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VERMONT WATCIIMAN & STATL JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1902.
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Vermont tfittntchnuM.
Wednesdny, July 2, 1902.
ARTHUK ROPES, aeneral Edltor.
STATE REGULATION.
Respecting tho trailio iu intoxicnt
ing liquors iind its regulation : All
parties, howevor thoy may diffor in
dctails , by thoir aetion confess thnt
tho tralllo is fundamentnlly difl'oront
from commerco in bread, elothing
oi-kiuerohandiso of relntod cliaracter,
which is unrcstrictod.
Tacitly, if not oponly and in ox
press torms, tho great majority of tho
peoplo of Vormont ropard tho unregu
lated traillo in liquor and its habitual
uso to gratify an nppotite as a moral,
a social and a political ovil, just as
half a contury ago thoy siniilarly ro
garded slavory. Tlio liquor trailio
canuot be treated as on a par with
trade in onions or potatoes, 110 inoro
than could tho buying and selling of
buiuan boings. Tho controvorsy ovor
this tralllc, and tho right of mon to
use liquors witli no grcator rostraint
than is imposod 011 selling or buying
and cating bread, aftor half a con
tury has como again to this peoplo
without tho direct agoncy o" tho ref
erendum. From now on, till its ilnal
settlement, tho crowning issuo boforo
the peoplo of Vormont will bo whcther
the Stato shall contimio its restrictivo
coutrol of this tralllc, or whothor tho
trafflc shall pass into tho hands of
mon whose solo objnct is to mako
ruonoy and to makc all tho money
they can.
On tho part of 0110 class and wo
beliovo it is iii tho largo majority tho
sentimont is that tho unrestrictod
trafflc in spirituous liqnors is a
wrong, a vast moral ovil ; anothor
class does not look upon tho traflic
from tho samo moral point of viow.
Soino in tho hvttor class oponly do
feud tho tralllc, as somo dofcnded tho
iustitution of slavory ; somo iu this
class, recogniziug tho oxistonco of
tho appetite for liquor, boliove, or
profess to boliovo, that tho bettor way
to control is to pormit, to license, its
sale. The issuo is botweon thoso two
views of tho tralllc. Ono would rigid
ly restrict tho trafflc to certain speci
fied uses ; tho othor would opon it up
to general uso, that is to say, per
mit the sale of liquors to feed the ap
petite for drink. Tho formor is the
moral viow of the niattor, the lattor
its demoralizing opposite. Thoso aro
for restrictivo legislation ; theso con
tend that whatevor community wants
liquor has a right to havo it. That may
be trne, if the general sale and uso of
liquors, like bread, isnota wrong. But
if it is a wrong, the dofenders of li
ense and local option havo no right to
say the Stato shall permit, by thoir
payiug for the privilege, auy class of
its citizens to do wrong. This is tho
issue, aud it will contiuuo in this
Stato till it is settled and settled
right. It is the etornal strugglo bo
tween tho two principles of right and
wrong.
The Watchman and Journal is unal
terably opposed to license, high or low,
aud that'delusivo anuox, local option.
The dividing liue betweeu these
schemes and tho freo salo of liquors
is so faint it is almost invisiblo. Nor
does tho existing system flnd favor
with many of the best aud tho more
practical supporters of temporauce.
The existing system is as poworless
for effectivoreformas was tho old dis-
trict school system for efficient educa
tional purposes. Thero is State coutrol
and supervision of cortaiu institutions
and departments of affairs of the
public schools, tho highways, tho sav
ings banks and trust corporations, the
raihvays, the fish aud game interosts,
the publio health, otc, otc. Iu im
portance, moral and matorial, tho
supevisiou aud mauagoment of tlio
liquor trafflc trauscends any of thoso,
if not all combined. Why should not
this trafflc bo brought directly, in all
its details, under Stato control? Why
not do away with tho offlce of couuty
commissionor, the Stato act directly,
buy tho liquors, establish the agoucies
and appoint tho agents, iiispect tlio
business iu all its ramillcations? Tho
system has brokon down in tho de
tails of its admiuistration.. Tho law
in this particular if not in others
is practically and geuorally nullifled.
Here in Montpelier thero is no pro
tenso of observing tlio law in tho ad
miuistration of tho city agonoy. The
city council logislatos on this subject
Instantly relieves sprains, stralns
and brulsus. Tako niAu stitute,
25c. and 50c. bottles.
