St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-09-05

Canada stock, once the favorite invest
mcnt at the board for all who desired
safe and reliable security, should dro
from lO4 to 90 in Il few months, speak
more against the correctness of tina
management which has brought thi
condition of things TO pass than an
argument which could he presented
IO4 vs. 90. The ultimate condition Il
this stock may he from 90 to o."
The Montpelier Freeman has well
considered article on the mOnopolie
which threaten our country. and NOR,
especially the railroads, and gives ;
little history of the organized etfor
against them-the oranges etc Of the
famous speech of Gov. Booth of Cali.
fOrnia, made IA few weeks since, it says
contains of methods of building rail
roads with public money, or their dis
regard, when once established, of the
rights of the people by whose grace
they were constructed, of their enrich
ing the law by means of Contract and
Finance companies, and of their cor
rupting and ever mcddling course in
politics. may have been justified by
the management of the Central Pacific
directors. In so far as that road has
been guilty of these thugs will it re-
ceive harsh treatment in due time from
the people who will at length sit in.
judgment upon it. The governor hints
at the taking of the railroads 10y gov-I
eminent to protect itself but we think
the solution of the question will bel
reached without such radical means.
His conclusions that reform of revolu-
ton Is impending is il correct one. The
revolution will not come, however, for
i'll this country when the people de
mand reform it will be had, for they
control the legislative the executive
and, i'll the end, the judicial branches
of the government 1t is not long since
all these three departments in our ma
ti"n were for slavery. The onward
course of the people was changing them
and the rebellion in IL vain attempt to
this course by aims only brought
quickly on what would have been
reached by the ballot. SO the evils
that have grown to great magnitude
since the war. the system of wrongful
control of Legislation 10y great corpora
tons. and the consequent injustice
done to the common people, will he
done away by public sentiment work
ing i'll its Legitimate channels and ex-
pressing itself 10y the ballot"
The burlington Free Press thus re-
trrs I" Il matter which thrllSts itself
upon the attention of every thought
iul person. How to prevent this grow
lng crime Is Il great. question, and the
first step is here shown: The capital
IF our State furnished yesterday one of
heir cases of murder and suicide which
ire becoming So common in our land.
low often of late the same story, with
'nly Il few changes of names and places,
IaS come over the wires \ courtship:
IN interruption. Il misunderstanding OF
rejection next the sudden pistolmg
# a lcIr"r-Struck woman 10y a moody 1
ccklc>S man ; u final shot into the. brain |
+ heart of the murderer and suicide. ,
nd one or tw" bloody bodies. stretch ,
ii III death, amid circle of horror ,
truck hehuldcrS - such is the tale :
Inch comes day after day. with per ,
APPS the variation that il is an mhap- I;
marriage instead of IL courtship, {
Inch Is ended 10y the revolver. 1t isl I
lass OF crimes beyond legislation for f
ne criminal commonly succeeds in tax |
lS his own life. if not anothcr'S. and so |
axes himself beyond the reach of hui /
IAN tribunals. How to prevent them I
problem which battles the philan- |
hr"pist. 1t is impossible in our coun- :
ry to keep deadly Weapons ont of the l
ands OF desperate men, and equally t
impossible to prevent such reckless use 4
I them. The case is one which can :
My be indirectly reached, 10y the nor
! and religious agencies, whose ten {
ency Is to eXalt the human aud de- +
ress the brutal side of mans nature" .