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In Adrnner, DAILY by mnll ?4.00 n yrnr In ndvnner HATE IN CANADA. DAII,Y. $B.On n yrnr In ndninee. WEEKLY, 92.00 a yenr In ndvimce. free press association, Publishers, Burlington, Vt. BURLINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 26. WANTED. When you want nnythlnK, advertise In the new special column of this paper. Somo bargains are offered thero this wxek which It will pay you to read about. Seo pnso two. This paper has more than -',0 readers every weolc and one cent a word will reach them nil. Now that a stage has been held up in Orleans county, we can no longer point the finger of scorn at the western fron tier, or even to windy Chicago. Congressman Iongworth of Ohio, who lias returned from Hawaii, pronounces a fako tho alleged Interview in which he was ma1c to say that President Roosevelt might be Induced to accept a third term, lie adds that there Is not the slightest gt Hind in his estimation "for believing 1 it the President ha.x changed his mind . , this subloct." Coming from the son- f -law of the President, this utterance I. is marled significance. Tho Los Angeles Times says the fish and game commission of Califor nia reports that It has collected JS3, 000 from the sale of hunting licenses, which Indleati'S that about one out of every dozen inhabitants of tho C.olden State thinks he Is called upon to so out and kill something. It adds that eighty thousand hunters in the field at one time would put the rest of the population up tall trees or into oy clono pits. If President Maxwell Evarts of the Vermont Stnto Fish and Game League had his way nlmrods und nsheimen In the Oreen Mountain State would hn obliged to secure hunting license and thus help to pro mote the fish and game interests of our commonwealth swollen fortunes AND I'llOS ferity. Whenever tho government begins th Investigation of an Industrial combln Hon like the meat trust the public Is warned that the prosperity of tho whole country Is threatened. Without exception a "swollen fortune" Is In volved when the calamity howl is raised by such m-en as Rockefeller and llarriman. These people evidently would have the people bcllevo that swollen fortunes are necessary to our country's industrial success, liut tho soundness of their claim Is seriously questioned. Investigation lias shown that a largo part of the foreign trade of these great combines Is secured hy se lling product!) nbioad at a prleo lower than Is charged at home. To retain this trade the heads of the com bines wish to be left unmolested and allowed to pile up unlimited wealth. Foreign trade secured on such terms is not worth the price. If American oil can be sent across the ocean and sold in Europe for less money than It 3 sold in Rurllngton and yield n pro lit, then tho people of nurllngton are paying too much for oil. If It is sent to Europe and Mild nt a loss tho oil should be kept at home. It cannot bo rlnlmed that swollen fortunes are necessary to supply home markets. The averngo American Is able to pay the legitimate cost and a reasonable profit on whatever lie con sumes and that Is all ho should pay. The amassing of a swollen fortune In this country is usually accomplished nt the expense of the American con sumer nnd It Is a positive damage to him. Greater than the financial wrong are the discriminations secured and the monopoly maintained by combinations able to mako such enormous profits a.) the Standard Oil company has made Jjo tvi- Investluatlon has shown that not one or these great monopolies has been acquired by legal methods. The great concentration of wealth effected by them has created an ever Increas ing elnss of discontented citizens and workmen. Their discontent Is not caused by actual suffering or want, because laboring people never lived better than they do tft-day, but be cause they are convinced the makers of these great fortunes aro not obey. Ing law or aiding In tho rnuse of In dustrial liberty. They do not complain nf what a man wins by Industry and sagacity but of what hn gets by the exorclso of unfair privileges. America's prosperity Is threatened hy swollen fortunes. Therefore the erles of calamity that aro raised to frighten the Investigator away should not bo heeded. So far as they stop discrimination, over-capltallzatlon and monopolistic robbery they nro adding to tho stability and truo prosperity of tho land, and helping to rid the coun try of Hie serious danger of Ill-gotten wenlth hiseiseh .meat stim, sold. Although the Legislature of 1000 tiinile nil effort to slop the sale of dis eased meat In Vermont there I abun dant evidence that this much desired lesult has not been accomplished. Of the 200 or more slaughter houses In the State that nro doing an Interstato business on a small scalo nbout half have been visited by tho United States meat Inspector for this district, and not one of them was found to be con ducted according to federal regula tions. As a