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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-15
Reconciliation.

Guiteau didn't kill the President, but
he seems to have done that other thing
so near and dear to his heart he has
united the Republican party St.
Louis Globe-DcmOcrat.
The above paragraph is the exponent
of feeling which seems to prevail
pretty generally throughout the coun-
try-that the attack on the President
will have tendency to unite opposing
factions and sections. Since Guiteau
fired his second shot and the President
fell, there has come up from all sec
tions of the country Il wall of anguish
and constant anxious inquiry. From
all portions of the South-from Mississ-
ippi, Alabama, Georgia and other
states-the expression ofheartfclt sym
pathy is as strong us it is ut the North.
The national disaster has obliterated
for the time being all sectional lines,
and it is the general belief that this
beneficial effect will be lasting. We
sincerely hope it may he. The Prcsi-
dent himself, i'll the hours of his suffer
ing, does not forget that there has been
factional strife within the party, and is
anxious that it should be allayed
But whatever the effect on sectional
lines-may it serve to wipe them ont
forever the politicians at Albany do
not seem to have prOtited by the les
son. The Conkling faction though al
most certain of defeat, apparently for
get the suffering at Washington, and
think only of the will of their deluded
and Inundated chief The struggle
there, while the President suffers at
Washington, is not pleasant thing in
the eyes of the people and the sooner
it is ended the more ready they will be
to believe that the supporters of Conk
ling realize the force of the nations cal
amity and are not utterly blind to the
national good. We want to believe
that reconciliation of factions and sec
tons is the silver lining of the cloud
that hangs over us The South has
shown that it has a heart to feel the
nations woe but the Conkling faction
seems to be lacking i'll that respect
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-15
Spelling Reform.

We have had in this country some
attempts ut spelling reform, and Il
number of journals have undertaken
to introduce the phonetic method.
Much discussion was called out, and a
great deal was said pro and con, but
the reform in that direction has not
been very extensive. TO be sure, we
are getting slowly into the habit of
doing away with supertluous conso-
nants, satisfying ourselves with one
in "traveling," ''marvelous,n and
other words, and letting several other
middle cOnsOnants share the same fate;
we spell Honor" labor" etc, without
the (Which is only an evidence of
Il growing common sense but when
we come to the phonetic method of
spelling, it seems likely not to gain Il
very strong foothold here for some
time to come. In fact, we do not hear
much of it nowadays, save in the line
of ridicule. There is quite an opportu-
nifty for reform III sensible way, but
when it comes to asking everybody to
adopt the Josh Billings style, it is really
so mutch."
Germany can beat us in the matter
of spelling reform, for she goes ut it in
thorough way and makes sure of it,
The people of that empire are now I'M
dergOing reform of this kind, and the
government has taken the matter in
hand. Instructions have been sent to
all the schools, all government offices
and all institutions of public nature,
to strike out from German orthogra-
ply certain superfluOus letters. For
example, instead of Thier, Thurm and
Wirth, the schools are ordered to strike
out the h and spell them Tier, Turn
and Writ. The changes are not very
numerous, but they are general. A
reform instituted in this way will
amount to something, and is il sensible
movement. We have in our language
many superfluOus letters which might
be gotten rid of, and the radiance be
made general, if the German plan, or
something similar, were adopted. We
have 10 doubt that this matter will
receive much attention in the coming
years, and many improvements he
made,-sincc this is an age and coun-
try of progress.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-15

American politics. The disposition
among politicians already to raise the
cry, lie rOi est mort !; UiUe le rOi is ap-
parent and tends to mischief
We are inclined to think that this is
drawing it rather strong. The idea
that the administration would be rev.
Olutionized, we presume, is drawn from
the fact that Arthur is in sympathy
with a faction of the party with which
Garfield was not able consistently to
harmonic. Possibly such result
might follow Garfield death possibly
Arthur's sympathies with Conkling
and his arrogant, selfish purposes
might lead him to despise the will of
the people and revolutionize the add
ministration. We do not see how
Arthur could escape the responsible
ties of the Presidency, since the pro-
vision in such cases is that the duties
of the office shall devolve upon the
Vice President. He would have it in
his power to make trouble in the ma
TONS affairs; and perhaps he
has once played false to his trust-he
would even dare to rule as those who
are behind him would suggest, to the
detriment of national interests. But,
thank God, the prospect is that we
shall not be obliged to depend on so
unstable a prop as Arthur might prove,
and there are better things in store
fnt. n
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-15
Note and Comment.

