St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-07-03

Despite the petition all along the
line the Sunday train from Boston will
probably commence running next Sab
bath. 1t is ostensibly to bring the
Sunday Herald, but is really to be an
excursion pleasure train, against which
every friend of the Sabbath should
strongly protest. Newport Express
DON'T GO TOO FAR.
Mr.. b. n. Davis in his speech before
the county convention toli them that
the North Star was the only paper in
the county that had come out heartily
for Blaine. He might have gone further
and said it was almost the only one in
the state. We expect that the
papers of the state will gradually tone
up and in the course of IA few weeks
will be claiming that they were for Mr..
Blaine from the start and even wanted
him nominated.-[N North Star.
AN ANTI-BLAINE PAPER PREPARING TO
FLOP.
We consider Mr.. Blaine the most
popular and therefore the strongest
man his party could have possibly
nominated. His vigorous and decisive
way of dealing with public questions
has made him immensely popular with
the masses of the people, and he is not
a hyp0crite, a coward, nor Il great
moral iceberg. He is, and always has
been, nearer the people than any other
man in his party, and in this lies his
great strength. He has more well de-
fined and developed policy than all the
other prominent men in his party put
together, and he is diffiucult man to
beat. St. JOhnsbury Index.
REMEMBERED FOR FIDELITY.
Judge Poland's graceful withdrawal
from canvass that might have been
sOmew heated, and, in that event,
unpleasant to Mr.. Poland, will tend to
soften the asperities, if there are any,
that grew out of things of the past,
and the Judge will be remembered for
his fidelity to the interests of the state,
and his brilliant record in every public
sphere. He has made a record on the
bench and i'll congress that will reflect
credit on Vermont, and his name will
find place on the historical page
along side many of the names that we
delight to honor Barton Monitor,
anti Poland.
SENTIMENT THAT DON'T CONVICT.
The Caledonia county temperance
convention seems to have confirmed
the truth so long apparent, that we
have IA great deal of temperance senti-
ment in this state, and but very little
temperance conviction. 1t is easy to
talk of the great evil" and deplOre
the GOODNESS of the masses in regard to
the great reform to urge what ought
to be done and then not do it; to de-
clare that none but temperance men
! should hold the offices and then throw
/ the ballot in favor of the other side
because of party affiliations or other
political reasons. That only sixty men
in Caledonia county were sufficiently
interested to attend the convention
thus openly avOwing their temperance
convictions, gives a wide margin tC
size up the sentiment of those who
stayed at home.-i Newport Express.
\ GREAT WANT THAT MUST BE FILLED
Caledonia county affords an excel
lent field for live, healthy republican
paper. The old Star, which is righ
at heart but too poorly equipped to dc
efficient service, is the only republi
can paper in the county. The Unior
is democratic the Index has a demo,
crat for an editor, and is republican
only to spite its neighbOr and ''fol
revenue :" the CdLedOnidn, which ha,
long been sour and crabbed-thOugf
perhaps theoretically right some of til,
time-has come out strongly in Oppo
sition to Blaine and Logan, and is real
ly worse enemy to the party than til,
Union or the Argus. So far as we car
learn all leading republicans and tn,
great mass of the party are for tn,
ticket. st. Johnsbury letter to Moni
tor.
WILL MAKE THINGS HUM.
James 6. Blaine is just the sort of {