron,
got out Of gear with Congress, Lincoln
genteelly exiled him to Russia, to be
our minister there, and when another
of them, Salmon p. Chase, became
unpleasant, " Lincoln sentenced him
to Imprisonment at hard labor for life
in the chief justiceship of the United
States Supreme Court.
Moreover, Lincoln believed in gov
eminent without the consent of the
governed The South never consent
ed to be put down, but Lincoln put it
down and kept it down. Besides, in
numerous cases, he seized men who
were criticising the administration i'll
such way as to help che section then
at wal with the government, and put
them in prison, till the war was over.
If Mckinley or Roosevelt had done
this with the northern Filipinos who
call themselves anti-imperialists, Lin
coins policy toward the northern cop
perheads would have been repeated.
We are not saying that all these things
are right. These things Lincoln in
dispntably did. And folks are sing
ing his praises around the world to-
day, while the prototypes of contem-
porary anti-imperialists, whom he
jammed into jails are willingly for
gotten.
The net conclusion to be drawn is
that good and great man, meeting
and mastering stupendous opportuni-
ties, on "a world scale, is reasonably
certain of everlasting fame and love
though the nation which he served and
saved may grow far beyond his ideas,
in the times following his own.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-19
Office of Secretary of State.

hereby certify and proclaim that
the result of the vote cast at a special
meeting of the legal voters in the sew
eral towns and cities of this State, as
shown by the canvass of the votes
made by the several county clerks and
returned to me, said meeting being
held on the third day of February,
A. D., 1908, and being called to act
upon the following question:
SHALL an Act entitled IAN Act to
regulate the traffic in Intoxicating
liquor" approved December II 1902,
take effect on the first Tuesday in
March, 1903? was as follows: YES,
29.7ll; NO, S,9S2. ass2
further certify that as appears by
the canvass of the returns made to mo
by the county clerks of Chittenden,
Essex and Franklin counties the town
clerks of Colchester, Charlotte and
Westford in Chittenden county, of
the town clerk of Norton, in Essex
county, and the town clerk of Rich
ford, in Franklin county, made no re-
turns to the clerks of their respective
counties within twenty-four hours
from the adjournment of such special
meeting, and hence the votes of these
towns are not included in the result
given above. But ii appears by n re-
turn made to me on the 9th day of
February, 1908, by the county clerk
of Franklin county, that the town
clerk of Richford, on the 9th day of
| February. 1908, made such return 10
the county clerk of Franklin county,
and that such return shows that the
vote of Richford was as follows: Yes
| ia; No. 214.
And it further appears by the can
vass of the returns made by the coun-
| ty clerk of Essex county that the vote
of the town of Norton, obtained from
an unofficial source, was as follows:
Yes, s; No, 3.
And. in pursuance of Section l02 of
Act No, 90 of the Acts of 1902 l here
by declare that by virtue of such
vote, said Act takes effect on the first
Tuesday of March, A. D., 1908.
Dated at Montpelier, Vermont this
14th day of February, 1908.
H. Frederick G.. Fleetwood
gf Secretary of State.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-19
II. "a. SIsADEs.
CLUE DINNER.

New York, Feb. 13.-Judge Wendell
Phillips Stafford of Vermont was one
of the principal speakers at the Lin
coins birthday banquet given by the
New York Republican Club at the
Waldorf Astoria last night. Lewis
S tern presided and about 400 members
and guests were present. Letters of
regret from President Roosevelt, Rob-
ert T. Lincoln and others were read.
Elk Governor Frank S. Black of New
York delivered a notable Grafton on
" Abraham Lincoln Judge Stafford
followed Gov. Black and said in part
''In the whole history of human
thought there is nothing more thrill
ing and dramatic than the sight of
abolitiorism, that fierce flame of the
spirit piercing the inert mass, burning
unquenchably through thirty years
until it had divided North and South
and brought them together with the
crash of civil war, in the midst of
which slavery itself went down to it's
own place. 1t ought to be enough to
teach us once for all that whatever
powers hold sway i'll the world of
matter in the world of thought ideals
of right and duty once aroused play
with the dead weight of selfish OPP
position rs cyclone plays with a
handful of withered leaves.
81 shall meet with no dissent here
! if / say that when we look for types
of the tremendous forces we are re-
/ calling tonight we shall not find one
that unites the love of union with the
/ hatred of slavery like Abraham Lin
coin; and not to question Garrisons
| pIe-eminence i'll the movement he set
on foot we shall need no finer, Drawer
/ figure to stand for abolltionism than
/ the great tribune of the people, Wen
dell Phillips. y
After picturing the contrast in the
| lives of the two men than which there
could hardly be greater; in environ
ment and temperament, he said {:
Liberty like wisdom is justified of
! all her children. Rich indeed is the
/ land that can point to two such sons
and say, Behold them. They are
equally my own.
1 Congressman Francis w. Cushman
of the State of Washington and Con-
gresham Robert w. Tayler of Ohio
/ were the last speakers.
| Fewer Gallons; Wears Longer. .
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-19
A Weak Stomach.

