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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-09-01
NOTICE
To Bennington County Investors
$4,000 BONDS

According to plans the Bennington
Graded School District will issue
S75,000-4 per cent. bonds dated Oct.
/, 1914. Interest payable April ana
Oct. l each year. The trustees have
assurances that most of this amount
will be taken by people who already
hold per cent. school orders. The
suggestion has been made that the
small investor might like the oppor-
tunity of taking one or more 800
bonds. The small denomination bond
movement has gained surprising
Roadway during the last year. These
500 bonds would have the same Sc
curity as the larger denominations
and would be an approved investment
for trust funds, Savings banks, Insur-
ance companies and conservative in
vestors, well secured and free of all
taxes. The Trustees desire TO make
it possible for the small investor to
buy a good 800. bond and if there is
a considerable demand for them, they
will arrange to have certain
amount prepared in that form.
Bennington money has helped us
thus far and now we want you to
have the first opportunity Of securing
these bonds before negotiating for
their sale in the bond market
II you want 4 800. or $1,000.
bond Oct. l, 1914, and have not said
SO, please give us your name and the
amount now, SO that We may com
plete arrangements.
Homer H. Webster, Secty..
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-09-01

President james B. Estee of the
Commission took this matter over as
duty and he reports that the sue
cess Of the undertaking is beyond
what was expected and that the in
te-est and willingness shown by citi-
zens in all parts of the State to aid
the State air both in spirit and in a
substantial way are. most gratifying
and insure the holding and success
of the Fair.
Citizens have pledged contribu-
tons making total sum of more
than $1,000 and as all persons so
licited have not responded at this
writing the'e is reason for believing
that this amount will be increased.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-09-01

quite lot of sentiment in Brattle-
boro against too long season. The
arguments advanced in this regard
are TO The efec thai the interest in
the team aud in baseball gets stale
if tho season is drawn cut too long,
for towns tho sizc Of the towns in
the State league. They argue
that The season should at least close
on Labor day with the interest cen
teed in q bis contest instead of try
inc to keep the contest UP longer.
Wy Ginil-m
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-09-01
GUARANTEE FUND FAIR
Citizens of the State Evince Sub
stantial Interest

White River Junction, Aug. So
The Vermont State Fair Commission
is highly pleased over the outcome
of its solicitations for a guarantee
fund among the citizens of the State
In the act creating the State Fair
and the Commission governing the
enterprise there is a provision which
makes il necessary for the commits
SIGN to secure qua antees equal
to any deficit that might possibly oc-
cur in the conduct of an annual exhi-
bition.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-09-01

There is little likelihood of a
cit occurring this year. So FAY
foresight can determine the =
thing that can make a dehc
sible will be rainy week q
manageaont hopes for fair W
The Vermont State Fair, "
ours here Sept Is, 1G, II is
all obligations from its req
past four seasons, and thi,
dered somewhat remarks
State Fsi institution crci
few years ago.
Especial pains have
this year 10 provide fair
terest and crowds are
pour through the gates
opening till tho close
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-13
CROKER ON mURPHY.

II really is TO laugh TO read what
the expatriated chief OF Tammany
Hall Democracy has TO say against
the present boss OF that morally de.
hnquent organization. The invidious
remarks that are supposed to have
passed between the pot and The
kettle are not TO be compared 10
Cookers judgment OF Murphy's I'm.
htness. Think OF a man who was con
nected with the Infamous ice trust
OF New York city. and who testified
boldly before an investigating com.
mittee that in politics he was work
ing for HIS pocketbook all the time
telling a correspondent that Murphv
was not nj to guide the destiny OF
Iammany. and that the morals of the
organization are so low that it is com.
PEELED 10 nominate men who will no,
associate with Il. This Is the worst
blum that Croker ever attempted 10
put up. II is about as thin an rs
sumption OF virtue as when he
changed the Democratic State Mat.
form after the DISCLOSURES OF the in.
fanny Of the ice trust The draft OF
the platform was shown him. which
denounced the trust generally. Taking
his pencil, he wrote: And we par.
ticularly denounce the Ice Trust as
the most vicious and indefensible OF
all trusts. because II most affects the
poor And II Is said hat ne wrote
this without cracking a smile.
Murphy is as bad as Croker. but
the eN-chief OF Tammany. who is not
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-13
TIE FAMILY

