St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-08-27
Dog-Day Politics.

Two or three gentle breezes have
disturbed the political atmosphere the
past week The Ohio democrats held
their state convention Thursday and
Friday and, in accordance with every
body's expectations, renominated Gov.
Hoadly. In bakers dozen of resO-
lutions the convention endorsed the
Cleveland administration, modestly
claimed that ''the revival of prosperity
and the increase in the value ot prop
erty have already begun 10 demon
strate the benefcenee of democratic
principles" advocated a license liquor
law, declared for the thousandth time
that the democratic party was the par
ty of the people, etc, etc. So it is now
settled that Gov. George Hoadly and
the Hon. Joseph b. Foraker will be the
leading candidates for governor of Ohio
in October, while the Rev. DIR. Leon
ard will come in for the prohibitory
vote, which seems quite likely tn prove
al important factor in the contest.
Rumors of democratic disaffection
come from Massachusetts, but it is
doubtful if they will result in any thing
very serious. When the democrats
get together they are pretty sure to
''endOrse." Only three or four state
conventions have been held as yet but
they all agree on one thing. The Mis-
sissippi democrats see in President
Cieveland's policy "nOthing to con
denim, but everything to inspire conf
dence." The Iowa democrats think
''The country has found a man of solid
Judgment" The democratic. members
of the New Hampshire legislature
"heartily sympathize with President
Cleveland" and the Ohio democrats, as
noted above, "heartily endorse" the
new administration. Probably the
Massachusetts democrats will do the
| same.
The cOmical story of the week is that
Gen b. F. Butler will soon "come out"
! for Cleveland, and that he has already
written letter to Mr.. Dorshemer,
which he is willing Mr.. Cleveland
should see, declaring his present belief
that Mr.. Cleveland is the greatest pres
| ident since Andrew Jack son, and that
he last year altogether misconceived
him. Butler claims to have 0,O00
red-hDt followers i'll the Bay state and,
it is said, proposes to take the whole
crowd along with him. So Cleveland's
trials are not over yet.
From New York comes the rumor
that William NJ. Evarts would consider
it Il greater honor tO be governor of
that state than to be United States
senator. With this comes the addi-
tional rumOr that he has an itching for
the presidency, and thinks he will be
nearer to it in the governors chair at
Albany than in the senate chamber at
Washington. All of which may safely
be taken with large grain of allow
ance.
AS to the political news in Vermont
it is the same old story: "Mr. b. b.
Smalley was in Washington last week
on business connected with his office"
In this connection the BrattlebOrO
Phoenix makes valuable contribution
TO the pOstOffice literature of the state.
Under the caption "Carpetbagism in
jamaica" the Phoenix tells how the
pOstOffice in that town was handed
over to Mr.. Willard Shepard, in spite
of petition signed by seven-eighths
of the voters, democrats and republic
cans alike, asking that if change was
to he made, the Office might be given
to Jamaica democrat. But, says the
Phoenix, "Hiram Atkins knew what
they really wanted and Shepard is the
result" From this story it would seem
that Vermont has little postmaster
general of it's own.