St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-15
Public Opinion.
THE NEW YORK SIMS CAT.

|
If the SUMS readers are likely to be
deprived of their most interesting item
of news whenever the assistant editor
allows it to- slip from his desk, we add
wise the editor-in-chief to put tho office
cat in charge of the news department.
If the cat ate up Cleveland's letter, it
showed IL keener nose for news than
any other inmate of the Sun office on
Monday night.-N. Y. Post.
THEY WANT A STATESMAN.
The rural republicans in central
New York are astonishing the would
be managers of their party by signing,
in great numbers, petitions in favor of
the election Of William NJ. Evarts as
senator, They are naturally tired of
being represented in the senate by
small bore politicians. and would like
to see somebody in the seat of Seward
whe wouldn't rattle round in it like a
pea in n gourd- shell. - Boston Herald.
THE SAVING CLAUSE.
Gov. Cleveland says that many men
now holding office have forfeited all
just claims to retention because they
have used their places for party pur-
poses in disregard of their duty to the
people and because instead of being
! decent public servants they have prov
ed themselves offensive partiSans and
INSCRIPTIONS manipulatOrs of local
party management. This latter saw
| ing clause will answer all the require
ments of the occasion and opens the
door for IA clean sweep, which may be
expected in due time Woodstock
Standard.
| OUTRAGEOIjS DETERMINATIONS
1t has been possible under tho laws
fessional man OF farmer to hold about
$1,000 worth of property secure from
attachment 10y Il creditor. The late
| iinbecility extended this list of exemp-
tions very considerably, so that
really ingenious rascal may hold $500
of property, without paying il. cent of
honest debts. And the same legisla-
ture that made this extension cut
down the amount for which lahOring
man may he trusted from so to So.
Such Il gross and outrageous discrimi-
nation as this just about measures the
Intelligent capacity of that regretted
dy.-BrattlebOrO Reformer.
GOOD ADVICE, AND IN THE FAMILY, TOO.
The republicans will gain nothing in
engaging III any contest among them
selves over the causes of their defeat
III the late presidential election. If
the new administration so far adopts
the republican policy as to give the
country prosperity, the whole people
will get the benefit of it, and it is of
not SO much consequence who holds
the offices. if they are faithful and
efficient persons. If it does not give
! II, -. I
should he united and ready to again
battle for the right and general wei
fare of the people. - Bellows Falls
Times.
CANDID BLAINE PAPER.
Mr.. Cleveland'S letter Oh the civil
service reads like the utterance of
man who has convictions of his own
and the courage of them. He does not
deny that he means to give the country
a Democratic administration, but he
does deny explicitly that hc considers
the chief function of the presidential
Office to he the distribution of offices to
political workers. The only question
will be as To what he considers "Of
fensive partisanship" in office holders.
The sentence in which he says that
manynOwholdmg government positions
''have forfeited all just claims to re-
tentiOn because they have used their
places for party purposes" leaves II
lOOphole for general turning ont of
republican, clerks and officials, but in |
any fair Interpretation of the writer's |
meaning the letter is all that could lie
desired, and we sincerely hope that |
when he comes to the chief executive |
chair Mr.. Cleveland will have the cour- |
slfra I'll
to its spirit. - Brattlehore Phenix.
OFFICE HOLDERS CHANCES.
The question of President elect /
Cleveland's power to remove Federal /
Office holders will soon become an in
teresting one. President Arthur is
every day placing in responsible posi-
tiOns men whose term of office will
not expire until near the close of Mr..
Cleveand's administration. The first
question is of course rs tn Mi. Cleve-
lands disposition to remove them and
substitute democrats ; ;Id the second
is as to his power. On the first ques-
ton discussion is useless. On the sec
ond point, there has been no little dis
cussion, a rather weighty contribution
to which is an essay by George Tick
nor Curtis, the eminent lawyer. Mr..
GURUS, a1Uer - JHOfOugh review OF the
whole subject, expresses the opinion
that as the lays now stand suspen- ;
sion by the president, no matter for
what reason, or whether the incnn-
bent's term Is about la expire or has
only just begun, is conclusive as to the
occupant of the office. He cannot be
reinstated even though the senate
shall refuse To confirm the appoint
npnt III this view si,.lIl ursye ia ne !
republican officials
who may be suspended viii take little !
interest in subsequent proceedings.
Burlington Free Press
"sTILL BARKING AT THAT HOLE
The barking at ST. Jolin still con .
inues, and the st. Louis Globe-Demo- =
rat quotes man named Kerens as