The quarrelsome mood the Demo
Gratis in Congress are in was not pro.
pitiated to any extent by the confcs-
sions Of extravaganza made by Rep
resentative Fitzgerald, OF New York.
in the House a few days age. and
which vas revived on Saturday by the
attack made IN the chairman of the
appropriation committee by Repre-.
tentative Howard. Of Georgia. who
denounced Mr.. Fitzgerald Cor declar-
ing the incompetency of the Demo
cratic party. the party that gave
you your position and power" yelled
the irate Georgian. which was meant
for a crushing finality.
There can be no question about the
eXtravagant tendencies Of the House
in making appropriations. or asking
for "unconsidered tribes" and we do
not see why these Democrats. who
were liberal and vehement in their
abuse OF the "scandalous waste of
Republicans. are so touchy in having
the same epithets applied TO them.
and especially since the charge
comes from a member OF the family.
II is a very pretty quarrel as it
stands.
Representative FITZGERALD Is the
chairman Of the House committee on
appropriations. and Is supposed to
know what he is talking about. In
his warning speech he spoke the truth
when he said his party was running
amuck on e-xtravagant appropriations.
He did not mince words. or choose
any exculpatlng phrases. when ad-
dressing himself TO the Democratic
side OF the House. he said: You
have piled ~ appropriations until the
Democratic party has become the
laughing stock Of the country. 7 ap-
peal 70 you before you have gone be.
yond recall to check your present
tendencies. In the next few months
] shall be called to review the ap-
propristinE record Of this Democratic
House. whenever ! think Of the hor.
rihlc mess that I viii be called upon
~ present 10 che country 7 feel like
quitting my post Some members on
the Democratic side think this duos.
tion Of expenditures is a huge joke.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-13

even spending his m-sOsten gains
among those he robbed. cannot as
sumo any superiority over him. 80
FAR a. blaming Murphy for the defeat
OF TammAnys candidate for Mayor.
Ar. Croker ought 10 recall the fac,
that Il was a similar affair thst
caused him to forever turn his back
on New York and seek an expatrlated
existence In England That was In
1901. wilen Seth Low. the Republican
Fusion candidate. beat Cookers selee.
ton. Edward NJ. shepard. Decent men
avoided the communicating influences
OF Tsmmany then with the sane CIR.
eumspection they maintain now.
There IL this difference between Muir.
ply and Croker. IL any exists. The
methods Of Croker were those OF a
fearless brigand; those OF Murphy
are Characteristic of the gentleman
h~ishwsyman.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-13
A REVERSIBLE PRESIDENT

Congressman Johnson. Of Washing
ton. pulled the record on the President
IN the House OF Representatives, Sat
urday. In citing some Of his free
handed criticisms on government. ex.
pressed in a magazine article in 1879.
Perhaps In those days Mr.. Wilson had
no dream or thought Of the Preri.
deney. and Il - too bad that these
youthful reflections OF his should have
lived TO plague him. How ever. it is
Interesting TO know what he thought
OF Congress before he had anything
TO do with IL. In his magazine efu-
sion. which has s~lumbered Ina oblivion
for IS years. he considered Congress
a d~eliberative body in which there Is
little elaboration. and a legislature
which legislates with little real dis
eussion. This might be passed over
as an epigrammstic pleasantly. but
We strike something OF more serious
Import when he ind him declaring IN
the same breath that under the cab
met form OF government, platforms
mean something. and that broken
promises will end in broken wer. -
Now such talk as cabinet form Of
government is very different from
that Of the day the President dedi.
Gated Democracy TO the new free
dom. and Is completely out of keller
with the UwnFra. -
cratic party as it IS revealed in the
baltimore platform The President
a already shattered the sacred arti-
cles OF Democratic faith. and his re-
marks about broken promises ending
In broken power" are significant OF
the trend the party is taking at this
time.
hut the President is a pleasantly
reversible being. Some years aso ne
declared that Bryan was the Old
Man OF the Sea around the neck Of
the Democratic party and that he
ought to be Knocked into a cooked
nat To-day we find them check by
JowL Before the President came
under the PROSECUTING influences OF his
secretary OF State he taught and
ought against the initiative and ref.
erendum. lie now communes with
Bryan on these articles OF faith. II
Is not claimed that some OF the re.
Versais OF the President have not
beer for the better. but we merely
cite these instances to suggest that
he Is. in some respects. just Ike his
ehangeabie. interchangeable and un
stable party.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-13
GEO. Nj. SNOOK Co:

