The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-07-17
WEEK IN THE WORLD
Great Events and Movsmsns which
Are Making History.

Great Events and Movemenu WINCH
Are Making History.
The democfaiie national convention Al
Denyer ended ils weeks srssl@a fIha,
afteFnoan, Al as0 thai morning u noi,'
mated William J, iinan on the hfst ballot,
lie fsssiy-i sss votes, % VI for Gov i.l.h'
son ui Minnesota. and ~ Ia. Jnisv GRAY
az nclawafo, There Mas much enthusiasm,
and the proceedings NrFc f-irai~ily h'rI
rpied ~ cheering for the Nebraska man,
New NoTk's ~ votes wrw east solid Tot
llgan, as were Massachusetts, ~, Yer
mont was solid for Bryan also, Jnlsr
Gfay's chief support came ifoin bslaNsir,
Georgia and New Jersey. WITH VOTE
from Pennsylvania. Gov. johnson haa ali
IL Minnesoia's delegates, y, WIN iruin
ronneetiat. . ffom Maryland, 2 from
Georsia, each irom fennsy wanna aud
Rhode Island. aud one each if"n Maine
and New Ilamtsshinc. TN hearing 81 hls
nomination AR, hgan ielegraphed from
lincoln that II elected be should mol ~ a
candidate tot recitation, believing thai
no one can discharge his duties ~ the o,icr
with sinsleness u purpose when he y pan
ming for serond tenn.
The platform deal, with many questions
covered by the republican convention AZ
Chicago, aud IN much the same way 10
number III instances. Il u rather more out
sitakcn on certain issues, being mere radl'
cal. for instance, ia It, endoiseincni o. w
anti inihnciinn question, u iaNofr fail'
mad regulation, as the republican platform
does, also the eight hour anu employer
liability demands I, Is again N line WIN
The republicans in iayofing an income Tax
advocates publicity ia campaign conttipu'
tions, a matter which Mr.. TAFT has tc'
peaicdly urged. and approves OF popular
election 81 senators. lmpenahsin ana oosi
| is armamants are vigorously denounced,
hut the Panama canal project is warmly
approved, a. well ~ the Enforcement OF
| The laws against guilty trust magnates'
| An immediate revision Of the tariii by the
reduction oi import duties, l. DEMANDED
The platfortn il fully as long n the fepub'
| liean creation, The candidate for vice'pfes
| dent l. John w Kern Of Indiana. an ac'
tive politician whose chief clam 10 ihne
lies in the fact that he has almost always
been defeated when candidate AZ we
polls. The pres does not seem 70 !h''ie
/ That his nomination adds any strength 70
| the ticket. although il is admitted that
the convention might have done lar worse
All New England is suffering severely
| from drouth For more than a moh'h
| there has been hardly any rain and crops
are already seriously affected. According
10 figures compiled from the various me
! teorologcal stations in New England yer
mont has suffered less than any OF lhe
other states. 2s3 inches falling during the
month OF June, but even IN TINS state tne
/ lack Of rain i getting to be a grave prop
| iem In many towns and cities the pubic
water supply has dwindled TO point
where extreme caution has 10 be used. EN'
! ,eusiye forest fires have been raging IN
| Maine. northern New Hampshire and por-
| tions OF Vermont during the past week,
and thousands OF acres OF valuable tiinDer
land have been devastated. In Boston the
rainfall during the last AZ days has been
only LIS inches.
The will OF Grover Cleveland was pro-
hated al Trenton. y. j., Friday. Alter
some minor requests and the creation OF
fund Of $4,000 Tor each Of the four chll-
| dren the rest of the estate is lett 10 MIS-.
/ cleveland. In his will Mr.. Cleveland eN-
dressed the desire TO be buried in the place.
where he died and that the body should
not be removed unless should be abso-
lutely necessary in order 70 have II repoise
by the side OF his wife Witnesses 70 'he
will are Prof Andrew I. West OF fr, nee
ION and Prof John ). Finley, oil New
| york CITY. who were at Princeton and
acknowledged TO Surrogate Cornell that
,hev had witnessed Mr.. Cleveands sigma
turc TO the document. Mrs. Cleveland i
made executrix and Frank 5. Hastings
executor under the will.
Both republican and democratic ma
tional committees have already taken ac'
lion in regard TO publicity of campaign
Contributions. The republican committee
has decided to make public every contrlpu-
lion which is received for use IN the cam
nairn but this publicity viii not come
until after election The democratic COM
mittee will make public every contribution
exceeding 500 and has pledged itself to 90
tbis previous to the national election. NO
contribution exceeding $4,000 VIII be ac-
eented hy the democrats. 1t is not unlike.
IL that The republican managers VIII nave
70 Weld to prediction publicity for many
of The republican newspapers oil the couh-
trv are demanding it,
Four prominent summer residents OF
Falmouth and Marion, Mass, met death
Saturday night through an explosion on
a 45foot launch which was cruising II
Buzzard's Bay. Two survivors were plcke,a
M Sunday after being in the water u
hours. Neither of them was able to give
the cause of the explosion, but they stated
that the boat caught fire Immediately anu
soon disappeared.