BUattiaQaci m iimiiiihmii
PERRY DAVIS'
IN
Tussor
All in tnn
T comrnsimg
t tlM Two
NN
Lnrgc nssorttncnt of bcautlful
dcsigns and colors. Good
values at $1.00 peryard; our
special price, pcr yard . . .
Sendi
bcc.mse vve
and local prohibitionists conimond its
usurpatiou of the law making power
of tho Logislaturo. Tho county com
missioner looks 011 with an apathotio
eyo. Ho is of no tuoro account than
a rush iu tho admiuistration of tho
agoncy. And wliat is truo in Mont
pelier is truo, it. is credibly roported,
in othor towns and citios.
The obvious remedy for the exist
ing conditions is tho amendmont,
not tho ropeal, of existing law, not
tho substitntion of licenso aud local
option which are dovices of tho dovil
of freo rum. No control can be com
ploto and entirely elfective, but tho
largost attainablo measuro of control
of the trailio and its effectivo mauago
ment in all its details ought to bo
secured under tho direct admiuistr
ation aud supervision of the Stato
itsolf.
THE KING'S CONDITION.
Tho physicians attending tho
King
of England aro expert in their
pro-
fossion, but thoy cannot witli
wits piorco tho futnre as with
lances they part tho tissues of
their
thoir
royal
ilesh aud reveal tho patient's malady.
They must themolves await the revol
ations of natnre in symptoms that aro
favorablo or aro signs of danger. Nor
mal pulso nnd tomperature would be
grouud for cncouragement, as high
pulso and temperature, or a chill,
wonld bo signals of the fiight of tho
last vestigo of hope.
Tho oporation was for appeudicitis,
as is now declared and explaincd, but
was complicated by conditions that
ordinarily aro fatal. Not only had
pus gathered, but decompositiou had
gono so far that it was necossary to
romovo a section of tho bowol itself
and replaco tho removed part with a
tubo an oporation which, under tho
most favorable physical conditions,
with tho patient 111 the prime of lifo,
would bo attondod with such peril as
almost to forbid the hope of rocovery.
Tho ago and bodily conditions of tho
King do not snpply the first requisitos
of expectation of a favorablo issue of
tho surgeou's work.
Asido from theso primary facts and
considorations aro tho circumstances
that tho late oporation was not in it
self completo, but if the King survivcs
must be followed by anothor serious
oporation for the removal of the tubo
so soou as the patient would bo ablo
to bear it.
While tho operatiou, it is stated,
rovealed oven a worso conditiou than
was auticipatod rogardiug tho parts
involvod, the abscess had not burst.
Theroforo gonoral blood poisoniug had
not begun. But it was ovident that
notliing could bo dono toward promot-
ing a radical -curo by a singlo opora
ion. Tho surgeou, thoreforo, dealt
only with the most oritical phaso of
tho poril. From the usual offectsfol-
lowing any oporation the King has
rallied as well as could bo oxpoctod.
The dangor is of frosh complicatious,
which aro moro than likoly to ariso
at any moment. Against theso sciouco
wonld bo obligod to coufoss itsolf
poworless.
COUNTY OONVENTIONS.
Tho counties aro roporting from day
to day and somo intorosting thingB
aro happoning horo and thero. For
oxamplo, in tho Rutland county con
vontion, Mr. Clemont and Mr. Jones
boing mombors and presont whicli
necessarily moans activo tho Olom
ont high-liconso-looal-option rosolution
was votod down, tho Stato conven
tion rosolntioii on tho liquor question
having boon pnt in as a substituto and
votod up, in spito of tho stronuous
offorts of Mr. Olomout and Mr. Jonos
which was all as it should bo.
A prophot soonis to bo without hon
or iu his own county and thoroin
tho county of Rutland is difforont
from tho city. Au old saying is to tho
offoct that man mado tho oity, but
God mado tho oountry, which may
still bo truo if tho lotter r is oliminat
ed from conntry. Tho rosult in Rut
land county, as well as in others, in-
BARCAINS
SII.-KS
Mcntion
Spccialties Only.
Silks.
grounds with bentitlful strlpes of
coiors, cotton wnrps nnd nll silk
ninng will wasiipcrtcctiy. All -yr,
new goods, Miitnble for Wuists , ffjj
and wholeCostumes. Mndeto pfr i
c.
Printed Foulard SilKs.
c.
For Free Samples.
