St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-09-18
Political Pennings and Clip
pings.


The democrats of Wisconsin have
nominated n. d. truth for governor.
The Colorado republicans have nom
mated Hon. Benjamin ii. Eaton fol
governor.
Irish Blaine and Logan clubs have
been formed at Providence and Fall
River.
The Boston Pilot, an Irish paper
does not see how any Irishman can
vote for Blaine.
Governor Robinson of Massachusetts
will not leave the state to make cam
paign speeches. wise decision.
Representative Murphy of Iowa
thinks the fusion of greenbackers and
democrats will carry that state against
the republicans.
Mr.. Hendricks avows that if he had
been placed at the head of the demo
cratic ticket TIL ticket would have
had Gen. Buffers support.
The New Hampshire democrats in
their platform demand penalty OF
disfranchisement for the offense of
buying and selling votes.
General Butler believes the fusion
ticket has an even chance in Nebraska
and Michigan, possibly in Kansas, and
that Iowa is a good battle ground.
Tammany indOrsed Cleveland and
Hendricks Friday night by "a vote OF
80 to 81, after a spirited discussion
during which ex-senator Grady de-
clared his intention of voting for But
| Ter.
The Nebraska prOhibitiOnists nomi-
mated J. G. Miller for governor and in
dorsed II. II. Shedd, the republican
nominee for lieutenant governor. Five
st. John presidential electors were Sc,
lected.
Rev. DR.. Miner, the veteran prOhibi
tory leader, thinks the nomination OF
| President Seelye for governor by the
Massachusetts prOhibitiOnists marks q
new era in the history of the prOhibi-
ton movement.
| Col. A. b. JetmOre, the prohibition
nominee for governor of Kansas, de.
clines the nomination, because he
thinks prohibition can only be accom-
plished by the aid of the republican
party.
Benjamin II. Bristow, formerly secre-
tary of the treasury, says: 81 shall
vote for Cleveland. | don't call it 4
democratic vote. | call it an honest
one. | am not in love with the dem.
! Ocratic party, and am not a democrat
The official returns of the Arkansas
election, the first one held this year
shows that Hughes, the democratic
candidate for governor, received 90
972 votes, Boles, republican, 81, 836
making il majority for Hughes of A,
1876.
Col. Charles R. Goldman has written
Il letter to the chairman of the MaSsa
chusetts Independent executive com
mittee, in which he says that he will
vote for Cleveland, while he can not
do it with the satisfaction that he had
expected.
Edward Eggleston declares that he
"should not like to be classed with
those demagogues who pelt some OF
the first men of our time with such ep-
ithets as dude and 'pharisee' because
they cannot vote for IA man Whose
hands they believe to be stained with
unclean brides"
EDtNCiil ClblZtHS III
Chicago, who describe themselves as
Republicans who will this time vote
for Cleveland" have signed their
names to an address directed to Mr..
Carl Schurz, requesting him, in their
native tongue, to give them his reasons
for opposing Blaine and espousing the
| Cleveland cause.
| Francis A. Walker, chief of the census
bureau, Il lifelong republican, changes
his vote this year. 81 shall vote fol
| Cleveland, but | am still a republi-
can," he said "and the republican
nominee has always had my support,
except when Grant ran second time
then | did not vote"
The independents of the First Mas
| sachusetts congressional district have
decided to support John F. Andrew
son of Massachusetts "war governor"
for congress, and it is thought the
regular democratic convention will in
dorse his nomination. In that event
the independents expect to elect theil
candidate.
A writer who claims to be Il friend
of the late Lot NJ. Morrill,, Oh the
Washington Republican, says that
when Mr.. Morril's term of service as
secretary of the treasury expired, Mr.
Blaine called upon the president, and
argued the case so strongly that Mr.
Morrill, was appointed collector of GUS
toms for the district of Portland, Me-.
at salary of $4,000 per annnm and
emoluments, which position he held
until his death.
Georgia, Connecticut, Ohio and
West Virginia will hold elections next
month. Georgia's election for govern
or and Legislature will take place Oh
Wednesday, Oct. l, and on the same
day Connecticut will vote for cOnsti-
tutiOnal amendment providing for bien-
NAL elections. Ohio and West Vir-
ginia will elect state officers and con-
gressmen on Tuesday, Oct. IA, West
Virginia also electing a legislature.
The New York Tribune thinks that
'nOthing is more certain than that il
Paul had been nominated by the Cor
inth convention, the independents OF
Greece would have bOlted him." The
Boston Herald mentions, as one in
stance of the resemblance, the fact
that both Paul and Blaine had sun
strokes at critical periods of theil
lives; but the Herald does not believe
that Paul ever asked for share in
any Palestine Improvement company
on account of his prosecutions of the
Christians.