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YOL. LXIX.
BRATTLEBORO, FKIDAY, JUNE 27, 1902.
JSTO. 26.
1
AN mTERESTmG STORY.
SEVENTY-FIVE
ESTEY PIANOS
Have just been purchased for use in the
Public Schools of St. Louis. THIRTY-SIX
DIFFERENT PIANOS, including all the
leading makes, were IN COMPETITION.
WHYWAS THE ESTEY SELECTED?
Tho followlng from the report ot tho Supply CommlsBioner
is a most satlsfactory answer to thls question:
"The Audltlng and Supplles Commlttee
report that they have glven much tlme
and careful conslderatlon to the merlts
of the several planos offered, and
recommend that the award for furnlsh
Ing seventy-five planos be glven to the
Estey Plano Co."
Any indlvldual puchaser, by careful comparison and consld
eratlon, wlll llkewlso decldo upon an ESTEY. Wo invlte tho
most crltical examlnatlon of these superb Planos.
ESTEY Organs and Pianos are made in one grade only :
THE HIGHEST.
We do not know how to mako any othcr than tho highest
grade lnstrumonts.
The name "ESTEY" on a plano or organ ls posltlvo assur
anco to the purchaser that he wlll get the greatest possible
value for the amount of money Invested.
Tho prlces are not hlgh the terms are easy.
Estey Organ Company
Brattleboro, Vermont.
II There Isn't II
I There Isn't
A man, woman or child in this
town that cannot be satisfac
torily (to him, her or it) fitted
out right here in my shoe store
and my translation of "satisfac
tory" is
Goods and service so good
and prlces so reasonable
there's no chancefor a kick.
j. e. HAYNES
FACTS WORTH
U. S. Department of
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(Flesh iinil Fnt Totnl Fccdinir
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PURE COTTON SEED MEAL, .... 5-8i :8.oi 68.82 1
COW PEAS, Best of all Grains 20.75 1.44 22.19 9
CORN, 6.83 3.34 10.17 34
COW PEA HAY, Best of all Hay, . . . 16.57 2.90 19.47
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CONSIDERING.
Agriculture Report.
E. CROSBY & COMPANY,
General Agents.
THE
American Fidelity Co.
MONTPELIER, VT.
Wl BOJIS1
Probate Bonds, Town Offlcers,
Banks, &c.
Cacitai. Xioo.nnn no
l U. K Tavi.()u & So.v, llrattloboro.
I J. II. JInimnn:u, Williumavillo
iO. it. Husskix, wilmington..
. K.L.Walkkii, Jlcllows FalN
AGENTS.
THE VERMONT PHOENIX.
All the Newa of Windham County
$1.50 a Year.
HAMLEY.
June 27.
Tomorrow we open more
two-piece Lawn and Percale
dresses at $1.75 and $2.00.
More Kimonos
and Dressing Sacques,
Wrappers,
Lace All-overs,
Black Separate Skirts
Walking Skirts,
Petticoats, Ribbons.
Special Sale of Women's
Cotton Underwear still go
ing on ; also Clearance at
phenomenal prices of our
entire assortment of Wom
en's Tailor-made Suits.
Many customers who have
not expected to buy a suit
this seasonare nowdeciding
that they want one when
they see what $10.00 to
$15.00 will buy in this clear
ance sale.
W. I. HAWLEY.
S. W. EDGETT & CO.
Real Estate Agents
RELIABLE INVESTMENTS.
No. 61 Maln Street, Brattleboro, Vt.
fVml for ciitnlntriic.
Auction Sale!
Monday, June 30, at 2 p. m.
One of the finest rcsidences with about an
acre of land at the end of the electric road
In West Brattleboro.
Thi? nronurtr wn tlttcil nn n fi.- vmn ...
iit 11 coM of iilmut S5000 nnd il the iiwiht
dlHWJ of (I. Hio llOIIH' lllH tuelve MnMied
rfMIM14. rl'lil. flrvt tti.,,1- tl.iltl..ul 1.. ...1.1...
wood nnd hiircl pim-, with lmril wik1 t!(oilii
kitolien 11111I ilinliiK rocim and lnmi mciiu
lmllwiiy. Thc i-wniicl tlimr has tli nxiini imil
tlm tlilnl tl.Mic ..... r....- 11. .1.. ...t...