State color nnd price nnd thoy will bc m.iilt'd to nny
addr ss prnnittlv, withnut rh irijc. Wc .irc known
throuuhout tht co'untrv ns The IIoston Silk Stohk.
makc :i sptcinlty of ilks, buy dirtct from thc
ocii mnnuiiiciurtis in inu wnrm anuscu iu pnccs mat
,)nnot nc duplicntcil. wcsnveyouwicjoDDcrsnnd rc
t.dlcrs proflt nnd jjlvcyou the vcryncwcst silks incnd.
lcss varkty nf dcsigns. Onr mnll ordcr buslncSsis
1 normous. Wcstnd sllkstocvcryStnte inthc Union.
No tnnttcr whcre yon livc wc ntu surc we cnn ollcr
you induccmcnls in silks th.it you can't cqual.
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"Our Mail OrJir lliillilin," matteJ to
any aJJres vjilhout cwr?e. AtUiress,
SHEPARD, NORWELL CO.
l)lt. It, llostou, lilnss.
spires faith; in tho hand of an ovorrul
ing Providencc.
Of twenty-two Senators thus i'ar
nominatcd, flftoon, iiicluding Frank
lin connty's two, aro instrnctod to
voto for the roolection of W. P, Dill
inghain to tho Sonato of tho Unitcd
States, and it is a roasonablo assump
tion that tho rcmaining soven will
voto and desiro so to voto without
instruction. In a fcw counties which
will nominato tlio remaining oight
Senators thero is tho prospect of a
Senato practically unanimous for jtfr.
Dillingliam.
Nor is licenso recoiving any fur
ther sanction in any county couven
tion than was given it in tho Stato
platform. On tho contrary, in tho con
ventions in which licenso has been
proposod as the oxpression of tho prof
erenco of tho delegates, license has
been voted down.
THE KESULT IN OREGON AND
VERMONT.
It is thc off year in American 61ec
tions aud vagarios in results may be
expected in this State or that. Tho
Democrats havo beon folicitating
thomselves on tho circumstance that
in its late eloction Oregon choso tho
Domocratic caudidato for tho govor
norshii). As a matter of fact, how
evor, the result in that June Stato
was an almost unprecedented victory
for tho mitional Ropublican admiuis
tration. Tho Republican Ropresonta
tives in Congross were chosen by a
majority which it is believed will bo
ovor flfteen thonsand, and both bran
ches of tho Logislaturo aro two-thirds
Ropublican. Theso facts of tho eloction
wero tho trne tests of tho approval of
Republican policy tho voto by which
a Democrat was elected Governor was
mainly a consequenco of differences in
tho party locally and was 110 test at all
of tho abiding ropublicanisin of tho
State.
Tho duty that will be pressiug with
tho Republicans of Vermont from now
till tho first Tuesday in Septombor
will be to insure Genoral McOnllough
tho majority that will express tho
party's unquestioned faith in tho
admiuistration at Washington, as set
forth in the resolutions of tho State
convention, and leave local issues
and tho ono domiuating local issuo
whero tho convention, witli tho assont
and approval of all factions, placod it
with tho Logislaturo. Whethor Olem
eut mon, or Proctor mon, or McOul
lougb meu, we are all Ropublicans in
our dovotion to tho national party
and its policies. We havo agreed to
submit local differences to tlio ono
body which is compotent to dcal with
them -tho Legislature. Thore thoy
should rest. Thoy should not bo in
truded into tho canvass for State ofli-
cors.
HATH ITS COMPENSATIONS.
Tho press of tho cbuntry flred a na
tional saluto of approval and pnt in
a doublo chargo of powder ovor tho
lato promotion of Captain Olark of tho
Orogon to tho rank of rear admirnl.
Two admirals from Vormont, in ono
short war, is a fair harvest of glory
and houor from tho seas for a Stato
without a milo of soacoast.
Aftor all, tho long dolay in tho gov-
ornment's oilloial recognition of-Cap-tain
Olark's great sorvicos in tho lato
war with Spainhas its componsations.
Tho importanoe, tho horoio naturo and
brilliant quality of his sorvicos, havo
beon brought out in a strongor nnd
cloaror liglit, in substanco and in do
tail, tho work of tho Orogon undor
its great mastor's command is farbot
tor and moro widoly undoretood, than
could havo boon tho caso if rlghtfnl
promotion had not boon so long block
ed in tlio navy dopartmont.