result of this discovery the offending slaughter houses have been forbidden to do Interstate busi ness. Tho federal Inspector hns no con- rol over meat produced nnd consumed In tho State nnd theso butchers sim ply give up their Interstate business nnd rontlnun to kill and sell meat In Vermont without any Improvement In sanitary conditions or any safeguard against diseased meat. Only one federal Inspector Is lo cated In Vermont but he reports con. dltlons that are alarming. He Is on duty at the rendering plant In this city nnd he says that he finds about one in twenty of the animals killed there to be Infected with luborculnsla. None of this diseased meat gets Into market because no meat Is nllowed to come out of this slaughter house un less passed by the federal meat In spoctor nnd tills ofllcer has nn expert on duty there at all times. It Is evi dent that If live per cent of the cattle killed at the Ilurlltigtpn Rendering company's plnnt are diseased, nbout the same proportion of the cattle kill ed nt the common slaughter houses elsewhere In the State arc likely to be similarly diseased, but we seldom hoar of butchera dej.troy.lng a rarcass be cause It was found to be diseased. The Inspector further reports that ho finds tuberculosis In some Vermont hogs. This is no surprise to him be cause he says that at most slaughter houses a herd of hogs Is kept and all the waste of slaughter Is thrown to them without regard to whether It Is diseased or not. The feeding nf milk from diseased dairies also Infects hogs. We therefore have no assur ance, except the honesty of the butcher and market man that wc aro eating healthy pork. Meat Is being brought into Bur lington dally from slaughter houses which havo been refused the right to conduct interstate commerce buslnos on account of their filthy conditions. We have therefore no guaranty ngalnst the sale nf this diseased meat. There is nn vested local authority to secure nn efficient inspection of this ment. The health officer can Inspect ment markets Inside of the city but diseased meat sent here Is usually "stripped" or trimmed so as to con ceal any evidence of disease. The pure food and meat Inspector can In spect the slaughter house. but ho would find no evidence of disease un less lie surprise,! flic butcher before the latter had concealed It. In the State hoard of health alone rests flie possibility of a remedy for existing conditions nnd If that body finds It Incite necessary power, the people will havo to Wfllt MM. II ,l,rt next Legislature meets before they can secure the necessary legislation to Insure healthy meat. In the nico tinic we must study the most effective methods of making the sale and uso of diseased meat Impossible. iiiggeii ships and rigger guns. The leviathan of pence hath her vic tories no less renowntd than the war ship. When ho Lusltanlt was setting tho pace for wean greyhounds nnd nt tho ramo time demonstrating what tho biggest steamship could accomplish, her owners little dreamed that they were nl"o solving a problem for war fleets and helping to revolutionize methods of inarlno warfare. It now transpires that tho English government, which as been closely watching tho evolution of the tur. bine principle as applied to propulsion of steamships and developments In con nection with giant battleships, has de cided to construct still larger warcraft than any yet produced. Word comes from Portsmouth, England, that the dockyard authorities there have received from the Hrltlsh admiralty plans for a new battleship of the Dieadnaiight class, and that work Is lo be begun upon her Immediately. jt s also announced that another battleship of the same size as tho foregoing Is to bu constricted simultaneously at tho Dcvonport dockyard. With the completion of these ships Great llrltnln will have six great battleships of tho Dreadnought class. These latest battleships will bo larger, however, by 1,3m tons than tho original of the class, and It Is under stood that they will carry 13.." Inch guns Instead nf 12 Inch, the ruling caliber of the heaviest guns of most great war ships. It would bo Interesting to know to what- extent English authorities on naval architecture wero Impelled to tako rapid odvantngo of latest developments' by the recent announcement that Emperor William of Germany had mado new resolutions to provide Germany with a gigantic fleet of wars-hips. It has been known for a number of years that tho ICalsor had dreamed dreams of tho tlmo when Germany would ho In the first rank among naval powers, but It was not generally supposed that his visions of prowess on Ihu water would materialize In tho near future. Ills re cent victory on a parllamnntary appeal to tho people seems to havo Imparted new Impetus to his Inordinate passion for powerful armament, Ho now fools that ho hns tho support of tho acrmnu people for his colonial policy, and, as wo of this country aro rapidly learning, It Is im possible maintain a policy of territorial