The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-04-08


Missourian elates the Vermonter; and
democratic administration with repub-
lican tendencies is at the bottom of the
whole trouble"
NORFOLK (VA) LEDGER: {" 1t has
been suggested that the new party
which is soon to be formed if President |
Cleveland continues in making nominal
tipns, will not lack for name, as it can
aptly be called the surprise party. A
few more nominations like that of Pear
sons will settle the matter"
WITH candor and patriotism that are
in gratifying and refreshing contrast to
the Extensively partisan servility of the
old bourbon or copperhead organs, in
this state or elsewhere, the Brattleboro
Reformer gives utterance to manly,
outspoken, unequivocal condemnation
of Secretary Lamar's course in paying
mortuary honors to the nefarious Jacob
Thompson.
Statistics furnished to the Massachu-
sets legislature show that in 1881 there
were 1902 women registered in the en-
tire state, of whom l ,437 voted; in 1882,
$3.50 registered, 1,181 voting; in 1888,
2,77S registered, 1888 voting; in 1884,
3,471 registered, l ,769 voting. These fig
ures do not seem to show an overwhelm-
ing eagerness for the ballot in the state
of advanced ideas.
PHILADELPHIA TIMES: "There will
be some democratic disappointment and
discomfort over Pearson's renomina-
ton, but there will be much greater
qualification and Cancellation in reform
republican circles, and the profit will
largely overbalance the loss. 1t is an
unmistakable Cleveland landmark of
perfect faith with the country to which
he gave the open pledge of business adj
ministration and honest government"
OF the reappointment of Mr.. Pear
son as postmaster of New York the
Providence Journal presents a marked
instance of republican candor in saying:
"Here is a fact by which so far the
president is to be judged. Judged by
it alone, it is to be said that he has ex-
ercised his constitutional privilege in a
sound and patriotic manner. Herein
he has certainly recognized and carried
out the very spirit of civil service re-
form"
THE mercantile failures for the quar-
ter lately ended, as reported by r. G..
Dun & Company, number three thou
sand six hundred fifty-eight, which,
compared with the corresponding three
months of last year, shows an increase
of three hundred sixty-two failures, or
about eleven per cent. The liabilities
of the quarter foot up S46, 121 ,051 as
against $40, 1S6,97S in the correspond
ing period of 1884, an increase of nearly
S6,000,000.
EVENING RECORD: Was the New
York postoffice thrown as tub to the
Independent whale? We prefer to re-
gard it as an appointment in pursuance
of principle, and to discredit the re-
port that the president has caused it to
be announced that the reappointment
of Pearson is not to be taken as pre-
cedent. If such an announcement has
really been made, honesty, efficiency
and freedom from offensive partisan
ship are not to count in favor of other
incumbents, who must expect to give
place to good democrats. This may
be democratic reform, but it is neither
logical nor consistent"
NEW YORK EVENING Posi-: " To
award praise to the president alone
would be to come far short of the
truth, since it is known that some of
the most earnest advocates of Mr.. Pear
sons retention in office were democrats
of standing and repute, such as Messrs.
Hewitt, Ottendorfer, Mayor Grace,
Henry Richmond, Judge Schoonmaker,
Willis James, Algernon Sullivan, Sid
ney Webster and Governor Tilden.
These and many other representative
democrats have been quoted, from time
to time, as favoring Mr.. Pearson's reap
pointment upon grounds ofpublic utility
as well as of party policy"
HON. BENJAMIN BUTTERwoRTH of
Cincinnati, formerly representative in
congress from Ohio and commissioner
of patents under President Arthur, said
in an interview: 81 like President
Cleveland. l believe he is attempting
to deserve we'll of the people. He is a
serious, earnest, civil service reformer
and proposes to live up to the rules,
For this he deserves the approval and
support of the whole country, ire
spective of party. When president
starts in to give us an honest, clean
administration we ought to uphold his
hands. Somebody says: Thou shalt
not speak evil of the ruler of thy peo-
} ple,' and as long as can conscien-
tiously do so I shall follow that CON-
mand."