Not only this, but in tho trying in
torim from tho Orogon's quartor- dock
to final promotion, Captain Olark has
proved tho Soripturo truo: "Hothat
ruloth his spirit is bottor than ho that
takoth a oity." Tho man's iuflnito
'modosty, his moral groatnpss, havo
boon rovealed and shino conspiouously
In tlio moral darknoss that oloscd in
around somo of tho ovonts and actors
of tho lato war. Captain Olark's os
outohoou is without a blot. In peaco
ho has boon oven grcator than in war.
It is somotlines casy to bo a horo in
tho stross and iucitcinont of tho llglit.
Tho hero's roal trial comes whon tho
din and shock of battlo aro past. Ad
miral Olark hath gloriously sustainod
this supvcnio tcst.
THE KIND OF LAW.
It is not too much to sav tliat 110
thoughtful Verniontor will voto for a
now law that givcs promiso oven rc
motoly of plautiug open saloons on
' ovory streot coriior or of in any way
encouraging tlio salo of liquor. Tho
' purposo of tho now law should bo to
recognizo, wlmt tho prohibitory law
now rocognizes, tho right of ovory
citizeh to obtain puro liquor for logi
timato uses, but to romedy tho ovils
now oxisting undor tho proscntlaw by
making it possiblp to obtain suoli liq-
! uor withiu tho Stato of Vormont with-
j ont resort to porjury, fraud, or aiding
and abottiug in tho commission of a
statutory crime. And it tollows,
clearly onough, that tho now law
should only pormit sales of such liq
uor within tho Btato undor sucn re
strictions and rogulations as will best
conduco to public niorals.St. Albans
I Messengor.
But the legislation tho contenipor
ary has boon favoring, and which was
embodied in tho proposod law of 1900,
, supportcd by tho Messengor, would
. "plant opon saloons 011 overy street
' cornor" aud would "oncourago tho
, sqloof liquor", not remotoly but iinmo
diatoly. That was tho understanding
1 of the'rank and filo who wero at that
tinio voting 011 tho sido of licenso at
I tho cauousos and at tho polls for Rop
' rcsontatlves in tho Legislature. That
1 was the understanding of tho voters
who woko tho cchoes of Haymarket
Squaro in this city with howls and
yolls at midnight of last eloction day,
aftor tlio represontativo of licenso had
beoii chosen to the Goneral Assombly.
They "expected freo rum instantly,
without tho intervention of tho law
making body. Such was tho burthon
of their romarks. Such is tho expec
tation of the great body of tho voters
on whom tho liconso and local option
men aro depending for success in sub-
stituting license for restriction as tho
policy of the State in the regulation
of tho liquor trafflc and its use.
The Messougor's change of attitudo
is a somewJiat siguincant and reas
suring sign of the tiines. Tho purposo
it expresses 111 its articlo on who should
framo tho law, suggesting a commis
sion of fifty to tako tho matter 111 Jiand,
seems somowhat liko creating a new
General Assombly to consider tho sub-
ject. As tho Legislature is chosen for
framing as well as enacting tho laws
it would scem that tho representa-
tives of the peoplo ought to tako the
matter directly in hand, or if they
aro not competent to deal directly with
tho subject and a commission is ueces
sary to investigate, consult and for
mulate a law, a very much smallor
body ought to bo ablo to do that work
more oxpeditiously and moro ell'ect-
ively.
BOSTON ARITHMETIC.
We havo read with intorest the edi
torial in the Montpelier (Vt. ) Daily
Journal of May 3, commenting on tho
Hcrald's statement witli regara to tne
promotion of Capt. Cliarles E. (Jlark
of tho United States navy. Tho Jour-
nal's editorial is so absolutoly nicor
rect in its facts as to removo auy idea
of intontional misrepresentation, and
leaves only tlio impressiou that its
author is uuinformed as to the sub
ject matter of which he oiideavors to
treat. Following, brieily, are tho
facts in tho promises :
Thoforegoing is from tho Boston
Herald of May 10. Tho Herald then
dovotes a column toshowing tho Jour
nal how tho frog in tho well whicli
mado two jumps upward and fell back
Fantastic
etories have
been written of
magic mirrors in
which the future
was rovealed. If
such a thinfr were
pos8lble many a bright - faced bride
would shrink from tha revelntion of her
self, stripped of all her loveliness. If
there is one thing which would make a
woman 6hrink from niarrlage it ie to see
the ropid physical deterioration which
comes to so many wivea. The cause ia
generally due to womanly diseasea.
Lost health and lost comellness are
restored by the use of Dr. Pierce's Fn
vorite Prescription. It cures irregular
ity and driea weakening drains. It
heals inflammation aud ulceratlon, and
cures female weaknesa.
