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VOL. LTI.
Worespecifully tnform nll thoio In nend of Orercoats that owlngto thojvsry mlld wcathcr
whlcli Btlllconilnuei.thit notwtthstandlng the iuantltles whlch wo liavo already, we flnd '
ourselres very hcavily stockcd wlth
OVEECOAT!
ln all of tho diffcri'nc grades. and In consldcra ion of tbe fact that tho copartncrshlp xlt
Iiir bi-iwren CoIb & Kutt will be clowd as soon as tlie ttores ln thc Opera IIou3e B'ock aic
c juipletcd, therefciro we liavo deoided to make unhenrd of
In order to convcrt our lnrco stock Into casli. Wo nr also cuttlng prlces ln Sults. Ilata
Cap'jand KtirnUliliiiri. and are eiviiic jou an opportiinitv to stock up jour wardri.bcs at
priccsthat uannot bc malched ln city or couniry. Wo nrc detorinincd to make grcat reduc
tlons In all lmca within the ncxt thlrtv daye, reganlless of con, All salej will be
!pol Gash, and no Credit Allowed !
Wc aro suro our low pric.!! will make you all satlsfledjind linppy. Itcspectfully,
C0LE&
ONE PRICE OLOTHIERS,
Busincss jDivcctory.
C. H. MASON.
I A TTORNEY .VT LAW.
1x1. Adams' Uloek. llennlng'nn. Vt.
82
r 11. DAKLIMi.
A rrORN'EY ATI.AW.
Cfle i.v.t tuikt National bank,
iiti Bennington, vt,
Dit M UY PARriilDUE.
O
FFR'EAT RESIDENCE,
51UJ No.412 llain st.. 'lennlncton, vt.
COVI.! COALJ COAL!
lr 1ME AND (JEMENT
llj AT WJIOLLSALK AND RETAIL.
tJepotst., J. n.LORINU & CO., Bennington.
U. A. P1ERCE,
IjJOOKSELLElt, I'RINTER, STATIONER
lO AND BLANK 1100K 1AKE11,
Uanner Building,) North at. cmuugton.
JAMKS B. MEACIIAM.
TTOBN'EY AND
rnUNSELOU AT LAW. 18
Offlce in Fark Block, Room No. 4.
SHELDON & CUSIIMAN.
ttorneys and Counsellars at Law, and Sollcl -L
tors in Chancery. No. 307 Uain Street.
Bennington. Vt. 19tf-82
w u.sneiuon, u. t. uusumnn.
BATCHELDER & BATES.
TTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
nnd SollcitorB ln Chancery.
lilice over Flrst National Bank. Bennington. S6tf
I . K. BATCHELDER, E. h. BATES.
DK. B. C. JENNEY, Dentist.
JUCCESSOR TO DR. J. N. SCUANTON.)
I nrenared to neriorm all onerauons ln Dent-
try in a morougn anu TorxmaiuiKe manner. i-cr-
ict sausiacuon guarantcea in an cases suomntca
his care, sad at reasonable prlces. uas or
ner aununistcrea or extracung icua wucn re-
xea. umco opposlte uonereeauonai unurcn
laln st., Bennlneton.
hLLIAM E. MASON, LAWRENCE II. ENNIS.
11UU1. L UATi-B.
AW OFFICES OF
MASON, ENNIS & BATES.
ooma37. 33.39 & 40 Unitv liulldlnir. 79 Dear-
rn Street, Cliicago, 111.
iinvesimenis a Bpeciauy . L.oans of any amount
pced upon Chlcago real estate at 7 per cent:
hall loana at S Der cent Der annum. A nharAnf
lur business ln both departmecta sollclted. 10
SNNINGTON CO. SAVINGS BANK.
Aht Bennington County SaylngB Bank at Ue
. Bennlnirton County National Bank. 1s onen
lly fer the transactlon of bnalnesi from 10 o'clock
m. to 4 o-ctocK p. m., BunJaya and Uolldays ez
bted. Interett to deposlton strlctly in accordance with
tiaws oi tue oiaie oi v ermont. money de
Ited anytlme af ter the flrst day of each month
wa lnterest from the flrst dar of the nezt anc-
Idlng month, lnterest compnted Jannary
I and Jaly lat. and if not withdrawn willbe idrirri
Iprindpal, and lnterest thereafter will accrne
m n.
Loans sollctted UDon real eRtate and nnrinnhfod
lional secnrities.