expansion and especially of colonial aggrandisement without a formidable. fleet to Intimidate, or nt least hold 111 wholesome respect, envious and en croaching neighbors. William has long had the men and the guns and tiow ho has the money too, Why should he not build a powerful navy In accordance with his fondest dreanis7 England has long acted on tho principle, that her navy should equal In strength those of any other two European powers. To keep the pace necessary to put this theory Into practice, she must build war ships faster than her neighbors. France has rVeu appropriating enormous sums for tho construction of various kinds of war craft during the past few years, and Germany has been keeping woll up In the procession. England knows that Franco will endeavor to keep nhead of Germany, and In order to outstrip both In new additions to her Meet she must re double her efforts. Hence her decision to take ndvantngiynf the demonstration that the lnilt in size of ocean craft has not been reached and to enlarge tho Preadnatiglu class. What significance has this race among tin- European powers In the construction of baftleshlps for (he peoplo of the United Slates? It means simply that If wc are to re tain possession of our Innumerable Isl i amis on the other side of the globe and at the same time keep our place on the seas, we must also construct more big battleships. There Is no other alternative. Either we must drop out of the race or we must keep well In the front rank of the progressive naval pow ors. In the light of recent developments it does not require a prophet or the son of a prophet to fee that In all human proba bllltj Congress will be asked during tho session hlch begins In December to ap propriate a large sum for the construc tion of additional battleships. The Pa clflc cruise of our fleet of heavy war craft In connection with recent developments In naval eln'les abroad, means more bat tic ships for Uncle Sam, If It moans any thing. It not only means more battle ships hut It also signifies bigger ships and heavier guns; for to opioe thirteen Inch guns with pop-guns would be to throw money away. No wonder dlsarma ment has new attractions for a majority of the nations of the world. heuohm iv ntio.v.i. conven tion. (From Islle's Weekly.) In many of the southern States there Is virtually no republican organization. The party there has enough members to fill the Federal offices and to go to na tional conventions, but not many beyond this number. And the leaders have an In tirest In keeping the party small, so as to hold the number of claimants for of fices down to the lowest possible limit For Roosevelt In 1D04 only K.ooo votes were cast In Florida, 5.000 In Tjoutslnnn, 3,0e0 In Mississippi, 2.'.'A In South Carolina and nearly ns small numbers In several of the other southern States. And yet these handfuls nf office-holders nnd their retainers, who can never cast an elec toral vote, have as much weight In no initiating candidates for president ns Is exerted by many times their numbers In the northern States which aid In clyj-t- Ing presidents. The Injustice In this virtual dlscrlmlna tinn against northern communities Is rendered more striking bv the scandals which attack to man-- of the southern delegations Except In 1!'W and In wl en the nomination was decreed In ad vance, a large number rf the negro de lfgates from tin1 South wire believed to be purchasable by the highest bidder. In some conventions manv of them were purchased, and In one or two conventions some of them were purchased by dif ferent candidates, swlng'ng from one as pirant to another, nnd refusing to stay sold to the first purchaser. There are excellent reasons of various sorts why tho communities which elect republican presidents should be given a dominant voice in nominating them. THE POWER OF THE III, U K VOTE. (From Leslie's Weekly.) The recent republican State convention In Kentucky refused to Indorse Taft for the candidacy In I90S, although most of the republican papers In that State favor him, and a mnjorlty of the white repub licans of the State are believed to prefer him to anv other perron for the candid acy, except Roosevelt. It Is said, however, that negroes threatened to cut the State ticket In the election of I DOT If the convention Indorsed Taft for 1!0S, and that this was the reason why It re- fured lo decline anv preference for nny- body, although It recommended the selec tinn of somebody In accord with Rnose volt's policies, The reason assigned for negro hostility to Taft Is his connection with the order to disband the black troops for the Hrownsvllle Incident.- In ordinary canvasses the negroes hold the balance In ninny Stales which are usunl ly republican New York, New Jersey, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and others. Kentucky, which has been a close State recently, has 7.1,000 negro vo ters, and Kentucky Is ono of the south ern States in wnicu me negro who wants to vote Is allowed to vote. While the Kentucky republican convention was refusing to Indorse Taft, his rival, Sena tor Foraker, was delivering the nnnnal commencement addre.