. . . . n. 111 iikiii willilimK,
'."' ...... pvivi 11.- 1111111 1111 iiiiim iil iinii.
A new liirniKo was iut in a fvvr inn iivo.
........ ..i. ..r. i.i.' uiin- 111M1V-. mitii nHiiii;
lllHMIt i. fi-rt of plnzzln: lKith ucll 11111I niniiinif
f.-ilti.r .i.til 1 r..i. I . ... . .
...... .... 11 ,,, m-i., niii, UIIIIIIl.'Mlillie
tiws niake it an iiltrut'tivti plnif.
The Property is Valuable
Flit Ad 11 lt-siilriui.
."woncl Ab iiii ImiKtnifiit, ns it ini'iicyto
miikii It into twii ti'ni'ini'iit".
Tlilnl .U 11 nunll hdiel. flio only liolol
l.Mc'lnisi') in t Hr.ittlulHirn Ivlntr liiiincl u
I'W clllJK IllfO.
C. 1'. (JIIOX, Aiu tlniuiT.
S. W. EDGETT & CO., Agts.
TKItMS Ono-lmlf iir inoiK ol iiiiiliasi' iirttt
11111 ruinaln on uiortKiiKe.
Caro of Estates a speclnlty.
Rents collected.
(Mcution tlila papur.)
SOMETHING NEW
for POTATOES.
BOXAL, liuU'itl, ncvonipllstii' threo
tliiiiBsat ono ojicintloii it kills tlic po
tuto biit?s, cliccksblinlit or rnt, ancl pitv.
vcntni'ot. lly usiiiK Iloxal jou imt only
klll tlio biwii, bnt pivpaio tlm tiics In ad
vance to witln-tnnd tlie niddcii nttni'k of
bllglit imd rust, thus imTfifiliiB tlio pro
dnctivo powerof tho I'rop by proloniflnii
tlio nniwlntf fcasiin,
Boxal stlcks to the vlncs throuRhout tho
summer. and is not matcrlally wnshod
ort by ralns. Uence one appllcntlon of
Dowkor's Hoxal will rcmaln oftcctlvo for
many weeks. For salo by
MELLEN &. PROCTOR,
Brattleboro, Vt.
Get your
SCYTHES, stones, snaths,
RAKES, FORKS, ETC,
Where you can get the raost for your money
Bug Death and Parls Green.
Fly Klller for Cattle and Spray
ers. 1
Porcons, Luwn Slowcre, ltubbor IIomj.
Whlto Lcail, I'alnts, Oil,
Vnrnlau and Shellac.
No. I Goods at Low Prices.
DON A. WILDER.
Telephono SM. to Klllot St.
IOST- Iloston bnll tcrrlcr. inoiiKicolor, eiu-s
Jollpixttl, Ioiik lall.answi'rs tonainoof Kpnrt.
Kuwunl piildif retiirnvil to(l. M. llOI.IlltOOlv.
Amcn 11111, or HH.NUV It. IlltOAVN, llruttlo
boro, 171HTUAY Konnd on my picmirca 011 May 2,
UMi! Uiive lieifoiii iiboiit two yeaiu old.
Uno llulit ixmI wltli somowhltoi whltonpnt in
fut-o; onodark icd with brown lii'iul imd lcgs;
ono dark icd with soino whlto epots, whito
spot in l'uio, short lioi-ns. Tlio ownvr is ic
qucstod to provo property. puy tlio oxiienses
iuul tnko thcm iiwuy. JOIJI, QUOUT, New.
tuno, Vt.. Jmioa), iwJL.'.
BltATTLEBOnO,
FIIIDAY, JUNE 27, 1902.
ONE DAY EARLIER.
The Phcenlx Wlll Be Publlshed Thurs.
day Next Week.
Frlday of next week belng the
Fourth of July, and a public holN
day, The Phosnlx wlll be prlnted
on Thursday, one day earller than
usual. Advertlsers, corrcspond
ents and others are rcquested to
take note of thls and see that all
matter Intended for use In The
Phcenlx Is In hand one full day
earller than usual.
