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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-24
Vermont Politics and Bosses.

The Vermont republican convention
this year promises to be chiefly impOr-
tant in its social aspect, for the ticket
is already nominated and its political
work will be but an empty ceremony.
The little newspapers which have
voiced the decision of the bosses, as
indicating some sort of public opinion,
now gravely announce that 1.-THE mat
ter is settled :" and so it is. The con
vention is probably as certain to name
Barstow of Shelburne for governor,
Dillingham; of Waterbury for ieuten-
ant governor and Du Bots of Randolph
for treasurer as those men are to live
and continue to want the places. And
there will be no platform adopted.
The old familiar document which
points with pride, views with alarm
and indorses the ten commandments
will be reproduced, but the managers
will by no means favor any live dec
laratiOns of belief unless driven to it
by the people, and nothing of that
kind is likely to happen. So far as
can be seen there is absolutely nothing
for the convention to do, and it might
Just as well not be called except for the
sound of it and the advantage of hOl-
iday among toiling politicians. In
view of the fact that these nominations
are all new, that none of the men have
any considerable popularity and that
plenty of men who are well known and
well qualified would like the places
this is a remarkable condition of things
and it is one which in any other state
would be impossible. The decision
was made in secretand announced only
to the initiated, but all familiar with
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-24
The Chinese Question.

This question has assumed grave
proportions. The passage by the Sen
ate of the bill to restrict Chinese immi-
grafton brings the matter before the
country III a prominent shape, and it
would seem as if Congress must take
some action one way or the other, to
settle the question. There is much to
he said on both sides. The people of
the Pacific coast see only one side, and
are fierce to have John Chinaman's i'm
migration so limited that he will not
become quite 50 much of nuisance to
that and other sections of the country.
The Chinese have increased In the
whole country in the past 10 years
from 1900 to IO5, 600, or 20 per cent,
and the census is not believed to find
them all. In California they have in
creased from $1,000 to 5000, or in the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-24
State Politics.

Not a ripple of undue excitement on
the political waters. Everything is
running to the satisfaction of the man
ayers.
But among so many candidates for
the lieutenant gOvernorship, somebody
must make up his mind to get left.
The Bennington Banner wants Hon.
Loveland MunsOn sent to Congress.
Lucius Robinson of Newport is spOk-
Ell of by the Democracy as their figure
head for this years campaign. l.. w.
Redington and Geo. f. Eaton are also
mentioned for the ticket. Likewise
Col. Dickey, Col. Randall, etc, etc.
These suggestions are made by the
ight-outs''- Republican "god-
fathers" invited to take Il hand in the
matter.
Not a man is named in opposition to
w. ii. Dubois as state treasurer.
The BrattleborO Reformer would
have the Vermont Democrats nomin-
ate Col. A. Nj. Dickey of Bradford
"full of mental vigor, clean personally,
and entirely independent" The
Springfield Republican takes this up
and remarks: Chat is one thing
which the Democrats of the country
need clean Dickey."
Col. 5. NJ. Pingree of Hartford, Law
yer Belden of st. Johnsbury, and Capt.
l.. X. Fuller of BrattlebOro, are under
stood to he "willin'n to follow Gen.
Barstow on the republican state ticket
this fall Messenger.
1t will he Just as well to drop Law
yer Belden's name from the list of those
who are anxiously willin' but he
would fill the chair pretty well, all the
same, if he could be induced to accept.
Hon. w. p. Dillingham;, of Water
bury, who has been talked of by the
slate makers as candidate for the lieu
tenant governOrship, has gone back
on his democratic would-be "gOd-fa-
ther,n and refuses, under any consid-
Grafton, to allow his name used in con
nectiOn with the place. He advances
business and professional demands as
his reason for declining the use of his
name. l.. X. Fuller of Windham coun-
ty and Col. Sam Pingree of Windsor
county are mentioned" as substitutes.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-24