B. VALENTINE, Preildent,
I. E. GIUSoN, VIco Presldcnt,
C. H DEWEV, Treainrer,
G. W. 'IARUAN. Secretarr.
iBDtTEia A B. Valenllne. il. W. Harman.
laScott. J. T. Shurtleff, I E. Glbson J. R.
Ison John uobinson.
Z. CUTLER, Dontist,
Snccessor to Or. S. B. Fike.
Il operatlons performed In the most thoroogh
carciui manner, ana at reasonauie prlces,
ilra will be o glre eiliro satlsfactlon to all
a submltted to my care.
as and Etber admlnlstered for eztractlng
b nlthout aln, when desired.
co Opposlte Free Llbrary Hall, Bennington,
tf Vermont.
LTincr so.d my dental Dractlce to Dr.A.Z.Cnr.
lagentlemanof ezperfcnce and abillty, I be-
bijc lor nim me same iioerai paironage tnat HM
i accoraea me me pan eignicen ycars.
00
IAILWAY AND STEAMBOAT.
TICKETS !
Tickcta to all polntsln tbeUnlled HtatcdJ
and Canada at lowcft prlces Flye hun-
Ured lines authorltallyelr rcnrespnted.
Irlth a cholce of five thousand routes;4
i.aggage cnecicea inrougn io uesunation;
lound trip tickets with six inonlh's Ilmltc
tt reaucea rates; aiiciasses; an routes.
' or ume inoies, maps, cic, appiyio
P, G. BOND, Ticket Agent,
b. & R. and U S. IWlwars.
liKNN I NUTON, VT.
house, sicsyi.
AND
tRIAGE PAINTING.
Intlng, Olazlng, Alabastlnlng.vKalsomlsIrig.
ig, clc. oiga ana vamage rainung DT,
leia.Fhilllps.
CUARLES II. BURNIIAM Vt
UO Union Stnet, Bennington,
URT,
BENNINGTON, VT,
THE BANNER.
BENNINGTON:
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1S92.
Hntured at the lliiningtoii l.O.atpcond.claS
mntr by O. A. PIEUCE, I'ublMier.l
Tf""a. S1.5npcryt.ar,stiictly ln nclvanco
t Tlio ProRidont is sorely besct indeod.
1'lic dcath of Mra. Ilitrrisoii is now fol
Iowcd Uy that of licr vcncrablo f.itlior,
)vho for lonr yeaiu lmd beun ii bclovcd
liiuinber of thn doinestio circle. The
liuart of tlio country gocs out to tlio
Rtricken family of our Cliief Exccutivo
m this sccond allliotion.
Tho condition of Jay Gotild's liealtli
lias bccomo suddenly rtl.irminrr. Atl.15
this moriiiiii? a Nnw Yfiib- ilicnnfM. oi.i
tliat ilr. Gould bccamo unconscious at
niKlniLriit aml at 1 o'clock lio romained
in a cdmatoso condition. Ho lias hcm
orrliago of tho stomach, and is very
mucn reuucca mstrcngtii,
Tlin Ivnifrllts nf l.nlini. nv nli.nn.l., l.
n ' ...w iiiiv,!.... uu
ginnmfc to gct tlieir oves open. In tlicir
in tho form of a rcsolution the plan prc-
tion of lmniiRration. Tlio ICniRhta very
suuaiuiy piaceu on rccoru tlicir opposi
tion to tho Dcmocratic proposition to
nhnlinli flin fnv nn Stntn l.it.1. .....1
'-" w. U HllU ll. 11 IV INIUVQ U11U
declared in favor of honest money to bo
ibsuuu uy nio ii;monai povernment only.
Aboilt lfiOfl tlin n-rp-lt-. mnlnrifir nf ll.n
laborcrs of this country will bo tunibling
uuun umur io voie tuo iiepuuiican
l.ty u.iuk iuuj powcr.
Deunis Wolch of Franklin Falls.N. II.,
known to somo of tho employcs of tho
BenniuKton Knittinr; Jlills, writes
to tho Free Preas underdatoof Nov. 2Ut,
as follovfs: "I rotice in a rccent issuo of
your paper thac tho Lonsdalo company
of Providcnce, II. 1., had notilied their
employes of an incrcaso in wages. Tho
Knittinr? company of this town cut tho
wages of tho femalo help from eight
cent3 to three ccnts per dozen on stock
ings. Tho Knitting Macliino company of
Franklin had orders for 150 machines
and tho order was cancelled on Thursday.