The novel smuggling device spoken
of elsewhere did not prove novel
enough to work successfully, but it
goes to show to what extremes people
will resort to cheat the revenues.
Reports from Ohio indicate that tenn
perance men will probably defeat the
Republican ticket in that state this fall
Gov. Foster, the Republican candidate
for governor, being very Objectionable
to the temperance people of the state.
There is big demand for Guiteau's
photograph, and if the assassin wanted
nOtOriety he is i'll a fair way to get his
fill of it. The best way to deal with
him is to stop talking about him and
let the law fix him as he deserves-if it
will.
The Boston advertiser has been
changed from four-page to an eight
page paper, and comes to us now in
handler shape than before. We con-
graduate our contemporary on the i'm
prOvement.
1t is never too late to mend, and this
has been again demonstrated by a law
student who has just graduated at
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-15
The Possible Succession.

The possibility of the Presidents
dying has elected much anxious
query as to what would then be done,
and some have gone so far as to sug-
gest that the Vice President would he
wise to resign in such an event. A
writer in the New York Erening Post
says in this connection
'Should Garfield die, it seems clear
to me that we ought to insist that the
only right moral solution of the diff
Guilty is for Arthur to lay down the
Presidency as soon as Congress can
meet and organize, so that there may
be an officer upon whom the execu-
tive duties may devolve. The ma
ton will feel that the design of the
assassin to revolutionize the admins
tration must not succeed. Success is
To encourage the repetition of similar
crimes and to put premium on assas-
sinatiOn as a constant element in
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-15
The EX-PreSidcnt.

EX-President Hayes received the
news of the attack on Garfield with Il
feeling of horror, and to an assembly
i'll Ohio spoke as follows concerning it ::
''If the horrible assault upon the
President was the insane act of a single
irresponsible person, as it certainly
seems to have been, how unjustly the
good name of our country would suffer
by even a suspicion that it was due in
any degree to the selfiShncss or evil
passions of party or faction. Insanity
is in every civilized community the fire.
quent cause of fearful tragedies. Such
calamities are found among all classes
of people, iii private as well us in pub
lie life, and like the commissions of ma
ture are beyond human control. Presi-
dent Garfield and his family have the
warm and full sympathy of every
American heart. Our country in this
crisis is harmonious and united. 1t is
one in sentiment and feeling. The
proceedings of the meeting held i'll At
lanta, Ga, i'll which Gov. Colquitt
Senator Brown, Gen. Gordon and other
eminent citizens bore prominent part,
show how completely the great section
of our country which was there repre-
scented sympathizes and suffers with
the neighbors and old friends of the
President. | trust that President Gar
field, whose courage and elf-possession
i'll his extreme agony are so admirable,
will be permitted to see with unclOud-
ed vision that on this anniversary of
the birthday of the Republic it is the
united and ardent wish and prayer of
every American in every state and sec
ton and party that he may soon he re
stored to health and strength adequate
to the performance of the duties of the
high office to which he has been called"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-15

Miller 20; and as soon as COnkling's
fate becomes pretty certain, there are
a number of his supporters who, for
the sake of being on the winning side,
will no doubt leave him. The sooner
New York puts Conkling out of the
way. the more creditable it will be to
her. She has fooled with him long
enough. The Wheeler men are rather
sore over the turn affairs have taken,
since Wheeler seems to have been
thrown over because he could not be
as readily used as the others. Wheel
er was good candidate, and we
should like to have seen him elected.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-15

Yale, and is Is years old. He was
successful lawyer in Wisconsin, but
recognized defects in his education,
which he sought to remedy by enter
ing the Yale law school even at that
advanced age.
1t is gratifying to notice that many
public men are seriously considering
the ACCESSIBILITY of so arranging our ma
tiOnal mechanism that office-hunting
will not be either an industry or ma
MA Boston Globe.
Of the seventeen presidents who
have died in or out of office, six have
died in July and three, jefferson, Ad-
ans and Monroe, have died on July 4,
the two first on the same day in 1926,
the 50th anniversary of the Declara-
ton.
Fifteen passages in the White Star
line were cOuntermanded on the news
of the Presidents assassination, the
passengers who had paid the money
saying that change of administration
would compel them to stay home and
watch their money affairs.
he New OK w Grid, IN leading
editorial referring to the Chamber of
Commerce fund for Mrs. Garfield, pro-
tests that it is scarcely just chat a syn
dictate of rich New Workers should have
Il monopoly of this practical expression
of sympathy for the President, and an
nOunces its readiness to receive sub
scriptiOns in sums of - or upward for
the same fund. The World saws
"The calamity is national. Let the ac-
acknowledgements of it be national also"
Civil-service reform makes mighty
advances. This is Il day of Overturm-
ings and mysterious ways. Boss COnk-
ling was inspired to make Il frightful
example of himself and the spoils sys-
TEN. Then Guiteau fired the shot that
has reused the nation to the evil of
place hunters more than all other
agents combined. This is not mans
way. Is it the finger of providence
that points the President and the peo-
pie to something higher and better >
springfield Republican.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-15

