The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-02
Notes and Opinions.

THE notorious anarchist, Most, and
his associates have been convicted, and
will be sentenced to-day.
A BROOKLYN judge declined to grant
naturalization papers to socialist be-
cause he was "not well disposed to the
government of the United States
That is just right.
TEMPERANCE people in Iowa have
asked the President why so many vio-
lators of the liquor law of the state have
been made postmasters. They have
received no answer.
Hon. HUGH HENRY is developing
much strength as candidate for the
republican nomination for lieutenant
governor. We understand that Wind
sor county will be solid for him.
FORBES writes to the Boston Journal
that there seems to be growing senti-
ment to nominate a candidate for gov
ernor on his merits and for conspicuous
ability, irrespective of other issues.
GENERAL RIPLEY of Rutland has
been suggested as republican candi-
date for governor. If he voted for
Cleveland, as reported, he is hardly
eligible for a republican nomination.
PROBABLY there is considerable sick
ness throughout the country, caused by
the nauseating stuff served up by the
metropolitan press concerning the pro-
spective marriage of the President and
Miss Folsom.
WILL Harris of the Clipper please
note in his diary of current events that
the Bradford Opinion, which seldom
has an opinion, actually had two last
week-one favoring Batcheder for gov
ernor and the other favoring General
CIRCUITS denomination?
THE st. Adams Messenger denies that
Editor Gibbs has been writing letters to
the effect that Mr.. Edmunds' personal
character is to be attacked at an early
date, and it is not probable that intima-
tions of that sort have gone beyond
sneaking whispered insinuations.- Free
Press.
THE Washington Republican says
there is no place on this footstool where
better liquors are sold than under the
dome of the Capitol And it is safe to
say that nowhere on this footstoo are
there better and more experienced
judges of liquor than can be found
under the dome of the same Capitol
Norristo,rn Herald.
THE Republican and Caledonian of
st. Johnsbury now seem as near alike,
politically, as two peas
1.-TWO souls with but single thought" etc.
as it were. AS the Republican has APP
parently fulfilled its mission, if it ever
had any, it might now depart in peace
instead of dragging out miserable ex-
istence on the rugged shores of time.
THE latest invention of the L" enemy -
is that Mr.. Blaine has made trade
with Mr.. Edmunds to secure the latters
support in 1888. Such an arrangement
seems highly improbable, for the rea-
son that Mr.. Edmunds was too con-
scientious to support Mr.. Blaine in
1884, though it is alleged that he voted
for him. The more than 4 100000 re-
publicans who voted for Mr. Blaine
were probably destitute of conscientious
scruples.
A GENTLEMAN once talking to me
about Mr.. Edmunds said that his course
sometimes reminded him of the ex-
perience of ship captain. He was ex-
aiming his chart one day and found
he was sailing directly toward small
island. Afterwards, in looking more
closely at the chart, he found he had
been two days sailing around fly
speck. So he said Mr.. Edmunds will
sometimes take up an hour or two of
debate arguing around tiy-speck.-
! Correspondence Cincinnati Commercial
FEW matters of national interest be-
fore congress have received positive
action the past week. Several matters
have been discussed, including the oleo-
margarine and Chinese bills, and the
Sewell pension bill was passed by the
senate. The bill gives $50 month to
soldiers and sailors who lost one foot or
one hand in the service, S36 month to
those who lost an arm above the elbow
or one leg above the knee, and $40 a
month to those who lost an arm at the
shoulder or leg at the hip joint. The
bill, Sewell said, would increase the
pension expenditures of the govern
ment by 81 1894, 1872 year.
/ WANT to deny some of the facts alleged
about Senator Edmunds. He is not cold
natured nor devoid of warmth and geniality.
There never was a more pleasant man.
Colonel George Washington Hooker.
Yet a contrary opinion prevails in
some quarters. Read the following:
Vermont is more entitled to a snow-storm
than any other state. for the frigd Mr.. Ed
munds lives there Manchester Union.
! This cool weather comes from Vermont,
where there is snow on the ground and an
Edmunds campaign going on.-Hdrttord
! Post.
They had snow-storm in Vermont on
| Wednesday. We suspect this was the open
ing of the Edmunds BOOM Philddelphia
| Press.
THE Rutland Express has dissected
the " canvass" which the Fairhaven
Era recently made on the senatorial
question in Rutland county with the