The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-03-10
Notes and Opinions.

WILL the Caledonian please give the
date of its return to the republican
party?
GOVERNOR FITz HUGH LEE of Vir-
ginia has signed the local option bill
passed by the legislature.
THE best way for republicans to
provide for the future is to take first
class care of the present.-SprinQfeld
Union.
The latest exhibition of Jeffersonian
simplicity is dinner given by Secre-
tary Whitney, at which gold knives
were used.
The Rutland Herald and st. Adams
Messenger both appeared last week in
handsome new suits of type. We tender
our congratulations.
"THE renegade New York Times,
true to its malignant instincts" is the
way the Tribune refers to its " es-
teemed" contemporary.
CONGRESS has been in session three
months. Seven thousand bills have
been introduced, and the President has
signed three, and these three are of no
importance.
DoRMAN B. EATON's resignation as
civil service commissioner took effect
March l, but the President has not
been able to decide upon a republican
to take his place.
THE style of this presidential message
is in itself distinct innovation. 1t is
a combination of class lecture, a stump
speech and a speech from the throne
Buffalo Advertiser.
You cannot be mugwump in re-
ligion any more than you can be in
politics and be successful. There is
no mugwumpery about it. You must
be on one side or the other.-Sam Jones.
A CLERGYMAN at st. Quentin, CAL,
preached recently upon the question,
"Why are so many of our young men
in the penitentiaries and so few in the
churches?n Is would take more than
one sermon to cover the whole ground
So far as we have seen the returns,
the only towns adopting the town school
system, last week, were Richmond,
Springfield, Marlboro and Wardsboro.
At this slow rate, it will take long
time to bring all the towns of the state
into line.
A MINORITY OF the house pension
committee last week agreed to report
that arrearages shall be paid on all
pensions filed before the date of the
proposes to extend the time to July /,
1888. This will mean two years. lie e.
way for filing speculative claims.
THERE are three or four papers of
the Phenir stamp in the state that
have some ingenious theories about
matters and things, but when they are
unable to find facts to sustain their
theories they deliberately go to work
and manufacture them. If the facts
do not support their theories then, they
probably think, so much the worse for
the facts.
IT is hard to criticise the conduct of
lover like Senator Jones of Florida,
but why should he tell Senator Vance
who was sent to Detroit to bring him
away, that he was capable of attend
: ing to his own business?" 1t wasn't
Jones' business that Senator Vance
went to look after. 1t was public bust
ness. Jones is wanted in the senate
married or single.-Sun.
The President having snubbed the
senate, Postmaster-general Villas has
followed it up by snubbing the house
Having been asked for a statement OF
balances due to or from the United
States, in the books of his department
he replied that he did not think the
public interests would be subserved by
complying with the demand. Some Of
the democratic representatives are in
, dignant, but as Mr.. Villas has control OF