-s at the Wllber- force University, In Ohio, tho lending negro college In the middle West, nnd he was condemning the stnnd tnken by Roosevelt and Taft In the Hrownsvllle matter. It Is said that the negroes nro organizing In Ohio lo fight Taft In the primaries In that Stnte so ns to defeat, If they can, his Indorsement for Presi dent there. Possibly llrownsvlllo will flguro In the election of If)1. DEEP SKA TRAGEDV. Why Is It that fhn ocean moans? That's what I'd like to know; It may lie that the lobster Has pinched Its liuder-tne, Chicago Journal. And maybe It Is Just the pnln That thrills Its bosom wide, What time It shudders at the bur And thinks of Last night's tide. Cleveland Lender. Perhaps you'd moan n bit yourself If now and then a whale, Escaping from a swoidllsh, Should lash you with his tall. Philadelphia Ledger. Tho fleklo ocean wood tho liinon, They to a parson tiled. The sound you hear Is only this: Tho moaning of the tied, Lipplncotf s. GUBERNATORIAL TALK. Interesting Possibilities Suggrstril nt Vnrlniia Points nn "the El Side.'' (From the Northfleld News.) Ono would almost think, from the tone of ftnnio of the up-to-date Stato papors, that General Manager Turner of tho Fair banks Scalo company was Inclined to head for tho governorship. That would mako a mighty Interesting situation in Caledonia and Orleans, wouldn t It, now,' Ludlow Tribune. About the same kind of a situation that would occur In' Windsor county If ox-Stnto Trcn-sitrer ,1, L, Iiacon of Max well Evarts concluded to bo n candidate for governor, subject to the approval nf the next republican State convention. FOR GOV. FLETCHER D. PROCTOR. Tho names of. Lloiit -Gov, George II, Prouty of Newport. Allen S. Fletcher of Cavendish, ex-Lleut,-GoV. Zed S. Stan- ton of Roxbury, and II N. Turner of St. .lohnshury, have been mentioned more or less frequently of lale a probable or pos sible candidates for governor next year. The Times would like lo suggest a name to mill to tho list, that of our present governor, Fletcher I) Procter. If th" Idea of continuing good men In the olllce ever had any virtue (and the Times thor oughly believes In it) It could not be bet ter applied than In this Instnnce. The Times wasn't nn ardent supporter of the governor when he wo-- being considered is a candidate for tl e nomination two years ago, for It tlwncht him simply a seeker after the olMV" for what honor there was In II; but 'he govennr has proved nn honor to the ofllce fully as much as he hn.s bei a honored by It. There Is In Vermont in honest admira tion for Governor Hm-V- and Ihe good he hai accomplished .i l-.i Inst strong op position through the l.!r'.slature of that Stale. Governor Hug' merits It, but In a similar way nm . -nor Proctor was Influential In accompli lag much through our own Ieglslatnre .il the last session. Governor Hughes sc. 'it"d the passage of the public utilities l.r . Governor Proc tor by his ncttve nnd i ,grelve ndvoc.iey of the railroad bill soured similar results In this State, and while perhaps not working actively for "s passage, It was only through the k- nvledge that he would approve that t weekly payment bill was carried In th- -nate ngalnst the most aggressive op;' "on of the rail roads and large corp atlons. Further more, the governor !. given the state a thorough bus ness l iilnlstnitlon In all its affairs. It was r-'irmd by some two years ago that Govern .r Hell would have made a try for a so-':' 1 term against the field, If Mr. Proctor 1m 1 not been a can didate, and there we', many then who had reached the be! et that continuous rotation In olllce wn1- t the best cours for the State. If this ! La Is to grow, now Is the time to try t when the State would bo the gainer ' ' keeping the pres ent governor In offlr r another term Enrro Times. Why not? Fletcher Proctor has proved tho best governor I'm! Vermont has had in many years, w.. xebange hltn for an untried man If t e state can secure his services for anot " 'crm? In prlvat business an employe as a fcfol to let a t go Just to give a J spite of his efforts take Leutenant-Gi dldacy very serloti we are sure Is a g to be willing to State can gain tlx Proctor would on' contest to 1(10 nn ' would be looked on 1 and faithful man to n greenhorn. In Mie olers refuse to rr.or Prouty's can while Mr. Fletcher. I enough Vermonter t two years If tho 'iv For to re-elect l'-lay the eat sldo ' either Fletcher or Prouty are ever' d. 'v governor they will not be less well i llilf.l then than now Pennington I!n t. SIMPLIFYING NAMES OF HOLSTEIN-FRIESIANS The subject Frleslan nom. lous attentlnj that bleed ce Suudnv (ilole rotary of the I tlon of Amerle Is In lirattlel, t nent herds at" mont.and near of the dlscti'-s locality. When ject by the Gl Houghton sail "The trouble no two animal" simplifying Uolstcln lute is ticeiving ser ' pi ople Interested In Hie, s.