St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-11-20
lions the future has in store Charles
ton, S. c., News and Courier.

lions the future has in store Charles
ton, S. c., News and Courier.
BUSINESS MEN NEED NOT FEAR.
Our business men need have no fears
that under such a ruler the country
will not be prosperous. Mr.. Cleveland
has always asserted that "a public Of
flee is public trust" and his official
life has proved this to be his guiding
principle. With such man at the
head of the nation our business men
feel that all the varied interests of the
country will be safe in his hands aud
general prosperity prevail Philadel
phia Call, Blaine paper.
ONCE MORE UNITED PEOPLE.
We are once more a united people,
divided into different parties, but no
longer into hostiple camps. We are
friends and brothers, working each in
his own way, according to the light
which has fallen on his path, for the
glory and prosperity of the whole peo-
pie. There are many difficulties in the
forward path; let us meet them fairly
and bravely, but with no feeling of
bitterness or hatred one to another
Louisville Conrier-Journal.
WILL THERE BE A CLEAN SWEET
There is no doubt that Mr.. Cleveland
will encounter a tremendous demand
for a clean sweep, but | think that,
while changes will be and ought to be
made for perfectly legitimate reasons,
he will respect both the letter and the
spirit of the reform law, and that nom
political officers who have been honest
and effective in the discharge of duty,
and who have not misused their posi-
tions for party or political ends, will
not be arbitrarily dismissed for politi-
cal reasons. OF course, | have no au-
thority to speak for Mr. Cleveland.
My faith is founded upon some kn~<yl-
edge of his character and convictions.' y
II George William Curtis.
THE REVOLT AGAINST THE MACHINES
After the question is peacefully and
righttully decided, as we are confident
it will be by the official count or
Tuesday next, it will be an advantage
to the country's future that the vote
was so close. Parties and leaders that
depend for their political existence on
| llt lltlil III al SItlSlt NObt Ill tCtCn CitC-
ton district, will be very careful as tC
the enemies they make and the princi-
pies they advocate. Never before has
there been so great Il revolt from the
"machines" on both sides, and never
before was it so evident what is tn,
power exercised by those who consci-
entiOusly vote for principle and not 70
party Catholic Review, before tn,
count.
THE TRUE REPUBLICAN POLICY.
Republican managers will act wisel!
if they drop all this "mugwump" tall
now. Such men rs George w. Curtis
Carl Schurz, Henry l.. Pierce, Col
Goldman and others, are not to b.
sneered at by any party with credi
to the sneerers and it must be plaiI
enough to all that had Edmunds, Sher
man, or almost anybody but Blaine
been nominated at Chicago, he wOul,
have been elected last week by thes,
very men. 1t is easier to keep a vote
in the party than to recall him after h
has been driven out, and even tn
republican party, with all it's gran,
past, is not so strong to-day in til
country that it can afford to alienat
any of its members, and especially it
best and most conscientious leaders,
Palmer, Mass, Journal.
REPRESENTS ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM
We believe that President Cleve
lands administration will disappOin
those who look for melodramatic up
, heavals. There will be no politica
, earthquakes, no chaos. Cleveland
bound by his pledges, his career, an,
the character of his support to Il con
sentative administration. He owe
, his election to republican votes, an
was given these votes on the eXplici
understanding that he represented tn
views of administrative reform, AM
especially civil service reform, Whic
are held tenaciously by the element c
+ the republican party which supporte
him. The large body of government
employees, who dread loss of thei
places and means of livelihood. ma
. feel assured therefore that there wi
he no wholesale discharges from thei
ranks under President Cleveland's ad
ministration.- Washington Star.
r The Herald says: "CIergymen di
| vide on politics at election time lik
: the rest of us, and have us good reaso
for it," Certainly, the clergy have jus
as good a right to divide on poltica
as religious questions. No reasonabl
man can object to his pastors vOtin
directly opposite to his way of think
r ing. Neither should there he oppOsi
ton to Il clergyman who deems it
, duty to talk on political topic
/ from the desk or platform. One of til
inherent rights of a republican form 4
: government is liberty. The pulpi
should not be muzzled. Gods truth i
} needed everywhere. 1t is time tina
: federation existed i'll church as well a
state. The candid discussion Of dil
ferences generally leads to truth. lie
tolerance prevail. - Cambridge Trit
une.
a THEY ARE NOT OFFICE SEEKERS.
/, The Independent republicans III
. men of ideas. They doubtless preft
, ideas tn offices. They no doubt preft
. principles to patronage. They al
sensible and opposed to mere spoil.
| hunting. They have no desire to us
$ President Cleveland for representative
A political offices, because lie is IL demo
crat aud they do not belong to his PAL
= ty. But they have IA right to ask tha
he shall recognize their ideas and priu
ciples, for the sake of which they CAV
/ him their votes and concede to thel
7 clean government, true tariff reform
, true administrative reform and n ger
, uine reform in the civil service of til
a country. These they shall certainl
have. We feel confident that the il
dependents would not allow then
selves to be paid off in offices.
would destroy the noble unselfishne.
of their action. 1t would make peOp
= suspect that they used their principl,
I enlv as a stepping-stone to patronag