St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-09-04

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its opposition to Cleveland.-[M Milford,
Mass, Journal, Blaine.
AN INDEPENDENT OPINION.
The result of the Vermont election
cannot but be interpreted as highly
unfavorable to Mr.. Blaine. O..
There will be no mole sneering at the
Vermont independents. They have
been heard FROM Springfield Repub-
lican.
SOMETHING TO WORK FOR.
If the Free Press thinks a speech of
300 words which does not mention
Blaine is such boost to his canvass,
how much does it imagine a speech or
letter of thirty words, saying that Sen
ator Edmunds regards Blaine as man
of untarnished integrity in every way
fit to be president, would be WORTH
Why doesn't the Burlington editor try
to get such an utterance9 1t would be
worth first class consulate to him if
Blaine is elected.-[Springfield Repub-
lican.
KEEP THE VULTURES AWAY.
Senator Hoar cOnfesses that it is
| likely there are unworthy men still
conspicuous" in the republican party.
| For, he says, "whenever victorious
army is on the march, you will see
these vultures flying in the air." We
trust that Mr.. HOar's ''dear young
friend" has heard from his mother the
wise ANA instructive adage that "yOu
can't prevent the birds from flying over
your head, but you can keep them fl ON
| building nests in your hair" The re-
publican party need not have called
the cultures" down for leaders,
Boston Herald.
A CLEAN CANDIDATE.
The country requires Il president
who is not the paid attorney or dupe
of corporate interests whose sense of
public duty and private honor would
not permit him to barter his great in
tiuence for private gain. 1t needs Il
president, whose sterling integrity
places him beyond the reach of bribery,
and whose public record proves it. In
his private home life he should be
pure and without suspicion, that the
country may have Il good example in
its chief magistrate. To meet all these
requirements the prohibition party
presents to you such IL candidate in the
person of ex-GOv. John p. st. John of
Kansas. - Address of Massachusetts
Prohibitionists.
BLAINE IN THE DIFFERENT ZONES.
AT BrattlebOro Monday evening, Col.
! Il. W. HigginSOn quoted Senator Ed
minds description of Vermont as ''the
pole-star of sound politics." and said
that the senator's speech might rather
he called the north pole of sound poll
| .. 4 Al.
Senator Hoar, on the other hand, rep
resented the tOTrid zone of enthusiasm,
and praised his candidate so warmly
that it was impossible to understand
why he had not always been his candi-
date. Senator Hawley represented the
temperate zone of administration, and
had made some fatal admissions, but it
was reserved for Senator Edmunds to
put his candidate into an ice box, shut
the lid down and sit on it.
EDMUNDs' INTERESTING CASE.
1t is reported that Hon. George F.
Edmunds has contributed 5000 to the
Blaine campaign fund. His deep,
abiding affection for Blaine is well
known. In Washington he was too
sick to speak at IL Blaine ratification
i1eeting, and he hasn't said, and won't
say, good word for him in Vermont.
From all that could be discovered from
the only speech which Edmunds has
cOndescended to make during the can
vass in Vermont, John c. Fremont
might be the candidate of the republi-
can party this year, for there was not
II word about Blaine in the speech
Bro. Blaine has tolerably clear per-
ceptive faculties, and is no doubt fully
aware of the debt he is under to the
Vermont senator. The telephone case
which now keeps Mr.. Edmunds so
busy that he really has no time for
politics must be very interesting.
New York Sun.
A KICKING CAMPAIGN.
The independents clearly set the
fashion for the campaign, which in the
variety and ingenuity of kicking dis
played goes far beyond all recent dis
plays. There are independent repub-
licans who kick against Blaine and a
club has been formed at Waltham of
Independent democrats who kick
against Cleveland. Some Butler men
kick against both the other candidates,
or pretend to, while large number of
his late adh'rents kick against the old
man himself. The Irish kick, the Ger
mans kick, the Scandinavians kick, the
colored men kick, the prOhibitionists
kick. the anti-prOhibitiOnist kick, the
American alliance men kick, Malone is
both kicker and kickee, the religious
press have not legs enough to kick as
many ways as they want to, the silent
voter discloses disposition now and
| then to kick,-in short, the country is
i'll Il mood which requires the epithet
kicksOme to fully express its extent
Springfield Republican.
SUPPORTS THE BIBLICAL TICKET.
The Fulton county, Illinois, Demo-
crat, heretofore an ardent supporter of
Cleveland, comes out strongly for st.
John and Daniel: The Democrat
is not under bonds to apologize to any
human being for its inability to sup
port Governor Cleveland. We have
all the time spit upon the cowardly
platforms of both the national and
state democratic conventions. Now
we are compelled to decline the further
support of the head of the ticket, and
TO make u final ending of bad job we
beg to announce that the Fulton Dem
Ocrat will henceforward support the
prohibition ticket and do all in its pow
er to build up that party. We enter
upon this new mission with exceeding
great joy. We have not stopped to
debate the question whether it will
cut off half our patronage, or double
it. We only know that mind, body
and means are cheerfully dedicated to
this work, and we humbly and de-
vOtedly thank God that through His
providence a way has been opened up
in which we are permitted to the end
of life to fight untrammeled the battle
of the Home against the Saloon.