It U with the greatest pleasutc that I tell
you what Dr. rierce's rovortte Prescription and
'Golden Medlcal DIcovery ' have done for me,"
writea Mrn. Kinraa L. Danfcea, of 1953 North 7th
Street, Harrisburg, I'a. "They have done me a
world of good. I liad fetnnle wealcness for bt
years; sometlmes would feel so badly I did not
know what to do, biit I found relicf at last,
thanka to Dr. Ilerco for hb kind ndyice. I have
thU medlclne ttlll tn my house onU will olways
kcep it."
If you are led to tlia purchasc of
"Pavorite Prescription'' because of its
reraarkable cures of other woinen, do
not accept a substltute which haa none
of these cures to its credit.
Free, Dr. Pierco'8 Common Sense
Medical Adviser, paper covers, is sent
free on receipt of 21 ono-cent stamps
to pay expense of mailing only. Or
for cloth-bound volume send 31 stamps.
Addresa Dr. R. V, Pierce, Duffalo, N. Y,
fl'Tfv
threo was omerging from tho dopths.
Apparontly tho Herald writor who
nndortook tho tnsk of olucldating and
dofending J6hn D. Long's theory of
naval promotion noeds to tako a
courso in primary arithmotio. Tho
Herald doos not dony tho facts tho
Journal presonted rcspecting Captain
Olark's "promotion" by Socrotary
Long, to wit, that throo Manila cap
talns wero flrat pnt ovor tho captain
of tho Orogon, thcn two engincors
woro pnt into tho lino .ahead of him,
setting tho captain; back flvo numbors.
Thorcnftcr he was advanccd six num
bers, making a notrowardof oncnnm
bor for tho now hlstoric cruiso and
for tho dccisivo part ho took in the
battlo olY Santiago do Onba. This was
tho full oxtent of Socrotary Long's
recognition of tlio Oregon command
or's scrvices. If a thief takes flvo
dollars from a man's pocket and ro
stores six, according to tho Herald's
thoory tho victim is olovon dollars
bettor off than boforo tho robbory.
Tho excuso for this roforence to
tho brilliant cipliering of Mr. Long's
Boston statistician is that Presldent
Roosovolt has a difforont wny of mak
ing flgnres talk. "Figgors won't lio"
not, if one leaves them to them
solves. Tho Herald in tho sorvico of
Johnny Long mado figurcs lie. Tho
President hns now advanccd Captain
Clnrk seven numbors, offsetting tlo
early setback by putting tho Manila
captains oVor him and the ongineer
ofllcers ahead of him, whicli mado'
Long's advancomont of six numbers a
barren reward, Long's obstinacy and
tho doterminatlon ot tho bureaucrats
that Captain Clark should not go ovor
them hns been rectiflod and in conse
quenco Captain Clark's long doferved
promotion has como. Thanks to tlio
Presidcnt's senso of justico nnd his
apprciation of the value aud quality
of tho services of tho commander of
tho Oregon, the lattor is at length
a rear admiral.
The conditiou of thiugs in tho navy
department undor Long which blocked
Cnptain Olark's earlior advancement
was thus incisively described by tho
Brooklyn Eagle in its editorial 011 tho
death of Admiral Sampson :
The wholo controvorsy and it is
a bitter one tho wholo scandal for
scandal it was maybo chargeablo to
a bureaucrncy of fnvoritism in tho
navy dopartmont, which controlled
those who should havo crushed it out
and which sowed all tlio seed that
naturally grow to a fruit of fraud, of
folly and of sliame. Tho "captains"
who havo reaped the rewards of their
course, who have dishonored tho f unc
tion of testimony, and who stained
with partiality and prejudice ;tho
escutcheon of the navy, set up Samp
son as thoir leador, but really mado
him their tragic victim.
KING EDWARD.
Tho trutli is ont about tho physical
conditiou of the King of England.
Up almost to tho very liour of the
public annonncement of the fact that
the conditiou of Edward VII was so
critical that tlio only chanco of lifo
lay in a vory'dangorous surgical opor
ation, too long dolayed, thoso im
meditatoly about the sovoroign wero
maintaiuing that the rutnors respect
ing his conditiou were without fonn
dation. So the preparatious for tlio corona
tion wont 011. The shock in London is
appalling. The peoplo aro profoundly
stirrd by the sentiment of loyalty, but
matorial thiugs enter into the grief of
many who havo invested in mighty
preparatious for gain from tlio coro
uation ceremonies aud pagcant,.