The company that runs the Hosiery Mill
whoro the cut dovrn occurred laat week
is a Democratic compauy. The writer
hopes tho workman will get all the Freo
Trado that thoy want."
Wo havo ofton romarked upon the im
proved prospccts of that ezcellcnt raili
tary and classlcal institution, tho Nor
wich University at Northfleld. Tko late
Leuislaturo increased the numbor of
Stato scholarships, and aa far as the
quota for this country is concerned thoy
will be in immediate demand. A mem-
hfir tfillff Uft t.lint. ntiA nf flift ftnABf- ...
- " " " . ...u UUUQ, QIOHU)
attho Capitol during tho session or
uuiiuu me iuiu ui j.iovorauer wnen liity
two ofllccrs and members of N. U. gave
nn ATliihitinn i-lrlll An tlm rrrrtnna r i.
Capitol bofore 5000 peoplo. Tho nows-
n iv;,un.wi ni..ouu.isionsaia: i ney
wero undor command of Lieut. Kimbaii
of tho 5th Unitcd Statcs infantry, pro
fcssor of tactics, and wero roviowed by
Gov. Fuller, Lieut-Governor Stranahan,
tho staff and tho railitarv committecs of
the IIouso and Senato.'tho Montpelier
military band furnishinir mu-ic. After
the roviow came tho battalion dnll, fol
lowed by the strcot riot drill, forming in
a hollow Rquaro and flrinff, then skirmish
drills. Tho boys oxecuted tho tactics
with truo military prccision and crcatcd
a very good improssion. Thoy havo
bcen horo on sirailar occasions during
tho session of tho Lcfjislature, and old
mcmbors say thoy outdid all provious
exhibltlons, whlch was romarkablo con
sidcringtho now men addod to tholr
ranks this auturan.
Tho Hon. Benj. Butterworth of Ohio,
who snoko in Library Hall the ovcning
immcdiatcly prcceding our Septcmber
election, and who was one of the star
spcakors of tho late campaign on the
Itepubllcan sido lately indulged in soma
reflcctions on tho causo of tho lanslido.
On this pointliosaidycstcrday: "I think
a sontimont was provalent that tho tariff
shouldharo beon revised downward in
stead of upward. Then tho workingmen
somehow got tho idea into thoir hcads
that tho incrcaso in tlicir wagcs was not
duo so much to tlio tariff as to' thoir own
efforts. I have como to tho concluslon
that thrce-fourths of tho Itopublican
party aro in favor of a modcrato tariff.
Although dofoatcd thoy will stay on
earth, and four ycars honco thoy will be
just as conspicuous and poworful as in
the past and also bo on hand to carry out
thoir pledgcs. Tho cconomic question
is of tho- highost importanco and it is
paramount now to any othor issuo bofore
tho pooplo. Wo must now watch our
Democratic friands. In tho past thoir
party ha been noted for cfostruetiro
BENNINGTON, VT., FRIDAY, DECIiIjVIBER 2,
rathor than constructivo abilitv. In
stead of buildlnir up thoy havo pullod
uown, anu it wiu uo intoresting t.o oo
sorvo thoir actions."
A Chicago dcspatch says: Diroctor
uen. uavis lias complotett a liat of llrms
of tho Unilcd Statcs that intcnd to mako
exhilnts at tho World's Fair. Tho Ver
mont flrms that havo applicd for spaco in
wiuuii m iuju'usuhi, uiuir gouus aro as
follows: Batclicllcr & Sons Comiiany,
Wallincford: Bowors. B. C. Granito Com
pany, Sfonlpelior; Baldwin llefrigcrator
uompany, Killington; Uarpciitor, Ji. 1'.
Brattleboro; Cuinmings, L. C. Mont
pelier; Estoy Organ Company, Brattle
boro; Fairbanks, E. & T. Company. St,
Jolinsbury; Gravcs, Mrs. J. A. Fair
havon; Gray, A. W. Sons, Middletown
Springs; IIowo Scalo Company Rutland;
Ilarris, V. E. Barnet; Jones & Lamson
Machino Company, Spiingfiold; Leonard,
D. G. & Son, Wilmington; Luitch, W.
B. Ryegate; Post, C. C. Burlington;
Ross, F. A. Ycrgcnncs; Stoam Stono
Outter Company, Rutlaml; Spnuldlng,
A. F. Northllold; Sibloy, E. L. Bonning
ton; Vermont Farm Machino Company,
Bellows Falls; Vermont Marblo Corii
pany Proctor; Vermont Maplo Sugar
Kxcliangc, Brattleboro; Wincholl, J. L.