Eastern isolation. TO close the gates Of
intercourse OF the great highways OF
the world, n justify the act by the
~pretension that these avenues of trade
and travel belong TO them and that
ihey choose to shut them. or. what
Is almost equivalent. to cucumber
them with such unjust relations as
would prevent their general use"
We had again and again been forced
10 intervene TO protect the transit
across the lsthmus. and the interven-
tlon was frequently at the request OF
Colombia herself. The effort 10 build
n cana by private capital had heen
made under DE Lesseps and had no.
suited in lamentable failure. Every
serious proposal to build the canal I'm
such manner had been abandoned.
The United States had repeatedly an
nounced that we would not permit ~
70 be built or controlled by any Old
World government. Colombia was
utterly impotent 20 build IL herself.
Under these circumstances q had he.
come n matter of lmpertive Obligation
that we should build Il ourselves with.
out further delay.
Revolutions. rebellions. insurrec-
ions, riots and other outbreaks have
occurred during the period In oues-
ton; yet they number SO for the 81
years. and they showed a tendency
10 Increase. rather than decrease. in
numbers and intensity. One OF them
lasted for nearly three years before
II was quelled; another for nearly n
year. In short. the experience OF
over half a century had shown co.
lombia 20 be utterly incapable OF
Keeping order on the Isthmus. Only
the active Interference OF the United
states had enabled her TO preserve
50 much as a semblance OF sovereign
-. Had II not been for the exercise
~ the United Srafaa ~ fha pcff..
power In her interest. her connection
with the lsthmus would have been
s%undered long before II was. IN 1856
IN 1850. In 1873. IN 1885. in 1901. and
again IN 1902. sailors and marines
from United States warships were
forced to land In order 10 patrol the
lsthmus. 20 protect life and property
and 10 see that the transit across the
Continued on Page rivsD
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-13

The Treasury Department issued \
statement not many days ago that
was intended 10 comfort that portion
Of the country In sympathy with hnan-
cial and economical policies of the
administration. The figures looked
well. because those who revised the
tariff expected about s5O.OO0.O 900
loss In revenue the first year. and
with only one quarter to run the fall
ing on In revenues has only amount
cd TO S~2i.75o.OOJ compared with the
same period OF 1913. They expect the
falling on OF the last quarter to keep
the total loss OF the year within the
eo~njectursi sum. That is a question.
But isn't II a little singular that the
Democratic Treasure Department had
nothing TO say about the expenditures
for government. which have been An.
ereasing during the same nine months
for which an account is given Of the
revenues. IL Is generally customary.
we believe. in business establishments
to a some attention TO expenditures
along with income.
In Analysing the Treasury statement
a prudent Investigator delves some-
what into the expenditure account.
and he finds that for the first nine
months of the year. the end OF
March. the total excess OF ordinary
expenditure over total income was
~s27.25O.6O7. The corresponding period
Of a yea z showed a balance OF In
come over expenditure amounting TO
S11.S51.0S3.
The actual showing then is that the
government is SIS. POI. $50 worse on
than II was on April I. 1913. when the
finances Of the country were turned
over TO the present Democratic admin
istration. There is no specific en-
couragement for an increase inflow
Of revenue. while there are very def
mite indications that. II Congress has
its way, the expenditures will be
largely increased. Everything is
pointing to a condition of affairs that
confronted the last Cleveland admin
istration. and 10 the similar expert
ence Of the operations OF Democratic
tariff ideas.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-13