-ivs the Hostcin - the offiee of the sec-'steln-Ft leslan assoela- 'tedn-lck L. Houghton and as many promt cm d In southern Vcr towns, naturally much 'i emanates from lhat tervlewed on the sub correspondent Mr. .uies from the fact that an have the same nnim under our syst. n of registration. Th common names are all in use, so the breeder Is drlv. ones. We air. i glstered names tlon permit th name, and nat unpronoiinccav. "Most people breidlug of Pi. to "elect more difficult have about ITO.oen re- he rules of the assoela use of 20 letters 111 I ally they have become ideavor to Indicate the stock bv the names and In a geiiTtt wav they succeed In doing so. Hut e breeder often deslg nates his unlnn's by an en-Mag number Iv-cnuse he Is ii-able to tell their names except by ref." -co to a book. We hope the discussion 11 result In the use of n farm nntn, rex: In fact that sys teni alreadv '- 'ielng adopted to a cer tain extent. T'" application of names lo farms Is bt . . tig general, anil snm States provld. for the registration of fatm name' -i ,. u, of the farm natne prefix, llmlll'-c lie use of a farm name to th" cattle d on that farm, would permit the n-. nd dupllciitiim of simple names, and ii denilv very inucn sun nil fy the work .f registration. The farm er.s would ids. . bl,. to pronounce and remember the Times of Ihelr cattle." II Is easv in ,o that Houghton Farm 'Jennie would ! - easier to letnember than pc Kol Wltk..p Wnvne llelle Korndvke, and Clapp F-irni Mollle easier to pro nounce than Mouwtle letertlo Do Kol Albino. IN THE SECIIM1 DISTRICT. (From th. Hnrdwick Gazette.) The Gazette mB heretofore expressed tho opinion that the In-and-out-of-season booming of ;i rmidldate bv a newspaper, as "support," k ,lf v-fv Utile value. Th people thmk for themselves, and have In the past learned to estimate at Its proper value the tin horn campaigning methods of a newspaper in favor of a candidacy "authorized" l.v mentis which they hav entile to understand. The more modest and dignified province of a newspaper s lis the writer unders'ands it. to point out or suggest tn tM r,,nstltuflits the facts as regards men and pollclis, nnd permit them tn form their own conclusions. As to the congressional situation In this district, this naner lias no present can dldate," Nellhop wll It have. Later, It will have a cholre, after the entries are nil In, anil the nnes drawn, but It Is ns yet loo earlv. Tho writer thinks ex ceedlng well of Congressman Ensklns, Tho man and his ongrcsslonal record are entitled to the nios.. cordial approval, During his past three terms In the na tloual house. Colonel Raskins linn thoroughly made cood lie hns an cx celletit and satisfactory record, He has not said ns much as ronin in ueoato, which Is also to his credit, but ho has attended faithfully to the Interests of his constituents and the public welfare, and has worked hard and faithfully. lie has proven n most creditable representative, nnd It Is In line with Tho Gazette's be lief In Stato matters that the man who has n record of lots of good work dotui Is of much more value tu his consti tuents than a man of equal ability with out the experience. It Is expected that Hon, Frank Plum ley, of Norlhlleld, will be a candidate ngalnst Colonel Ifnsklns, and ho will undoubtedly have strong support In var ious quarters. He 1ms been much before the public ns holding public office, though practically without legislative experience, nnd Is u large man of most respectable psrts. Finally, the best congressional timber In the second district to-day, from tho standpoint of sheer nbllHy, overtowerlng strength In himself, Is Hon. Charles A. routy of Newport and the Interstate Commerce commission. No nvnllnblo man living could Immedlnteh take such a pro minent and commanding plaro In the na tional House ns Mr, Prouty, and lie would grow every hour. As n trust bus trr nnd corporation regulator ho nut- Roosevells Roosevelt himself, and his name ns a razor-edged and deadly courageous illsemboweler of monopolistic conspiracies Is known from Ihe Atlantic to the Pnellle, from Marblehead to Monterey. He Is nn Insulated bunch of stnth; electricity. Is Charles A. Prouty, nnd Is ns favorably known In Kansas City or Seattle as In Caledonia county. I doubt very much If he would ac cept n nomination to Congress. I nm ab solutely uninformed as to Ills wishes, plans, or desires. I have only reminded few people what thli district posses ses In the wny of congressional timber. Once Heniv Clay de ran several hun- Ired votes behind his ticket and was orv nearly defeated for county senator In this county, becanso the people thought him too "cold" and socially narrow. Thev would have kept litin In private life thereafter. If they could have lone so, but well, you know the rest. Meanwhile, The Gazette has no "rntidl- onto"' for Congress. It Is sufficient at this tlmo to recall a llttlo history and stato