St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-08-30
POLITICAL CHIPS.

x The state election in Vermont comes
next Tuesday, when, according to the
orators, the national campaign practi-
cally closes as far as this state is con-
eerned. Vermont is the first state to
vote since the national tickets were
put in the field, and the idea is to pile
up as big a majority as possible for the
republican ticket in this state as an
indication of the trend of public sem
timent. A good deal of money has
been wasted in carrying on such an
aggressive campaign in "sure" state,
and the motive urged for voting is not
of the highest. But, however this may
be, it is the duty of every citizen to be
at the polls on Tuesday and to cast his
vote for the man of his choice.
Fortunately, in Hon. w. P. Dilling-
ham is found candidate for the gov
ernorship of high character, of marked
ability, native Vermonter, a young
man and o COED one. During an I'M
usually exciting campaign he has done
valiant service for his party and has
at the same time treated his opponents
courteously. Though we have criti-
cised the manner in which the nOmi-
nation was obtained for him by his
friends, no word of adverse criticism
can justly be applied to the man who
obtained it, and we heartily hope the
desired 10000 majority may be his.
Gen. w. w. Grout deserves we'll of
his state and will, of course, be return
ed to his seat in congress, where he
has for SO many years faithfully served
his constituents. Brilliant men, who
have too much private business in
hand to give close attention to nation
mand as men of the Grout stripe who
mean public business and attend to it.
Do voters ever stop to think that in
casting their ballots at state elections
they are voting to send men to the
legislature and are voting for county
and town officers who shall represent
them, i. g. for men who as far as may
be will do just as the voter would do
were he to hold the same position 2
With this thought uppermost we urge
every voter to closely scan the ballot
which he casts next Tuesday. If he
finds thereon name that represents
man who does not represent him, let
him Scratch" that name and substi-
tute another.
Apropos of the above Ohe voters
of Caledonia county she ID all vote as
they talk and think, there are several
men on the republican and democratic
county tickets who will fail of an cleo
ton next Tuesday. If these objection
able men are elected it will be done
by the votes of temperance men. IF
they are so elected how much good
will it do for these so-called temper
ance men who elected them to talk
hereafter. To talk tenn
perance and vote for anti-temperance
men is piece of inconsistency which is
too bare-faced to go down with an in
telligent public.
The third party prohibitionists have
made great mistake it seems to us in
their conduct of the campaign in
this county. Had the efforts that have
been put forth to disseminate the views
of the party at large been concentrated
on the business of electing candidates
in this county, they could have carried
the day in number of instances when
election comes. A little farm we'll
titled is said to be worth more than a
larger farm poorly titled. Caledonia
county we'll titled would be worth more
than spreading the same amount of
money and labor all over the state or
nation. When the prohibs begin to
elect states attorney here, sheriff
there and a representative or senator
somewhere else, then they will he
counted as worth noticing.