The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-19

SOME mugwumps have now got down
to where they say that the President
has done well, but he could have done
good deal better. They should re.
member that such man will not be
so much praised by posterity for what
he has done as he will be condemned
for what he failed to do.-Tribune.
THE friends of Mr.. Ormsbee are
evidently disappointed at the announce
ment, "by authority" that Mr.. Batch
elder is also in favor of Senator Ed
munds' reelection. Their attempt to
make the senatorial question prom
inent factor in the canvass for state
officers has not thus far yielded all the
results they expected.
JUST as we go to press dispatch is
received from Middlebury, asking the
assistance of our fire and police depart
ments. The editor of the Register has
"run wild" over the governor and
senatorial issues, and help is wanted to
catch and hold him until he be cooled
off. Later: He has been captured
and is now tied under the falls. Bur
Hngton Clipper.
The proposition to submit pro-
hibitory amendment of the constitution
of New York to the people was de-
feated by vote of fifty-three to sixty
three, every democratic vote in the as
sembly being cast against it, and every
vote for the proposition was given BY
republicans. This shows the relative
position of the two parties on the
temperance question in that state.
WHILE much of the imitation butter
is probably not detrimental to the
public health, yet list of fifty chem
icals and other substances used in the
manufacture of bogus butter is pre-
sented by the congressional committee,
beginning with nitric acid, including
sugar of lead, castor oil, stomachs of
pigs and sheep, cows udders and car
bolic acid, ending with caustic soda.
THE manufacturers of oleomargarne
have published, pamphlet appeal and
protest against the proposed hostile
legislation, which they entitle g Honest
Words to Honest Men," The title is
little unfortunate, because it recalls
the fact that the chief opposition to
oleomargarine is because it is not sold
honestly, but is palmed off upon the
purchaser in most instances as gem
uine dairy product.-BoSton Journal.
THE Concord Monitor now thinks it
would be the proper thing to re-elect
Senator Edmunds, but only a few
months ago that paper said: IF Blaine
and Logan were good enough to be
voted for by George F. Edmunds, then
they were not so bad but that the same
gentleman could have advised other
men to vote for them-unless, indeed,
he was prepared to admit that his own
conscience was not so eXacting as he
wished other cOnsciences to be-"
IT has been estimated that our recent
labor strikes will cost the country one
hundred millions of dollars. Whose
loss is it? Labor will pay or lose the
largest share. If it succeeds in eight
hour employment only, it will. in the
end, pay most of the difference in the in
creased price of goods the laborer uses.
Capital will not employ workmen at
constant loss. because its possessors will
fail The employer must live as well
as the labOrer. Like parent and child.
they go hand in Manufactured Union.
Now the mugwump leaders, in their
freshness, are kicking over the traces
on the upgrade pull of the administra-
ton in most discouraging manner to
Jehu Cleveland. This is nothing more
than was to be expected from such
hitch-up of what Brother Beecher"
calls dOuble-eared asses" There
don't seem to be any course left for the
President to take but to model his ad-
ministration after John Tyler's, and re-
tire from the presidency at the end of
his term with the unanimous consent
of all parties. concord Monitor.
THE st. Johnsbury Republican re-
ports gentleman of Caledonia county
as saying: 81 was a strong Blaine
man. l gave $4,000 to help his cam
paign, and l would have given $1,000
rather than have him defeated. In my
opinion, Senator Edmuuds defeated
him. There is no doubt of that, in my
opinion. But the nation, the state and
the republican party cannot afford to
lose Senator Edmunds." The state
ment that Mr. Edmunds defeated Mr..
Blaine gives away the whole case of
the republican partisans of Mr.. Ed
munds, but it will please the mug
wumps immensely.
WE do not hold that added years are
sin, or a disgrace. They deserve,
and they receive with us, all due honor
and reverence. But we do hold it is no
discredit to men of fewer years, who
are possessed of merit, ability and true
manhood, if they happen to assert
themselves and aspire for honorable
advancement at the hands of their
fellow-citizens. The Rutland Herald
has issued its edict that Mr.. Batchelder
shall not be the next governor of Yer
mont, but it is possible the people will
pay as little attention to this order as
they have done to similar ones on pre-
vious occasions. Windsor Journal.
THE statement of the mugwump
Boston Herald that the opposition to
Mr.. Edmunds in Vermont is " rapidly
npterino ont does not aoree with our