The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-30
cation and all lovers of childhood
Christian Register.

cation and all lovers of childhood. -
Christian Register.
BowDoIN COLLEGE has student
named Soule who appears to have been
admitted to one of the classes solely on
his qualifications as baseball player.
The college clubs have rule that the
members shall be bona fde students,
and Soule's case was investigated. 1t
appears that he was admitted without
examination, took history and physiol-
ogy as his special studies, but seldom
appeared in the classroom. Soule tes-
titled that he had not been at school for
four years before entering Bowdoin,
and couldn't remember the name of his
last teacher.
WHEN free-trade papers like the
New York Times, the Evening Post and
Horper's Weekly deserted the repub-
lican party in 1884 and helped defeat
Mr.. Blaine, the leading champion of
protection, it was said that the ami
mating reason for the desertion was not
so much the hatred of Mr.. Blaine as the
hatred of protection. Confirmation of
this suspicion is found in the advice
which the New York Times gives to it's
free-trade friends in congress. 1t urges
them to drive out of the party Mr..
Randall and his little band of demo-
cratic protectionists in congress.
THE recent severe illness of the ven
cradle Senator Morrill, at his home in
Washington created no little anxiety in
the hearts of score of statesmen who
are willing any day to be his successor,
but fortunately the good news is re-
ceived that the senator is convalescent
and bids well to hold his own for years
to come. The senator now is in his
seventy-seventh year, the oldest men,
Der of the senate. He served in the
thirty-fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh
eighth and ninth congresses, and en-
tered the senate in March, 1867, and
bilier, railroad jobbery or telephone
monopoly has stained his good record.
Up to date Justin S. Morrill, has never
found it necessary to write to the press
or his constituents explaining his &C.
ton. The senator's term of office does
not expire until 1891, and we trust he
| VIII nOld out 10 receive re-electlOn.-
Correspondence Troy Times.
In the Caledonia county republican
convention, last week, the following
resolution, introduced by DR.. G.. B.
Billiard, was laid on the table:
Resolved, That the republicans of Gale
donia county, in convention assembled do
now and here request our delegation in
congress to support the nominees of the re-
publican national convention for president
and vice-president, provided there is not
fraud practiced in the said national conven-
ton; and further if for any reason other
than fraud, such as by reason of personal
prejudice or ambition, our delegation in
congress cannot support the national NOM
inees, they be requested to resign.
The Burlington Free Press calls this an
anti-Edmunds resolution" though
Edmunds' name is not mentioned in
it and it no more embodies a request
to him than to any other member of
the congressional delegation. Any
one can see what kind of republican
paper the Free Press is when it mani
tests opposition to such resolution.
If Blaine is nominated in 1888, we
shall be happily disappointed if the
Free Press is not found in the mug.
wump camp.