St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-08-28
PRESS COMMENTS.
Stanley in ST. Johnsbury.

Talk about the state retrOSrad1nS
when little Vermont village can
afford lecturer of Stanley's price -
Newport Express.
St. Johnsbury is to have lecture
by Henry M. Stanley in January
next When it comes to lectures, St.
.Johnsbury has 4 faculty of getting
the best st. Adams Messenger
ST. Johnsbury makes every other
New England town groan with envy
by announcing an engagement for a
lecture by Henry M. Stanley in its Y.
M. c. A. course, January 13 next.
St. Johnsbury, by the way, is a pretty
good kind of a town to live in
Brattleboro Phoenix
Little Quay Cares.
The Philadelphia Times Washing
ton correspondent asserts that the
New York Tribune has notified Quay
that if he persists in his attempt to
save the tariff at the expense of the
force bill, it will print the whole
story of his criminal career as told in
the New York World. Quav's
answer to this will of course be
"dignifed silence What does he
care for such a threat? Four-ifths
of the party papers from Massachu-
sets to California have declared that
the crimes charged against him have
nothing to do with his standing as
the first republican statesman of the
day.-[Springheld Republican.
Give 1t a Fair Trial.
We must pay the higher wages to
keep the teachers. Already many of
the teachers in the state have received
invitations to go to other states.
The value of high-grade teachers if
not recognized in Vermont so quickly
as the value OF high-grade horses, is
recognized outside the state, and we
must pay the price or lose the better
teachers. The laws of trade will
settle this matter for us. But on the
whole the outlook is hopeful and
while the present law may be some
what improved, the state will make
a great mistake if it permits it to be
condemned as q whole after trial
of only two years. Burlington
Free Press.
Sensible Democrats.
We are in hearty sympathy with
the Caledonia county democrats SO
far as the following resolutions,
passed at their county convention, is
concerned.
Resolved, That we believe in the
adoption of free textbooks by the
State, and an active, honest, and i'm
partial execution of the present pro-
hibitory law SO long as it remains on
the statute book.
To be sure this is plank borrowed
from some republican platform, but
it is all the better for that The i'm
partial execution of the present pro-
hibitory law and free textbooks are
much to be desired, and whether
urged by the republicans or demo-
Gratis we heartily favor BOTH Bur
lington Free Press.
The Australian Ballot Wanted.
Whatever will make the ballot
more independent, and take it from
the control of designing politicians
ought to be incorporated into law
whenever possible. This system is a
step toward the educational qualifi-
cation, which we insist is the only
correct basis for the suffrage. 1t is
objected that Vermont elections are
so fair that the system is not needed
here while it may be very useful in
other places. While they may be fair
as a rule we know there is altogether
too much personal supervision of the
voter at times. Now, if through the
decadence of the native race the time
comes when the foreign element be-
comes a controlling power, the
Australian system will be found a
most important safeguard to our
institutions. Let us adopt the
system now Newport Express.