It is a somowhat ghastly disclosure
that is coming under the seas from tho
coast of Old Albion.
Folix McGettrick, who is qualifiod
to speak for tho Democratic party of
Vermont if any Democrat is thus ro
ported respecting tho courso of his
party.
Iu my opiiiioii tho Democratic. con
vontion will nominato a full Demo
cratic tickot and enter tho campaigu
oh a Domocratio platform as usual.
Onr party has for twonty years do
manded the ropeal of tho prohibition
law and tlio enaction of a local op
tion high liconso law. Campaigu
aftor campaigu wo havo oxposed tlio
rottenness of tho presont law nnd ar
raigned tho Ropublican party for its
high political and corrupt admiuistra
tion of tho law until thiuking peo
plo soo tho justice of our contentiouf
nnd now that as a result of loug and
horoio work, Mr. Olomont tlnds popu
lar feoling in favor of adopting tho
charges we havo demanded, ho is ap
parontly quito willing to havo our
party dolivered ovor to him in recog
nition of his convorsion to onr viows
on that issuo, whilo ho still rofusos
to agreo with us 011 any othor numor
ous issuos, cqnally important. Such
surrendor would bo cowardly im
becilo politics.
King Alphonso, of Spain, just turn
ed sixtoou and crownod recontly, is
plnnuiug to mako tho tour of Eastoru
capitals or his niama and ministors
aro planning for him to look fir a
brido among tho divino rights peoplo
of tho continont. Tho young King is
frail physically and his guardians
do-iro to braco up his lino by mating
him with a roljust princoss of souud
and hoalthy stook. Thoro aro mnr
ringeablo princessos galoro in ovory
royal lino of Europo, but his godfath
or, tho Popo, is opposod to intonnar
riaKO which mlos out somo of tho
bost candldntos for tho futuro quoon
ship of Spnin. Tho King may flnd somo
Castilian mald having tho required
rank and bill of health, or ho raight
Gr. rvreg-i'atlt Succiissor to W. 15. Ten-ill.
look umong tho Yankeo princessos
somo of whom are not avorse too tak
ing up any old or young thing in
tho way of nobility and would snap
at royalty. But tho divino rights
markot is not oxtremely alluring to
honost girls, particularly in Spain.
i .S
Coiicernlng Admiral Dowey's hitli
ertg unpublished statement respecting
tho surrender of Manila, and tho ar
rangement with tho govornor goneral
of the city that he should not fire ou
tho American lleet, tho ovidont quory
is, Why was not a similar arrango
ment mado with tho army? Why
wero not tho lives of brave American
soldiors, flghting in the opon, advanc
ing through swamps agninst armed
intreuchments, why wero not tho
lives of these men, as well as of the
sailors 011 their armored ships, safo
guarded by a conditiou that the Span
ish troops should not flre a gun?
ORITIOISM EASIER THAN
STRUOTION.
CON-
The local option enthusiasts aro
throwing their hats high and shouting
vory loud. They say that tho adoption
of the reforendum plank by tho Ro
publican Stato convention sounds tho
death knoll of prohibition. They
think tho peoplo will mako short work
of tho prohibition law onco they got
at it. This, howeve, is the eiithusiasni
of untried strongth. Tho licenso cam
paign so far has boen one of attack
aud criticism. The only attempt
worth notioing at constructive legis
lation. of tho license bill of 11)00,
proved a dismal failnre. Confereuce
after conferenco was hold by tho li
conso mumbors of the Legislature and
tho outcome was practically a freo
rum measure. It roquires n much
higher grado of statesmanship to form
ulato a new law than is required to
criticiso aud ridicule an existing law.
Whon the peoplo of Vermont como to
face the problom of changing or mod
ifying the prohibitory law thoy will
demand stronger arguments than
coon music afl'ords.
A reforendum jueaus that the li
cense advocates in tho uext Legisla-
turo will bo called 011 to do a littlo
constructive work. They will have 1
to framo a licenso local option bill to
placo boforo tho peoplo for acceptanco
or rojoction. JNaturally tlioy will want
to launcli a biu whicli meots witli
popular favor, and thero is whero tho
rub will come. Tliere are almost as
many difforont opinions as thero aro
difforont minds. Somo favor a State
liconso law and will voto for local
option under 110 conditions. Somo
want 2,000 liconses, otliors tfi.oou,
others 300 or less. Somo want one
licenso to 2,000 ponlation others ono
to 500. Somo will want tho closest
kind of Sundny aud minor restrictions.