On account of sickness in his family,
Senator Edmunds has been granted a
leave of absence by the Senate.
Congressman Hubbell, of Michigan,
is to race with Senator Ferry for the
Senatorship in the coming contest.
Gen. Garfield's son Harry is report
ed to he matrimOnally engaged to
Colonel Rockwell's daughter Lulu.
Gail Hamilton, arguing with Wash
ington editor: "The only defence, Mr..
Hutchins, between you and the Nor
mon men is that they drive their own
teams all abreast and you drive them
tandem" Mr.. Hutchins had buried
three wives. - Louisville Courier
journal.
So anxious were members of the su-
preme bench to have Senator Edmunds
sit with them that the chief justice and
associate justices, hearing that Mr.. Ed
munds was anxious to devote next
summer to his invalid daughter, agreed
to look after the business of that cir
cult that he might have the summer
as a holiday.
The New York Independent, speak
ing of the appointment of Judge
Blatchford, says: "The President de-
serves and will receive commentator
in all quarters for his wisdom in max
ing such an excellent appointment.
He might have searched the whole
country without finding a man more
worthy of the place"
Mr. Edmunds' departure from the
Senate would be regarded by his Re
publican associates as an almost ire
parable misfortune. No man now or
recently in public life has exerted so
powerful an influence i'll shaping i'm
pOrtant legislation as he has done
Washington Special to n. Y. Tribune.
1t is related i'll Chicago that when
Patti demanded 5000 for each con-
cert from Manager J. II. Haverly, he
remarked that it would be equivalent
to $50, 600 a month, and remarked sot-
to voice "The President of the Uni
ted States works year for that
amount" 'Well," responded the diva
promptly, ''get the President to sing
for you"
Word comes that one of Vermont's
congressional statesmen has strength
ened his family ties at public expense
by sending six mailbags full of gov
eminent seeds to his brOther-in-law,
who lives on small farm i'll this state,
and that four bushels of wheat con-
tanned in the lot has been thriftily car
ried to the miller and ground into
flour. This is all very nice for the
brother-in law, but how will the con-
sequent neglecting of constituents who
are mighty in school districts effect
the reelection business P-[Spr. Repub-
lican
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-24

political management in the state
know that it would be folly to attempt
its overthrow, the general public is
kept in the dark about the whole mat
ter, and the machine works without
creak or jar.
AS showing something of political
ways in the state, and the connections
of men prominent in public affairs, it
is worth while to give bit of history
At the session of the legislature in
1869 the Central railroad had a good
deal of lobbying to do, and afterward
charges of bribery led to legislative
investigation of the matter. Smiths
chief agent was j. d. Hatch of Bur
lington, and this man in the spring of
1873 testified that during the session
in question he retained" Roswell
Farnham, X. 5. Taft, J. E. Dickerman
and w. Pingry of the Senate, G. w.
Grandey (speaker), c. A. Weber, w.
d. Crane and Kittridge Haskins of the
House, one j. w. Stewart, II. H. Pow
ers, ID. c. Denison, G. w. Hendee, II.
II. Wheeler, w. G. Veazey and several
Others not then members of the legis-
lature. He also particularly admitted
retaining George n. Dale, then lieu
tenant governor, w. g. Ferrin, state
auditor, and l.. c. Hinckley, who was
not then in office. These men were
nearly all lawyers and the pretense
was usually made that they were to
''lOOk after lost baggage" The amount
paid was generally $50, in few cases
500, and the money came from the
"secret service fund" made up from
unclaimed earnings and not accounted
for to anybody. The list of names is Il
remarkable one. Not to mention less
er matters, Stewart and Farnham have
since been elected to the governOrship,
Taft and Hinckley to the lieutenant
governOrship, Powers to the speaker
ship of the House, Denison and Hen
dee to Congress, and Wheeler, Powers,
Taft and Neazey to the supreme bench.
Newspapers i'll the state have
never given the facts developed by
the investigation referred to, and do
not dare refer to them to-day. How
many people i'll Vermont, outside of
politicians and editors, know that their
governor and three of their supreme
court judges were dozen years ago
paid money from Smiths secret-ser-
vice fund for dOing-nobody-and eV-
erybody-knOws what , Springfield
Republican.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-24
Labor Troubles.