Fairhavcn: Wells & Richardson Com
pany, Burlington; Wilson, J. A., Chester
Depot.
E. II. Nelioker, Treasurcr ilf tho Unitcd
Statcs, has Hubmitted his annual voport
for thoycar oiided Juno.'JO, 1802. Tho not
oulinary revcnucs of tho goverumenl f.ir
tho lUcal ycar vero $:U4,IK)T,7S4 a de
creaso of S:i7.071,(i(j:5 aa unmpurcd with
tho ycar befoie. Tho not onlinary
cxpcnditurcs wero $315,02.-i,fl.-!0, a de
crcaso of $10,f!-10 834. Tlio surplus
lovcuucs wero thtis cut down from $37,
2;jn,7fi2 to $0,014,433. Iiicluding tho
public dobt tlio total rcceipts for tlio ycar
wero $7:10,401,200 and tlio cxpcnditurcs
9084,010.28!). As comparcd witli 1801
thoro was a saving of upward of $14,000,
000 of intcrcst, out of which a .surpluss
was rcalized,- notwitlisUiidiiig tlio cttt
ting down of rovcnues by legi.slatinn.
Analyzing tho truo condition of the
ticaMuyaiidsottingasido the tiustfunds,
tlio Treasuicr shows that tlicro was a
working balauce of cash and dnposits in
banks amoiinting to $207,110,452 at the
beginiug of tho ycar aud to $105,718,151
at tho cnd. Of tlioformer amount 110,
000,000, and of tho lattcr $114,500,000
wasgold. Thc succcss which has attund
ed tho cfforls of the dopartmcntto main
tain a strong gold vcservo is considercd
R-itisfactory in vicw of tho hcavy dis
bur.sciiit'iits. Tho Rcpublicau party will tuni this
Natiou ovor to tho Democratic party in a
condition of which Ropublicans mny wcll
fcll proud. Our factories aud sliops aro
wni'fn'nff f,ll Ii.im.I.wI. niipnl....:n..n.Kl.
aro all well omployed; thogrcat products
01 uio larms, witn pernaps tlioexcepuon
of wheat, aro bringing good priecs; tho
monoy of tho country is abundant and
good: our banklng system is as good as
any, if not tho best 111 tho world. Tho
Tribunc sinccrely hopes that tho Domo
cratio party will so manago as to maln
taiu all tlicso cxccllcnt conditious.
Thoy claim that thoy know a system of
lcginlation which will make all theso con
ditious bottcr. If thoy will do that, tho
Tribune will bid them "Godspccd."
Thoy havo been telling us for ycars that,
if wo would givo them the mangement
of affairs, thoy would mako lifo of wagc
earncr8 casitr and bettor in this country.
Very well, gentleraeu, you will soon cn
tcr upon tliat mangomont. Sco to it that
your promised result follows. Wo servo
notice on you now that you will do well
if you kcep tho wagcs of Amorican work
men up to the staudard whoro they aro
to day. If you lower it, bowarel You
havo promised tho farmers a bettcr prico
wool, potatocs, beans, onions, hay, butter
and eggs then thoy now get. All righti
Go ahead ! Tho Tribune will bo delight
ed to havo you succeed. Tho preseut
eood priccs of such articles havo been
brought about undcr laws passcd by the
Republican party, which you gentlemen
havo fought from besinning to end. The
pcople havo voted to try your plan. Give
thom a chance to soo what it is. N. Y.
Tribune.
Some of our contcmporarics aro mak
ing a good deal of fun becauso the Lcgis
lature over-rode tho Goyernor's veto in
tho matter of tho Ludlow Savings bank
chartor. This bill provided that the
bank, with a trust company attachmcnt,
could issue lotters of credit. Tho der
ald says that an individual draws monoy
from a bank on a check;abank draws
money on anotjcr bank by draft, and a
bank issuing tho same klnd of a docu
mcnt payable in one of sovoral places
would bo issuing a lettor of credit In
all casos tho bank or individual issuing
would take the cash whon tho paper was
delivered honco tho Governor's idea of
speculativo tendoncies is not well taken,
becauso tho monoy is in tho hands of tho
said ludlow Savimrs Bank. for instanr-.n.
ThoargumenU sustaining tho passago
over tho voto tako this ground. Lct us
scel Tho man who draws his clicck de
posits tho monoy flrst? Yes. Tho bank
draft is drawn against a doposit? Yes.