Was lt worth the prlce, Gen. McCul
lough? "God save tho KIiib" has a real
meanliiR now.
It Is belleved In Washington that
reclprocity with Cnba wlll fall at thls
scsslon of CoiiKrcss. Thc Presldcnt
mny negotlato a treaty with Cuba
and thcn call for lts ratldcatlon, but
such a plan would also probably mls
carry, as a two-thlrds vote In lts favor
would be nccessary to conflrm actlon
by the Presldcnt ln tUls dlrectlon.
Tho plank ln the Rcpubllcan plat
form whlch calls for the enactment of
a law regulatlng prlmarles or caucus
es Is timely, and meots a sttuatlon
whlch has devcloped durlng the recent
canvass. But tho leglslaturc ought
not to stop with thc passagc of a
caucus law. It ought to cover the
wholo ground, not only of the prlm
arles, but of tho electlons. Tho law
ought to compel every man who be
comes a candldate for nny state olllce,
or for electlon to Congress, to flle
a sworn statement showlng what mon
ey ho has spent and for what it was
spent to secure bls nomlnatlon and
electlon. It nceds no argumcnt to
prove that uuch a law Is called for.
The fact is apparcnt to everybody who
has lived In Vermont during tho last
thrce months.
We supposc thcro is no doubt that
any man who accepts an election to
thc leglslature thls fall, cither to the
Senatc or to the Kouse, wlll do so with
tho understandltig, unless otherwleo
plalnly stated, that he accepts and will
support the plank ln tho Itepublican
platform Whlch declaros In favor of
"asccrtalnlng thc wlll of thc peoplo
by dlrect vote upon the acceptance or
rojectlon of a Hcense and local op
tion law regulatlng the sale of lntoxl
cating liquors." Tho purpose of tho
leglslature of 1902 ought to bo to cnact
the most ca'refiilly drawn and re
strlctive llccnso and local optlon law
that can bo devised, to bo submitted
to tho populnr vote. Toward the en
actment of such a law men of pro
nounced prohlbltlon princlples mny
lend, and, If mombers of the leglsla
ture, they ought to lend, thelr hearty
support without sacriflcing any per
sonal princlple or convictlon.
We have spoken of the need of an
olcctions law. The purpose of such
a law would be to' prevent the cor
rupt use of money to secure votes.
But Just thlnk what iuteresting read
ing the statements of the candldatcs
would mnke under such n law were
they to "cut themselves looso" as has
been done In the recent canvass. In
tlmations woro rife at tho tlme of Dr.
Webb's wlthdrawal that he pulled out
because he did not like the way his
leg was being pulled. We suspect
P. W. Clement knows to n Uollar what
his parlor-car servlco has cost, and
that ho would havo little hesltatioti
about telllng. If Fletcher Proctor
has spent any money that he Is
ashamed to tell of, we havo mlstaken
the man. And as to Gen. McCullough,
with his warm phllanthropic propen
sities, so strongly vouchcd for in tho
convention of course, he would have
no hositntion, except from a feellng
of personal modesty, about havlng the
amount and detalls of his "flnancial
ald" to the voters of Vermont known!
Is there really any good reason why
the three candldates should not make
up thelr statements and lct thelr con'
stltuents seo just what has been dono
for tbem? Wo venturo to say that
the publlcation would not cost thcm
a cent not whllo spaco held out In
tho newspapers.
Crosby Was Rlght.
Woodstock Standard.
Tho level-headed young Crosby, of
urattieboro, was a red-hot and ag
gresslvo Clement man as long as Clem-
ent's issuo was paramount in tho con
vention; but when Cloment men at-
tempted to mako Clement's personallty
tho paramount Issue. Crosbv was slm-
ply a loyal hlgh-llcenso local-option
Itepublican, and from that tlmo on
Crosby was tho conventlon's favorlto.
Ho was rlght; and tho malority of Ko
publlcan votors of Vermont can bo
trusted to be equally rlght.
Thank You.
St. Albans Messenger.
The most compact and yet compro-
nonsivo and reauaulo general nows
story of tho essentlal fcatures of tho
Tlopubllcan stato convention wa3
prlnted by Tho Brattleboro Phoenlx,
Mr. Proctor'a Wlthdrawal.
