St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-03-13
PRESS COMMENTS.
It's Greatly to His Credit

President Harrison, it seems. has
made himself unpopular in Indiana
We are not at all disposed to re-
proach him with the fact. On the
contrary, it strikes us as to his cred
it. The old story of having offended
a set of rapaciouS men who did not
get office from him explains it all.
He is better President than If he
had their favor And vet we seem to
remember that his predecessor in of
fee, Grover Cleveland, had the same
experience in Buffalo. and that the
opposition press took n great deal
of comfort in haunting him with it
Boston Herald, independent.
CIarkson the Spokesman.
Clarkson is a curious product OF
American politics. He is not q
spokesman i'll the sense of desiring
office for himself He was content to
edit his Iowa State Register until the
Harrison administration came in.
Then, fearing that some civil-service
reformer might be made first assis-
for the place We have no doubt
whatever that he will resign it, as he
announced, when he has fulfilled his
purpose of filling the post Offices
with working republicans. What
a miSSiOnl To what base uses practi-
cal politics will bring an honest,
brainy man at last! What a view to
take of the conflict between parties
The thing would be comic if it were
not so sad Buffalo Express, re-
publican.
ENfravaeant Expenditures.
A favorable report has been IHpade
to the Senate on a bill apprOpria ting
$123, 100000 for sea-coast defenses,
$21 100000 to be expended next
year and the rest during the l years
following. This is slight reduction
of the demands made by Senator
Dolph's original plan, but it is suffi-
GENTLY large to clean up every dollar
of surplus left by the dependent pen
sion bill, also reported favorablv to
the same body, even though the sink
ing fund requirements of some $40,
100000 a year be ignored, as a
majority of the ways and means
committee advocate. Where the
money will then come from to meet
the demands of the navy bill, the
Blair bill, the ship subsidies bill, the
direct tax bill and other like meas
ures, all of which are favored by the
administration, is question:
springfield Republican.
A Question to BE Answered.
The Burlington Free Press very
ably presented the case for Lieut..
Gov. Woodbury. as a candidate for
the gubernatorial nomination.
There is more pertinence, however,
in the query of the Richford Gazette
as to Mr.. Woodburv's position on
the question of prohibition. The
Gazette asks if either of Mr.. Wood
bury's hotels sells liquor? This is q
question the republicans of the state
have a right to have answered.
Here is the situation. The settled
policy of the republican party i'll Yer
mont is a prohibitory policy as re-
CARDS the sale of Intoxicating liquors.
Can the party choose as its standard
bearer man who is opposed to that
policy, particularly if he is violator
of the law that policy defends? Col.
Woodbury. is q hotel keeper on Il
large scale. Is liquor sold at his ho-
tells in violation of the law of Yer
mont? If SO the republican party
cannot consistently put him forward
as its candidate for the highest office
i'll the state. The Free Press must
answer this question in the negative
or retire from the support of Mr..
Woodbury's candidacy, for the Free
Press is a supporter of law and OF
prohibition, and we believe it to be
sincere.
Are the Van Ness and American
houses of Burlington strictly temper
ance houses? Do they live fully up
to the state law? Lieut.. Gov. Wood
bury's friends must answer this ques-
ton without evasion Bellows
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