The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-18
Notes and Opinions.

Samuel j. Tilden's brains.-PhiIodel-
phid Press.
THE Savannah NelCS (democrat)
says: " A republican has no chance of
being elected to congress from this or
any other district in this state. The
republican party in the South exists
only in name"
SENATOR JONES of Florida has
drawn his salary from the treasury but
has not occupied his seat once since the
session began. There are some men
whom the country can well afford to
pay to keep out of the senate chamber.
THoUGH this administration is one of
economy and reform, the appropriations
of this congress are the largest with one
exception in the history of the govern
ment, and all of them have been APP
proved by the president.-Porttand
Press.
THERE are indications of activity
among some of the republicans of the
Southern States. In Arkansas they
have just held very fully attended
state convention, and in Mississippi
they propose to contest several congress
sional districts.
THE scheme of Congressman Lover
ing of Massachusetts to pension all
soldiers received setback from the
Cropd rn,,, rotaropo OF tbo;r ,ooo,4
encampment in San Francisco, it being
rejected by vote of three hundred
twenty-seven to eighty-six.
"THE PERFECT ONES" is the name
of new religious sect recently founded
by Miss Hannah Martin in Ohio. The
matter with Hannah is that she is a lit
tie behind the times. George William
Curtis and few others are the real per-
feet ones.-OH City Blizzard.
A DRUNKEN legislator cannot be in a
condition to act intelligently upon any
measure that comes before him, and
man who has not respect enough for
himself and his associates to keep sober
when sitting in any legislative body
ought to be permanently kept out of it.
Concord Monitor.
IT is said to be one of the chief quail
fications of a good editor to know not
what to put in his paper but what to
keep out. 1t would be we'll if legisla-
tive ability was gagged by the same
standard-to know not what laws to
put in our statute books but what to
keep out.-Neoo York Observer.
The Free Press is more genuinely
humorous than Punch or Puck. Speak
ing of the Edmunds campaign, it re-
marks that "a cleaner canvass was
never made anywhere than in his be-
half" The Free Press should not Joke
on a serious subject; let it remember
the sad fate of the Fair Haven Era
THE opposition to Senator Edmunds
is warm enough to have already thawed
that gentleman out so far that he has
condescended to explain his position in
regard to cleo, railroads and other mat
tiers. Now let us hear from him in re-
gard to his probable support of the next
republican nominee for the presidency
Brandon Union.
THE Philadelphia Press voices the
sentiments of all decent people when
it says: "There ought to be some way
to deal with drunken United States
senator and to make complete the pro-
lection of the senate against such dis
graceful conduct as that of Riddle
berger last Thursday" How about
that other senator who made specta
Gle of himself?
WE have carefully read our mug
wump exchanges to see if they censur,
the President for signing the river anC
harbor bill. There is not censure
not word of adverse criticism, but moi
a few remarks in explanation of his act
Indeed, the mere approval of the bill
by the President has taken away from
it all its outrageous features, all its job
berry, all its wickedness.--,Journal.
The Rural Humbug was dreadful,
stirred up last week over the editoria
page of the WATCHMAN, and its antic
were intensely amusing. In its vii,
and senseless rage it INDUCED in tn
most eXtravagant misrepresentation
( and absurd Justification, all of whicI
, served to make it the laughing-stock o
the community. Great, great is Hum
bug, and poor Ropes is its prophet.
? THE Burlington Free Press is respect
fully informed that no New Yorl
, vagabond " has an editorial or othe
connection with the WATCTMAN. TIL
o Free Press might profitably devot
some part of its space to showing ho'
S the temperance people of Vermont ar
d to be honored by the reelection of MI
/ Edmunds, instead of using so niue
space to abuse and villify and misrel
resent its anti-Edmunds contempt
raries.
l. IN the republican convention of 1Ss
!. Mr.. Roosevelt led the Edmunds' NOV
"a ment. Being asked if he was still a
il Edmunds man, he did not answer tn
sr query, but said. 81 should have pr
N ferred seeing Mr.. Edmunds' partisan
,r ship support Blaine when the supren
IL acy of the republican party was
ID stake rather than had it take the for
Il fool, II, Gonna of ita manifest q innc