St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-05-29
Public Opinion.

CHARGES AGAINST JUDGE ROYCE.
The last issue of the Richford Ca
zette contains charges of the gravest
character against Hon. Homer +.
Royce, chief judge of the supreme
court of this state. Not by innuendo
or insinuatiOn, but by direct and I'M
qualified terms, the writer says Judge
Royce is guilty of gross immortality, of
receiving brides aud of abuses of his
official position. Particular instances
of his alleged misconduct, it is averred,
are reserved for the investigation of
the legislature. These things would
seem to call for some notice either
from Judge Royce himself or his
friends. The allegations are either
true or are not true. If they are not
true they should be denied and the
slanderer prosecuted. Judge Royce is
the highest judicial officer in the state
and the people have direct interest
in matters affecting his personal honor
and official integrity Montpelier
Waterman.
THE CALL FOR ARTHUR.
Three leading houses, and three only,
signed the call for the Arthur meeting
the Clatiins, Jaffrays and Tiffanys.
1t is to be assumed that if the names
of the other great firms could have
been had they would have been OBJ
tanned. We know that many large
and small business firms were asked to
give Mr.. Arthur Il certificate of charac
ter and refused Absolutely New
York Graphic.
DARK HORSES.
1t is curious to note the kind of peo-
pie who get mentioned as clark horses"
tagged with the cOmplacent remark
that "Lincoln and Garfield were dark
horses" Lincoln had been competi-
tor in a senatorial canvass of the state
of Illinois with the little giant"
which had arrested the attention of the
whole country and which as test of
mans statesman-like qualities and fer
tility of resources was far above the
tests which Gresham, Harrison, or
young Lincoln himself have been put
to in our day. Although Lincoln was
beaten in that contest, he was thence
forth a man of national proportions
and was invited to New York to make
his Cooper institute address in conse-
quence. As to Garfield, he was "A man
whose public service for 20 years had
been incessant, covering two years
fighting in the field and the rest in
Congress. He was no dark horse in
the sense that he was unknown to the
public, for he was well known to the
people Springfield Republican.
CALL FOR THE BEST.
If it were simply a question of hon
Oring man who is brave, and sensible
and modest, and who has, withal, good
staying qualities of mind, the canvass
for governor, III spite of Colonel Pin
gree himself, might settle down and
the nomination become henceforth a
fOregone conclusion. If, however. the
best interests and pressing needs of
the state are considered we must still
hold, as we. held at the beginning of
this canvass, that ''the gOvernorship is
greater than either Nichols or Pingree,"
and we must still plead that the can
vass be kept open, that the convention
consider the question of candidates for
all the offices from strictly business
point of view, and in every instance,
GET THE BEST Montpelier Watch
man.
FOR BUSINESS MEN TO THINK OF.
Whoever may undertake the apology
for Mr.. Arthur, there is one point to
which they will do well to pay very
close attention, because at this time
and in this city it is one which many
thousands of excellent citizens regard
as exceedingly important. That is,
the notorious responsibility of Chester
A. Arthur for the misgovernment, the
decentralization, the extravaganza, the
corruption, and the disgusee- that have
come upon the city thraush the. al |
lance of the party maehine controlled, |
guided, and inspired by him, with a
faction of the democratic spOiIsmen.
There is probably not one of those !
signers of the call for this meeting who
does not earnestly desire reform in the |
city government and probably not one
who does not approve the measures
that have recently been passed by the |
state legislature for that purpose. Yet
the chief of these measures, the one |
which many of these same gentlemen |
held a public meeting to enforce, was
that depriving the board of aldermen !
of the power of confirmation of the |
mayors appointments, and it was made
necessary by the ideals" which were |
constantly made in the board with the |
representatives of the Arthur school of
city politics. For years the debasing
practices at which this was aimed, |
with Others of like purpose and char
acter, were manipulated by the agents
of Mr.. Arthur. The passage of the |
bill in the Legislature was fought with
desperation by this same class of men.
who are also now the ardent advocates
of Mr.. Arthur's nomination. He has
always been their leader. He is their
leader still. To them he is the cold !
man." to him they are "the boys
There is nothing to show that their
mutual relation has changed In their
opinion, as shown by their conduct, it
has not changed. They are good
judges of such subject. Their testi-
mOny to Mr.. Arthur's qualifications as
ga good president" deserves attention.
We hope it may receive it at the pro-
jected meeting. IN. Y. Times.
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