Tho lcttcr of credit likowise? Yes. Well,
suppose tho Europcan bank whore that
deposit is made falls, what thon? Why
wiu ueposirars monoy is inen nsKcu m
tho same way tho deposlts wero whon the
Maverick bank of Bostonfailod recently,
isn't it? Yos. Well, then how do tho
people of Ludlow know that their monoy
will be in tho safe securltics remiired of
savings banks, or whethor it will bo do
positcd in England, Germany or Franco
10 uraw loiters 01 crcuit against? Tho
Govcrnor was rlcht No s.ivlncs bauk
should be allowed to becomo a bank of
issue, whether of curroncy or comtner
cial paper.
Undor tho new fisli and tramo law tho
annual lncoting was held last week. It
was dccided to havo a banquot this win
ter tho timo and placo to bo decided by
tbe nrcsident. Theso ofllcers wero elcct-
ed for tho ycar ansuing: Ilenry R. Dorr
01 Kutiand, prcsiuent; .Jolin V. Titcomb
of Rutland, secrotary; Jamcs W. Brock
of Montpelier, treasurcr; vico prcsidonts,
S. Colburn of Manchester. C. G. Williams
of Essox Junction, W. W. Mllos of Bar
ton, E. U. bmith of SL Albans, Georgo
W. Wing of Montpelier, Georgo W.IIook
orof Brattleboro; oxccutlvo commltteo,
W. R. Peako of Bristol, C. F. Orvis of
Manchester, Jamcs Ritchie of St Jolins
bury. W. W. Henry of Burlineton. N.
Hobaon of East Brighton, Captain F. J.
Hawloy of Swanton, N. W. Fiske of Islo
La Motte, E. R. Sawyer of Hyde Park,
W. S. Curtis of Grango, L. D. Mlles of
Newport F. D. Proctor of Proctor, A.
W. Ferrin of Montpelier, Waltcr II.
Cbilds of Brattleboro, C. F. Chayman of
Woodstock.
"IiELSUAZZAJVS FEAST."
"Wobb" writes from Washington to
tho Bostnn Jotimal on tho political sltua
tionns follows: "Tho purpose of tho
President-cleot is plain enough. He does
not dcsiro to liavo two such power
ful and vindictivo oprfonouts in tho Sen
ato from his own Stato as Ilill and his
political shadow, Murpliv, will bo suro
to bo. It is uudcrstood horo that Mr.
Whitnoy would bo willing, if not plcasotl,
to como to tho Unitcd Statcs Senato; as
it would bo a forum from which ho could
couduct his political inauipulatlon for
1800, and not to bo altogother lost from
publio viow. But Mr. Whitney does not
caro to cntcr into tho coutcst which has
alroady begun botwcon Tammany and
Mr. Clovohnd upon this subjcct.
"Smiator Hill had como out alrcady
from his retiroinent, and is bcginning to
talk very ficcly of thoso who aro cndoav
oriug to kecp alivo tho atiti-snanpcr
movomont, and who scem to bo comluct
ing Mr. Clcveland's ost-clcctiou cam
paign. Mr. Ilill is known within two
days to havo sneercd at tlio tho ruporta
to wliich tho an.i-snappers aro giving
uirculatlon as to tlio allcgcd Victoria
Ilotcl cmnpact. Ilr. Ilill'R undurstand
ing of tho Victoria Ilotol diuner is this:
That Clovclaud' declincd personally to
mako any spucillc plcdgos, but thac he
gavo Crokor and Murphy to understand
tliat ho should rccognized tho rcgular
Democraey, and that liu should rccog
nizo Mr. Whitnoy as tho mcdium of
uommuiiication with it. Ono speciflo
plodgo ho did givo, and it has been ro
fcrred to in nouo of the rccent roports of
what took ilaco at this mysterious din
nor. lio did promiso Mr. Crokur that
tho anti-snappers' third ticket raove
incnt should bu- suniH'essed, aud haviiur
mado that promise, within tcn days ho
fuliillcd it.
"Mr. Hill, moreover, spoaks ln sovero
torms of tho Belsliazznr feast which has
bcen thcmostcouspicuousfoaturo of Mr.