a few facts. VH HI! OXTERS ATT It WTED nv GOV, Itf'GHES, (From the Hrattlehoro Phoenix.) The Vermont Fish and Game league banqueters "went over" to Gov. Hughes of New York horse, foot and dragoons. Tho governor sens to have emulated tho Irish soldier and brought them Into rounder a force and brought them Into camp. Gov. Proctor Is quoted as char- icterlzlng the greeting to the New York executive as "tin- greatest ovation within his knowledge ever accorded a man by a Vermont audience." Fx-Gov. Stewart of Mlddlebury Is so enthusiastic over Gov. Hughes's speech that he wants It printed In permanent form and distributed so every school bov In Vermont cm read It. Most of us who have never seen Gov. Hughes naturally picture him a.s a man of such intense convictions, inflexible honesty and unswerving determination as to be aus-ten In manner, but his play of wit nnd humor, his genial personality and his magnetic qualities ccme a-s a pleasant sin prise to those who met him at Uluff Point. Gov. Hughes in an address at tho Ful ton county fair won plaudit, from the as. s-embled farmers by declaring himself to be an optimist. He believes we shall have steady, consistent progress, and that to this end there is a growing demand throughout the country for honesty in business and for honesty In public affairs. Tho American people, he says, while they have a great variety of faults, will not fail In the future "to make the govern ment square with the eternal principles of the ten commandments nnd the Declaration of Indepence." As for the railroads, the governor says that fran chises anil privileges have been thrown aroiltHl altogether too carelessly In the. past nnd that there Is not a railroad In the Stale but whose right to conduct busi ness conies from the State, and that con sequently Ihe State must control the rati. roads. He says the goverrment must treat every question with Inexorable fair ness and patient deliberation In . -rer unning truth, but th.n no man shall have greater advantage than any other. HI'GIIES iu:M".vim,i hrrison. (From Leslie's Weekly.) The spe, dies of Governor Hughes on his visits to our State fairs are creating remarkably good Impression. They re call the brilliant and eloquent addresses President Harrison delivered nn his fam ous trip through the West. Ill some les pects Governor Hughes bears a rcem blance to Ihe late President Harrison. He has the same modesty, the same ietl- cenee, the same devotion first of all to the public service, and the same reluc tance to pose for public plaudits. Gen eral Harrison's epigrams gave his speeches a peculiar Interest, and It is ob served that th" addresses of Governor Hughes hnve the same sparkling quality. In his- speech nt the Washington County Fair, at Sandy Hill, lie said, among other things; Wo are one people, and we should learn to know that In connection with matters of government there can be no divisions Into classes, either according to fortune or according to lot and voca tion. 1 believe the proper way Is tn show tho people of the Stnte that there Is no power, that lias the strength to defy the will of the people. The people are fair minded; they do not expect the Impos sible. Let us have It thoroughly understood that a 111 tu walks to political doom who thinks of anything hut the public wel fare In connection with public office. It Is not to be wondered nt that the thousands who heard the governor on this oiraslon cheered him not only a.s governor, but as "our next President." AN ENCORE. (From the St. Johnsbury Republican.) The ll.arre Times would smash the llini'-hntiorcd mountain rule by nominat ing Gov. Fletcher D. Proctor to succeed himself. In view of Ihe fact that the Times was not an ardent supporter of the governor two years ago, makes this suggestion doubly complimentary to Ver mont's worthy chief executive. The Times adds this suggestion; "The governor has given the State a thorough business administration In all Its affairs. It was claimed bv some two jenrs ago that Governor Hell would have made a try for a secrtiid term ngalnst the field, If Mr. Proctor had not been a can didate, and I here were many then who had reached the belief that continuous rotation In ofllce wnsn't the best course for the Stnte. If this tde Is to grow, now Is Hie time to try It, when the Statu would be the gainer by keeping Ihe pres ent governor In olllco for another term." KEEPING VERMONT IN FRONT. (From the Rruttb'born I'hocnlx.) The Sons nnd Daughters of Vermont living In Sprlngllold, nbout 2,000 in number, nro elated over tho recent no tion of tho city council In changing the iinnin of 11 section of Wllbnilinm rnnd to Vermont street. This Is the third street III Springfield that bearH the nnmn of n State, the other two be ing Florida Btrcct and Massachusetts avenue. HAVE "DOWN EAST" VISIT. Iliiirnlo Vermont Soclrl' Annual I'll' lile nt Victoria Park n .Most Glijojlllile Aflnlr. (From the litiffnlo News.) The nth annual picnic of the