St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-10-23
MI. Edmunds's Letter.



The CaicIpniun. Though not intend
in. it. has done Nh Ldmrund> Il mate
Iial >.r\ Zee. II has afforded him an
opportunity /" >riiir certain ISLANDERS.
~ Inch have hrlrt"t"Ir had >"m..N hat
active t,INai.- circulation ANA hr hi>
done il ,rr,tualll. His reply t" the
fuIt,i"njuH covers every point. and
"aIIi,.> il With Tia, t"Ic" "t Truth. >lmnl,
Lud ~uIlI..N told l. will Ice accepted
...i-!... l.. Ill ~, ,iintt'i men
and rhr Senator viii only stand lh,
stronger. for this rif"It l." ir.iurc him.
HHrIjnGfon Free Press.
~rmItoI Edmum.l> has Nrittrn Il lon.
letter Il" Il Vermont editor. explaining
hi action in the cast II the alleged
dcfauriug internal revenue collector
Nh. Crane. We garhcr from it that
this action has been c"n>piru"u>ll
hlamcr>> and h"n"Iihlc Throughout
We have often had occasion Ia cIitIcl~,
" hli has seemed /" H. the ultra patti
~aII>hip al the senator, AMI II l. lo 81
cIct that We. would lt. H. much uIatiilcd
- surprised To STE him -uccrcl"d. It
the end at his present tcIu. 10y Nj,
W Hard. But We aIc glad ot this nc-
r.l>l"u Ia repeat that We have the most
entire confidence. in his personal int.
nav. that Nc hrli,Nr him To br iucIpa
hlr nf a dishonest action IN the ntdima
~ >cn>, of the words. and that ",
heartily wish there were II" worse men
in public lite than t;r"r"c +. Edmuud>
Nprinlfcd H,p"LIicon.
Scnntnr rdmurd- has printed an open
letter IN reply Ia the article ia last
weeks II. .I"hm>hurN 'dIcti"nioH, III
which he denies having acted unWoItl-
lily in his connection with the Crane
.JtWctt l'illcati"n matter. W" dld Eol
copy th, fUicioHtdH'H article, not deem
iu% il worthy OF muci, attention. and
We have no space for the senator re-
PLY. HIS letter seems Ia ril,rtuallN dis
p">, at the in>iuuation> against him.
81. 1ibdHS Messenger.
We publish in another column tn,
letter of Hon. Geo. +. Edmumd>. in
rimdicati"m OF the implied dispersion
contained in certain printed inquiries
appearing in the -. .J"hn>hrrN CATE
doH"n. The letter j. pointed and ~
plicit. and can neither he miSiIn,icI cod
"r mi>iutcrprrtrd. 1t i, Il complete
answer /" each and every suggestion al
the fuic'tOnidH is Ia wrong doing.
HHfIdnd GI',br.
1t 9Th" statement in the Gdi,,ionj1H)
unquc>tinnahiN has been pa, l.."..I in
the interest OF Mr.. .JcN,tt. Who Is uu-
den Indictment tog. thcl with Mr.. Crane
for the dcialcaIiom in the collector ;
office. and whose hond>mrn reside at
Il. .J"hn>hury. The evident design j.
tn involve ScnatoI EdmrlndS in the at
fair Ia his disadvantage. but the fact
that it appears Just on the eve OF ON
senatorial election will greatly weaken
lis effect We have heard Vague rII-
mor> and whiSperings about this before
and it is but Just 10 say that those best
qualified to judge in the matter assert
that The whole treatment of this deli
cate case 10y senator EdnIundS has been
honorable and manly in the highest de
.lre. PoIdnFx DdiIU .joHtHdI
The CdIctionian' outburst is charged
10y every h"dy t" private malice. ano
its charges have been So cttcctuallN
>qurlchrd that they will not cost the
Srnatora vote. .Nontpclier letter in Free
Press.
The attempt of the st. J"hnShurl
fdici0hidn to create il feeling against
Mr.. Edmumd>. 10y publishing an attack
upon him has utterly failed. aS its aU
thor> ought to have known it would
! The clear. frank and manly denial pub
, li>hcd 10y Mr.. EdmundS is no more than
WAS expected 10y all who were in any
manner conveISant with the facts in the
case. Even Mr.. Smallcy, the represen
/ tative from Burlington, IL political OPP
| ponent of Mr. EdmundS, and clerk o
the United States district court at tn,
time the indictments were found againS
both Crane and .Jcwctt. is reported t,
/ have said that if the statement of tn,
| CdIcdOHitH i correct. the court records
are all wrong and will need t" he cor
Iectcd. If the ST. JohnShury friends %
Mr.. Edward A. Jewett, i'll whom tn,
attack had its origin, desired to max,