The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-29

his paper of nondescript or conglom-
crate politics.
FORMAL preparations have been made
for the celebration of the one hundredth
anniversary of the adoption of the Con-
stitution of the United States on Sep
TENDER II, 1887. At meeting held in
Philadelphia last week, at which the
governors and other representatives of
ten of the thirteen original states were
present, a set of resolutions were
adopted to the effect that the celebra-
ton be held at the date above men
toned, and that the governors of all
the states and territories, the President
and congress and the city of Philadel-
phia be asked to aid in the celebration,
and that the governors of all the states
and territories should be asked TO send
delegates to a meeting in Philadelphia
on December 2, 1886, to make further
preparations for the anniversary.
The Weekly Ropes persistently sup
presses the fact that Major J osiah Grout
was first suggested for the speakership
by the Burlington Free Press, and that
this suggestion Immediately received
the hearty endorsement of the Rutland
Herald. 1t also neglects to mention
that Major Grout already has the sup
port of the Bellows Falls Times, New
port ETpress, Barton Monitor, Ben
nington Banner, Morrisville Ne,cs and
| Citizen and Esser County Herald. The
st. Adams Messenger has not declared
in his favor, but has simply announced
that it would not oppose him. And yet
the Weekly Ropes, for some selfish or
mercenary purpose of its own, falsely
charges that Major Grout is railroad
candidate and that his support comes
from what it is pleased to call rail-
road papers," For colossal mendacity
the Weekly Ropes is entitled to first
premium.
A NEW English literary magazine,
known as The Circulating Library, has
the following decidedly unique notice of
General Grants Memoirs: "The BIZ
ography of Grant will be interesting,
not only for the career of this great
man himself, but as showing how peo-
pie rise sometimes from obscurty to
great positions through industry, ability
and circumstances. Grant was the son
of farmer, who gave him a much
better education than he had himself
received. The civil war obliged Grant
to become soldier, in which capacity
he served for fourteen years, when
he again took to farming, which he
had to relinquish on account of i'll
health. He then became successfully
estate agent, clerk in a store and sena-
tor In this last vocation he distin-
guished himself so highly that he was
elected president" 1t is evident that
we must 90 abroad for the most inter-
esting news.
MISTER ROPES is entirely welcome to
all the capital he can make out of the
action of the editor of the WATCHMAN
in the late election. We voted for a re-
publican representative of what we be-
lieved to be vital principle, for which
we had honestly and earnestly con-
tended. In the republican caucus,
which we did not attend, there were
only 145 votes cast out of some 400 re-
publican votes in town. In the cleo
ton here party lines were not strictly
adhered to, and the representative
elect received some democratic votes.
Of course he was not to blame for that.
The question at issue was not so much
republicanism and democracy as Ed
munds and -Edmunds. While the
slippery Ropes is on the subject of " bolt
ing" he might recall how he proposed
to bolt the republican national ticket
in 1884 until strong republican pres
sure upon thew ATCHMAN Chen edited
by him) compelled it to wheel into line.
Blaine and Logan were nominated
June 9th, and it was not until June 25th
that the WATCnMAN condescended to
put the national ticket at the head of
its editorial columns.