The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-04-07

zine article on the battle of Shiloh"
A WRITER in the american Architect
says that he knows personally three
wealthy men who had large building
operations in view who have abandoned
their plans and decided upon other in
vestments because of labor troubles.
IT is every mans right to decide for
himself at what price he will sell his
own labor; but it is no mans right to
destroy another mans property, or to
interfere to prevent by force another
man from working.-Concord Monitor.
w. T.. BARRETT and the Free Press
are now playing their strongest card
in setting up a democratic scarecrow to
brighten republicans; but the card is SO
transparent that republicans can see
right through it, and it won't take the
"trick"
THE assertion of anti-Blaine papers
that Mr.. Blaine is "weak" in Yer.
mont is very far from the truth. II
they want to make an issue on Blaine
they will find there are more Blaine
men in Vermont than they have ever
dreamed of.
ACCORDING to Washington CORE
spondents, United States Marshal
Henry and Colonel G. w. Hooker were
among the republican indorsers OF
MEG Probably they Endorsed
his record as a soldier, as did many
others-nothing more.
ONE of the strongest things about
Mr.. Edmunds' reputation is his strength
with the mugwump sentiment in the
republican party. Two years ago his
apathy towards the republican ticket
doubly intensified this feeling in his ia
vor.-BOStOn Traveller.
AND now the Washington CORE
spondent of the Boston Traveller has
discovered that Conkling, as well as
Blaine, is to take hand in the {" sena-
torial fight - in Vermont. Wonderful,
wonderful are the discoveries of the
Washington correspondents!
PENSION COMMISSIONER BLACK is
the champion reformer in Washington.
Of the names sent to him by the civil
service commission from which to
select seventy-seven clerks, he picked
out seventy-two democrats, and eight
from his own town in Illinois.
THE assumption that the opposition
to Mr.. Edmunds comes altogether from
"Blaine people will not deceive; it is
too attenuated. With many republi-
cans the question is one of party policy
irrespective of preferences as to presi-
dental or senatorial candidates.
UNITED STATES TREASURER JORDAN
wishes to have the men in his office ex.
empted from civil service examination
AS he has heavy bonds to give for the
safe keeping of the public money, he
prefers to select the agents who are tC
assist him without anybody's dictation
IT is quite common rule with coun
try newspaper publishers to run the
reading matter of least importance or
the last page of their publication
There is one a" mugwump" editor in
Vermont that strictly follows this rule
his editorials appearing on the last page
of his journal every week.-Northfel(
Ne,CS.
THE Washington gossips, of which
there appears to be large crop thi;
year, tried to make something sensa
tional out of somewhat personal dis
cussion between Senators Logan anC
Teller by alleging that Teller was be
hind a " Blaine plot - to break Logar
down as a presidential candidate. Il
turns out there was nothing in it.
IT has been discovered that the nom
ination of Felix w. McGettrick to be
postmaster at st. Adams was with
drawn February 10, as appears by the
record of the secret session of the sen
ate of March 30, published in the Con
gressional Record. The press dis
patches announced that the nomina
ton had been rejected, but this was
erroneous.
THE speech of Senator ingalls, of
Kansas on the prerogative resolutions
is generally accepted by the republican
press to have been the best, in all
respects, that was delivered on the
subject. 1t has attracted widespread
attention and the demand for it exceeds
that of any speech delivered during the
session. But the mugwumps are not
crying for it,
IF it is true, as mugwump paper
alleges, that Mr.. Edmunds' chief motive
in making fight against the admins
tration was to defeat Smalley's confirma-
ton, it does not denote a very high
order of craftsmanship. But mug
wump paper is rarely good authority
and we understand Mr.. Edmunds has
denied that he is unfriendly to Smalley' IS
confirmation.
JOHN JAMES INGALLS, of Kansas is q
statesman of whom the republican party
may well be proud. Manly, faithful
eloquent, thoroughly American and
thoroughly patriotic, scorning hypocrisy
and destroying imposture, there is nc
leader of that party to whom the people
more gladly listen, or whose influence
over public affairs is more wholesome