The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-06-20
Political Notes.


engaged in an unseemly broil over the
election of United States senator to sue
coed Senator Rollins.
The Ohio prohibitionists have nomi.
mated Ferdinand Schumacher and the
greenbackers Charles Jenkins as their
respective candidates for governor, and
have put a full state ticket in the field.
SPEAKING of the coming Democratic
convention in Ohio, the New York Sun
says: If the Democrats are discreet and
nominate suitable candidate for COVER
nor, they are pretty sure to carry the state;
but they have genius for defeating them
selves, and this is what the Republicans
rely on"
They understand out on the Pacific
coast that Mr.. Conkling and his friends
have bought the Judge, the New York
comic paper, in order to put an end to the
cartoon attacks upon the fallen statesman.
This leads the San Francisco Call to give
an anecdote concerning President Van Blu
rem On returning home one evening he
was met at the door by his wife, who held
up newspaper to his view with marked
article, in which he was scandalously
abused. Mr.. Van Buren," said she, un.
less you cowhide the author of that arti-
Gle, l will get a divorce from you" "Tut,
tut, wife," replied Mr. Van Buren,, al
paid the editor $500 for writing it."
SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN: "General
Sherman has his weaknesses. He thinks
Dorsey was splendid senator and Gen
eral Brady a Woodworking, active man.
Both of them seemed to me to be honor
able men. What they did in the matter
of the mail routes for which they have
been tried was in the line of promoting
the population and development of the
West Il am a believer in the West,
added the old general, not stopping to ex-
plain how it was that million dollars
was saved on star-routes, as soon as Brady
was turned out, without interfering with
the mail facilities of the West, or with
the population and development of that
region"
HoN. JAMES B. BECK says in the New
York Tribune: "The way view the stu
alton for the next presidential campaign
is this The majority of the people of the
United States are tired of what you might
call Republican bossism, but don't think
yet that we can be trusted. We have a
majority of the next congress, and the re-
suit will depend upon what we do. If we
organize and go honestly to work to leg
islate for the good of the whole country,
put down monopolies without disturbing
industry, carry a genuine reform of the
civil service into effect, and keep clear of
the idea that power is to be used only to
reward political friends, we will elect the
next president. The contest will be one
of ideas of this character, and will not be
affected by the differences of opinion on
the tariff. Personally l am a liberal
trader some of my friends believe in pro-
lection; but these things will not infu-
ence US much. The vital questions are 80
great that | do not care to speak about
men. There isn't any one man big enough
to stand for them-no one who towers over
the others so greatly that he can be looked
upon as the only fit man to represent the
principles now at ISSUE"
MINNEAPoLIs tribune: "Technic-
ally, Mr.. Edmunds would be handicapped
by the fact that his state is small and
hopelessly republican. But it is to be re-
J membered that in 1884 we shall have more
than one doubtful state, and it may be
fairly questioned whether, all things con-
sidered, Mr.. Edmunds, on account of his
great eminence, wide popularity and sin.
gular ftnessfor presidential duties, would
not carry more of these uncertain com
monwealths than would any candidate Sc.
lected from some one of them, but having
no particular elements of strength beyond
his own home. The names of Edmunds
and Lincoln would form ticket which
ought to rally to it every man who has
ever voted with the republicans. 1t
would touch the high water mark OF
that republicanism which has 50 superbly
illustrated the annals of the last quarter
of century, and in which, when it is mp
permost, the masses still have an abiding
confidence. 1t would be a ticket which
could not, by any possibility, be matched
on the other side. 1t would hush the
voice of faction. 1t would leave nc
shadow of excuse for any republican to
vote against his party or stay away from
the polls. 1t would do more, it would Sc.
cure the quiet support of tens of thous
ands of nominal democrats who have nc
wish to see the control of the nation
turned over bodily to the sort of political
leaders who are just now at the front in
democratic councils"