across Panama. A board OF experts
sent 10 the lsthmus had reported that
ms route was better than the Mica.
fagua route. and that II would be well
70 build the canal yer n provided we
could purchase the rights of the
French company for forty million dol
lars; but that otherwise they would
advise taking the Nicaragua route.
Ever since 1876 we had had n treaty
Win the power then In control OF the
Isthmus, the Republic Of New Gran
ada, the predecessor Of the Republic
or Colombia and OF the present ne.
public OF Panama. by which treaty the
United states was guaranteed free
and open right Of way across the
lsthmus OF Panama by any mode OF
communication that might be con.
structed. while in return our govern
ment guaranteed the perfect neutral.
ity OF the Isthmus with a view to the
preservation OF free transit.
Our Rights Asserted.
For nearly fifty years we had as.
serted the right 10 prevent tho CLOSING
OF this highway OF commerce.. Secre.
tary or state Cas-. in 1858. officially
stated the American position as fol.
Sovereignty has its duties a. we'll
as It's rights. n none Of these local
governments. even n admfnistered
with more regard 10 the just demands
OF other nations than they have been.
would be permitted. in a spirit OF
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-13

succeed here There are hundrsds Of
men in West Virginia who are In the
yonng" old man class that this
proposition would nt. and others who
could Be more successful in farming
OF this character than IN the tasks o:
livelihood they are now engaged N In
cities and large towns. AT any rate
Il IL a vast improvement on the plain
"oaektothe-farm- cry ne have had
dinned into our ears OF late years.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-13

It's a serious matter nov. ana may
prove more serious in the future
When q Democrat OF the inteni
n and character Of Mr.. RtzEerald
Is eompeiled 10 make sueh a confess
son a. that we may Be sure thst the
situation 10 indeed grave and menAe-
Ing 10 the party. IL is . desperate
plea 10 stop the footing inelinations
Of a party that has been on a hunger
strike for sixteen years and is trying
20 gorge itself Al one meal.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-13

I'M hlE swing around the State In
VIZ Governor Cox. among many 9th.
fr promises. assured the taNuayora
That The Smith one-perrent-tav law
would hr preserved inVioiato and told
o gathering of school teachers that
nelr salaries would Boz raised. even
10 were necessary 90 smash the Jim.
it- oi tne lu-mill statute.
In rdrh Instance he was rveking
me votes ~ au Influential class of
phio citizens. and had no special boz.
lrnilon ol carrying Que hia promises.
ln HnF event. ho dld not There bot
nnlF has, hnrn mo- increase in salaries
L i'I'f.. HIf b pension fund
largely made uu hv aasrsamrrf. on
no mraFrr pay ~ those iu active scr.
tr" hae been Impaired Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-13
UNCLE WALT. The Poet Philosopher.

when Father eats his supper. and sits him down 70 read a book
Dy Ealh upper, or peradventurc. "Ouecd' on. let him sir in quiet
until the evenings through, and do NOT
"EAhI OLD FATHER raise a riot DER things he ought TO do. Too
often Weary Father can find II home no
peace his folks raise such q Pother. their elamors never cease. It's
DAG, 90 spit some knding before you have your fun: the little ollie
IS dwindlnR and soon there will be none" "Oh Da5dv s,ys F,s
daughter, u wish yourself you'd hump. and bring eight tubs Of vanr
and men some. from the pump Our Noahs ark Is busted " com
plains ihe little boys and Father sad. Disguised. begins TO glue the
Toys The Gov B in the garden shreks Ma. and you sit there 60
help me Dolly Warden, and do not seem 20 care" From suoocrtim.
20 bedtime the old mans on the 20. until his sccing.red fine Iii
cause some blood 10 flow. Some day, beneath the pressure. his brain
will seem a blur. and then. from here to Cheshire. he'll strev the earth
Nth FUR. His endless worries rend him, they come in such = b.,,s
and soon veil have 20 send him to some ones booty hatch
WALT MASON
CcsDyraEht 1879 by G.Orr. Esuh.- ADAM
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-13

