St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-02-13
Public Opinion.

AT the corner of PENNSYLVANIA Avenue
and 9TH street, the most frequented
spot in Washington, may be dan V seen
footless soldier clad in Confederate
gray, grinding his organ and asking a
gift from every passer-by on the ground
that he had lost his limbs in the South
ern service. In what other country in
the world, | wonder, would one who
had tried to destroy government be
permitted to come to the capital of that
country, wearing the familiar hostile
uniform, and asking support because of
his treason IL Washington Letter in
Congregationalist.
Upon the head of this man, this man
who has been SO highly honored by for
eign princes and potentates, it is only
just that we should place the crown
Grant orator at Harrisburg conven-
ton.
For its own sake, and in the interest
of popular government in this country,
the republican party had better die in
battle than be asphyxiated inside of
Don Cameron's hat and Roscoe Conk-
ling's pocket. From death in battle
there is resurrection.-[N. Y. Sun.
The third-term boom has encounter
ed the hard common sense of the peo-
pie, and the Tilden boom has struck
the Kelly rock, and both are now be-
ginning to wave. The opportunity of
the dark horses is now at hand.-[At-
lanta (Ga.) Constitution.
The Rutland Herald and Burlington
Free Press favor Grants nomination as
il wise measure of party policy, and in
this are pretty much alone among Yer
mont newspapers.
In Michigan, republican sentiment is
almost evenly divided between Grant
and Blaine for the republican nomina-
ton for president, with the custom
house force favorable to Sherman
Detrit Free Press.
The instruction of the delegates and
the adoption of the unit rule constitute,
not triumph for Grant, but personal
success for Cameron. A victory thus
gained is not much better than defeat
and can hardly be otherwise than bar
ren.- Boston Herald.
The Boston Herald shows its prefer
ence for Blaine over Grant by saying
"Mr. Blaine is very popular man in
his party. He is also personally popu-
lar with many independent voters, and
| the Southerners like his dashing, fervid
style. Mr.. Blaine is undoubtedly one
of the ablest-probably the ablest-man
in public life to-day in this country"
OF the republican papers in New
Hampshire, the Exeter Newsletter,
Manchester Mirror and Granite State
Free Press are favorable to Grant the
keene Sentinel, Coos Republican, Nash
ua Telegraph, Claremont Eagle, Exeter
Gazette, Portsmouth Chronicle, Ports
mouth Journal, Dover Inquirer and
Concord Monitor are not in favor of a
third term, and most, if not all, of them
have indicated ii preference for Blame
The democrats would have nomInat-
ed Grant in 1863 if the republicans had
not. 1t would he much easier tor them
to take him no this year than it was to
take Greeley in 1872; and with this adj
ditional advantage that if they nomi-
nate him. and he accepts, he can't be
beaten. For shrewd political move
nothing could be finer Hartford (Ct.)
COurant.
We suspect that the Brattleboro Re-
former intends to oppose the movement
under way to elect Secretary of State
Nichols governor of that state. 1t also
appears to be justified in Directing to
Nichols. That gentleman made his
office yield the fat income of 4,152 in
1877, 81 1903 of this sum ''official ex-
penses )" and has been relied upon with
10 D. Hatch of Burlington to "protectn
ex-GOv. Smiths railroad interest in the
legislature. No, Nichols is not the sort
of a ''reform" governor Vermont needs.
however agreeable his election might
be to the dominant railroad party
[Springfeld Republican.
If Blaine carries the Chicago Con-