News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-28
NOTE AND COMMENT.


other Arctic explorers on the i'll tated
Jeanette, arrived in New York on
Monday of last week.
Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, thinks
the Democratic National Convention
will be held in Boston some time in
August.
The New York Assembly has passed
the Roosevelt bill, taking away from
the New York Board of Aldermen
the power of confirming the Mayors
nominees. 1t is expected TO pass the
Senate also.
The House has passed the bill ap-
propriating $150,000 to educate the
Indians.
A disastrous flood is reported in
Lower California. Los Angeles is
partially submerged.
Ex-Speaker Keifer told his side of
the controversy with Gen. Boynton
one day last week before the Commit
tee of Investigation.
Edmunds is doing nothing to secure
the nomination, but people coming
here from all sections speak of him
with unqualified admiration. Mr..
Edmunds may not be a demagogue,
with the squalities that draw men, "
but he is a leader, who has the courage
to espouse a cause and the courage to
maintain it, and who, at the same
time, fascinates those who meet him
with his conversational powers, while
be endears them by his kindness Of
heart. A statesman of unsullied rep
utation, Mr.. Edmunds will be nomina-
ted (should he be successfully because
of his fitness, and not because he hes
purchased support, either by the gift
or promise of place.
Representative John d. Long, Of
Massachusetts, sets a good example
for other Congressman by announcing
that he will be glad on his return
home to report to his constituents il
any town that cares to hear him, anG
to speak on the subjects which engage
the attention of Congress.
A bill doing away with one-sideG
cutters by providing that all one-horse
sleighs and sleds used upon the public
ways shall have the animals harnesset
directly in front and on a line will
the centers thereof was introduced il
the New Jersey Assembly by Mr.
Ross, of Sussex, but Mr.. Wildrick, Of
Warren killed the measure with thi;
short but forcible speech: "This ere
thing hain't got no sense. We dom
want no such highfalutin way
o'hitchin'a boss in Warren. IfSusse1
folks want to hitch bosses that way
let'em, but they amt got no right to
make us do it."
Within a few days Mr.. Blaine has
refused to carry out one part of the
programme which has been assigned to
him in various quarters. 1t has been
said that he would be delegate to the
convention from Maine, and would in
that capacity occupy the position
which Garfield did at Chicago. But
within short time the State Repub-
lican Committee of Maine has ap-
piled to Mr.. Blaine for permission to
use his name as a delegate, and he
has refused. This committee then
applied to him to designate some one
who might represent him in the dele
CATION at Chicago. This Mr.. Blaine
also refused to do, stating that he
would have nothing to do absolutely
with the appointment of the delegates
and would not dictate to them a pol
icy.
There is stronger probability that
Postmaster General Gresham will
leave the Cabinet. than there at any
time has been. He will doubtless be-
come the successor of United States
Judge Drummond in the Seventh
Judicial Circuit upon the retirement
of that venerable official, who will
leave the Bench in few days on the
completion of the SD anniversary of
his commission. The Indiana delega-
ton has signed a paper formally
presenting the name of the postmaster
General TO the President for this posi-
ton. They did not do this until they
ascertained that Mr.. Gresham would
not only be willing but would be glad
to accept the place. One of the In
diana Congressman, who has been ac-
tive in preparing this petition, has
said that there was no longer a ques-
ton that Judge Gresham would accept.
ale will be glad to get it, he SAID.
This unquestionably settles the case
as to the candidacy of Judge Gresham /,
and it would seem to settle the result,
for the supporters of the other can
didates for this position in Illinois and
Wisconsin have admitted that if Ores
ham was a candidate it would not be
wise in them to make the contest.
Gresham's political friends have been
anxious that lie should remain in pol
itics, as he would be an available dark
horse at Chicago. But Judge Gresham
is a poor man, the Bench is to his
taste, and it is known that his brief
experience in politics has not been
altogether pleasant to him.