The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-25
Notes and Opinions.


THE Savannah Ne,cs (democrat)
claims, exultantly, that "the solid South
never was so solid as it is this year."
The Free Press complains that it can
not find Doodle " in the dictionary.
Perhaps the Free Press man can find
it in his pocket.
A New YORK paper declares that the
country must be more prosperous this
year than it was last year, because more
people are getting married.
The Springfield Republican speaks of
the " leaderless republican party" We
thought you had insisted all along that
Mr.. Edmunds was the "great repub-
lican leader"
Boston drank nine per cent more
water in July than in the corresponding
month last year. We wish we could
make the same observation about some
places in Vermont
THE Judge has cartoon represent
ing the President letting public money
out of the bung for rivers and harbors
and closing the spigot by his veto of
private pension bills.
BEN. PERLEY PooRE suggests that
on the backs of the eight big volumes
of the Congressional Record for the
session just passed there be stamped
this motto "Great cry and little wool"
IT is now stated that Senator Ed
munds did not go fishing, as was re-
ported, but remained in Burlington to
"mend his fences" Well, he has been
absent a long time, and hired men
cannot always be depended upon.
"THE editorial letter-writer of the
Montpelier Vegetable Rural is badly ex-
ercised, fearing that Colonel Levi X.
Fuller is not in favor of railroad COM
mission, and hence proposes to vote for
a democrat for acknowledgements. If
something is not done soon the worms
will devour the Montpelier cabbage"
Clipper.
Speaking of Pan-Electric Garland's
defence, the Free Press says:
AS for giving back the certificates, this
is but partial mode of restoring a mans
honor. In this enlightened Christian age
mans hands are not purified when he ceases
to handle that which has defiled them.
And yet Garland is the same man
whom the Free Press candidate for
senator, in a speech in the United
States senate June 10, 1886, endorsed
as {" an upright and just man."
SOME of the Edmunds organs have
reached their last ditch. Instead of
making satisfactory answers to the allie
cations against Mr.. Edmunds, which
are based upon facts gathered from
public records, they seek to divert
public attention from these matters by
traducing the motives and villfying
the characters of his opponents. The
Free Press, as usual, is leader in these
disreputable tactics.
A CORRESPONDENT writes: "The
issue raised by your correspondents in
regard to Mr.. Edmunds' use of in
toxicating liquors is legitimate one,
and the temperance people of Vermont
cannot consistently ignore it. No man
should be sent to congress from Yer
mont who is sinner in that respect,
even in the smallest degree. 1t is time
for Vermont republicans to make an in
delible record of consistency on this
question"
Now that II. E. Lewis and c.. A.
Hotchkiss, two strong Edmunds men
in Franklin county, have called a
county convention to organize bolt
against the regular republican ticket, it
will be interesting to see how the move
ment will be viewed by the Edmunds
organs which have condemned the bolt
of anti-Edmunds republicans in Rut-
land county The Rutland Herald is
evidently getting ready to justify the
Franklin county bolt.
GEORGE F. EDMUNDs is somewhat
cold-blooded individual, but is human.
He does not desire the denomination OF
Mr.. Blaine. He is working even now
to shut off such possibility. 1t is toe
early to talk about candidates as yet
But when the republican party does
choose nominee it will be likely tC
ask the advice of republicans and listen
to the voice of the men who have moi
deserted its standard in any past repub
lican election.-Brooklyn Times (repub
lican).
WHEN it comes to the question Of
what is best for the State of Vermont
il should be understood that Senator
Edmunds no longer occupies that posi-
ton of proud eminence which he helt
prior to 1884, but that the state is dali,
and hourly Inundated by his downfall
In the senate he is checkmated and de
feated in nearly every move, until hi
has become chronic objector. There
are scores of young men in the State o
Vermont any of whom could secure
more for the state than he.-RHldnC
Telegram.
A NORTH HERO correspondent writes
"There were twenty-nine delegates
present at the republican county con
vention, and enough outsiders so tina
we counted up just fifty in the court
room at one time. We could not learl