The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-06-06

in the mugwump vote of 1888. Those |
of them who are free-traders will vote
for Cleveland in any case, and those
who were mugwumps because they
thought that Cleveland was civil
service reformer admit that they have
been basey deceived and would have
voted for Blaine, as they will vote for
the republican candidate, whoever he
may be- Concord Monitor.
J. S. CLARKsoN of Iowa, member of
the republican national committee and
delegate to the Chicago convention,
said, last week, while Blaine's letter put
him out of the presidential race, he is
still the party's leader and the new
situation can give no qualification to his
enemies. The great mass of the party
and an overwhelming majority of the ma
tional convention are not only friendly
to the policies and ideas in public affairs
he stands for, but friendly to him. 1t
is safe to. say the nominee will be
friendly to him, not his enemy-a man
loyal in 1884, sound on protection. the
great issue on which the campaign is to
be fought"
THE whole scheme of representing
interests in the cabinet is demagogical
and childish. The army and navy are
certainly less important than the agri-
culture of the country, but the former
are properly represented in the cab
met and the latter not because the
government does make war but does
NAN hn Ia "a Of
sents the business of the government
and not the business of the people.
All that the government has to do in
connection with agriculture and labor
is meager and comparatively unimpor
tant, and the bureaus devoted to them
represent the full measure of their con-
sequence and sufficiently fulfill their
needs, as far as the government is COM
petent to deal with them.-PMlddelpbia
Press
RECKONING ia electoral votes as
safe, the twenty-seven needed to elect
can be offered by Indiana and either
two of the smaller doubtful states, pro-
vided they can agree upon candidate.
! Thus, if the convention can be assured
! llldl Ildl loOl anu VI l. lClDo anu
| Harrison or Harrison and Hawley
would certainly carry Indiana, New
Jersey and Connecticut with thirty
electoral votes, meanwhile risking no
republican state, the problem would be
solved. Or if New York alone, with
thirty-six electoral votes, can satisfy
the convention that those votes are to
be secured by the nomination of Mr..
Depew without risking any republican
state having more than nine electoral
votes the problem will be solved
Tribune.
If one of Mr.. Blaine's most intimate
friends, who requested that his name
should not be printed, can be trusted
and he is a man whose word in bust.
ness matters is daily taken as if it were
his bond-Mr. Depew now has the re-
publican nomination in his possession.
The gentleman said to reporter:
I" Mr.. Depew has been in constant re-
ceipt of kilograms from all parts of the
country, assuring him that, now that
Mr.. Blaine has certainly withdrawn
they should support him for the repub-
lican nomination for the presidency.
BY actual count, as | happen to know,
Mr. Depew has been assured of the
votes of more than a majority OF the
delegates to Chicago. When he left
his house to 90 to the Metropolitan
Opera-house he had the nomination on
his desk. "-Ne,c York Cor. Of Herald.
AT the laying sof the cornerstone OF
the confederate monument at Jackson
Miss, Friday, 5000 persons were pres
ent, including daughter of Jeff. Davis
who was presented with a silver crown
to be given to her father. Twenty-Five
years ago if any man outside of {
lunatic asylum had predicted that sucf
scene would be witnessed and that
such a spectacle would be tolerated by
the Union-loving citizens of this coun
try, whose sons-the victims of rebe
bullets-lay by the hundreds of thou
sands beneath the sod and whose
mangled limbs and torn bodies were {
common spectacle upon our streets, ht
would have invited an interview will
Judge Lynch. These are the days
when the sectional issue must no
be raised by any patriotic man in The
North. The South alone has tina
privilege. -Albany Journal.
THE Union sees no reason to change
its previously-eXpressed opinion tina
Chauncey NJ. Depew of New York anC
Benjamin Harrison of Indiana would
be ticket to win with-a ticket repre-
senting republican principles and APP
pealing to the support of all republican