St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-08-01
Public Opinion.

little emu DeCUeT JHdn JUL. oOO"oi" -
Woodford of New York.-Indidndpots
Journal.
The Chandler boom bO0metb slowly,
Int. oh so sweetly. Most of the Mlchl-
gan papers that get the tax lists to pub
iish have attached themselves to it
Detroit (Mich.) Free Press. |
The negroes are an integral element
in the politics of Louisiana. They
largely dominate in numbers in many
of the richest parishes of the state. is
il wise to educate them to the policy OF
party domination in local affairs !
Would not the plan pursued in other
states. to a great extent, of limiting the
party dictation to state and national
affairs, really be calculated to secure
the greatest good to the greatest num-
Der in Louisiana ?-Neiv Orleans Times.
The secretary of war had no more
right, under the law, to send tents and
rations to Memphis than he has to re-
lieve the wants of the poor in any 9TH
er CITY. No doubt Congress will APP
prove what he has done, but that will
not make it right in principle. There
is getting to be altogether too much
tendency to paternal government. 1t
betokens lack of self-dependence on
the part of the people and altogether
false idea of the functions of govern
ment.-IndianapO Journal.
The Springfield Republican suggests
that the republicans of Vermont make
Frederick Billings, president of the
Northern Pacific, governor OF the Green
Mountain state. The executive duties
of that little state would be nothing
but play for a man of his intellectual
force and activity.--St Paul (Minn.)
Pioneer Press.
Mr.. Sherman knows, or at least he
should know, that there is no absolute
safety so long as single greenback re-
mains in existence. He knows, or
should know. that so far as the relation
of the government to its promissory
notes is concerned, redemption means
payment, cancellation, destruction. 1t
does not mean the exchange of gold for
the greenback, the payment of the
promissory note, and its immediate re-
issue as new prOmissory note.-Nea1
York Euening Post.
Who among the followers of Seward
or Chase or Wade would have conceded
the nomination to Lincoln at the Chi
cago wigwam ? The reader will recall
more recent political history. The
moral of it all is, of course, that, boom
presidential boom with all the power
of Niagara, there is no potency in noise.
The convention must decide, and, when
candidates are plenty, conventions are
Chicago Times.
The New Orleans Times Dem hears
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tial ticket as Samuel j. Tilden and
Samuel j. Randall, and becomes undu
ly excited thereat. The Times says that
it does not speak for the organization
of the Democratic party, but declares
that the mass of voters in the South
western States will not support either
Mr.. Tilden or Mr.. Randall. OF Mr..
Tilden it says: IA product of the same
baneful influences which erected his
friend Tweed into political sovereignty
in New York, he is to-day the lingering
embodiment of the political corruption
of that era. A hypocrite, coward and
corruptionist, he has nothing to COM
mend him to the hearts or to the intel
lectual choice of the men of the South"
No! The Republicans have not, in
seventeen years, got the credit of the
Government "back where the Demo-
Gratis left it." Let us hope they never
will.-HartOrd Post (Rep.)
Comment by Springfield Republican
on one of Congressman JOyce's speech
oe, of FiraE Vi district tsMr Iayce.
though far from being statesman is
not fool enough to believe this. He
prints it because in his opinion there
| yho ,ril hn1 n m
the first Vermont district to reflect
him."
There is report that Auditor Powell
refuses to pay certain appropriations OF
the last Legislature, made by joint
resolution, for the reason that all reso-
lutiOns appropriating money must be
approved and signed by the governor
just the same as public or private laws,
and Gov. Proctor for some reason failed
to sign the resolutions. Last year the
State auditor took the liberty of in
creasing an appropriation which he
thought too small, but the men who
pay the taxes will be likely to prefer
POwell's method. The latter gentleman
seems to be doing business in a style
which is decidedly strange to the old
slip-shuds and ringworms. He is sale
to be noising around quite sharply afte
the contracts for the State printing
since the documents have been issued
I-BratHebOrO Reformer.
Things begin to look promising. Fo
the first time in many years, if not fo
the first time in our history as city
constable has been tried for a crimi
nal Offense, found guilty, and sentenced
to the penitentiary. Chicago Times.
President Hayes richly deserves tn
praise the Atlantic writer gives him 70
the courage, dignity, and steadfastnes
! with which he has resisted opposition
from various quarters to the politica
. and financial improvements which h
+ had contemplated Chicago Tribune.
Y Butler is again going to worry til
3 responsibility of Massachusetts by run
2 ming for governor. We are glad of il
e He is useful gad-fy who stings int
= political activity thousands of the sell
4 styled "better classes, of the state, VIII
S would otherwise prove that they al
d not either "better,n or even good, b
f, neglecting their duties as citizens. w
e wish there was Ben Butler in ever
V state in the UniOn.-Ne,U York Mail.
q If it is true, as has been said, thu
4I,.o 80 -. ono Of ,,oIj;n~- + t5r,>,~rrr- Oh,
country, 1t is equally true that there
more OF what may be called high-tone
politics in Massachusetts than in an
o other state of the Union. The Butlf
school ofpolitics is distinctly low-tonet
The very name of the man is represent
atlve of whatever is coarsest and Ieas
scrupulous in our political methods
The accession of Butler to the govern
or's chair, therefore, would occasion
profound modification to Massachu
sets and arouse lively indigpatio,