causes weak body and invites dis
ease. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures and
strengthens the stomach, and wards
off and overcomes disease. j. B. Tay-
lor, prominent merchant of Chries-
man, Tex says 81 could not eat be-
cause of weak stomach. l lost all
strength and run down in weight All
that money could do was done, but all
hope Of recovery vanished. Hearing
of some wonderful cures effected by
the use of Kodol, concluded to try
it. The first bottle benefited me, and
after taking four bottles | am fully re-
stored to my usual strength, weight
and health" Rivers Bros.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-19
THE ARMY CANTEEN.

The American soldier has been
without his canteen for more than a,
year and recent investigations by the
war department seem to prove that
the experiment is failure. A docu-
ment recently published by the House
of Representatives contains the re.
ports made to Secretary of War Root
by post commanders in respon; Sc to a
letter from the adjutant general ask
ing for information on the following
points: The number of saloons with
in mile of the post limits ON Feb. 1,
1901, and Of any opened thereafter !:
2, the increase or decrease of drunken
ness, and of courts martial for drunk
enness since the abolition of the beer
canteen; 3. the increase or decrease
of assertions and of absence without
leave; 4, the condition of discipline !;
and >, that of the health of the com
mands.
The reports indicate that both in
the United States and in the Philli-
pines the experiment has worked
against sobriety and good order. On
February 1, 1901, che day before the
passage of the law, there were 1.555
saloons within the mile limits from
ninety eight posts, Since that time
341 new saloons have been established
within this territory. an average in
crease of 80 to post and total in
cerase of more than 21 per cent. AS
to drunkenness, desertion, morality,
health, ETC., the reports are even more
striking Eighty-one posts reported
increased drunkenness eight reported
a decrease, and from seven the re-
ports were doubtful. Fifty-four
reported increased desertion. eight a
decrease, and thirty-six were doubt
full. " Absence without leave in
creased at seventy four posts, de-
creased at six, and was reported
doubtful" at eighteen; courts-mar-
tial increased in number at sixty nine
posts, decreased at eight, and were
doubtful" at twenty-one: morality
and discipline were reported as low
cred at fifty-siX posts and as doubt
full at forty-two, no post commander
reporting any improvement; while the
health of the men was worse at forty
seven posts, better at two, and doubt
full at forty nine posts, since the
sale of beer at canteens was forbid
den. The doubtful" reports include
those of posts where facts for compar.
ison were wanting owing to change
of garrison or recent date of establish,
menG or reestablishment
In the Philippines the question o.
desertion j. not serious one becaus,
the soldier boys there who tire o
army life have no where to go aftel
DESERVING. but in other instances the
reports are very similar to those re
turned from American posts. Ninety
two posts in those islands made re-
ports showing an increase in thu
number of saloons of 37l four at eacl
post. or a total increase of more thar
sixteen per cent. Sixty-nine post
reported increased drunkenness, fifty
eight an increase in courts martial
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-19

Who can doubt the complete Amer
icanization of Manila! Here is a
Christmas edition of the Manila
Times. thirty two pages, cover of red,
white and blue. on the first page, in
ring of red roses. red angel pro-
claiming in blue Peace on Earth
and Good Will Towards Men," with
little red cherubs, floral and other
decorations in blue. In suggestive
juXtaposition on the second page in
blazing vermilion, all the good things
in the world of wet goods are heralded.
and the remaining cover pages glow
with pictures of Manila commercial
life and enterprise The body of the
edition describes and illustrates Man
ila's municipal departments and per
sonnet, and is devoted in general to
the portrayal of life. industry and
conditions. social, moral. physical
and political. throughout the islands
Miles and many others, i'll civil and
military affairs, make an impressive
exhibit of the force and manhood that
is letting in the light. of civilization
on the benighted peoples and regions
of centuries of Spanish rule and OPP
preston. The Journal expresses its
obligations to Hon Mason S. Stone
for this voluminous and highly illu-
minating copy of the pioneer daily
of the Philippines.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-19
WSHOE PARTY IN N. III.

