St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-12-29
Public Opinion.
THE ToILING CONGRESSMAN.

THE TOIIING CONGRESSMAN.
The noble, self-denying resolve of
Congress, that on its return from its
holiday spree-that spree which in a
splendid spasm of implacable virtue it
determined not to indulge init will
meet at IL "a. m. instead of ~ NJ, is to
be regarded as a unique contribution
to the conscience fund n. Y. Trib-
une.
ABOUT PLAYED OUT.
A fellow who "sat up an entire night
during the presidents illness" as mes
senger at the white house, filed his
claim with the Garfield board of audit
the other day. The messenger wants
$50 for his services, although he was
at the time in the pay of the war de-
partment. Taking into consideration
what a ravenOusly grasping set of
money-grabbers the entire gang about
Garfield seems to have been, it is no
wonder he died. Boston Post.
NEWSPAPER DEAD-HEADS.
The Kansas City Times favOrs the
abolition of postage on newspapers sent
to regular subscribers, as proposed by
Postmaster General Howe, and its
publisher, Morrison MumfOrd, is seek
ing the cooperation of other newspa-
per men in pressing for the passage of
the bill now before Congress to accom-
plish this end The proposition is
utterly absurd and prepOsterOus.
There is no sort of reason why news
papers should not pay a fair rate for
transmitting their packages through
the mails. They are no more entitled
to exemption from postage than other
people, Springfield Republican.
THE FIFTEEN PER CENT SwINDLE.
The demand that the coming of
silver dollars be stopped grows more
urgent every day in the press. The
Albany Argus puts the swindle into
| cold figures thus Eighty gold
dollars will buy now as much as is put
in One-hundred so-called silver dollars.
Every time the hundred silver dollars
are declared dollars, the people are
cheated and the silver mOnOpOlists en-
riched to the extent of $15. There are
500, 00O,0 of these lying issues in
the Federal Treasury, which the bust
ness of the country won't have and
which the government can't force out.
| They represent swindle of Sl5,OOO,-
! WV vi lilt BCOlIN,
and IL bonus to that degree to the silver
mOnOpOlists."
DESPERATION OF THE PUBLIC THIEVES.
Col. Mcclure of the Philadelphia
Times has been in Washington study
ing up DOrsey's case. He concludes a:
| His friends, who are numerous and
well advised, openly declare that he
can't and shan't he sentenced as thief,
and in that defiant boast believe they
count all the avenues of escape from
corrupting Justice to the suicides
grave. The trial will certainly last
over il month, and prominent attOr-
ney for the government has informed
me that it may last nearer three than
two months. Evidently the defense
will protract it i'll every possible man
ner, as every day gained is welcomed
! by despair, and mistrial by sickness
or death or by reason of any other of
the many remotely possible causes,
can he hoped for as long as a verdict
! has not been rendered. The defense
feel that the present is most unpro-
pitious time to try the star-rOute
thieves, ANA they judge correctly. The
reform tide is surging against every
department of authority +; public Off
cials must keep their garments I'M
blemished, and it is sorry season for
thieves who are brought to the bar of
the law for justice. There will, there
fore, be studied delay, and if the ma
jesty of the law shall be indicated, it
will be only after the most stubborn and
desperate battle with potential crime
ever known in our history.