St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-10-16
Public Opinion.
A HINT TO CLEVELAND.


If Grover Cleveland wants to get a
certificate of good moral character, he
ought TO sue somebody for libel and
have his case tried in Orleans county.
Il Riehford Gazette.
DECLINES WITH THANKS.
MIR. st. John declines to be persnad-
ed by Messrs. Woolsey. Talbot, Davis,
and the other republicans who pray
him to withdraw from the presidential
field in the interest of temperance.
He writes an able letter, and has The
republican party on the hip when he
tackles its record, and it is interesting
to see how dexterously he turns upon
its candidate the slur of lodging that
his petitioners cast upon Cleveland,
and how deftly he strips off the dom-
no of the "New York state temperance
assembly" The virtuous petitioner
has given Mr.. st. John an excellent
opportunity to appeal to the country,
and they cannot but allow that he mas
promptly and skilfully improved it. -
springfield Republican.
THE OPINION OF A GREAT JURIsT.
Mr.. Edmunds' speech of five min
utes, i'll which he did not refer to the
candidate, the tone of his present de-
NAL of ever having called Mr.. Blaine
the attorney of Jay Gould, but not de-
nying the unfavorahle opinion ex-
pressed in the letter of four years ago,
and the fact that although in New
York when Mr.. Blaine was there as the
candidate he did not call upon him,
| show Mr.. Blaine and his friends and
| thn frxy xrhot Mr. EI,.1n,IH ,plr
of the nomination. Mr.. Edmunds is II
republican senator and a strong party
man, and he will vote for the Blaine
| electors in Vermont. But if republi-
cans generally shared his evident opin-
ion of the candidate, and supported
him in the same way, he could not
possibly be elected. OF republicans
who propose to take course different
from his, Mr.. Edmunds says 81 rec
ognize fully the liberty of belief, of
opinion and of action that belongs to
citizenship. 1t is fundamental part
of our creed, and none of us can fail to
feel the great responsibility that re-
suits from that freedom.n- Harper's
Weekly, Ind.
A FORMER ST. JOHNsBURY MAN ON
THE STUMP.
| said in 70 and 80, as well as last
spring, that if James g. Blaine WAS
nominated, shonld not vote for him
| believe now his election would be a
disgrace and dishOnor. But new
doctrine has been brought forward
and IA few days after the nomination il
so happened that E. X. Hoar made the
discovery singular discovery, con
sidering the man who made it-and
that was that the party should submit
their opinions to the voice of the ma
jOrity. The conscience of the MAORI
ty is to be accepted as satisfactory
There was a time when Hoar and some
others separated from the party to
which they belonged and revolted to
join minority party. 1t would have
sounded queerly to Judge Hoar il
somebody had said: "You are CON
science wing. Do you realize that
you are going against the majority of
your party 7" | imagine the Judge
would have answered "My conscience
is my own! | recognize no majority in
such case" "There was decided
majority for Blaine at Chicago said
the speaker, "both among the dele
gates and in the galleries. | remem-
Der when there was another over
whelming crowd. And among other
great men the cry was Not this man,
but Barabbasi Not this man, but Ba-
rabbas y and the historian goes on to
say : Now this Barabbas was rob
ber.' And mt Chicago the cry was
Not Edmunds, but Blainer Not
Sherman, but Blainer Not Arthur,
but Blaine = and the future historian
will put it on record, Now this Blaine
was a liar" Mr.. Hale said he be-
lieved that men were coming by the
score and the hundred to the stand he
occupied VIM. B. Hale at independ-
ent rally at Springfield.