Clovcland's public can-or siueo tho elec
tion, tho spcocb which is addressed to
Mr. Villard being tho most striking
uttcrance sinco -Nov. 8th. Ilill belioves
that hostilitics aro suro to brcakout, and
tlioy niight as wcll bo mot now as at any
tlmu. lio spcaku in sarcasiu of tho
cffusivo fawning of rich inen who havo
been idi'ntided with trusls around Clovo
land, aud aaks what kli.d ofanidc.v tho
masscs of tho Democratic partyarogolng
to get of the man whom thoy havo elcct
cd when thoy (.co hiin ontortiiined with
princcly luxuiiunce by a number of inon
whoso Dosscssious asirrecato manv mil-
lions of dolhws, and every 0110 of them is
interchtvd in some of tliuso corporations
and trusts which tlio Doinocratic party
profess to rogaru as uuuuaitiiy growtlis.
Mr. Ilill oxnccts to rcturn to tho Senato,
waving 110 llag of traco, but asa viirilant.
pationt and possibly vindictivo opponent
of ClovclaiHl in that body.
"1110 cnticisms which bcnator Ilill is
mnllmr nnnn tliid nvti.nnnl 1 ntii.if li,i.,.,nf
aro inuorseu uy a grcat many ot tlio
Democratic leadcrs. Somo of tho lattor
havo privately had courago onough to
suggcst that this banquot from llcnry
Villard is to bo comparcd with tho
famous Bclshazzar feast which did so
grcat an injury to tho Republican causo
somo years ngo- Sonator Hill is doter
mined that Ed. 'Slurnhy sliall bo choscn
as his colleague, and lio is advislng hls
frionds to mako rcsistauco in caso tho
Presidcnt-cloct sliall attompt to intorforo
in tho Stato contest. Mr. Hill has al
rcady takcu tho llcld as tho mauagcr of
Mr. Murphy's canvass. Ho is bound
that Murphy sliall bo olectcd, and is in
no agreeablo mood. Ho has been wholly
ignorcd in every ono of tho fcstivitics of
congratulation; there has been no com
raunication tietwecn him and Mr. Clovo
land; hohaslieard that a dozen members
of tho Roforra Club throatencd to resign
if he was invitod to tho dinner which
was tondcred to Mr. Clovclaud, and ho
suspects that Cloveland will so make uso
of tho patronago as to devclop tho
strength of his anti-snapper fricnus, bo
lioving that Cloveland had a perfect un
derstanding with them at tho timo he
askod thom to abaudon thoir local con
test." ON THE WBONO 8IDE.
At a dinner of the Roform Club last
week Presidont Eliot of Harvard Uni
versity said somothlng which is pretty
ccrtain to attract attention, as coraing
from one of tho most dlstinguishea
Democrats of Massachusetts. He touch
ed in tho courso of his address upon the
topic of a restriction of immication.allud
ing to tho Republican attitude in favor of
it in no very complimentary terms, and
added that ho "recalled with satisfaction
tho fact tbnt Fresident-elect Cloveland
had never fora moment lent hlmsolf to
that ungcnorous and inhospltable dolu
sion." It is plcasant to soo so influontial a
Democratic organization declaro itself,
for Prosideut Ellot's utteranccs recoived
tho ontiro concurrcnco of his auditors.
Tho restriction 'of immigra ion is already
a lr.rge pulillc question in this country.
It is bound to become iargcr and mors
urgent as tho ycars go on. It is not im
possible that at no distant dato wo may
seo Stato,! Congross and National clcc
tions binging to a very grcat extent upon
this issue, and it is wcll that we should
know boforehand on what slde of Dr.
Eliot the Rcform Club and tho Demo
cratic party may bo found.
For our own part webave nohcsitatlon
in declaring our flrm bcliof that thoy aro
upon tho wrong sldo of this, as thoy are
upon the wrong sido of noarly every
public question now bcforo tho Amorican
people. But wo aro not at all surprised
to llnd thom th ro. It was not many
weeks ago that wo obsorved that thoso
who took what is known as tho Amori
can sida of this question could mako up
their minds to receivo vory little holn
from tho so-callod "tariff reforraors."
No person can loglcally object to tho free
unrestricted admissionof tlio chcap and
degraded labor of Europe who advocates
tho freoadmission of the products of that
labor. That would involvo too gross and
ludicrous an inconsistcncy. Mr. Eliot
and his fellow-rcformers perccivo tho
forco of this polnt, and align thomselvcg
with those politicians in NewYork and
olsowhero who have stigmatizcd as rank
Knownothingism ercry just and well
consldercd Ropublican cflort to
strongthen our immigratlon laws.
Tho restriction of immagration nn
"ungoncrous and unhospitaolo dclus
ion?" That certiinly is not tho viow
whlch tho great mass of gcn
orous and hospitabl Americans
take of lt Tho issuo is a growing ono.