Tho occaslon ought not to bo nl
Iowed to pass without maklng public
recognltlon of tho fnct that tho actlon
of Fletcher I). Proctor and his Intl
mato nssoclates and supporters In tho
Hepubllcnu convention was marked,
not only by wlso polltlcal expcdlency,
but by consclcntlous and unsclflsh
fldellty to tho Interests of tho Itepub
lican party. Thore had been no pre
nrrangement as to tho tlme of Mr.
Proctor's wlthdrawal, and when, aftcr
the sccond ballot, Mr. Partrldgo with
drew his name and scconded Gen. Mc
CuIIough's nomlnatlon, ho dld so, nct
ing on the impulsc of the occaslon,
and bqlloving that the opportunc
momcnt had como for such actlon.
Had Mr. Proctor or his frlends allowed
a feellng of porSonal resentment to
govern thcm they could never have
taken thls nctlon after the bittcr and
wanton personal attncks mado by the
McCullough management durlng the
closlng weeks of tho canvass. By
Inslstlng on holdlng thelr forces intact
the Proctor men mlght probably have
prolonged the contest through several
addltlonal ballots, or tho convention
mlght havo been thrown into a turmotl
of wrangle aml bltter contest. But
Mr. Clement had galned his essentlal
polnt In securlng the license and local
optlon plank, and Mr. Proctor's frlends,
castlng all personal feellng aslde, be
lleved it to be for the cood of the
party, and in accordauce with the
wishes of tho majorlty of the Proctor
delegates, that Gen. McCullough
should have tho nomlnatlon; and
hence Mr. Partrldge's declslve actlon
was taken; and taken, as lt proved,
at exactly thc rlght and crltical tlme.
It Is needless to say, under the clr
cumstances, that thls actlon was not
governed or suggcsted by any arrange
ment or undcrstandlng whatever with
the McCullough raanagers.
That Wilmington Caucus.
The Wilmington Times devoted lts
maln cditorial effort last week to de
fendlng tho methods practlced by the
McCullough supporters at the recent
caucus held In Wilmington. The
Times says, "It is now up to The
PhoBni."to prove that tho ftgures were
wrong and claim the $100 reward of
fered or admit that the circular was
correct and mako due apologics to
Gen. McCullough's frlends In Wilming
ton, whom It charged with circulating
Hes for the purpose of Influenclng
votes." Thc Phcenlx has not sald
lie In reference to the Wilmington
caucus, but as our contemporary has
seen flt to lntroduce thls word we
trust we may be pardoned In quoting
tho llnes whlch run something llko
thls
A lie that ls nll a lie may bc met and
foiiRlit outrlght.
Hut a He that is lialf a Ho ls anothcr
matter to fisht.
The Times clalms the flgures were
correct. The Phmnlx has not sald
they were lncorrect. It sald the cir
cular gave McCullough 20 delegates
more than any mornlng or afternoon
paper accreditcd to him on tho date
of the clrcular's publjcatlon. The Mc
Cullough men In Wilmington explaln
thls by saying that the additlonal 20
delegates were those chosen for Mc
Cullough ln caucuses held Saturday
previous to 5 o'clock. This may bo
true, but how about tho Clement and
Proctor flgures? Tho McCullough
men In Wilmington huntcd the state
over and found 20 additioual delegates
elected Saturday for thelr candldate,
but not one additlonal one for either
Clement or Proctor. In fact, the
circular mado tho Proctor column
smaller than dld tho flgures of the
leading McCullough organ of the state
on Saturday mornlng. It is a little
slngular that tho 20 Mcullough dele
gates could be found, with nono for
either of tho other candldatcs, es
peclally in vicw of the fact that many
more delegates were elected for Clem
ent than for McCullough on the day in
question, and Proctor galned that day
more than'half as many as went to
McCullough. It may be truth and
falrness to keep coro by addlng all
tho polnts you may get for your man,
and ueglectlng to put down those that
havo been mado ln tho meantimc for
tho other contcstants.
