St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-03-06

IiIl- BOSTON Pills. ~rI Nh.
Prom the Iuurual

The piece If uick,Iy ruutlived at
Washington against the people OF Mas
~i'hJ~cji~ Ha~ met Wijh >Iccc~~. OF
the appearance "t success. toI the end
- not Yet. When Il president has been
~ has allowed himself L. lie deceived.
hr l. mule likely Io ag.IINatc hi~ error
than I" lcctit> il When a >,uLt"r has
hr>lratcd To" long. even his Just drci>-
ION l. ~h"in of it, influence. This fact
- not for one moment l. hc "ycIlnnlcd
namely. that the republican party of
Massachusetts,. standing in this c.ts,. for
the honest men of all PARTIES. has had
the di~grar, of this Simmons aupniut-
m,rt deliberately thrust upon il from
IRE outside. On no important accession
of late wears has the voice ot thc re
publican MASSES of this commonwealth
gone up more uumi~takahlN AMT com
man'iluIy 1" the i,atI.'Ial cupital than
~ rrm"u~t';luCc against The numiuaIion
Of simmons. and Vet the answer comes
back 10 uS thar VIC must take ButIel
ami Butlrr'> men. whether we want
them OF not. They are sci down in the.
places of authority aud Influence In our
midst. Their policy of corruption i
Endorsed 10y tn. national administration.
and Il m"i~clr~~!l forced Gp"m IL. We
have long battle before H.. and it Is
NO IL" /" I~>Ir ~"Judiu@ uIauic>tor>.
publish plans OF operation or to fore
cast definite results. MI We know is
that the republican party of Nu>~achu-
sets Will not stand this evil and dis
grace sought +" he whether intention
ally "r not inflicted upon us al WASH
1n@ton. We will not allow all the
corruption incident to our political
condition T." organize itself and take
command of the Irsnlu crs auI direction
"i the party. II may intrrnrh itself in
the national offices in um midst. hut a
Gordon >anltairt' of the hcalthtul old
MASSACHUSETTS, lmtCgIity shall hr drawn
round them 10y the MISSES To choke the
mischief designed i'll such schemes a,
tins n"W 81 h"aS;ingIl announced. The
ti1>t and only appeal will he To the rank
and file of the pary-if. indeed. they
are not already So awakened that they
need no appeal.
From the Advertiser
ne nomination of simmons for the
c"llcct"r-Ship was made on the recon-
incubation of Butler and Hooper. who
/ represented to the president. or gave
hlh l" understand. that il was the wish
OF the Massachusetts delegation. How
ever til" impression was given. il was
! Il lie. lie Was VIGOROUSLY selected be-
cause he had been scrviccahle to the
TWO c"ngreSSmen named. and because
one OF them had work for him ON :,
/ larger scale hereafter If the citizens
OF Boston had been informed that there
/ was - vacancy, their respectful and
SeaS"nablc representations would have
/ spoiled the game. The president WA,
good enough to say that. if he had
/ known their wishes. he would moi h.v.
made the nomination. 1t was precisely
Tor tins reason he was kept III Ignorance
"l them. 1t WAS equally an insult +,
the citizens of Boston and to him. II
o'T delegation i'll Congress had been
consulted, the scheme would have bee,
equally Impossible. When the uresi.
dent discovered. as he did before th.
day WAS over. that he bad made the
nomination under a mi,apprehen>ion ot
the facts. he should have followed tb.
honorable impulse he must have felt -,
soldier aud a gentleman, repudiate