Diiffato Society of Vcrmotitors was held yes terday nt Queen Victoria Park, Nlag nrn Falls, out., and upwards of 100 mem bers of this flourishing organization took advantage of the oecnslon to have, a real down East visit nt the same, tlmo view tho falls. Trolley cars were tnken at Main and court strrets at 1 o'clock, nnd most of the members went In this way, although somo took tho trains down. On arrival at Hie park, the many bulging lunch baskets were deposited on tho tables n the grove, and n trip nf In spectlou was made about the beautiful grounds, down the Incline and through 1 the great power plant, where all TcgN- ' tered In the i,m, .l,lel. eonlnlns lb,. ! mines of many notables from all over the world. , At r, o clock luncheon was spread upon tnbles In tho grove and such a feast. Miny of the women are famous rooks , and nil evidently put In Ihelr best ef- for,s on ho viands furn.she,, After all ! ad finished eating. Acting President Fred Howard announced that the annual election of officers was In order, nnd the result of the first ballot was the selection of Mr. Howard to sue- , reed himself- Wtmn r TlfT.niv. vie,- president; Samuel Rnstford, secretary- treasurer, and the Rev. F. S. Fitch, chap-1 ,Illn- i ne loiiowin were unanimously eieei- fd to cotnpnre th governing committee; )hn C. Clogston, Senator Henry W. Hill Dr. S. S. Green, jr. L. Ilorton, George P. Wllklns, C. K. Mellon and Charles c Fnrnham. Mr. rarnham Is the son of former Governor Fnrnham of Vermont. Secretary Rotsford re d a resolution on the death of James K. Hnnrrnft and Al len E. Dav. The resolution was unani mously adopted. Samuel Rotsford was ealbd upon to recite, and he responded In a manner which Indicates that he s a born Den iinn Thompson. Senator Hill told of his recent visit to Lake C.h.ampl.aln with Gov. Hughes, nnd pictured the hills of rid Vermont In a graphic manner. H" was warmlv applauded. The cars left the par"? for Buffalo at :50 o'clock. RELUCTANT CANDIDATES. Presidents Who Had the Nomination Forced on Tbein hi tile Past, (From Ieslle's Weekly ) If Mr. Roosevelt should be compelled to accent th.- presidency In 1U0S, notwith standing his declaration on the night of Ids eleetion In U')4 that he intended to re tire at the end of the term for which ho had Just been chosen, lie would not bo the lirst candidate who had the nomina tion forced upon hltn. Gen. firant wnnted to rMain his position as head of the army In P0, and declared that he had no de sire to become President, but the repub lican politicians told him that he was the choice of the republican voters, and tho convention ratified that idea by giving him a unanimous nomination. Ho ac ci pted it. His opponent In that year, Ho ratio Seymour, who presided over tho democratic convention which was held In New York, told the convention, when ho saw a drift beginning to set In his di rection, "Your candidate I cannot be Nevertheless, the delegates went right nhead and nominated him, nnd he ncqul esced in the choice, "Old Rnugh-nnd- Rendy" Taylor, when somebody In 1S4T, soon after the battle of Iluena Vista, coupled his name with the presidential nomination, snld he know nothing about politics, that he never had voted, and that he did not want the presidency. The Whig politicians, however, talked him out of that mood, and long before the conven tion met In lH he ivnv an avowed as p.rant for the candldaey, nnd lie prompt ly accepted It when It came to him on the fourth ballot. A few months before William Henry HarrKon beat Clav for the presidential nomination for ln. lie said he was not looking for the presldenc-;. and also said that the height of hH ambition would he to be placed on the second end of the ticket with 1 'lav. Thurlnw Weed put Harrison In a dlfferen' humor, and h" of fered not the slightest oposltion to the strategy hy which Wee.t and a few of his associates defeated the popular choice, Clav, and got the emjvent'on to give the prize to Harrison. Jackson was reported to have been indignant nt tho first man who suggested to him that he might become Piesldent some day. He said he knew nothing of the duties of President, was not fitted for the office, nnd would not accept It If offered to him. Els mentor, William It. Lnvis. soon In duced hltn to change his mind on those points, "Many things have taken place since that time which my honorable friend has forgotten, but whlcn I remember" was Disraeli's retort to somebody In the House of commons who drew Ihe "dead ly parallel" on him on one occasion. Manv things have taken plnce since the diction night. In November, 1W. which either Mr. Roosevelt nor niivhodv ete could have fnrseen at that time, and mam more things are Hkdv to come to pass before the convention of lsos meets. If the oonventk.n. voicing the sentiment of his party, nominates him. it will be his dutv to accept, despite his unquestioned nnd oft-reiterated desire ' 1 retire nt the end of Ills present term. A party Is big ger than