Boston. Feb. Is. About seventy
five members of the Appalachian
mountain club left here yesterday for
Jackson, n. H, which is to be the
starting point for ten days outing
on snowshoes, and very merry tour
of the snow-covered hills of that Sec
tion is anticipated. The party con-
sisted of fifty men and twenty-five
women, in charge of B. h. Lawrence
and W. r Davis.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-19

According to the St. Johnsbury Re-
publican the scale town will have
pretty near absolute prohibition after
March 2. 1t says;
Under the new local option law, the
town liquor agency will be discontin-
ued after the first Tuesday in March.
st. Johnsbury will vote mo to the
open saloon without doubt but will
probably favor the granting of fifth
class licenses to the druggists, This
will provide for all liquors to be used
for medicinal purposes. st. Johns
bury is fortunate in having some first
class men in the drug trade and none
but what can be safely trusted to
handle liquors, if they care to take
out licenses.
The liquor agency in that town sold
$1S, 006. Is last year which would seem
to indicate that good amount of
trade will have to be suppl ed from
some direction.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-19
LICENSE LOGIC.

Seems to me there's quite a rumpus
Stirring on the frosty air
And | think there's trouble brewing
For Vermonters, every where.
Guess the fryin' pan was bad huff
And it ought to rouse our ire,
But / calculate we've tumbled
All cahumucks in the fire.
Ever hear of such poor logic
AS the license people pirate?
huff to make man bile over
And clear out and leave the State.
'SpOse that they can fool the people?
And "a better record win,
Making b'lieve in reformation
Sticking Satan on to sin.
Seven saloons like roaring lions
In our city will, they say,
Regulate the liquor traffic
And Boot-leggers scare away.
Don't we read "house will tumble
When the thing is split in two?"
Yet that's just the very caper
That the critters say they'll do.
Is it sense that they are talkingf
Would you quench flaming fire
By adding fuel to it's fierceness
Piling up the fagots higher?
Would you stop rushing river
And expect the thing to stay
Just by pouring in more water
AS it hurries on its way?
Wal Wal We are surely living
Long with folks with strange idees,
And the times are mighty ticklish
And the people hard to please.
They have called for change and license
And upon the listening air
Comes the answer fraught with curses
Though it is granted prayer.
Mrs Della Watson
Montpelier, Feb. II, 1908.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-19
MEMORI1L SERVICE

The meeting of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union held Wednes-
day, Feb II, at the residence of DR..
o. L. Watson, opened with touching
memorial service to Miss Frances E..
Willard, and in commemoration of our
beloved dead who have gone from our
own local union. whose names were
read by the president, Mrs Denny.
Mrs. Ellen Osgood read a part of the
9th chapter of LIST Cor, followed by
the reading of portion of the burial
service from the prayer book by Mrs
Denny. NEARER My God to Thee
the favorite hymn of Miss Willard,
was sung, Mrs. j. w. Cloues presiding
at the organ. Numerous tributes by
eminent men and women were read by
those present, Mrs. j. W. Cloues
reading an original article.
Personal "reminiscences were given,
Miss Beckwith telling of her interest
ing visit at the home of Miss Willard,
which has been preserved just as she
left it at Evanston, Ill.
Loving mention was made of each
member of the Montpelier Union who
has entered into the life triumphant
The business part of the meeting
was then taken up. The secretary
read the records of the former meeting
followed by a discussion on the late
temperance issue in Vermont Atten-
ton was called to an editorial in the
Evening Argus, which showed dis
courtesy and discredit to Mrs. L. NJ.
N. Stevens and her public statements.
Strong resolutions in REPUTATION were
unanimously carried. At this time
an original poem was read by the host
ess, Mrs. O. l.. Watson, after which
were served delicious refreshments.
The poem read by Mrs Cloues fol-
lows:
One day the world forgot herself and
wept,
For angels sung pean thro' the earth.
A queen is crowned o, blessed tears
that fall,
The tears that make all sorrows sis
ters, and
That arch rainbow in each cloud of
grief.
Oh, who so poor as he who has not
wept
SO rich, as he who has thro' tears a
sight,
However dim, of that far "gleam" di-
vine
To follow after: While we weep we
know
The glory of all life is serving God,
In ministries to home and every land.
IT'S good for us to weep, for so the
self
And sin which builds an icy cake
about
Our life is melted quite away and we
Are warm and free to say before we
sleep
81 ask your pardon and 81 thank
you' too.
o weeping hearts your falling tears
but lift
You into fellowship with her who
made
Her holy visions seen upon the earth
Through valiant deeds for purity and
Fall fast O tears throughout the land,
from hard
! And narrow eyes which see but CLEANS
of gold
In paltry coin; from vacant eyes which
see
No destiny for man; from tired eyes
Which cruel life las stinted long of
tears,
Come weep, oh not that she is crowned,
but that
Our hearts may softened be while
Heaven is
Brought near, that so pour out the
glory there still
May come dove of peace, voice to
claim
Our earthly life to righteousness di-
vine.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-19