It cannot bo ignored, cven if our statos
men woro disposed to lgnoro it The
country must look to tho Republican
party to solre the question, as it has
lookcd to it for thosucccssfulsolution of
evory other large publlo question for a
third of a contury. B oston Journal.
1892.
THE GREATEST VALUE
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$15.00
IS THE TALK OF THE CITY.
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THE PEOPLE'S
333, aml ,m mvorStrcct,
13, 13, 17nnd lUt'ourlli Slrcct,
LEG1SLA TIVE CIIAXGES.
In anothor placo wo givo tho fact that
tlio laws af tho lato session aro not to bo
published, cxcopt in book form. In ad
dition to Forbos's summavy ou pago 2,
wo givo bolow somo cxtracts gle.mcd
from vaiious cxchaugcs who had cor
vespondcnts at tho Capital, and with
theso wo supposo our readcrs must bo
contont until tlio books aro issucd Feb.
lst.
NOTES ItnFEIlIIED TO.
A lawsuit will not ncccssarily last more
than a lifutimc,when tho law to expodite
legal proceodings gues into oflect a ro
form inoasuro for wliich we aro indobted
to tho reccnt Lcgislaturo. Tlio act pro
vides for threo torms of tho Supremo
uourc anuuany, at wiucu siiaii uo ncard
cascs from any part of tho Stato. Tho
commoncemeut of cases in Countv
Court is to be mado by llling tho papors
m tno county cierK'8 ouico witlnn twenty-
ono days of tho timo of suinir. Within
fourtoen days thoroaftor tho dofondant
must causo hls appcarauco to bo entorud
wlth tho clerk. If it is an appcal case
from a justice, tho appeal must bo fllod
within tbe tweuty-ono days. Tho case
will then stand far trial at tho naxticrm
of County Court For instance, in a
vjwu.itj WV .11.11 IJ . ivtiu 111 VJJliUlll-
bcr, litigation commencos in Aueust, it
may uo inou in uouniy jourt 111 Septem
bor, and at the Supremo Court in Octo-
ucr. it tno judgcs ueciao it in two
months, tho caso is endcd within five
montlis of tho inception.
Compared with formor Legislaturcsits
rccord is a clcan ono although it was in
session forty-nino days, and the members
received pay for that time, ita work was
rcally dono in loss timo than that taken
by most Legislatures. Taking into ac
count tho adjournments for Columbus
Day and the Novorabor election, the
worklng timo is reduced to forty-throc
days. Evon tho total amount of forty
nino days makes it the shortcst session
sinco 1809, whon the session I.isted only
thirty-flve days.
After a long controversy between tbe
adhersnU of tho town and district sys
tcms of schools tho Legislature passed a
bill providing for the adoption of tbe
town system throughout the Stato. Feat
ures of tbe old law are retalncd in the
prnvislon for countv examiners and the
distribution of public money. The cx
amination and hcensing of teachers aro
to be ccntinued tbe samo as horetofore,
and the county examiners are to bo ap
pointcd by tho Gorernorand State Sup
erintendent of Education. Women cau
voto in school mcetings and in other
moetings relating to school matters.
The cry of retrenchment which was
sounded so often two years ago was not
heard this session aud most of the ap
propriations nsked for were freely graut
ed. Only two were cut down which wora
for public purposes. One of theso was
the appropriation for tho insano asylum.
The original bill called for $125,000.
Tho Sonato shaved this down to $85,000
and when itcarno to thn IIuso it was
parcd down to $55,000 and passed. This
according to a membcr of tho comniittce
on tho insano was just $5,000 mora than
tho committeo oxpectcd to get. Tho
other appropriation that was cut down
was ono of $0,500 to build a brick wall
around the yard of tho IIouso of Corrcc
tion at Rutland. The yard is at prosent
surrounded by a wooden stockaus that
is a dlsgraco to tho Stato and absolutoly
no safeguard against escape. It was pro
poscd to build a substanstlal brick wall
with tho $0,500, but tho IIouso thought
anotber wooden stockado was good
onough and cut tho appropriation down
to $1,000. Ono appropriation which was
killeu outright was of $2,000 to purchase
some land nsar tho roform school at Ver
gennes which the Stato now rents.
Anotber law onactcd by the Lcgislaturo
was ono rolating to tho public hcalth. It
gives tho Stato Board of Health powcr to
appolnt a health officer in eyery town.iii ,
the Stato and also gives health offloerS
powcr to control tho transmisslon of con
tagious discases.