Others, particularly thoso who are to
pay tho licenses, will want just as
loose regulations as it is possble to
secure.
Oh, 110, tho prohibitory law is not
entirely doomed. It is still iufinitoly
preterablo to tne Uloment treo rum
bill of the last Legislature, aud with
a littlo judioious pruning may prove
as good as auytlnng tlio next JjOgisia
ture can suggest. Bellows Falls
Times.
Samplos Froo.
If you wish to test Dr. David Ken-
nedy's Favorite Remedy beforo buy
ing it, send your tull post-omce ad-
dress to the Dr. David Konnedy Cor
poration, Rondout, N. Y. , n'nd men-
tion tlus paper. Wo wiu mall you a
sample bottlo freo, as woll as circu
lars giving full directious for its uso.
Evory reader of tho Journal can do
poiid upon the gonuiueness of this lib-
eral ollor, and all sulterors lroni kid
noy troubles should tako advantage
of it at ouce.
THE COUNTY CQNVENTION.
Tho Ropublican county convontiou
assembled in the Armory Wednesday.
Convontiou weather provailod briuging
out a full body of dolegates aud
ma;iy sprctators. Because of tho
dolay in tho arrival of tho Plainfield
dolegntes, it was noarly 11 a. m. bo
foro Dr. O. F. Camp of Barro, chair
man of tho county coiumittee, called
the convention to order. Rov. L. K
Willmau offorod prayor. Tho morn-
ing hours precediug tho assombliug of
the convontiou woro spont by tho
frioinls of tho candidatos, contosting
for thoir nomiuation, iu ndvauciug
thoir intorests aud urging thoir nom
iuatiou. Quito a number of spectators, iii
cluding a fow ladies, assombled iu
tho gnllories at aii early honr and
woro intorostod obsorvors of tho pro
coedings. Dologations from Cabot,
Marshfiold, Woodbury, Waterbury and
Duxbury arrivod in tho oity on Tuos
day ovoning and politics woro warm
at tho hotols to a lato hour.
O. E. Woodward of this oity wasip
pointcd tomporary chairmau and Aroli
Batcholdor of Plainfield wns oloctod
socrotary.
Tho formnlitios of orgnnization past,
on motion of A. W. Forrin of Mont
polior, tho chair appointod L. O.
Moody, Waterbury, 0. D. Edgorton,
Northfield, nnd O. M. Winch, Barro
city, a committoe on resolution", Tho
'My CHILDREN.
What c i..idron ncod is 0, puro
strongthonlng tonlc, nnd thoro ls
nothlng bo Rood' for thom aa
ULOOJ) WINU, which is pleasant
to tho tasto and pei-fectly safo.
Mrs. Sam Fannlng, 220 Ilnll Stroot,
Fall Rlvcr, Mass.. writos: "I can
r.t nay onough In praiso of your
W,00 AVINL'. I was vory weak
nnd Buffol-ed from foarful back
achcs aftor my last bnby wnn born. I
wna told that M,00J WINIJ wao
Bt.rongthoning,nn(llboughtftbottlo.
It brncodmo up wondorfully, and I
yafl so ploasod with its rcsulta thafc
I bought Bix bottlco, and havo
givon It to my four littlo children.
It koopa thom healthy, und I con
Didor it tho flnost medlclno I ever
hnd In tho honao. I oncloso you a
photograph of my bables, that you
may eeo how hoalthy thoy look."
IS BOIiD DI
nomiuation of Senators boing in ordor
C. S. Williams of Barro proposod
Nolson D. Pholps of that city for one
of tho throo candidatos. Tho nomiu
ation was numo'rously seconded aud
M. Pholps was unanimously chosen a
caudidato. O. H. Dana of Woodbury
proposod R.F . Dronnan of that towu
for second Senator and he was choson
vithout opposition.
J. B. Thompson of Fayston plaood
A. D. Bragg of that town in nomiua
tion for tliird and Mr. Bragg was
unanimously nominnted. Hon. E. W.
Huntley of Duxbury wns nained by
B. R. Demoritt for re-olection as as
sistant judge, and being liberally sec
onded Mr. Huntley was unanimously
uominated.
For the second assistant judgo, 0.
O. Putnnm of Milddlesox uominated
L. Rnusom Wells of that town. W.
E. Bliss of Calais placed Orlando H.
Loonard of that town in nomiuation.