The season of labor strikes seems to
have come again, and in widely sepa-
rated portions of our country strug-
giles between capital and labor have
been going on for some few days past.
The trouble at Omaha appears to have
subsidized somewhat, without as serious
results as were at first feared. An at
tempt on the part of the Western
Union telegraph company at Boston
to cut down the pay of its messengers
has proved Intellectual. The boys
made a sturdy resistance to the reduc-
ton and, after a three days contest,
finally came out ahead and were taken
back ut old rates. In other parts of
the country strikes are reported, but
the most serious affair of this kind is
at Lawrence, Mass, where five thou
sand mill operatives are idle and have
a gloomy prospect before them. The
trouble grew out of a threatened re-
ductiOn in wages by the managers OF
the Pacific mills, and on Tuesday,
when the fever was at its hight and
the operatives had grown determined
to hold out, the mills were closed
against them and they were informed
that they could not return even if they
desired to do so. Whatever the real
cause of the strike in this case, the
movement cannot but work evil to
the strikers themselves. However
much outside parties may be willing
to help them, it is not possible, among
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-24

so many thrown out of work, to pre-
vent suffering and distress. The ques-
ton of Capital VS.. Labor is hard one
to solve satisfactorily to both sides !;
but we do not believe the solution is
materially aided by strikes of this
magnitude.
There is very serious trouble in the
coal regions. Strikes are spreading in
several localities, great numbers of
miners are reported in threatening
attitude, and it will not be surprising
if few weeks bring a very general
suspension of work. All through
western Pennsylvania, Maryland and
West Virginia the difficulties are in
creasing, and in eastern Pennsylvania
affairs are taking similar course.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-24
Vermont News.

A. b. Smith is probably elected com
missioner for LamOille county, by
about 100 majority.
Edwin f. c. Brown, second son of
Col. A. c. Brown, of Montpelier, died
of diphtheria the 9th, after four days
sickness. lie was IL years old.
The hotel and dwelling house at
Cavendish were burned last week.
Postmasters appointed Georgia, H.
). Newton South Pomfret. b. F. Ash
ley.
Not single iury case was tried at
the recent term of the Windham coun-
ty court.
Hayden skinner, of st. Adams Bay,
has been adjudged insane and remOv-
ed to Brattleboro.
A little son of j. ID. Marsh, of Straf-
ford, fell down and stuck penknife
in his eye, which caused the loss of the
same.
Officers of the law made IA call at the
Barton hotel; during the last week and
seized a large quantity of liquors. Mr..
Spalding and Mr.. Foster were taken
before Justice Barnard and each fined
prisonment. They each took an APP
peal.
Philander Staples of Fairlee was
struck by lever while moving lumber
Friday, his face cut through from
mouth to ear, his collar-bOne broken
and his shoulder dislOcated.
John LABEL, wood chopper in Boil
ton, was knocked senseless Saturday,
by falling tree, and the scalp was
torn from his head. There is no hope
of his recovery.
j. II. Brown, a brakeman on the
Central Vermont road, was crushed to
death by the cars near Bartonsville,
on the Rutland division, last Saturday
evening.
Rev. l.. b. Hibbard of Ludlow has
received a call to the first Baptist
church i'll Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and he
expects to go there about the last of
next month.
Vermont has lS5 Methodist churches
with l72 pastors and 1898 full mem
beers and 2G:}S probatiOners. These
churches raised for ministerial support
during the year, S65, l67, own SS07 ,}Oe
worth of church property and have
spent S40,S50 within year in build
ing and improvements.
Special Agent Bigelow has secured
the arrest of Edward f. BickfOrd and
Mrs. II. c. Cross of Brandon, charged
with sending obscene postal cards
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-24