Highcst of all in Lcavening Powcr. Latcst U. S. Gov't Rcport.
ABSOLLTTEUlf PURE
NUMBER 46. -
POPULAR CLOTHIERS,
TROY, Y.
A bill to ostablish a Stato Board of
Pharmacy passed tho Senato but was
killcd iu tho IIouso. lt is tho Bamo law
as is iu forco in other Statcs, but it is
likoly tlio IIouso thought it might intcr
fcro with tho salo of medicino in somo
country stoio and so sat down on it.
Among tho bills that bccamo laws' in
tho last days were those providing foran
encampmont of tho Stato niilitisv at Clii
cago ncxt ycar; providing frcotcxt books
in schools; rolating to fces of town
clerks; tho flsh and gamo bill codifying
the law on tho subject; tliat rul.iting to
tho taxation of telegrapli comp.mrcs
ono of Mr. Martin's good idcas, impos
ing a tax of sixty ccnts per mile of poles
and one lino of wiro and forty conts per
mile for each additional wlre, or iu llcu
tliereof if tho compaiiics prufcr a gross
earnings tax of tlnoe nor centr to nav
constables for condticting frecmen's
mceting; to incorporatd tlio Masonlc
TojnpIo Association: limiting tho term
of iraprisonment in liquor cases to threo
years; relating to ' special prosecutors;
relating to real and personal cstates of
marricd womcn; providing fora rovlsion
of tho laws; oxcmption from poll tax of
ccrtain honorablv dischargcd soldiers;
to prevent fraud in salo of lard; relating
to unknOwn dcposits in savings banks;
relating to exemptions from arrest in ac
tions foundcd on contract; incrcasing
thc salary of tho Inspector of Financo to
$1,000; remitting a part of O'Neil's flne
in a famous liquor case.
Tho State Supcrintcndcnt olect, Mason
S. Stono, was born in Westfield in 1800;
is a graduato of U. V. M. '83; ho has
beon principal of tho acadomiesat Willis
ton, Bolton and Morrisville; eupervisor
in Orleans county undor tho law of 1888;
for tho past two years ho has beon super
intendent of school nt East Harorwu,
Mass., but has retained his roJUenco in
his natlvo town.
The "paying off" is thus doscribed:
Tho per uiom of the members this ycar
of courso amounts to $150 oacb, and
mileago averages about $18 moro. Tho
smalleat mileago is twenty cents for tho
Montpelier raember, and tho largest $44
for tho member from Readsboro. Th
pay of members and of the bulk of offi
uersand employees amounted to $47,
070.40. Witn expenses paid by tho ser-goant-at-arms
tho toUl cost of the forty
nine davs' session will be just about $50,
000. All hands were paid in currcncy, ia
tho old-fashloned, clumsy way, and
Treasurer Field went.to tho First Nation
al bank and put the money into envelopes
in tbe regular pay-envelope fashion. Tho
envelopes were big, white ones, howovcr,
and each was indorsed witli the namo of
tho member, his town and tho amount.
Mr. Field gavo theso envelopes to the
House committeo on mileago and debcnt
urcs, each man taking thoso for his own
county, and they were distributcd araong
the owners immcdiatcly after dinner.
After the money was passed out tho cor
ridors scomed pcrvaded with a plsased
smilo. And then as tho mcmbors got
around to their rcspectiyo temporary
abodes the smile cxtcndcd to hotel and
boardlng houso kcepers. And about to
aay it will rcach tho butcher and tho
bakor and evorybody clso in Montpelier.
Tho sossion is harvcst time horo, direcr
ly,or hidirectly, and tho $50,000 paid by
tho Stato is naid out ovor and over airain.
That is', tho part of it that stays in Mont
pelier is paid out A largo nortion of
tho mombers boaVd for ono dollar a day
or thereabouts and Ate thus ablo to carry
tho greater part of thoir pay home. But
board in hotols costs moro and a consid
erablo number always havo their outgo
for the two months larger than tho ln
como. Th'e now highway law abollshes all
horetofore existlmr laws on tho subicct
and crcatcs a Town Road Commissloner
who shall bo clcctcd nt each annual
March mceting and who shall havo cn
tlro charge of all tho highwavs of the
town outsido incorporatcd cities and vil
lages. The bill also nrovidcs that fivo
pcr cent. more Stato road tax must bo
raised, making a corapulsory tax ot
twenty lnsteau of lllteen ccnts, as .lierc
toforo. .' .
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