J. M. Fishor of Cabot protested
against having all tho judgos f f om tho
samo part of tho county aud urged
the retum to tho custom of selecting
ono judgo from each sido of the coun
ty. Ho seconded tho uomiimtion of
Mr. Leonard. A ballot was takon
and resulted as follows :
Wholo number of votes east, 144;
Leonard, T7 ; Wells, G7 ; and Mr.
Leonard was uominated.
Tho committeo 011 resolutions re
ported tho platform adopted by tho
State convention. They endorsed the
ourso of Senator W. P. Dillingliam
in Congress and instructed the county
Senators to voto and work for his ro
olection in tho next Logislaturo. The
Senators wero also requested to sup
port the refereudum.
Hon. Hiram Carleton of this city
was uuauimuoslylnomiuated for judgo
of probate.
Oliairmau Woodward left tho chair
to nominato Fred B. Thomas of this
city for tho olllco of Stato's attorney,
Aftor boing seconded generally, tho
nomiuation was unanimously made.
Then came the threo cornered fight
for the offlce of sheriff. Eli Holden
of Barre uominated Wilbur F.Shepard
of that city ; W. G. Nvo nominated
A. O. Templeton of East Montpelier ;
L. 0. Moody uominated Charles C.
Graves of Waterbury for ro-election,
and his nomiuatioii was so largely sec
onded it amounted practically to au
informal'jVote. Shepnrd wns seconded
by Montpelier and Barro town, Tem
pleton by tho Calais delegation. The
ballot resuitoa as touows :
Wholo numbor of votos east, 145 ;
nocessary for a choice, 73 ; Gravos,
80; Shepard, 34; Templeton, 2G. And
Mr. Graves was declared uominated.
J. A. ChapiuJofjMiddlesox uominat
ed John Wilson ot Worcester for high
bailiff but Mr. Wilson decliiied, stat
ing that if the Worcester delegation
wauted anything it could ask for it
self. B. B. Martin of Marshfield,
the presont incumbent, was unani
mouusly ro-uomiuated. He said that
during tho two years ho had hold tho
offlco he had learned to mako a good
nooso and all ho regretted was that
his duty did not apply to all of the
county ofllcers as well as tho sheriff,
as he could haug the wholo busitess.
For county commissioner Daniel
Worcester of Roxbury, the prosons in
cumbent, was nominated by GeoreQ
B. Hall of Roxbury.
Hon. William Chapin of Middlesex, an
alternate in the delegation, seconded the
the nomination of Judge Edgerton. Mr
Chapin scored Commissioner Worcester.
In reply to Mr. Hall's question, "Where
Art Thou, Daniel?" he answe'ed he
hoped Daniel was in the lion's den.
Middlesex had been devastated by flood
and its roads swept away, but theinfernal
liquor agency there was still in blast.
The damage by flood could be repaired
but the loss to humanity by this agency
could not be recovered. Mr. Worcester
was as fit a man for the office of county
commissioner as the old-fashoned hell
was for cold storage. Mr. Cliapin's re
marks brought down the houw.
S. B. Blodgett of Cabot, also criti
cised Mr. Worcester and teconded the
nomination of Judge Edgertcn. Mr. Blodg
ett said the agencies were not properly
restricted. Young men from his town
come to Montpelier and get filled up,
bringing bottles of liquor from the agency
Mr. Worcester sat in the rear of the
hall placidly smoking his pipe during his
"calling down."
The Barre and Montpelier delegatious
seconded Mr. Worcesttr's nomination.
The result of the ballot for county
commissioners follows:
Whole number of votes east, 146
Edgerton, 05
Worcester, 61
And Mr. Edgerton leceived the nomina-
lon.
The county cominittees elected were the
following: Kred Perrin, Plainfield, J. H.
Winch, Northfield; F. M.Corry, Mont
pelier; Ralph W. Putnam, Middlesex;
C. H. Haines, Waterbury; C. F. Camp,
B.irre; Fred L. Hathaway, Moretown
This closed the business of the conven
tion, and it adjourned after being in ses
ion only an hour and a half.
For tho Chiidren.
Children Biiffer fmm colio nnd
ecrlous fi.rms of indn cstion during
tho hot months, becuubo thoy ovor
load tho Btomnch with improper
food Thoro is no remedy whioh ia
so quiek Im relloving colio paina
ns DLOOI) WISE. It ia porf octly safo
for children; has n pleasant tasto;
thoy aro onger to tako it. For eulo by
G.E.Megrath, Suc's'r to W.E.Terr 11.
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