St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-04-24

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s.. Johnsbury. VT, Thursday April "a, 1854.
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England had "A severe earthquake
Tuesday morning, the damage in Essex
county being about S50,O0O. The
buildings shook, church spires fell,
pictnIes we've torn from the wall and
bells were rung as by unseen hands.
The situation seems to be resolved
into about this: Two republican pa
pers on the west side of the state ar
rogate to themselves the province OF
naming a man on the east side OF the
state for governor who by reason OF
what he represents is obnoxious to
eight out of ten of the newspapers on
this side of the state. The question
is. shall the tail wag the dog I
The gallant George w. Hooker would
doubtless like to go to Congress, but
must know that he has no show at all.
1t begins To grow evident that he Is
only trying to get enough delegates to
make himself of sufficient importance
TO he bought off with pension agency
or some other lucrative job, which the
successful aspirant for congressional
honors NAV be able to obtain for him.
Hello, st. Johnsbury CGledOni0n
Didn't you propose few weeks ago to
have Judge Poland 90 10 Chicago and
nominate Senator Edmunds for Presl-
dent ? And is Judge Poland any better
as temperance man than DR.. Nichols
bellows Falls Times.
"a We did and don't you forget 1t.
(2) We never happened to hear of
Judge Poland or Senator Edmunds
violating the liquor law. Perhaps you
have. If so, tell us all about il. By
the way, Mr.. Times, are you opposed
to Senator Edmunds and Congressman
Poland?
Republican papers that are discussing
the gOvernOrship question without
bitterness or hostility to any OF the
candidates will he sure to escape a
boiled-crOw diet after the convention
but the two or three republican papers
of any standing that are unduly heated
and evidently pnttiug personal preJu-
dice above the common good, may get
involved in IA serious dilemma St.
Adams Messenger.
The "pers0nal pique" business is be
ing overdone, aud don't worry about
the "serious dilemma" Boiled crow
isn't bad if well seasoned, but people
over this way know how to get along
without that kind of diet, alice samee
To several respected state contem-
porares Lose no sleep over the POSI-
ton of the Californian and most of the
other papers on this side of the state
on the governor question. DO not thy
to make yourselves or your readers
believe that it is personal pique o.
prejudice that influences these paper
in their opposition to the candidatur'
of DR.. Nichols. 1t is not that. Mos
of the newspaper men of the state arr
friendly to DR.. Nichols personally anC
wish him well. 1t is the machine h
represents which is obnoxious ant
which must sooner or later be defeated
A good many people and papers arr
making that issue now. Hadn't yOt
better come in out of She wet2 There
is going to be Il good deal of a shower
The newspapers supporting Dr
Nichols so far rs we see them in thu
state are the Burlington Free Pres
and st. Adams Messenger, open an,
pronounced, and the Bellows Fall
Times and Barton Monitor, both favor
able, but one of them at least woul,
probably prefer Col. Pingree. To thes'
respectable papers may be added tina
selt-constituted censor aud guardian o
the republican party and the morals
of its members, the Montpelier Argus
and the cranky Burlington Clipper
As opposed to DR.. Nichols we can
name the Newport Express, Montpelie
Waterman, st. Johnsbury Index anG
CdietIOnidn, Woodstock Standard, White
River Junction Landmark, WindsO
journal, Brattleboro Reformer (demO
cratic), Middlebury Register, SwanUol
Sentry, Richtord Gazette, and Yer.
soon, if we read correctly between the
lines in its last number, the Rutlan,
Herald. In the language OF Brothe
Jasper, "the sun do move"
Several newspapers have been won
dering if Judge Poland was going Il
run again for the congressional nomi
nation Some of them would doubt
less prefer to continue their guess
work, but it may ease somebody mine
to hear what he has to say. His atten
ton having been called to the fac
that some of the Vermont papers say
that lie is to have opposition III hi
district, and that some gentlemen arr
already cauvassing for the nomination