St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-11-17
Public Opinion.
OUR BONDS HIGHER THAN GREAT
BRITAIN'S

try whose bonds stand higher than
these of Great Britain-a thing which
no living man can remember, nor his
father, nor his grandfather, of any
country on the face of the globe
Philadelphia Press.
HATED FOR DENYING BOSSES.
were all hated for denying their bosses.
1t is high time the impudent stalwart-
ism that leads to this should be sup
pressed. The president has resisted
the stalwarts' pressure as to many
things, but has done too much for them,
and the more he identifies himself with
them, the less prospect he has for
serving his country Cincinnati Com
mercial.
THE BOSSES MISTAKE.
The cardinal mistake of the bosses is
shown in the position of one of their
leading organs They recognize moth
ing but the ways of bossism. When
their power is menaced they under
stand it to be by IL rival boss. Achiev-
ing and maintaining their own posi-
tons mainly by "ways that are dark
and by tricks that are vain," they look
to similar agencies for the source of
threatened danger to their rule. The
people are never taken into account.
A general revolt against boss dOmina-
ton of any kind is something they do
not comprehend and cannot be made
to believe Cleveland Herald.
HOW TO PURIFY A PARTY.
Where particular line of public
policy is demonstrated to be salutary
and popular, and IA party has crystal
lied around it in sufficient strength to
gain power, IA class of adventures join
it who would join the opposing party
just us quickly if it were uppermOst.
BY incessant industry and hypocrisy
they worm themselves into the man
agement in time and when that goal
is reached they can conceal their true
nature no longer, but give evidence of
it 10y their manner of conducting things.
They unfold gradually until they reach
the height of their development, when
they deem themselves secure in the
control of the party machinery. When
that time comes they must either be
drowned out by defeat, or else the par
ty must 90 down with them, for there
is no telling what carnival of rotten
ness will follow st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
REFORM IN THEATRE ARCHITECTURE,
Yet if any building in the world
should be made fire proof, it is a thea
tire. If any building should be con-
structed with special reference to slow
rather than rapid combustion, it is a
theatre. For it is not enough that
stairways should be Strengthened, lob
bies widened, exits multiplied, and
precautions taken for extinguishing
fires and staying panics. A theatre
should be made as nearly fire-proof as
possible, or in any event brick, con-
crete and iron should be used wherever
they can be made to serve the purpose
of wood and everything that can be
done to separate the stage from the au-
ditOrium and to place int1ammable tin
der boxes like the scene lofts and car
penters' and painters rooms where
they will be least dangerous should be
done. The public will not be perma-
nently treasured until theatres are
made fire proof New York Tribune,
ANCIENT AND MODERN BOSSES.
The people of old Rome had the
habit of pitching their bosses from the
Tarpeian rock. They got a bad fall
and were never heard of any more.
The people of this country, about one
hundred years ago, upset Boss George
III and his ring bosses, and we have
had horror of bosses ever since
supineness, we sometimes forget those
D / ,.ta.. nj visrI
lance is the price of liberty; that pow
Ell is always stealing from the many tC
the few and the bosses, the modern
name for tyrants, by their arts of trea-
son, stratagem and spOils, get the bet
ter of the people for while
For a while only, for this yea
will witness the overthrow and de
structiOn of all the bosses in the boss
ridden states-Mahone i'll Virginia
/ Whyte in Maryland, Cameron in Penn
| sylvania and Conking in New York
| Sic semper tyrannis.-l Baltimore Sun
BUFFERS TRIUMPH.
Gen. Butler was chosen governor o
Massachusetts to voice the disgust o
the people III the republican party o
the nation. They were bound to tax,
an emetic. They have seen Arthu
and the stalwarts, FOlger in New Yarl
and Cameron in Pennsylvania, ant
RobesOn, Keifer and Hubbell in Con
gress, spreading themselves like tn,
/ green-bay tree in power, and they wer,
bound to Ego" for them by going
against them and all their associates
allies and party-fellOws. Even on
own delegation in Congress had meas
urably leveled itself down to the But
Ter standard by its river and harbo
votes, its subservience to protected in
terests and its failure to rise and pro
test effectually against the Hubbel
assessment of the civil service of tn,
country. The republican party ha
been too long protesting and too SLOW
in doing. The lesson of the day vii
bear no other reading.-[S Springfield
Republican.
THE LESSON OF 1T.
The people have been patient will
the republican party. 1t had the brain
of the country, it had the experienc,
of government, it had the cleaner pur
poses, the more inspiring traditions
the grander place in recent history
everything to qualify it for progress
and administrative reform. 1t has haC
warnings, even. 1t was warned il
1874, in 1876, in 1880. Even the bulle
of the assassin, which ought to hav,
aroused the party to its immediat,
duty, was accepted in its results a.
atfording and excusing a new delay t.
the projects of reform. The peOpl,
have wearied of this paltering. The!
have tired of Cameron in Pennsylvania
They are tired of seeing Boss COnklinl
succeeded in New York by Boss Steve
French and small men, masked behind
the respectability of Arthur and Folger
They are tired in New Hampshire anC
Connecticut of seeing rich republicans
| carry off offices as nnrsnnal nrnamantl