Us biggest member, no matter how great or exalted be may be. Per sonal preferences must give way when they run counter to the popular will. GENKMs or THE PGWt. The markets In New York nro Just now yellow with the luscious pear. Perhaps you have never thought of the birth of this fruit. Here Is one story, and It Is good until a btter one Is offered. The pi ir was much appreciated by the Romans, as well a.s the Greeks. Pliny speaks of many varieties, which, even In those days, seem to hnve had linaglna five names. Thus lie tells us of plra nnidlna, 11 pear with the scent of nard nlra nnynchlna, a pear of the color of the finger nail, and others of the kind. The old proverb. "Plant pears for your heirs," Is 110 longer necessarily true since the discovery of the adaptability of th quince spick for budding or grafting pears upon. "That those who plant pears Grow fruit for their heirs Is the maxim our grandfathers knew; Hut folks have lenint since If you graft on the quince The fruit will develop for you." A GOOD WORD FOR PROl'TY. (From the Waterbury Record.) 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No less than 20,00,1 p . , speak Spanish, thong . , r , a! are Spanish by b.rt'i T -, speaking people are Jrw- . .lews descended from those dr fr r Spain In 119.' by Ferdinand a-, 1 ' V , These Jews, In the course of t 1 c r ig ed their Castillan into the Ara w Is closely akin to the modern H row it Syria nnd Palestine. T.io ,li ,re a Egypt are later arrival", who.-e ' ' ment In Kg, pt was not aecon-pj e' til a circuitous path had 'ice ' ' j from Spain through the J. 1 M Spaniards, have settled n T I'kev -,v , r there are several newpapi rs esm .. si 3 for them. There nv two 1' 1 s , ' nople, two at Saln-.ka, -,e a' 1 , 1 p popnlls, and piree at S ' ' Re ( ."tly a cultivated J. w, M Abrnhim '"Jil.int l.a. established another at Cairo. THE IIIGGEST FINE IN HISTORY To our magnificent ra in ".Mr t of the "biggest th ngs on ir' ' hi e-i-now add the great Twntv Nlr"- M , r T"W,1t-i. Pino Tn nil M,a , cl .r,- - 0,fc pruoenee, or imprudence, trom t v "nm of Solomon down to the court of last v sort, there Is no fine like this. It breaks all court records and sets a new mnrk 1 new dollar mark that Is likely e st.T- lor .1 long l me, says ilie lie-au r 1 'i S' ptembcr. Judge Landls, hy tie Itrposf cn f t fine, gav", all unconsc .eio' fn s ex- predion of the American sp r t kempt and unafraid. Th. re is r .t small about us. In o-ir r. w HOWS 111,1 LIKMIO Ol OH lie1 I- I'll ' .s t-n wo rejoice In this latest i1 im our stupendous nggiesit t gigantic. To the average man w ' s - l 1 'i nf getting his "eleven ,1 ' a' d 's on n Monday morning 1 ir 's t t v hunieroiis In he'nsr '011.. ; f w ' nine millions. He re-il'z.-s f r 1. feller can neither 'st.iv" - -e fine that It will t ike years to "lay" It out A- 1 ' 1 time on the stone p Mr Rockefeller hlnis. '" ;rr..s s v Americanism by ep g e '1' situation and by b. ,1 u- . s,i- ''i It a lesson with a g-n' 11 ' next Sunday mn!ir"g. t - - 1 w talk to his Rlble class . mi' w believe. In the I'n.i, I S'-it.- e 'T' his text the old adage, Largr tires fron little rebate grow ." .Indue Landls. on t "th. ' - 1 I be heves that oil men were rented v 1, .1 lhat to the maximum tru" belongs th maximum line. He has cer'a r.y di " work well. for. no matter w t ' 1- supreme court may dr.-'ari -, at g h.niftu- likely to be dsn ..ed a'l s th popular rail styles. THE EM Ol I'llE SI MMER r.IRI,, Oh. es, I'll" bad a j - I'm ne.irH d- .id . 1 n I've realized the p,. t's And th nk I much , i. I've been upon the tr.i" 1 1 And what I suffer. .1 . .r. I've sat with Edwin In 1 And caught a most ,V- - t p ty I've seen odd change ! Which p'raps 111 gbt p en tlon From dark to bright, fnv 1 It's ruined my arte ul.it skv t t drj ... . - ft 1 r-nrlf. l'V conuie 1 111 111.. ' " ' Give mo the sldewilks of N k I've watched the firmer f. ' 1 s aok. And eaten quantities ,.f p rk I've fllriod and I've pi. -lg 1 my '-a 1. I'm rather sick of su. ! 1 a'" g Pve waltzed until I couldn't st u 1 And I'm extremely uvd t-f d 1 ng My face Is tanned. I'm sue 1 .1 mH I'm frightened to think ivtuc I w gh; Oh, home, sweet home, you're j de'lgl (After I've had my holiday') La lOUCUC oillivui-iv 01 at: Sun. Hl'M.WE PUNISH MENT. (From tho HrattleboiD IU former) When one rends of a case like that inK. 1,1111, .1,1, . lilt, 111 11 1 in 1 li , urki serving a life sentence nt 16 years age and has been in solitary cmflneme' for XI years, the question .arses wheth- capital punisnilieni s noi uuer an 11 more humane penalty ..i-i.i ecrinvs 111.. 4 it ir m-i.nii ir nn n o iiuuu won l no an"ui lies 11111 else In tho world she will about ho many proposals she h is had A nice thing about malar 1 is you o say you havo It when tho tr mbl. w ; you Is too much staying out a'l night II lien 11 tu, ,i, ,rt ,, ,-. a v comforting tn his wife fi know that 1 isn't hurting his health by smokli whllo ho Is there New York Presn, I i