St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-01-05

in their own way. If this session of
Congress closes without amending the
tariff and reducing taxes in accO' dance
with public expectations, the ST persti-
tious worship of party, which has been
so serious an obstacle to politic;h de-
velOpment, will receive a most Effect
i've blow.-lP Philadelphia Record.
AN INEXCUsABLE POLICY.
The coinage of the legal tender dol
lars should be stopped where it is, and
without an hours delay, if it were pos
sible. There is no occasion to attempt
to Danish silver as Il circulating medi-
um. But it should be in honest coin
age, representing within reasonable
margin the actual value of the metal.
And from its nature it must be, in a
great measure, subsidiary. Perhaps
room could be made for three hundred
millions by the withdrawal of the
treasury notes of the smaller denomi-
nations and a contraction of the bank
note currency of the same kini. This
would neither be incOnvenient nor dis
honest, and silver would have its prop
er and reasonable part i'll the circulat-
ing medium. But this piling up of
let loose upon credit and the stability
of values upon the first breath affect
ing the general prosperity, or the first
accident changing the balance of for
eign trade, is a sin against absolute
knowledge and the light of experience,
which is ineXcusable. 1t is like iietting
the waters of a reservoir aceuun: in
careless security because 9leiidem IS
now sufficient to hold them n. but
which will surely give way byitfe LAWS
of gravitatiOn in due timegifa mt bTl
accident. The depreciatedadoiihf Do
not even serve the purposeswI - It
was expected OF pretended tia q
would, and the uncOmpensated Der
is all that remains Providanee jour
nal. f9 .fseof
THE CONNECTICUT ELECnI0NfeAsE.
The legislature meets OnsNefl liesday
and one of its first duties is 70 cilfS ass
the vote and formally declare 4 COVER
nor elected. Unless the character of
the ballots is brought to their attention
by petition they will pay no heed to it
but will declare Mr.. Waller to be gov
ernor, as he was undoubtedly elected
to be by the people. If petition is
presented, citing the facts of Judge
Parks decision, the legislature can go
into the subject and can throw out the
democratic votes, without considering
the legality of the republican ballots.
The republican managers declare Il de-
termination to have such IA petition
presented, and intimate their belief
that the end will be the Inauguration
of a republican state government. We
hesitate to believe that they will adopt
course so unwise as this. There can
be no doubt about the intent of the
people. BY plurality of over 1000
they decided in favor of giving control
of the state to the democrats. The
party which undertakes to reverse that
decision will commit Il great political
blundel, if not political crime. If
the democratic ballots are rejected the
republican ballots should also be
thrown out. The control of the state
would then fall into the hands of the
prohibitionists, who pOlled only about
| 200 votes. The republicans would
gain nothing but would lose their only
congressman, Mr.. Wait, and the only
state officer they elected, Comptroller
Sl0at. They would lose also their own
self-respect and would bring confusion
and possible anarchy upon the state.
Much the wiser course will be to have
the legislature overlook the violations
this year and guard against offences in
the future by amending the statute so
that it will read that all ballots cast in
violation of its provisions shall be de-
clared void. AS for Judge Parks de
cision, that applies only to the candi-
dates in New Haven, and can be settled
there without involving the peace of
the state New York Tribune.