St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-09-16

The chief scribblers in the campaign
of mud may now retire and wash their
soiled linen.
Generous Terms.
Rutland Herald.
Some latitude and time must be al
lowed the defeated traitors THAT word
is not ours but theirs), for getting gent
ly down from the high horses that they
have been riding. They now say that
"with so large an unpledged mem ber-
ship as the legislature will have, it
seems probable that the real contest
for senator has only just begun" Well,
this is in accordance with a purpose
announced from headquarters some
months ago. But it does not accord
very we'll with another article, which
calls upon Mr.. Edmunds to resign, for
the sake of harmony. Bright idea.
Why in the world wasn't Robert E.
Lee smart enough to propose it to
Grant at AppOmattOx
So Far as Heard From.
Burlington Free Press.
The senators and members distinct
ly committed to vote for Mr.. Edmunds
as far as heard from number 60 more
than a majority and the number will
be still further increased. These men,
as any agent who attempts to tamper
with them will find, are not open to
"missionary" influences after the meth
DDS prevalent in New York and Ohio.
Not one per cent. of them could be
bought with any amount of money.
They intend to live in Vermont, and
to be able to face their tOwnsmen,
when they return from Montpelier.
There will be no opportunity for any
ballot. Each man must stand in his
seat and audibly announce the name of
the man he votes for for United States
senator. That any appreciable pOr
ton of them can be approached cor
ruptly under all the circumstances is
not supposable. There will be but
one republican candidate presented in
the legislature and the bottom has
dropped out of the whole anti-Ed
munds scheme.
VermOnt's Self-ResPect.
Boston Herald.
This self-respect of Vermont is not
of recent origin. There has been no
time for more than forty years when
she has not had a first-class statesman
to represent her in the senate. She
has stood as sturdily as her OVID green
mountains against the degenerating
tendency of modern politics. If she
has not furnished a president to the
nation, it has been because the nation
itself was behind her in the high stand
ard she has set for her public men.
She has none the less done the nation
a service by her example, and in Mr..
Edmunds she has given it a senator
eminently useful on national scale.
Mr.. Edmunds is man whose states
manship is too often lessened in its in
f1uence, if not controlled, by PARTISAN
ship; but, partisanship aside, there is
no man in that body who has rendered
more valuable service by his wise in
fluence upon public questions.
They Lacked Bowels.
White Riuer Junction Landmark.
1t is all over and thank heaven it is
no worse. We hardly see how it could
be worse for we chaps who have been
engaged in the Strengthening Edmunds
business. That he was to have ma
jority of from thirty to forty senators
and representatives as a result of a
count we had no doubt, and in CONVEX
sions from these we had expected his
defeat in October, but we did not look
for any such avalanche as has taken
place. The opposition to
Mr.. Edmunds has ANONYMOUSLY failed.
Without head, without bowels, with
out backbone, without legs or feet to
walk, or even a tail to whisk, how
could it have been otherwise? 1t was
a squad that talked like an army {; it
went to the war without a general,
fol
even for the wounded! Capture was
They were all brave SOL
diers who, when they make another
invasion into an enemy's country, will
see to it that there is a leader, and not
only that but that the troops shall be
paid.
Opposition Didn't MateriaIize.
BrattlebOro Phoni1.
The thing which occasions real re-
publican rejoicing is the complete fail |
ure of the anti-Edmunds movement. |
Mr.. Atkins, it will be seen, cOnfesses
that there will be less democrats in the |
legislature than in 1884, and there GER
tainly will not be a "baker's dozen" of
anti-Edmunds republicans. The at
anti Edmunds bolt on the SEN
atOrial ticket in Rutland county failed |
utterly, and John Sheldon, leading
and popular citizen in whose behalf it
was started, got only 1857 votes
against 1892, the lowest number given
any candidate on the regular republ-
ian ticket. In Franklin county, the
centre and home of the nti-Edmunds
crusade, only one democratic and three
anti Edmunds republican representa-
ives were elected. Montpelier elect
I'd an Edmunds republican and not
single deluded anti-Edmunds republi
,an appears in the list-a result which
shows what sort of home 'intluence"
he Montpelier Waterman has had.
The Orleans county delegation is solid
or Edmunds, save only John w. Cur
Ter of Troy, Smith-Atkins democrat.
county is solid for the Sena
or, and it is impossible at this writing
o put ones finger on the place where
my opposition to Mr.. Edmunds is like
y to materialize when the Legislature
meets.