St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-08-21

] the Key nOUe OF the calnpdlSH, anu pa
pers that claim to be republican on
state issues, at least, have published It,
THE speaker then attempted to show
that the Mulligan letters were harmless
private letters and that Mr.. Blaine was
so free from guilt that he read them
all to the house. They were so harm
less that Mr.. Blaine consulted the
highest legal authority in the land as
to how to obtain possession of them,
and after getting them in his possess
ion, by the promise to return them to
Mr.. Mulligan, he refused to keep his
word.
E. L. Hovey was called upon as a
laboring man; but he said he was
present as such and not as a speaker,
and while thanking the committee for
placing his name on the list of speak
ers, declined to say anything.
II. c. Bates took a retrospective view
of political affairs since the republican
party came into power in 1860, when
eleven states were in open and armed
rebellion, secession and treason ram
pant, and a war opening up of gigan-
tic magnitude. With the aid of the
loyal democracy, to whom he gave all
praise, treason was suppressed, the ma
ton took high standard among the
other nations of the earth, and its fl
nancial credit stands among the high
est. In this campaign, Vermont
speaks first, and her voice should give
forth no uncertain sound. The senti
ment COOS out and is accepted as for
Blaine or against him. He considered
the risk to be run in the event of the
election of the democratic ticket.
Since the republican party came into
power, two presidents have been as
sassinated and their places filed by the
vice presidents. If Cleveland were
elected, in case of death Mr.. Hendricks
becomes president. Unfortunately, Mr..
Hendricks has record. He discussed
the course of Hendricks when the cOun-
try was i'll the thrOes of an internecine
struggle. Those were the darkest
hours of the republic, and Mr.. Hen
bricks gave aid and comfort to the enc
my by his opposition to the measures
adopted for the suppression of the
rebellion. He has been consistent-in
opposing the war and its results. The
democratic party opposes sumptuar y
legislation, which has special refer
ence to prohibitOry laws. The repeal
of the prOhibitOIy laws would practi-
cally give free rum, and that is what
the democratic party desire. He chal-
lenged any one to show that prOhibi
tory law had ever been enacted in IA
democratic state. This question has
also been brought into Vermont. l..
w. RedingtOn, the democratic candi-
date for governor, when member of
the Legislature, advocated the repeal of
the prOhibitOry law and the enact
mcnt of license law, and the demo-
cratic platform resolves in favor of Il
license law. Mr.. RedingtOn's advOca-
cy of this license law cost the state
timent of the democrats of Vermont,
nor did he believe it is the sentiment
of the democratic candidate for lieu
resident of St.
Johnsbury. In voting for Redington,
the independents vote to sanction Il
license law.
Walter p. Smith paid glowing
eulogy to the republican party, which
had been so identified with the nations
growth and prosperity. If the repub-
lican party has not brought this pros
perity to the country, the course of the
party has not been antagonistic to its
welfare. He had read Carl Schurz's
speech very carefully, to see if he
could find any reason why he should
leave the republican party, but he had
not found anything to convince him
| that it is time to turn the government
over to the democrats. The speech
attempts to give reasons why Blaine
should not he elected president and
why Cleveland should he elevated tC
this high office. But parties are greater
than either Blaine or Cleveland. In
stead of fighting over men, more at
tentiOn must be paid to principles
Are you ready to take the control o
republican and place it in the hands o
the democratic partyP The republi
can party has its faults-what part,
has not but let us take hold ant
help remedy those faults. 1t is bette
to endure the ills we have than fly tC
those we know not of.
=. ID. BlOdgett spoke of the import
ance of the ballot. He thought Their
/ is no crime so great rs that of triflin;
with the government. A young m al
who does not care about voting SHOULD
go to Il country where the high priv
lege of voting is unknown. The exer
, else of the franchise is the creates
thing on earth. When one looks back
this tritiing makes him shudder.
republican newspaper takes on
f column to prove its repubicanism
r and then devotes all the rest of tn
e paper to abusing the republican party
4 and it is a strange sight to look upor
< 1t not only takes the editorial column
= and the space for advertisements, bu
) that side usually devoted to goo
y story, and it calls itself republica