If appointments to the public service
of city, state or nation were made for
merit, and the tenure depended upon
fidelity and capacity to discharge the
duties properly, political assessments
could not be enforced, and there would
be no need of a statute against them
1t is beginning i'll the wrong way, to
treat the results and not the causes of
the spoils system. But anything
which will decrease the influence of
politicians in the administration of the
public business, and slacken their grip
upon the offices, is to be commended.
1t will probably be found difficult to
prevent voluntary contributions by
place holders to political funds so long
as politicians control the places. Yet.
if the axe cannot be laid at the root of
the tree, some of the branches that
bear only evil fruit may be Topped off.
: Boston Herald.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-24

same ratio as the whites, and the Chi
nese increase is due almost entirely to
immigration. There are now employ
ed in San Francisco 5IS2 Chinese and
Coz white cigar makers, 800 Chinese
in laundries and no white people, 1900
Chinese and 1000 whites in tailoring
of the 90 shoe factories, AZ employ on
ly Chinese, all the 30 slipper factories
employ Chinese, and the number of
Chinese in the whole shOe-making in
dustry is 800 against 100 whites.
The inhabitants of the Pacific coast
think this is crowding them some, and
demand that relief be afforded by Con-
gressional action. 1t can be maintain
ed, on one hand, that the government
has no right under the constitution to
forbid the people of any country from
coming here and that a discrimina-
ton against John Chinaman is decid-
eddy intOlerant and unjust. On the
other hand it can be held with much
force that while the United States well
comes any who come here to live and
become citizens, it can justly, and
ought to, discriminate against those
who come simply for the sake of get
ting a competence who have no dis
ing for our manners and customs,
crowd cur own citizens out of employ
ment, and hurry back to their native
country as soon as they can. This the
Chinese make point of doing hence
the prejudice against them.
The bill i'll question provides that
from and after the expiration of ninety
days after the passage of the act, and
until the expiration of twenty years
after its passage, the coming of Chi
nese laborers to the United States
shall be suspended, and prescribes Il
penalty of Imprisonment not exceeding
one year, and fine of not more than
$500, against the master of any vessel
who brings any Chinese laborer to this
country during that period. 1t fur
ther provides that the classes of Chi
nese excepted by the treaty from such
prohibition, such as merchants, teach
ers, students, travellers and diplomatic
agents and Chinese labOrers who were
in the United States on the 18th of
November, 1850, shall be required, as
IL condition for the admission, to pro-
duce passports from the government of
China, personally identifying them
and showing that they individually be-
long to one of the permitted classes,
which passports must have been en-
dorsed by the diplomatic representa-
tive of the United States in China, or
by the United States consul at the port
of departure. 1t also provides elabor-
ate machinery for carrying out the
purposes of the act, in additional sec
tons prohibits the admission of Chi
nese to citizenship by United States or
state courts, and CONSTITUTES the words
"Chinese laborersn to mean both skill
ed and unskilled labOrers and Chinese
employed i'll mining.
There promises to be lively time
in the House over this bill, and action
on it will be watched with interest.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-24
Current Opinion.
DEAD, But NOT DEFENCELEss.

DEAD, But NOT DEFENCELESS.
Do the creatures who are trying to
delile the grave of President Garfield
fancy that they will help themselves
i'll public estimation by that course
He cannot answer. His lips have
been silemced forever by an assassin,
whose black deed was not baser, but
far less cowardly, than the conduct of
those who strive to dishonOr the mem
DRY of the martyr. Yet, although he
can make no reply to the ISLANDERS
which towards did not dare to utter
while he lived, he will not be defence
less. The hearts of the people will
speak for him. Before he died the
world had come to know him and to
love him infinitely better than any of
his foes. Abuse of the dead lion will
scarcely make the living jackal honor
ed or dear New York Tribune.
EDMUNDs AND THE FRAMING PRIV
LEGE.
In 1873 Senator Edmunds favored
the franking privilege and asked: SIS
it not IA good thing for party and for
the Senate to be tolerably candid with
the people of the United States ~
"The franking privilege, as it is called,
is the privilege of the people, and not
the privilege of their agents" sit is
burden upon us, a duty upon us, and
it is the privilege or right of the peO-
pie; and the people pay for it, as they
ought to-" Evidently, Mr.. Edmunds
has not changed his opinion on this
subject, nor has the country, perhaps,
as will appear i'll few days. 1t is
safe to take it for granted that very
few people will share the opinion that
it is popular privilege to let Senators
and Representative use the mail with
out paying for it Boston Advertiser.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-24

