St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-10-28
Personal and Political.

How about the Cabinet changes :
NUNS the word with President Arthur.
The new President pro tenn. weighs
325 pounds. The highest chair in the
Senate is well filled.
The Trustees of Cornell University
have required President White to
pledge himself not to accept political
Office for four years.
Edison has taken out IA patents
concerning the electric light since Octo-
Der, 1979-an average of nearly one a
week.
President Arthur will not ignore
Senatorial courtesy" but will confer
with Senators concerning appoint
ments.
1t is evidently settled that Mr.. James
will retire from the Cabinet, since he
has accepted the presidency of New
York Bank.
The City of Mexico memorialized in
honor of Garfield on Saturday last, and
an immense throng of people partici-
pated in the ceremonies.
Mrs. Garfield has rented beautiful
residence on Euclid avenue, Cleveland
for the winter.
The London Times eulogizes Secre-
tary Blaine as Mr.. Garfields right hand
man, ':the most energetic of secreta-
ries of state, and the warmest OF
friends. 1t will be a lamentable neces-
sity that removes him from among the
Presidents advisers"
Joe Jefferson, the celebrated imper-
senator of Grip Van Winkle," has in
CURED the displeasure of the Ladies
Sabbath Association of st. Louis by
acting there on Sunday. He did so, as
he AYERS, because he was assured il
was the custom there.
Everybody knew that David Davis
was large, but they didn't know be-
fore that when he sat down the Demo
cratic party would be shut out of view
: Indianapolis News Qnd.) ..
A large army of Iowa Republicans
neglected to vote, but still we have
about $4,000 majority. But there is
sadness in the thought that it might as
well have been 100000 if the boys had
only turned out Des MONIES Regis
ter (Rep.)
Mrs. Garfield has requested that five
of the flags which decorated the inside
of the pavilion wherein her dead hus-
band lay at Cleveland should be given
to her children. OF the remaining
three, one is to be given to the elder
and another to the younger Mrs. Gar
field. The dais and the casket which
first held the Presidents body are to be
carefully preserved by the Western Re-
serve Historical Society. ....
1t is easy to see that Arthur is re-
solved to try his hand at president
making, and the chances are that he
thinks he can hew Grant into shape fol
the succession. He couldn't undertake
a more difficult task than that, and we
warned him weeks ago of its uttel
hOpelessness. 1t is not our fault if he
is not willing to heed the warming
Missouri Republican.
1t is asserted that GOrham "declines
to withdraw" from his candidacy fol
the Secretaryship of the Senate. The
Republican Senators should see to il
that the matter is not left to his option
1t would be an ineffaceable blot OF
shame in the record of any Republican
Senator who should vote to reward
with the Secretaryship of the Senate
the man who poured out abuse upon
President Garfield up to the day when
he was shot, and who has not ceased
to do all that he could to screen the
Star route thieves Boston journal
Here is a pretty good send-of' fol
Senator Davis, from the Chicago
| Times: "If there ever lived a maj
the tenor of whose whole life, public
and private, bore testimony to IA natur-
al untitness for, and repugnancy to, in
trigue for any purpose, and least of all
for a selfish purpose, then is the pre-
siding senator such a man. Among
those who are personally acquainted
with him, and those who have had the
ability to observe his conduct in publ,
life without being influenced by an un
friendly bias, there will be no need OF
any word to repel the assault of tn,
malicious slanderer who imputes t,
him the capability of being party t.
any partisan job whether initiated
by men of this or of that party trade
mark" .-t