St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-06-05
THE STATE CAMPAIGN.

maker.
c. w. Brownell Jr., bright young
Burlington lawyer, seems likely to
be the next secretary of state ano
he would certainly make a gooo
successor to the present incumbent
who is pretty generally regarded as
political has been"
The Woodstock Standard says it is
understood that the Woodbury. slate
is made up with Marsh o. Perkins o.
Windsor as the candidate for lieuten
ant-governor, and in this connection
reminds its readers that Col. Perkins
is on record in the Legislature of 1884
as favoring n license law.
One of the strongest arguments
for the election OF Carroll S. Page is
the fact thas has often been stated
but will bear repeating, and that is
that Vermont does not want to go
back to the rule of elevating her
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS That rule has
been broken and the convention OF
1890 ought to remember it.
A keen witted resident on the east
side remarks that Burlington is
always wanting something. She
tried to have the insane asylum
moved from BrattlebOro. She tried
to have the state prison moved from
Windsor. About the only thing in
the state that she has not tried to
get is the Connecticut river"
That Col. Hooker declared that
the man was a fool who would be a
republican in New York city or a
democrat in Vermont has never been
denied, and rests on good authority
Does such a declaration of principles
represent the sterling integrity, the
political courage and honor that Yer
mont requires in her representa- tives !?
The MOrrisville News and Citizen
saws that men in the interests of the
Burlington candidate have recently
been in KnowltOn, Que, taking affl-
davits in regard to Mr.. Pages pres
ence there during the war, presuma-
| bly, with the intention of reha bilita-
ting the ancient and exploded Cana
dian SANDER and warns everybody
| to be ready for their eleventh hour
charges.
The executive committee of the
republican state league have called n
convention of league and Harrison
and Morton clubs at Montpelier i'm
mediately following the state CON
vention on June 10. Each republic
can club will be entitled to three
| delegates and the committee recon-
mend that they be chosen immedi-
ately after the caucuses for the state
convention.
This year the Central Vermont in
fuence is against Mr.. Page. Mr..
Woodbury. says SO. Central Yer
mont men everywhere so declare
themselves. The st. Adams Messen-
ger, the Central Vermont organ,
gives black and white evidence of it.
In every town or county where there
is local ring of any sort. that ring
will be found against Page. But the
people, who are opposed to the rings,
are for him. Shall the rings or the
people win?
The people of Vermont cannot af-
ford to vote this year for a candidate
for governor who has been at all as
sociated with the policy of extrava-
CANT expenditure that has made the
burden of taxation upon the state so
heavy. We must have for governor
a man who has shown capacity for
economical and successful admins
tration of affairs and who believes
that Vermont is paying too much for
what it gets and that retrenchment
is necessary.
All friends of Congressman Grout,
and we hope every reader of these
lines is Grout man, should read the
article from the Brattleboro Phoenix
on our second page. The article
tells frankly, but in kind and civil
way, Just why Col. Hooker is not
supported in Brattleboro and Wind
ham county. Indeed, it is very
doubtful, despite Col. Hooker's pop
ularity, if he can carry his own
town. He has introduced elements
and methods into his canvass which
Vermont has always discounte-
nanced and has hitherto been pretty
free from.
In his famous letter to ChaS. p
Marsh, Candidate Page says, 81 will
not, even for the sake of being gov
ernor, tie my hands in any way or
pledge subserviency to any interest"
In his open letter to the Burlington
Free Press, Candidate Woodbury.
says, Il have known the managers
and officials of the Central Vermont
railroad in business and various
other ways for the last sixteen years,
and am neither afraid or ashamed
to say that l hope to receive the sup
port of as many of them as think me
worthy of it, Voters of Vermont,
which is the railroad candidate?
Only four candidates are now in
the field for Acknowledgements and
of these Caledonia county furnishes