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

lie is candidate only to win, if vast
political resources and desperate eff
ort can reach the winning post, and
lie will make things hum generally
rom Maine to California as soon as
he battle opens PhiladelphiaiTimes.
INDEPENDENT BABES.
A young independent let himself out
20 friend recently. He said: "An
Early canvass will be made in every
.own in the state for the names of re-
publicans who will not vote the ticket. |
We began at Harvard, Wednesday"
'But this will take money" remarked |
the listener. Money" said he, "we |
have any quantity of money and we
are going to use it." This babe should |
not have been allowed to see the indie !
pendent machine and then go forth |
to tell the world Boston journal.
A SHOCKING EXAMPLE.
1t grieves us to the quick to learn |
that the national republican committee |
have been so "recreant" 1--WE .beheve |
that is the technical term) as to
name for chairman, a man who bolted
the last republican gubernatOrial nOmi
nation in Pennsylvania and conse-
quently assisted materially to elect the
present democratic governor of that
state Springfield Republican.
MUZzLING THE PRESS.
The supreme court of Massachusetts
has found Il new and ingenious way of
the press in this state. The
Boston Herald published the petition
filed in the county clerks Office at Low
ell for the removal of one COwley from
the bar, was Issued for libel, pleaded
privilege, and Judge of the superior
court sustained the defense and threw
out the case. The plaintiff carried up
his case on exceptions and the supreme
court rules that papers on file in the
offices of the clerks of courts are not
open to public inspection, and that
newspapers "cannOt set up privilege
as defense in libel suit after pub
fishing an eX-parte statement of a case
taken from papers on file in the Office
of the clerk although they are pro
tected from libel in reporting cases
actually on trial" If the supreme
court refuses to sustain the privilege OF
a journal to print an eX-parte state
ment from the clerks record, suppose
II newspaper chose to print only one
side of the case, when actually brought
to trial This decision clearly renders
every newspaper liable for printing a
list of the grand jury's indictments,
charging citizens with all sorts of
heinous crimes on "eS-parte statements
taken from papers on file in the office
of the clerk. - Springfield Republi-
can.
COLLEGE TROUBLES.
The dissatisfaction at Hamilton col
lege with the administration of Presi
dent Darling is certainly a serious
matter, and it is difficult to see how he
can maintain himself ut the head of an
institution whose faculty desert him to
the extraordinary extent of represent
ing to the trustees that DIR. Darling
must go. So far as the outside world
can see the president of Hamilton was
clearly right in refusing to accept die
tatiOn from his senior class, and that
trouble ended well in the breakdown
of the boys. Now the professors take
their turn ut running the college and
surprise president and trustees by their
demonstration. They make the blunt
declaration that ''there is u general
feeling of dissatisfaction and distrust,"
and set their lutte college world i'll a
turmoil by announcing that ''the presi-
dent does not command the respect
and confidence of the students" Such
il statement can be justified only under
the stress of great emergency, and it
will not tend to make the office of
president of Hamilton college ii pleas
I, t.A hnl a.
DIR. Darling is an able man, and was
for many years one of the strongest
preachers in Albany.
New Jersey boys and girls amass
wealth by picking Strawberries for a
cent and half Il quart. The boys
pick about I25 quarts day, but girls
attend to business better, and get $50.
The season lasts three weeks, and some
of the children earn $50 in the time.
The express train OH the Virginia
Midland railroad went through a bridge
over the James river near Lynchburg
Sunday, the Washington and New
York sleeping-cars sinking in 10 feet
of water. Conductor King was thrown
into the river, and although he had
two ribs broken, he swan to the cars
and helped the passengers through the
windows. The 40 passengers in the
sleepers were all saved, most of them
being taken out through holes cut in
the ventilatOrs ut the top of the cars,
to which the water finally reached.
THE MoRM0Ns UGLY.
President Arthur has the thanks of
the public in the denomination of Eli
II. Murray as governor of Utah. For
some months the Norman papers have
been filled with most bitter attacks
against Murray's private character.
President Arthur saw that the hue and
cry was being raised just mt the eXpi-
ration of his term of office i'll order to
prevent his re-appOintment. The pre-
sent Mormon policy turns upon the
retention of Gov. Murray, who up to
the present time has been ribe-prOOf
and threat-prOOf in all his acts while
governor. He believes in the Edmunds'
bill SO far as it goes, and his practical
knowledge of the situation there, and
his integrity and tirmness will be
necessary if the government intends ia
push the polygamists to the wall. OF
late the sermons in the endowment
building have been more poly gamOus
in tone than ever before, showing that
they are determined to meet the issue
between them and the government
squarely on that point. The new Utah
bill and the denomination of Murray
which the senate will undoubtedly
confirm, are likely to make things live
ly in the city of the Latter Day Saints
PROTEST AGAINST BULLDOZING.
There are scores and hundreds Of
Just as good men as walk, men who
have never failed to give the republi-
can party n hearty support, who have
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