Mary Clemmer Ames, in II letter to
the \. Y. independent, speaks as fol-
lows of Speaker Keifer: Like Gar
field, Speaker Keifer still bears about
with him much of the bucolic bloom of
early farm days, when continual con-
tact with the earth and its fruitage fed
the vigor of youth and renewed the
forces of mature lite. Like Garfield
by hard work and hard study, Speak
er keiter won his education. He was
graduated from Horace Mann's college
at Antioch, and is, | believe, a mem
her of the Disciples church. He was
but twenty five years of age when he
enlisted in the army, and he fought
through from the beginning of the war
tn its end. He was wounded four
times, seriously so at the Battle of the
Wilderness, and was made brigadier-
general by President Lincoln for gal
liant and distinguished services in 1864
All of which gives the Speaker of the
House of Representatives an honOred
right to his chair, striking back to a
time when fictitious Stalwarts had
neither name nor being"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-24

The Springfield Republican does not
tackle kindly to the appropriation for
Montpelier's benefit, and says: "a
greater absurdity than a federal build
ing to cost sl5O,OOO at Montpelier, VT,
cannot be imagined. There is no fed
eral business there except the post-of-
lice for village of 1000 inhabitants,
and the pension and internal revenue
offices"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-24

a disreputable attempt is being
made 10y men of the stalwart species
To assail the character of the dead
President Garfield on account of a let
ter written by him while chief of Gen.
Rosecrans' staff, criticising certain ac-
tons of the latter. Rosecrans and his
friends maintain now that the letter
smacked of INSTRUMENTATION and treach-
cry, and are endeavoring to make the
most of it. But there was nothing
treacherous, nothing insubordinate,
about the letter. 1t was only an indie
pendent expression of opinion concern
ing IA generals course and this cow
ardly attempt on the part of Rosecrans
and his associates to defame the char
acter of Garfield and make conspicu-
GUS an alleged weak point now that he
is dead, will fall far short of its pur-
pose, and reflect dishonor on its orig
inatOrs.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-24
F. C. STEVENS,
TAILOR,

has this week received his
stock Of SPRING WOOL
EMS, and every customer may
be assured that the very thing
he wants for Spring Suit is
waiting his order.
There is nothing especially
new in the styles of Woolens.
Very fancy goods are but lit
tie used, and plain mixtures
are still the favorites. In re-
gard to prices ! can suit all.
The man who wants IA medium
priced suit will be accommodate
ed, and the man who calls for
a high priced suit will not be
sent away naked.
March S, 1882. a..n
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-24

A negro named Henry, born a slave
in Virginia, was admitted to the Phil
adelphia bar the other day, and got a
compliment from the board of exami-
nation. The city had one colored law
yer before, admitted to practice upon
certificate from the Massachusetts
supreme court.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-24

Very little is heard now days about
Guiteau, and most people seem very
willing to leave him severely alone to
await his doom. His .iailor says he has
lost much of his talkativeness, and
does not take much interest in visitors
except to sell them his autographs and
photographs. He shows no signs of
insanity, and there is no prospect that
his alleged "mental disorder" will in
crease. He refers to his death Occa-
sionally by saying Il suppose | have
got to co. but does not seem at all
subdued. 1t is the opinion of Warden
Croker that the prisoners health and
insolence will remain unimpaired till
the last. There will he change, how
ever, when the drop falls.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-24

through the mail. They gave bail for
appearance at the next term of the
United States court next May.
The champion office holder of the
state is George w. Grandey of Yer
gennes. He has been justice of the
peace, representative, senator, speaker
of the House, postmaster, mayor, bank
examiner, quartermasterg general, court
auditor, school superintendent and
member of the board of education. He
is 80 years old, and the total of his
terms of office is l24 years. He was
also member of the electoral college
in 1865, delegate to the Philadelphia
convention in 1872, and has been chair
man of the Republican state committee
for a dozen years.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-24

The carelessness of an engineer on
the Harlem River railroad, in New
York, came near causing another fatal
accident the other day. An engine
attached To Il paymaster's car was run
some four miles on the wrong track,
at Il lively rate, and collision with
an approaching express train was only
avrrted because the track was straight
for IA long distance and the engineer
was thus enabled to see the coming
train III time to signal it and then
back out of the way. He and the fire
man were promptly discharged, as
they deserved to he.