The Vermont sugar makers have
come and gone and all who were fort
innate enough to inspect the exhibits
at the armory and hear the interest
ing and enthusiastic discussions over
this important Vermont industry can
not but have an increased admiration
for those makers who are trying to
make this sweet product of the spring
more profitable to Vermont farmers.
The fair fame of the State, too, is
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-19

Concerning the present status and
future plans of the Vermont Anti
Saloon League, Superintendent George
w. Morrow is quoted as saying;
"The State league is the agency of
the churches and temperance organic
ations in the State. The league is
only what these organizations make 1t.
1t has the endorsement of the Meth
odist Conference of the State, the
Congregational convention, the Baptist
convention, the Christian convention,
the w. G. T. u. State convention,
the Good Templars, the Sons of
Temperance and others and is their
agent in the field at the forefront, on
the battle line. The league has been
working elsewhere for years in license
States and it's greatest work has been
done in Ohio, where there are 10, 900
saloons The Anti Saloon League
work is more important in Vermont
today than ever before, now, that the
licensed saloon confronts us. The
league will attempt to carry the local
towns against the open saloon-will
rouse public sentiment to the enforce
ment of the prohihitory features of
the liquor law wherever possible !;
will continue its agitation work that
Vermont may rise to the measure of
the possibilities for saloon suppress
sion and home protection. The legis-
ative feature of the league work be-
comes Of greater Importance than
ever. License has triumphed, but by
too small n majority to make it fix
ture, ne cessarily. Vermont is yet
overwhelmingly against the legal
sale of Intoxicating liquors for bev-
erage purposes.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-19
ATHLETE KILLED.

New York, Feb. 14.-Henry P.
Meyn, twenty years old, of 6S East
End avenue who broke his neck while
trying to turn a triple somersault for
ward, at the Central Turn Verein
Athletic Club Tuesday night, died
yesterday in the Presbyterian Hospital
from the result of his injuries.
Meyn, who was one of the best tum-
blers of the verein had been practis-
ing the feat for some time.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-19
MANY School Children Are Sticky.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for
Children, used by Mother Cray,
nurse in Children's Home, New
York. Break up Colds in "A hours,
cure Feverishness Headache, Stomach
Troubles. Teething Disorders, and
Destroy Worms. At all druggists, %
cents Sample mailed FREE. Adj
dress, Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, n Y.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-19

Governor Franklin Murphy of New
Jersey holds rather pessimistic views
on the labor question. In recent add
dress in Newark he predicted that,
unless in the near future greater har-
mony be restored between labor and
capital, the country would be plunged
into civil war more disastrous than
any previously recorded in history
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ARTHUR ROPES Genera Editor,
CLUBBING LIST.

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OFFICT1L PROCLAM1T ION.

Secretary of StateF leetwoodSaturday
made official proclamation of the re-
suit of the referendum vote which
places the majority for license at 729.
Following is the proclamation:
STATE OF VERMONT.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-19

One Minute Cough Cure gives relief
in one minute, because it kills the mi
cIobe which tickles the mucous mem
brane, causing the cough, and at the
same time clears the phlegm, draws
out the Inflammation and heals and
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ute Cough Cure strengthens the lungs,
wards off pneumonia and is harmless
and never failing cure in all durable
cases of Coughs, Colds and Group.
One Minute Cough Cure is pleasant to
take, harmless and good alike for
young and old. Rivers Bros.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-19

It's a mistake to imagine that itch
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suffer a day longer than you can help.
Doan's Ointment brings instant relief
and permanent cure. At any drug
store, 90 cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-19

1t Cures Colds, Coughs, Sore Throat, Group, Infu-
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The Van Buren press., 1903-02-28
ANARCHISTS CONVENTION.
4 Meeting TO he Held In Paris that
May Affect the Crowned Heads
of Europe.

New York. Feb, 26,--Thc Evening
Telegram prints story 90 the effect
that anarchists from all over the
world are about to meet in n secret
convention at Paris to devise plans
that may radically affect the crowned
heads of Europe. All preparations
for the convention were carefully
guarded, but the plans became known
through the boastful talk Of u youth.
full delegate 10 the convention from
this city. This man, an Italian
known as angelo and Rudolph"
gave up his place on Saturday, de-
claring that he had beca selected q.
one of five delegates from the United
States to the convention, The tcle.
gram continues:
"Fnr-reaching anarchist plans are
to be discussed and perfected at this
worlds convention, it is said, and II
is even whispered that ere an al.
iournmcnt is taken meeting Of an.
arChy's Utmost cnbnl will have been
held and lots will have been drawn
assigning men TO deeds, the fun nc.
complishmcnt Of which may shape
the dcstincs Of the reigning houses
Of Europe