The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-04-28
Crazy, Burlesque or BON bastic.
tFrom the st. Aibans Messenger

lfrom the st. Adams Messenger
We are somewhat at loss to understand
what the Montpelier Argts is up to- whether
Mr.. Atkins was away from home last week
and the cuspidore boy got hold of the ed-
torial quill, or the boss democrat Of the state
has become tired of farming out offices and
has concluded to enlist in the republican
ranks. 1t Is the first time in twenty-four
years that he has had anything TO say con-
corning the distribution Of the federal offices,
and the dissatisfaction he has created in his
party and the annoyances he has been sub
jected to may have turned his head. Or il
may be that he was, not prepared for the
success he " long had sought, and mourned
because he found 1t not" and has become
f1attened by the burden of delights that has
so suddenly overtaken him. The whole
matter is open to conjecture, and we are not
well enough acquainted with the argus man
to undertake to decide. Here Is what ap-
peared in that paper
The campaign is opened. The issue is presented
Lyaty to and support of the republican pres
that is to be decided in the coming senatorial con
test in Vermont" Shall the man who "sulks in his
yass under the "Pumed Knight" be endorsed. by
loyal to the party by his reelection to the senate?
20 se Salvation on the
hangs the destiny Of the party IN the next
canoe beside this. They are as gnat to mountain.
| Our republican ndsshould wake up to the con-
o hS Secon LIE and are ii
Wake, Up! Wake, npl Wake up Sound the alarm
valleys.
If the Arglts is still a pretended demo-
cratic sheet, a portion of the production
reads like an attempt at burlesque, and
other parts of it sound like bombast. 1t is a
very remarkable article, to say the least, to
be found in democratic paper If its APP
pearance was designed by its editor we can
well question its seriousness. 1t is well
understood that the man of the Argus,
after the dollars, seeks nothing so much
as notoriety. If his head has remained
| " level the article is intended to iniure
his old enemies, the republicans, he has
| fought tooth and nail all his life but will
not have the desired effect. 1t is not two
years since the same paper was pleased
with the man who sulked in his tent, and
turned his position with telling effect
against the republican party. And every
thing went along well enough while the
sulker remained in his tent, and he did not
obstruct the democratic omnibus in which
the editor of the Argus was riding. We can
! not help the Argus man out of his troubles,
neither do we ask him to assist us. There
will be no division in the republican ranks
on his account. There is no portion of the
republican party at his command, so far as
we know, and no one will rally to his
alarm" The Argus is not capable of
| alarming anybody except the Free Press,
and further than this it might as well go
out in its backyard and blow its tin whistle.
The republican party is capable of attend
ing to its own affairs without any inter-
| ference from democratic papers, some of
which blow hot and some cold The sena-
tor to be elected by the legislature this fall
will be more consistent republican than
the senator who is to be succeeded or the
same senator will succeed himself. Who
ever is nominated in the legislative repub-
lican caucus will be elected. The republi-
cans who are displeased with the course of
Senator Edmunds are the most stalwart
and reliable republicans in the state, and
will not go outside of the party to " reform u
it, as Mr.. Edmunds' choicest followers did
in 1884. AS for the ArguS, we don't think il
can run more than its own party, and from
present indications it cannot long do that.