The Senatorial wrangle at Albany is
still in full blast. notwithstanding pre-
dictions that it would speedily end.
There is a prospect, however, that the
end will not Ice long in coming, for
Depew has withdrawn, and the Ad-
ministration men have nominated in
caucus Messrs. Lapham and Miller,
who developed considerable strength
and have given the Conkling men a
cause for anxiety. As Miller and
Lapham are now members of congress
from New York, the Conkling men
claim that their election to the Senate
would leave the House in Democratic
hands; but the Administration men do
not take any stock in that, and are
not willing to set the caucus nominees
aside. Ii looks now as if Conkling
was doomed To defeat, and his advo-
Gates are becoming very anxious.
Lapham already has 10 votes and
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-15

Prohibition can he made success.
if we can take Gov St Johns word for
it. He states that in Kansas the pro
hibitiOn law works well, with the ex-
ception of two or three of the largest
towns, in spite of the fact that the Hq-
uOr interests are expanding thousands
of dollars every week To retard the
work of the friends of temperance
at is safe tn say he says, "that in at
least nineteen twentieths of the state
our law is honestly obeyed, and prohi-
btion is absolute 1t is encouraging
To hear that Kansas is doing so well ;
and what one state can do, others
ought to Toe able to accomplish. But
prohibition does not seem to work as
smoothly in the East.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-15

The action of the New York Cham
Der of Commerce, in voting gift to
Mrs. Garfield, is of noble motive and re-
ceives general commendation. The
Presidents wife has shown herself II
brave Christian woman, and has be-
come in the last few days especially
endeared to the American people.
The muniticent gift of the New York
gentlemen and others emphasizes the
esteem in which she is held. and is
worthy of the generosity which
prompted it. The American purse is
quick to open when by so doing it can
demonstrate that the American heart
is touched. There seems to he some
doubt, however, as to the propriety of
carrying ont the scheme just now.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-15

tempt had been made to assassinate
the President, he expressed his reioic-
ing at the act The grieved patriots
standing by were enraged ut this and
rushed mt him in body. They would
probably have killed him had not the
man been secured and hurried to the
guard-house by the police. As soon
rs Gen. Patrick heard of this he order
ed his uniform to Ice stripped from him
and a suit of citizens clothes put upon
him. He was then summarily expelled
from the Home.
WANTS VENGEANCE.
Secretary Blaine received in the
mail on Monday, a postal card post
marked st. Louis, Mo, but without
signature, upon which the writer stat
ed that he had carefully watched the
reports relative to President Garfield
and should not he satisfied with the
simple incarceration of Guiteau in an
insane asylum or for term of years in
the penitentiary, but that he vowed
"by all that is holy to take vengeance
for the suffering ncedlcssly caused
President Garfield and to kill Guitcau
himself, which statement he desired
not To be forgotten.
Conkling has expressed his abhor-
renee of the crime, and sent messages
of sympathy to Mrs. Garfield.
The London Times says whether
the author of the attack on President
Garfield is lunatic or merely II NOR
bid brooder on imaginary wrongs,
there is no doubt his crime will do
more than volumes of argument to turn
the attention of Americans to the weak
points of their political system.
AT the Grand Pacific reading room.
i'll Chicago, the other night, an un-
known man applied Il stream of insult
ing and filthy language to President
Garfield, but was rewarded by being
knocked down by another stranger,
who overheard the remarks The
latter's name could not he ascertaincd
but he is said to he an ex-confcderatc
soldier who had served under Stone
wall jackson.
A. NJ. SHOEMAKER, of the Adams
Express Company, Baltimore, has sent
the President fine Aldcrncy mich
COW, so that he may have all the fresh
milk he wants.
A Washington dispatch says Sccrc-
tary Blaine is compelled to absent him
self from the Presidents sick room on
account of the latter insisting upon
talking on public business.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-15

