St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-08-02


Tyler were nominated in December,
1889. Early in February call ap-
peared i'm the CaledOnian for a young
mems Harrison convention to be held
at Danville, Feb. %. This call was
signed by over 400 young men, quite a
number of whom still survive, among
them A. j. Willard, Simon Arlington,
Amasa Kasson and Lindorf Morris of
this place, James Works, CaledOnia's
centenarian, of Waterford, j. P. Fos-
ter of Barnet and others. Here is the
call for the convention -
Harrison and Reform.
YOUNG MEMS CONVENTION.
The young men of Caledonia cOun-
ty friendly to the election of Gen. VIM.
Henry Harrison to the presidency-Op-
posed to further experiments with the
business and currency of the country
in favor of a retrenchment i'm the ma
tiOnal expenditures electing pres
ident for one term Only-Of cOnstitu-
tiOnal liberty-in favor of a reform of
the present cruel hard times are re-
quested to meet for the purpose of car
rying out these designs in convention,
at Danville, on the 22d of February,
1910, at 10 o'clock a. m.-the anniver-
sary of the birthday of the illustrious
Washington. Let there be vigorous
rally for the second Washington-the
hero of Tippecanoe.
The convention was a great success.
Fifteen resolutions embodying the
views of those present were adopted,
A. G.. Chadwick, Bliss N. Davis and
Joseph P. Fairbanks being the resolu-
ton committee. Here is one of them
that somehow has a familiar sound =
Resolved, that we have tried this
administration by it's fruits and have
found it wanting, and we are resolved
to go with the country and for the
country in a simultaneous and rigorous
effort for reform of abuses and under
the broad banner of the Hero of Tip
pecanoe, the man of the PeOple-the
favorite of the old soldier-the enemy
of extravaganza and official peculation
we invite every young man of what
ever party cOgnOmen heretofore to raj
ly and help forward the cause of the
people against the corrupt Office hold
ers.
The young men of that day were
full as courageous as they are today,
making certain positive claims even
though they were not veterans, as
witness another resolution, though it is
we'll to remember that the war of 1912
to which they refer was not as impor-
tant relatively as was the war of the
rebellion =
Resolved, that the political divisions
of a quarter of a century ago are to us
matters of histOry-we as young men,
claim and will exercise the right and
duty of forming our judgments of men
and measures as truth and conscience
shall dictate, unseduced by fiattery
and unterrified by threats-we regard
things rather than names, and the per-
petual effort of the Van Buren, party
leaders and party papers to direct at
tention from the corrupt practices OF
the administration by party appella
tions which have no longer any appli-
cation to things as they are-is Olsen
genuOus and dishonest, it is nothing less
than an insult to our understanding.
The next resolution begins just al
they do today =
Resolved, that the party in power
began with fair promises, every one o
which they have falsified with theil
acts.
But here is the attack on the British
Resolved, that the manners of {
French dancing master, with the dress
of dandy, set off with the aid of al
English coach and four, with foreign
servant in livery, and a dining ant
drinking set of gold, with the fashion
of the royal family of England, doe
not add much to recommend Mr.. Val
Buren, to the plain republican hare
working freemen of this state /; for the!
prefer the plain American farmer o
North Bend for their President.
A day or two before this young mem
gathering there was Van Buren, con
vention in this village, attended, say
the Caledonian, by about 900 includ
ing many "village wings and boys,
proving "the most splendid abortion
that has come off for many day"
Politics grew hotter with the wealth
er. On the 4th of July following ther
was grand Harrison celebration a
Lyndon. Among the toasts Offere
were these =
Martin Van Buren-The Englisl
coach candidate.
The proposed reduction of wages
When we are obliged to labor for 2
cents a day, what shall we have to pa,
for coffee and tea
Van Burenism-May it be reduced t
the figure 9 with its tail cut off.
All this time the editorial columns c
the Caledonian bristled with such hea
lines as "Treasury-fed Vampires,
"Unblushing Infamy," "Villany i
High Places" Tariff or No Tariff,
this last one beginning, "The issue
directly presented to us-are we for G
against protective tariff"
In the CaIedonian of September
just before election, nearly an entir
page is taken up with the national an
state ticket printed in big letters wit
the American Eagle above all and tin
statement of belief just below =
All Hands AhoyI
HARRISON AND REFORM TICKET.
Protection to industry-Good price
for the products of Labor, no reductio
of Wages-a good currency for th