St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-29
Gbe CALIFORNIAN.
JUDGE ROYCE FOR GOVERNOR.
How the Movement Strikes Our Con-
tempOrarieS.

The presentat OF Judge Royce s
name for governor by the Rutland
Herald has not been very heartily
endorsed by the state press though
the Herald claims that the move
ment is received with favor through
out the whole sta,e. Here are some
press comments on the affair:
Not Happily Inaueurafed.
Judge Royce's candidacy has not
been happily inaugurated.-[W Wood
stock Standard.
More Railroad Influence Infimafed.
The Rutland Herald seems to be
very anxious to get Chief Justice
Royce off the bench. Why? Is the
Rutland railroad company afraid of
him ? Richford Gazette.
The Central Vermont behind the Move
menf-
Who has been setting up the pins !?
If there was ever a man in Vermont
close to the hearts of the Cen
trail Vermont management, it is
Judge Royce. The Central people
have always been astute in dropping
candidates at the right time. Is it
goodbye Woodbury. ? Bratt1eboro
Reformer, democrat.
4 Scheme to Defeat Page.
His candidacy at this late day
looks too much like put up job"
1t may be scheme on the part of
the Woodbury. party, who know
that they stand no show of securing
WoOdbury's nomination, therefore
they imagine that Judge Royce
would make a good dark horse. The
rings are evidently alarmed at the
hOpelessness of their cause We've
got them on the run and Page will
win Bristol Herald.
No Third Man This Year.
The people of the state in this ex-
traordinary campaign have all set
tied on those two men, one side or
the other, and have gotten up such
a heat over it that there will be no
moving them to q third man. Royce
would not, we apprehend, like to run
as Il dark horse under the circum-
stances, if he would consent at all.
We shall have to fight it out on the
line of Page and Woodbury., and may
as well prepare ourselves according
ly.- Poultney Journal, democrat.
Too Late.
In the first place Mr.. Royce has
distinctly said through the columns
of his home paper that he would not
be Il candidate; and, in the second
place, it is extremely improbable
that at this late stage in the game
4 h., Il
or highly esteemed, would be able to
win. Ninety-nine out of a hundred
of the politicians and most of the
rank and file who care a straw about
politics are adherents of either Mr.
Woodbury. or Mr.. Page, and they
will not throw up their allegiance at
any ones say-so. - Middiebury
Register
MRS. LIVERMORE ON THE "ORIGI-
NAL PACKA GE'' DECISION
Mrs. MaryA. Livermore, the noted
lecturer, spoke in Brock
ton, Mass, last Thursday night with
regard to the recent ''o1ginai pack
age" decision. Among other things
she said:
"Our amazement at it is stupen-
dOus, and would be more so but for
the fact that other supreme court
decisions have been heard. That old |
granny-and it is an insult to gran
MES to call him such-.Judge fancy,
who once declared that the black |
man did not possess one of the |
rights ofthe white man, and then said |
it was good law, is remembered by |
being forgotten, even though a
marble bust of him does exist If |
Congress does not do something to |
override the supreme court decision, |
there will bea great drop somewhere. |
The papers and women of the West |
are excited over it, and if something |
S not done the latter may resort to
violence, although it is hoped not.
fit had been woman who possessed |
The senility to make such a decision |
is the original package one, | would |
20 ten miles to shake her; but the
supreme court judges are old men
who must have an afternoon nap.
on mightjust as well go to Airing
ION Cemetery with a case as to the
supreme court"
Mrs. Livermore predicted that the
original package decision would
mean the destruction of the republic
an party in the West unless some
hing was done by the present Con-
gress to undo the work of the
he trouble over the public bar deci-
sion in Boston, and said it made no
Inference whether man got drunk
standing up or sitting down.
DHIO'S SCHOOL TEXT BOOK LAW.
The Ohio Legislature has passed a
aw requiring the state to furnish
heaper textbooks for its school
children. The law requires the state
BOARD to receive bids from the pub
ishers upon whatever books are
low used in any of the schools, and
he contracts are to be made for five
ears, during which time no local
chOOl boards can make a change in
without the votes of
of its members The
tate board makes the contracts and
supplies the local boards, and these
n turn supply the desired books to
he scholars. The law forbids the
price to the scholar to be more than
en- per cent in excess of the prices to
he board, and in this way the re-
all prices to the scholars will be 20
per cent less instead of 20 per cent
more than present wholesale price to
he book dealers. In case the pub
ishers do not submit bids less than
he maxium price fixed by the law,
he bill directs the state board to re-
bort upon the practicability of adop-
ing the California system, the publ
alton by the state of all the books
n the state. a publisher is not likely