St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-06-25
Public Opinion.


es this time and say, "You did it."
Mr.. Waite was not church member,
as were Wright, Winslow, Pond, Jack
son and many others on the long roll of
martyrs to dishonesty. And Waite in
The "wicked world" will have to ac-
knowledge its responsibility for him.
and the wicked world is very much
ashamed of him. The wicked Spring
field Republican.
In the interest of public morals as
well as of their own pockets, it is to be
hoped that the plundered BrattlebOro
stockholders will prosecute the direct
ers vigorously. No man has a right to
accept the dictatorship of bank and
then plead ignorance of the business of
banking as an excuse for failing to
guard the interests of its stockholders
and depositors. Negligence in such
matters is criminal. Waite's frauds
were so clumsy that ordinary vigilance
would have detected them at the start.
New York Tribune.
We are not disposed to speak harshly
of the Brattleboro directors, for they
did nothing but what thousands of re-
the COMMUNICATING on one of their as
sOciates, whom they think they know.
Indeed, had they done otherwise, they
would have made such an innovation
upon the general manner of directors
and trustees that they would have
drawn special attention to themselves.
MERIDIAN Republican.
The enemy has opened his SANDER
batteries against Gen. Garfield, but the
target is beyond the reach of their
strongest guns.-[Cleveland Leader
(Rep.)
To accept a nomination after what he
has said, would be for Mr.. Seymour to
forfeit his self-respect; and losing that,
how could he hope to keep the respect
of the country p Buffalo Courier
Dem.)
The same SANDER mills which brand
ed President Hayes as "fraud" are
now at work upon Garfield. What the
people think of the first outrage is man
ifest in the undisputed fact that the
President is more popular to-day than
he has ever been before. What they
think of the outrage on Garfield will
appear when they vote for him in No
Yember.-[N. Y. Tribune.
Congress adjourned sine die on the
10th, after passing all the appropria-
tions. The joint resolution regulating
the count of electoral votes was post
poned until next December.
One thing was settled, and we be-
lieve forever settled, by the defeat of
Blaine for a second time, and that is a
declaration by the great republican
party that it will not bind itself hand
and foot to the railroad corporations of
this country. Bur. Ia.) Hawkeye.
James Longstreet of Georgia, the ex-
rebel general, has been confirmed as
minister to Turkey by vote of 80 to
3.
Gen. E. D. Townsend, adjutant- gen.
eral of the army, will be placed on the
retired list to be succeeded by Gen.
Richard c. Drum, at present assistant
adjutant general.
The Tilden men in New York who
have been at the recent conferences in
Gramercy square are good deal en-
couraged, and look on the future as
! bright with promise of success.
The old Ashtabula, Ohio, district is
likely to be honored in history. 1t ha.
given to the country Elisha Whittlesey
Joshua R. Giddings, BENZ. F. Wade anC
James A. Garfield.
A rousIng Garfield and Arthur ratif
cation meeting was held at Brattlebort
Saturday evening. A club was organ.
lied and great enthusiasm shown.
Frederick Billings pronounced Ar
thurs nomination Exceedingly un
wise" in a telegram to his Woodstock
tOwnsmen from Chicago.