Nr Allen W.. Thurman RECENTLY "a
member Of The central board offers
violence documentary. ornI and ann.
nI". tnHf Mr. Marsh hall secretary OF
lH hrsf Cox executive committee. un.
dFriook 10 COerce campaign confrIbu.
ions from members Of tho board and
F hundreds of employees. although
me Jaw creating thr board prohibits
BE- absolutely
Will Mr. Hogan prosecute Campairn
Secretary Marshall. against whom
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-13

A New York offender was evidently
well acquainted with the laws delay
In requesting the judge to pay no at.
tention to his lawyers plea for a new
trial. and allow him to Immediately be.
gin serving his three months term.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-13

DIT. Brumbaugh appears to be the
most appealing candidate for the Re.
publican nomination for governor Of
Pennsylvania. as he is standing as a
straight Republican, without faetional
afnliation.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-13

The selection committee explains
everything in the regional bank con.
iroversy but going back OF the returns
Of the preferential vote. which stood
Pittsburgh. 29i: Cincinnati. Ist:
Cleveland. i1O.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-13
Comments of
Ohio Editors
That Precious Hope.

A great hope Of the governor is.
that by having HIS assessors all over
the state ill their local newspapers
with pretty figures alleging large in
creases in h tax duplicate, he can
convince the people that the tax rate
viii be reduced by his Warnes law.
me election comes before tax paying
ume.-Newark American Tribune.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-13
MILEAGE Not Reduced.


The appropriation committee OF the
house reported in favor of calling of
the 20 cents mileage allowed congress
men and substitute actual eNpcnsc in
its place. And what do you think
Congress did with the recommenda-
uon2 Turned IL down. What for
To Couge The people. II Is a plain
proposition. A man travels say 200
miles In day. He pays therefore So.
including Pullman. But the law
gives him &1iO for that S25 expense.
and at the same time paws him 81
per diem. II this isn't a graft. there
never was one Every man who voted
Tor IL ought 10 be defeated.
Right after ~indorsing his steal. the
house voted 70 increase the compen
sattOn Of the members clerks. who
are mainly used for reelection pur.
poses. from $500 TO $500. And this
Is the Democratic congress that was
going In for economy and retrench.
ment!-OhiO State Journal
What the Democrats think about
PRESIDENT Wilson might BE- interest
Ing reading just now were 10 not for
the fact that there is 50 much that
space fOrbids. n this thing keeps up
the Democrats will insist upOn a voice
In the nomination Of a Republican
uckct. Their Progressive mascot
does not seem 10 meet the
l'ut for % thing the country be- I'M
der OBLIGATIONS 10 them. they have
made possible "a united Republican
party and Washington county is 20
inE TO help nut the old party into
ruWer. IL viii be some time before
democratic speilbiuderH can fool the
people again Marietta Register.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-13

IF you must swear" advises a Bos-
ION pastor. don't let anybody hear
YOU or. as 10 has been put nv a
greater eNper Curses not loud hut
aeep. Gazette Times.
How about the man who is said TO
have maintained a "profane silence
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-13

The chances Of failure of the radium
cure for cancer are 100 to /. which is
a good enough percentage for the one
cured.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-13

The New York gunner had to die.
but Justice dallies as long as Becker
Is unpublished.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-13

The perfection of the weather yes
terday m under the classification
Of wholly unexpected"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-13

The baseball reserve clause has
been declared invalid. So has the
Democratic platform.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-13

Spring promises 10 20 marching on
now. II another cog doesn't slip.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-13

When you play golf in German you
must refer TO DOGGY as "einheit."