The Tlmes says lf any ono was mls
led by the circular the Proctor men
had abundant opportunity to explaln
when a voter aroso In the caucus and
mado inqulrles, but it does not say,
what wo aro told is the fact, that when
thls inqulry was made it was declared
out of order by tho chalrman. We
aro also told rellably that the uso of
this circular Is not approved by a
majorlty of Gen. McCullough's sup
porters. In conslderlng tho prospect of tho
prescntatlon .of a local optlon law
through a reforcndum, tho St. Albans
Messenger pertlnently asks "who
should framo it?" Tho Messenger
suggests that a commlsslon bo forincd
of 50 ropresentatlvo men, from all
parts of tho state, reflectlng all shades
of oplnion on tho subject, to mako an
exhaustlve study of local optlon lnws,
and then to appear beforo tho general
assembly or i.ts commltteo to explaln
tho detalls of tho best blll posslblo for
tho commlsslon to form. The Messen'
ger's suggestion is timely and good,
Tho law to bo voted upon through tho
referendum should bo prepared aftor
careful study of oxistlng laws ln
license and local optlon states, and an
honest effort should bo made to havo It
embody tho best fcatures pf thcm all.
The County Convention,
The county convention, to bo held
at Nowfano next Tucsday, wlll prob
ably have tho usual amount of locnl In
terest, but lt seems not llkely to do
velop any excltlng fcatures. In thls
end of thc county thc chlcf intcrcst
wlll centro In tho cholco of a candl
date for senntor, It is undcrstood
thnt Brattleboro wlll not set up any
olnlm to thc ofllce at tho comlng bcs
sion, nnd that tho rlght of Wilmington
to name the cnndldato, if that town
choses to prescnt ono, will be cheer
fully conceded. The only name prom-
Inently montloned ls that of C. D.
Spencer of Wllrhlngton. Mr. Spcncer
Is known thoroughout tho county as
a man of hlgh personal character, of
proved buslness ablllty, of sound judg
ment, and quallflcd for the senatorial
ofllce by a term in the housc. On
the temperance question he is a pro
hlbitlonlst from Hfelong convictlon, but
he rccognizes the sltuatlon presented
today, and, If a member of the legls
lature of 1902, would favor the enact
ment of a license and local optlon law
to be submitted to the vote of the peo
plo. Anthony F. Schwenk of Brat
tleboro Is tho only candldate suggest
cd for state's attornoy, and he wlll
recolve tho unanimous nomlnatlon, as
he ought. No change wlll bo made
In tho ofllce of sherlff, and we do not
learn of 'any lntcntlon to change
either of the assistant judges.
ln the north part of the county lt ls
understood that the town of Rocking
ham will present J. L. Divoll as lts
candldate for scnator, and, unless new
developmcnts arlse, the cholce of that
town wlll doubtlcss be accepted by the
convention. The most interestlng
contest in that end of the county will
apparently be over the cholce of a
successor to the Iate Lavant M. "Read
as judge of probate. Z. II. Allbee,
long-tlme reglster of probate, is a can
dldate for the ofllce. It ls stated that
H. D. Hyder and G. A. Weston are al
so actlve candldates, while F. A.
Bolles of Rockingham and A. E. Cud
worth of Londonderry are mcntioned
as probable candldatcs. Mr. Allbee
has been appolnted by Gov. Stickney
to flll out Judgo Read's unexplred
term. Mr. Allbee has had long famll-
larlty with thc dutles of thc ofllce.
He possesses tho necessary legal
equlpment for their performance, as
well as the public conQdcnce as a man
of Integrlty of judgment and action,
and lt would be ln accordance with
thc usual rule of promotion were the
delegates to cndorsc Gov. Stlckney's
action and give Mr. Allbee the nomlna
tlon. But in the decision of thls ques
tion the delegates from the Marlboro
dlstrict wlll have no voice.
The Mlners' Slde of the Question.
