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


THERE YOU GO AGAIN.
Hon. George Nichols of Mortified is
a popular, genial gentleman.-[R ut-
land Herald.
CORRECT.
Brother Camp of the Newport Ex-
press is proposed for secretary of state
All right. He is good, ear-headed
man and don't keep ''drug store. =
Bellows Falls Times.
ESPECIALLY TO THE COUNTRY.
DR.. Nichols early in the late war
went into the service as a surgeon of
the 18th Vermont regiment, which
position he filed with great credit to
himself and to the cOuntry.-[ Rutland
Herald.
NOW YOU'RE SHOUTING.
If DR.. Nichols is the representative
of some great monopoly, some previous
understanding, of some political ring
in the state, then let him be fioored on
this square grOund.-[ Bellows Falls
Times.
NO CAUSE FOR GRIEF.
Things up in Vermont are really en-
couraging to the independent soul.
springfield Republican.
"DoTAGE" Is GOOD.
A newspaper that dominates D. NJ
Camp for secretary of state, must he in
its dotage Argus and Patriot.
EVEN HIS ENEMY PRAISES HIM.
d. NJ. Camp comes far short III many
things of our idea of "A man; he is
opinionated, logged, bullyragging and
not so independent as his reputation
for independence makes him, but with
all these drawbacks on his popularity
he Is greatly the superior of c. 5. Page,
who is nothing short of an etfervescent,
genial, lOquaciOus and liberal rattlebox.
i Landmark.
WORKING" FOR PINGREE.
If the Waterman, Caledonidn and
Express are So disporting themselves
as to desturb the innocent slumbers of
our venerable cOntempOry, the Messen-
ger, we hope they will desist from this
time. We know nothing regarding the
proceedings referred to and do not be-
lieve that any one is "wandering" over
the state in behalf of the Messengers
certain candidate.n We are aware
that the people throughout the state
are talking a great deal about this
matter, in fact evincing an unusual
interest in it, but that anything is be-
ing done Inconsistent with the honor
able position of certain candidate
with his knowledge and sanction ISM
, true Woodstock Standard.
SOLDIERS TAKE NOTICE.
Col. PiDgree is graduate of Dart,
mouth college, is an excellent scholar
sound lawyer and man of unblem.
ished integrity in public and private
life, a sOber-minded man, Independent
in speech and action. To these valu
able civil qualities he adds a high per
sOnal popularity obtained by his gal
liant service as lieutenant colonel of the
Sd Vermont volunteers. He led thu
charge of the four companies of the 81
: Vermont that at Lees Mills, Va, Apri
10th, 1862, dashed through WarwicB
creek under heavy fire and carried tn,
: rebel rifle pits, as gallant feat o
arms as was done on either side durin!
the war. In this charge Col. Pingret
) was wounded. Since 1876 the lieuten
ant governor has succeeded to the gov
> ernOrship and it is entirely natural tina
the many personal and political friend
of Lieutenant-Colonel Pingree SHOULD
, press him for promotion this year.
Rutland Herald.
A MONTPELIER OPINION.
The Index says that public prefer
encen in its vicinity does not "seem t,
have concentrated" on Gov. Fairbanks
for a delegate to Chicago ''in anythin,
like an overwhelming or irTeSistibl,
manner" 1t is not aware that Gov
:. Fairbanks sis working for or seeking
the office" and knows of ''no gOOC
reason why he should" Our contem
: porary was referring to the Watch
mans remarks upon the probable com
position of the list of delegates from
the east side and expressed, in closing
its conviction that 1.-THE Waterman hal
spells of seeming to see things whicl
are not always justified by the facts.
e No inconsiderable portion of the cas-
l side district is outside of st. Johnsbury
: That there is no "uprOar' in that vii
lage in behalf of Gov. Fairbanks is no
. conclusive as to the indications else
, where. We say truly, and with ne
purpose to boom st. JOhnsbury's pub
: iic-spirited citizen, that we have hearC
by men from other localities, and 10y
representative papers i'll this district
;; as a good man for delegate. This il
fully Justified by the facts" We ar,
ready to believe that "Gov. Fairbank
is not working for or seeking the office,
but do not think this fact will induce
any who may have thought favorably
: of him to turn round and oppose him
Il Waterman.
SIZING Up THE SITUATION.
The announcement that DR.. George
Nichols of Mortified would be the
next governor of Vermont has been
followed by some entirely unexpected
Developments. Boss Smiths newspa-
per business is completely demOralized
that is the plain English of it. The
deserving which began two years ago
when so much ink was used in abusing
the Republican for the suggestions il
yentured to otfer-has become a STAN
pede To begin with, the Montpelier
Watchman, which has been a hearty
supporter of Billings until he refused
the use of his name, kept on urging
that something better than the ring
candidate should be had. Then the
st. JohDsbury CaledOnian joined in, at
tackled Nichols for breaking the pro-
hibitory law by selling rum in his drug
store, and made variety of rude re-
marks of the plainest possible kind.
The Waterman joined in the rum at
tack, as did also the Richford Gazette
and the Newport Express. The Wood
stock Standard, the Windsor Journal
are for LIEUT. Gov. Pingree, while the
Bellows Falls Times and BrattlebOro
Phoenix are nOn-committal and in
clined to favor some man in their own
county. This list includes all the
more important republican papers in