In the recent trial of a newspaper
libel suit at Middlebury, Judge Pier
pOnt took occasion to say few words
in condemnation of those newspapers
which over-step the limits of their
legitimate works and pander to that
depraved taste which delights in mud
throwing and scandal. Every advo-
cate of "a clean journalism, which will
elevate and not lower the public taste,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-15

In our New England States probably
Justice would be better wrought if civil
cases at least were tried by bench of
Judges, and in our great cities probably
il would be better to try all criminals
by tribunal of judges or by some sort
OF picked jury. The number of cut
threats that escape hanging for murder
in our great cities is enormous. Fuss
tian eloquence and legal fireworks
would be lost on court of able and
experienced jurists, while it is not sell
dom most effective before jury COM
posed of men Of low intelligence, with
whom sentimental appeal is more eff
fective than sober reason. Some day
there will he a change in the method
of selecting juries, or public justice will
become a mOekery in our great cities
- Rutland Herald.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-15

The small attendance on the woman
suffrage meetings ut Montpelier recent
ly, and the slight interest manifested
in the subject at st. Albans last week,
are further evidence that this question
is not sufficiently popular to warrant a
believe in an Immediately successful
issue for it. In Vermont, as i'll other
states, woman suffrage has not great
multitude of advocates even among
women themselves
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-15

The Rev. Leonard w. Bacon has
head of "What will the Revision do
with the Bible Society" in which he
makes the bold statement that ''the
Revision will make it plain by practi
cal experiment that the American
Bible Society is the principal existing
hindrance to the circulation of the
Holy Scriptures" Publishers doing
business in Legitimate way are going
to supply the people with the revised
Bible while this big society is making
up its mind what to do, and then it
will be immaterial what that mind is
so DIR. Bacon thinks.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-15
st. c5uhnsburp GaltdOnian.
st. John.bury, Vt, Friday, July 10, 1881.

The publishers of Harper's Weekly
have issued a special edition contain
ing illustrations of the shooting of Gar
field, and the portrait of the assassin.
The illustrations are good, save that OF
the scene in the waiting room of the
depot-in which the figures of Garfield
and Blaine are very poor specimens.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-15

Governor Foster, of Ohio, has sug-
gested a day of thanksgiving for the
recovery of the President, and the
governors Of many other states have
signilied approval of such a thing. But
one of them suggests scnsibly,
too-that such movement is prema-
turc just now, and it would be better
tn wait until we can know that the
Presidents recovery is an assured fact.
Then the people will join heartily in a
day of praise and thanksgiving.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-15

The st. Adams Messenger does not
exactly relish the change i'll the st.
Johns consulate, whereby Mr.. SAKE, a
Hubbcll, a New Yorker, put into the
position. The Messenger thinks that
the st. Johns consulate might properly
be kept in the hands of Vermont men,
and there was no need of going across
the lake to find man fit to represent
the government at st. Johns. This
view of the matter is about right.
Vermont does not get any too much
recognition at Washington so
much, perhaps, rs she deserves.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-15

suggested by some of those near the
President and Mrs. Garfield, that if the
President should recover it would be
fit that this sum should be appropria-
ted for building memorial church in
this city for the Christian denomina-
ton to which the President belongs.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-15
A pIsGRAcEp vETERAN.

Last Saturday afternoon, as sol
dier named james McGuire read from
the official bulletin at the Soldiers
Home the announcement that an at
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-15

DIR. BoyntOn, the Presidents cousin,
reports that the Presidents venerable
mother, now ut Mentor, is bearing up
wonderfully well. At first she was
much crushed, almost Frustrated with
grief, but finally rallied in the belief
that it was not Gods will that her
darling boy should be taken from her.
DR.. BOyntOn says that the grand old
lady sets a good example of fortitude
to the younger children who are there,
and that the latter although very sor-
rOwful, are calm and patient.
GARFIELD TALKS ABOUT GUITEAU.
The President is beginning to think
more of his wOuld-be assassin. On
Sunday he asked an attendant: "What
can | do if an application is made to
me for a pardon for him r. Many qucs-
tions like this are asked by the Presi-
dent, all of which indicate his belief
that he will recover. Mrs. DIR. Edison,
of whom this was asked, replied that
she thought Guiteau would be better
OFF in prison, when the President said !;
Il guess sO.n
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