Presldcnt John Mitchell of thc Unlt
ed Mino Workers issued on Monday a
statement to the public concernlng the
strikers' demands. It ls in part a
reply to the lctters of the operators,
and says that every possible means
was resorted to in the effort to pre
vent the strlke. He clalms the cost of
livlng has lncreased to the polnt where
the mlners were compelled to ask for
higher wages. He denles the allega
tions of the operators that the pro
ductlve capaclty of the mino workers
has fallcn off, but clalms there has
been an actual Increase ln capaclty,
and he quotes ofllcial flgures to sub
stantlate the contcntion that tho em
ployers can pay higher wages without
incrcaslng tho cost of coal to the con
sumer. Mitchell says when the con
sumer buys a ton of coal he recelves
2240 pounds; the railroad companles
recelve tarlff for transporting 2240
pounds, a legal ton; but the miner for
his labor ls requlred to produco and
load 2740 to 3190 pounds for a ton.
The operators say the excess weight
is requlred to compcnsato them for
Impurlties and refuse, but they con
tlnue a system of docking by which
at times they arbitrarily deduct from
a miner'8 earnlngs from 10 to 15 per
cent. of tho total as a penalty for load
ing impurlties, for whlch they have
already been pcnallzcd in excess weight.
The operators' margin makes them
rich. No one hcars of mlners In
aflluence.
Free Rural Dellvery and Saloons.
IFrom tho New York Tribune.
The extenslon of tho froo dellvery
of mall in tho rural districts has called
out unexpected lamentatlons from cer
taln lnnkeepers and owners of sa
loons, who say that when farmers in
many counties had to drivo daily to
the country postofllce tho sales of
cider and beer wero much larger than
they can ever be under tho system of
distrlbutlng postal matter by carriers.
This is a peculiar result of the ira
provement of the mall servlce.
It may bo that tho recoipts of tho
internal rovenuo bureau will fall off
from tho surrender of licenses for tho
sale of liquors in tho. agrlcultural
hamlets, but It ls not probable that tho
carrier system wlll be abandoned be
cause dealers in stimulants in small
vlllages flnd their proflts vanishing.
Tho free dellvery system wlll steadily
broaden and extend In every dlrectlon,
even if many saloon-keopers are driven
out of buslness.
Thft TVmtillaf Gtntn rAnianllnH x
brnska nomlnated Wllliam J. nrynn for
sui:iiui weunesuny, ana nsxed tho
Democratlo convention to ratify thls ac
tlon, but Mr, Bryan refuecd to allow the
uso of his name.
Fresident Roosev,elt, Secrctary Hay and
ex-Secrctary I.one were tho guests of
llOnnr 111 t h 11 TTnlVnr.l cnminannnmnn
Wednesdny. Tlio degreo of LL. D. was
rtnntnnnA .nnn . 1. I II . T
minviiou ujjuii niu i icaiuuia. in u pa-
trlotlo address, the Presldent defeneded
Secrctary Root, Qen. Wood and Presldcnt
Taft of the Phlllpplne commlsslon.
CONVENTION VAGARIES.
lt Was a memorable convention, but
memorablo chelfly for lts absurdltles,
lts Inconslstcnclcs, lts incongrulties.
In- tho borrowed phniHeolqEX-O a
Connecticut blathersklto thc Clement
men boltcd from thc hall exclalmlng
"God Almighty hatcs a ijnlttcrl" But
who woro tho real qultters, Mr. Jones?
Tho Clement bolters wero not tho
only ones who lost thelr hcads. It
was not n dlgnlflcd slght when an
ardent McCullough supporter from tho
general's own county, a man of maturo
ycars who bcars a tltle, grlmaced,
thumbed his nose and yelled to Jones,
"Slt down, you son of a b ," and
others were gullty of shoutlng, "Slt
down, you d fool."
It was fortunato for Gen. McCul
lough that his forces were flrmly In
trenched. If they had been dlsposcd
to wavor they would havo scattercd
before John Carney of Bennington got
through with his nominatlng. apeech.
It was almost as fellcltous an effort as
the late Rev. Burchard's outburst on
"rum, Romanlsm and rebelllon" whlch
proved fatal to James G, Blalne's presl
dential aspiratlons.
Wanted at the next state conven
tion, and at every political convention,
a chalrman who will slmply extend
thanks for the honor conferred upon
him and then call for buslness. Tho
position ought never to bo glven to a
man who desires to dlsplay his orator
Ical powers and to air his vlews.
