St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-02-11
What the State Press Says.
GOOD WORD FOR RAILROAD ENGINEE

GOOD WORD FOR RAILROAD ENGINEERS.
Bellows Falls Times: Since the in
PRODUCTION of steel for rails and wheel
rims, accidents are not so numerous but
are still frequent. Under these circum-
stances railroad men are much more
careful in the winter than in the sum-
mer. Hidden dangers lurk over
every inch of track, for rail may be
perfectly sound to all appearance and
vet so effected by the frost that it will
snap under the weight of a train. En-
gineers hesitate to run any faster than
is necessary OH this account and will
not make time when once behind. Pas
sengers who grumble at this do not
realize that it is the carefulness of the
engineer that renders them safe.
COUNTING THE ELECTORAL VOTE.
Montpelier Freeman: When the
next congress meets it is to be hoped
that the Edmunds bill will again be
set going and become the law, SO that
hereafter we need not have to depend
on one-sided contest for safety.
RECIPROCITY AND A REVISED TARIFF.
Burlington Free Press Two impor-
tant matters affecting the business in
terests of the country, on which Con-
gress ought to take action before adj
journment, are the appointment of com
missions to consider the basis of a
treaty of reciprocal trade with the
British provinces and to present a
scheme for the revision of the tariff.
Neither of these measures bind Con
gress OF the Government to anything,
they simply propose committees to re-
port information on which the next
Congress can act intelligently.
THE NEW TAX LAW
Montpelier Waterman: Real estate
stands precisely as it did before the
passage of the "Act to egualize taxa
tiOn.n This section of the new law
changes nothing, in fact. 1t simply
declares that debts actually due to the
amount of the deduction claimed, with
details of amount, name, and place of
residence of person to whom due, shall
be included in the inventories, and sec
ton four says the inventories shall be
sworn to. The old law in this respect
was not mandatory; this new is, and
adds certain requirements designed to
prevent dishonest and fraudulent de-
auctions, and so remove n fruitful
source of inequality in taxation.
GEN. GRANTS FRIENDS
st. Adams Messenger: Ever since
General Grants retirement from the
presidency his friends have shown a
peIsistency in keeping him before the
public eye, which has been more than
noticeable. He was sent around the
world with his expenses paid. His re-
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upon the republican convention. He
was taken around by a syndicate of his
friends with the purpose of influencing
the public mind. A coterie of politi-
clans, including among them some of
the shrewdest men in the party, set to
work to influence public opinion. The
merciless power of the machine in New
York, Pennsylvania and Illinois was
used to strangle republican sentiment
in those states, and the scheme we'll
nigh succeeded of nominating Gen.
Grant at Chicago, which was only pre-
vented because the great voice of the
party declared such a step would go
far towards insuring democratic sue
cess. Then, when Garfield was elected,
nothing was heard but the name Of
Grant for a cabinet position, minister to
England, senator from New York, until
the people were fairly Disguised.
GOULD AND MATTHEWS.
BrattleborO RefOrmer: In the great
struggle that is yet to come between
the government and corporate monOpO-
lies, Mr.. Mathews is sure to he on the
wrong side. He is Jay Gould's attor-
ney, and when in the Senate lie allow
ed his bias as attorney to lead him to
the expression of sentiments which no
far sighted man wants to see made a
part of the law of the land. He fought