The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-04-11

the nomination of state ticket and
presidential electors will be held in
Montpelier on Wednesday, June 27.
The republican district convention for
the nomination of member of congress
will be held here on the same date.
SOME fellow who don't know what
he is talking about says, in the st.
Johnsbury Republican, that the late
George II. Bigelow wasn't much of
writer" We have personal knowledge
of the fact that Mr.. Bigelow wrote
some of the ablest editorials that ever
appeared in the state papers.
A YOUNG gentleman just returned
from California says that the Eldorado
State is overdone. There are thou
sands of visitors, but the labor market
is surfeited. He ran across four young
men from Vermont, all mechanics, who
had been promised $3.50 per day on ar
irving, but only one could obtain work;
one fell sick, another turned nurse and
the other is waiting for something to
turn up. All four are sadly disap-
AS well might every man in the COM
monwealth usurp the functions and pre-
negatives of the governor of the state
as for woman to usurp the duties of
the other sex in this onerous regard
Suppose even silly hen should i'm
agine that she could lead and defend
the flock and crow as well as the
rooster, while he, poor fellow, is re-
manded to the rear with tail and head
at half-mast. We would have such a
hen put into the pot of oblivion before
the day was gone. boston Trdreller.
THERE is not, in fact, any one in
Mr.. Cleveland's party who is conspic-
uously fitted for the position of chief
justice; certainly no one who could be
considered so eminently suited to the
place as Judge Miller. We think it
would be the part of wisdom as well as
fairness if the president should take
high, broad, non-partisan ground in
this case. If he wanted another demo-
crat on the supreme bench he could APP
point one to fill the place vacated by
tional Republican.
THE Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
now has the strike to itself, all the
strikers on other roads having returned
to work. But the strike on this road
seems TO be waning and the engineers
and firemen who left their work are APP
parently DESTROYS of retreating from an
uncomfortable position. Fifty of the old
engineers have returned to work. How
ever, an assessment of So upon each of
the 10000 engineers and firemen be-
longing to the Brotherhood throughout
the country will be made this week
to maintain the idle strikers. The full
wages of the strikers are to be paid,
and over 100000 of it will 90 toward
paying the engineers. About S65, 200
will be required to meet the wants of
the fremen.
THE one feature marked in the recent
conventions above all others was the
high regard in which James G.. Blaine
is held by the Vermont republicans.
1t required but the briefest allusion to
his name to call forth storms of APP
plause. 1t has been said by some of
the newspapers that because he was
Justify cheered at the convention of the
republican clubs in New York in De-
cember the convention was called for
the purpose of booming Mr.. Blaine,
and the same motive was also charged
upon the convention of republican
clubs at Montpelier in February. But
what explanation can be made of these
same uproarious demonstrations at the
Burlington state and district conven-
tions other than that the great states
man never stood higher in Vermont
than he does now? And these eX.
pressions of approval also 90 to show
the correctness of the position taken by
those Vermonters who have given it as
of the state has been Enthusiastically fol-
Mr.. Blaine in the past.-St. Adams
Messenger
IT is an exceedingly significant fact
that Mr.. Blaine's most bitter enemies
are forced to admit his personal popu
larity, especially with the voters Of
agricultural districts, where the best
and purest elements of the republican
party predominant. Admitting thai
"no state is calculated to furnish bet
ter illustration of the general tendency
of feeling in the party" than Vermont
that Its population is largely agricul
tural, there are no large cities and few
considerable ones in the state, neither
federal nor state patronage amounts tC
a controlling element in its politics
and the party conventions are probably
as free as they can be anywhere tC
represent fairly and fully the opinion
of the party" the mugwump Times
with disgust, remarks: THAT thi,
feeling should be so clearly and EN-
phatically in favor of Mr.. Blaine is GER
tainly strong proof that the theory il
without foundation which represent,
the Blaine sentiment as limited, arti
fetal and of no practical force. 1t is
on the contrary, obviously very gen
eral, for the most part entirely sincere
and likely to endure so long as there il
any chance of its finding expression il
action. "-Ne,o York Tribune.
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