Young Mr. Raymond may be a good
deal of a boy in Fair Haven but he
spreads out pretty thin at a state con
vention. It was a mistake, also, to
make a man chalrman who was not a
member of the convention.
Ex-Gov. Stewart of Middlebury was
the Foxy Grandpa of thc convention.
The speaker whose diction was
polishcd and graceful was F. C. Part
rldge of Proctor. The man to seize
the opportunity and to exert a great
influence on the convention was C. R.
Crosby of Brattleboro. Archibald of
Manchester was the orator with the
most resonant voice, who could bo
heard with ease in all parts of tho
hall. The others who were much
in evidence attracted attention more
by their blunders or their bulls than
by anything meritorious whlch they
sald or dld.
Autopsles are easy, and "mlght-have-beens"
brlng little comfort, but
Mr. Clement would have stood before
the entire state as one of lts biggest
men had he had suitable leadershlp.
When Mr. Partridge withdrew Mr.
Proctor's name, some good Clement
man of standing could have sent doz-
ens of votes to the Clement column
by appeallng to the Proctor and Mc
Cullough men to support his candldate.
Clement probably stood no chance to
win, but ho could have commanded a
very blg vote, and the proper thlng
to have done after tho third ballot
was declared was for tho Clement
supporters to have immcdlatcly moved
to make Gen. McCullough's nomlnatlon
unanimous. Mr. Clement and his
supporters won a great victory for the
principle whlch they represented, but
they won It so easily after reaching
Montpelier that they dld not realize
.lts magnitude. They could havo ad-
ded still further to thelr cause and
the standing of their candldate if they
had(had the sense to act rlghtly at the
opportune momcnt.
Democratic Harmony.
Bryan and Cleveland aro falllng on
each other's necks, with both feet.
In reply to Cleveland's address in Now
York last week Bryan sald there canbe
no such thlng as harmony between such
men as Cleveland and thoso who be
Hevo in Qemocratlc princlples. Bryan
says tho Democratic , reorganlzers do
not want harmony, but control. At
one polnt he breaks out as follows:
He (Cleveland) sccurcd his nomlnatlon
In 1S92 by u secret burgain with the flnan
clers; his commltteo collected from tho
corporatlons and spent tho larsest cam
paign fund the party over had; he fllled
his cabinet with corporatlon agcnts and
placed railroad attorncys on the Unlted
States bcnch, to look aftor tho Interests
of thelr former cllents. Ho turned tho
trcasury over to a Wall-strect syndlcate,
and the flnancial member of his ofllcial
family went from Washington to becomo
tho prlvate nttorney of tho man who
forced (?) tho trensury department to
sell him government bonds at 105, and
then resold at 117. He tried to prevent
the adoptlon of tho Income tax provlslon,
vnlnAil fhn n . 1 . . . -.1 rv - r
, n.u uiuj luuiL -luiiirm measnro
passed since tho war, and whllo thunder-
iik uuuiiiai ine irusis in IU3 messages,
did even less than Knox has done to Jn
terfere with their hlgh-handed methods.
"His administration, Instcad of belng a
fountaln of democracy scndlng forth puro
nnd rcfreshlng strcams, became a stag
nant pool from whose watcrs foul vnpors
arose polsonotis to thobo who llngered
ncar. Havlng dcbatichcd his party, he
was offended by its effort to rcform nnd
gavo cpmfort to the cncmy. Vlrglnlus
killed his daughter to save hcr chastlty;
Cleveland stnbbed his party to prevent
lts return to tho paths of vlrtuo. And
now, still gloatlng over his polltlcal
crlmes, ho lnvitcs tho party to return
to him and apologlzo for the contempt
whlch It has expresscd for him. Wlll it?
Not untll tho prlnclp.es of Jefferson aro
forgotten and the works of Jnckson ceaso
to lnsplro,
"Abandoned farms" ln Eastern
states, whlch havo been much talker"
about In recent ycars, mlght n-v biv
used with advantago for tho ralslng
of beef cattlo, horses and mules,
which aro ln nrgent domand at hlgh
prices, and of whlch thoro is not likely
to bo an oxcesslvo supply for a long
tlme to como. N. Y. Tribune.
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