St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-12-18

ii world be altogether better, if there
was no Law foi trusteeing wages in ex.
istepce. They then would firmly re-
fuse to give credit to. the petty dead
beat clas., to reach whom it was
urged this new trustee act was pressed
to its passage Mr.. Ide said the great
mass of workingmen ought not. to be
treated with undue severity under the
law. because of the bad behavior of the
"black sheep" among them. Under
this new law q man will be obliged to
get his pay every day or every three
days to avoid the preemptory action of
this law. When we remember how
short a term of sickness it takes, how
few weeks enforced idleness, to throw
an honest workingman behind, it is
outrageous not to give him a breathing
spell for recovery Rutland Herald
THE CRY AGAINST EDMUNDs.
What is the meaning of the Boston
Journals hue and cryG Apparently
because Senator Edmunds did not
come up, in the late canvass, to its
self established standard of party zeal.
Now all will not agree that this should
be set down to Senator Edmunds' dis
credit, or that he should be impeached
therefor. 1t goes without saying that
the Journal, in the late canvass, bore
off the palm for unstinted lying. Its
exploits in this field of partisan
achievement were the despair of those
anxious by such means to attest their
party loyalty, and to commend them
selves to the notice of political field
marshals for recommendation to the
| almoners of party favor. The friends
of Senator Edmunds everywhere feel a
glow of honest pride that he fell so fal
behind this heated Journals furious
pace. While the latter is cooling of
and repairing damages, the S6iratoi
keeps on the even tenor of his way
running il tilt with monopolies and
contending for government whose
laws shall be framed aud administered
in the best interests of the millions
| governed. And when the time roll'
round again for the Green Mountain
state to choose his successor, unless he
shall positively refuse to serve, h'
will he returned to the United States
senate with Il fervOr and nnanimitl
that will put the black stamp of Beel
zebub upon the Journals spurious
post election coinage also. Its repre-
sensations of political sentiment il
Vermont, especially as affecting Sena
tor Edmunds, we believe are sweep
ing libel upon the people of the state
Il Montpelier Waterman.
1T AVERAGED WELL.
The present Legislature compares II
point of ability and in the character Il
it's work with any of its predecessors
Not but that it has done many unwls
things. passed unjust laws, such as TIL
public prosecutors bill and refused t
pass many worthy measures, such a
the bill to decrease the number q
Judges of the supreme court, anu til
bill to prescribe the taxable valuatio
of national bank shares. 1t was ais
somewhat lavish in the matter of az
preparations, and the Daniels claim
half of which il allowed, after tn
whole had been thoroughly examine
and thrown out by the legislature {
1882, was fraud on the state. On tn
other hand, it passed such good law
us the property rights of wives act
the act to diminish the frequency I
divorces the special jurors act; tn
+ act equaliZing the taxation of saving
banks aud trust companies the act ft
| the regulation and control of the mai
. agement of those institutions, and til
act allowing immediate release on ba
of person arrested on mesne proce'
in civil suit. One very ignorant bt
pretentious paper said that the legi'
lature of 1884 had done no great thin
like the passage of the grand list act
1880 and the passage of the incorpori
tive tax act by the Legislature of lSS
t | Well, all that any person ar institntlo
| can do is the work that lays befol
it. The tax laws had been passed, an
; all that was left was their improve
ment, which was effected. But it wi
turn out that the moral good which wi
come to the community by the operi
= ton of the act to diminish the frequel
n cy Of divorce cases, the property RICH
i. OF wives act and the act allowing in
mediate bail of persons arrested {
civil process, will far exceed the mi
tcrial welfare which has been broug
Il 10y the corporation tax act or the he
' grand list act. 1t will he found, loOI
y ing back fifty years hence, that tho
three laws were landmarks in Il
: progress of Vermont.-l Montpeli
. Argus.