St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-09-10
. PRESS COMMENTS.
Blaine and the Presidency.

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practical movement for Mr.. Blaine
begins with the most disreputable of
all the republican bosses He has
not been especially ardent for Nj.
Blaine hitherto, but he sees plainly
the drift of party preference, and he
turns it to his purpose. He
counts upon the drift SO surely
that he does not hesitate to say in
effect to the president that Mr..
Blaine is his candidate, and under
these circumstances the candidature
of the president becomes a little
absurd. AS we have heretofore init
mated, Mr.. Blaine is as much the
embodiment of republicanism as Mr.
Clay of whiggery. The other re-
publican leaders, who represented
another character and other methods
in politics and public life, have dis
appeared. Never in the history Of
the party was it so dominated by
one man as by Mr.. Blaine. This
fact is in itself the most striking IL
lustration of the present republican
situation. The movement of 1884
was a protest against Mr.. Blaine as
a fitting representative of the party.
In 1891 there is practically no other
representative. Should he be a cand-
idate next year, his personality will
not be, as in 1884. the crucial point
of the campaign, as in 1888 the
personal charges against Mr.. Cleve-
land were not renewed. The dis
cussion would turn on policies and
the record Of the administration.
INLa-o oh-Or,c1r ono SfrOnn
personal inducement for Mr.. Blaine
to accept the nomination. The
issue in 1884 was distinctly personal,
and the decision was adverse to him.
If in 1892 the result should be diff
ferent, it might be claimed as a
deliberate reversal of the earlier
Judgment. For such a result, even
with the alternative, any public man
might be glad to try.-[Harper's
Weekly.
1T Will Advertise Vernont's Attractions.
The democratic newspapers have
been seeking to discover some pol1ti-
cal mission that would account for
President Harrison's trip to YER
mont, but thus far their efforts have
been in vain and they have come to
the conclusion that it was made for
effect upon the whole country rather
than Vermont. The true explana-
ton of the presidents visit to YER
mont undoubtedly is that he wanted
to see the beauties of the state, which
had been depicted in such glowing
terms by Secretary Proctor, and
learn more about Vermonters them
1 d. -,o++o- ,,,1 - +1a
motive may have been, Mr.. Harri-
sons visit is certain to result in great
benefit to the state in more ways
than one. The advertising which
Vermont received through his tour
among us was of i~ncalculable value
to US since his speeches were read
over the entire.country and in most
of them he extolled the beauties of
our hills and valleys and of our lake
and mountain scenery. More people
outside the state thus had Vermont's
attractions called to their attention
than could have been reached in any
other way, without disparaging in
any sense the publications issued by
may be a mercenary view but it is
far preferable to the attempt to make
political capital out of the presidents
trip. Vermonters believe that our
state is destined to become a great
summer resort and any legitimate
influence is welcomed which will
hasten that end Burlington Free
Press.
The Canadian Census.
1t isn't astonishing to hear that
Canada is chagrined at her latest
census returns. Ten years ago her
population was 4,324,S1O and it is
now 1923, 344, showing an increase
of but 1850 per cent, against al in
crease of 25 per cent for ten years in
the United States. And yet during
this period $4,000 immigrants
from Europe are recorded as hav-
ing arrived there. The inquiry
naturally arises, What has be-
come of these people, supposing that
the native population has remained
stationary? The only obvious
answer is that they have managed
to make their way across the border
into the United States.-lBoston
Herald.
Coincidence to the Muewumps.
Our deepest coincidence attends the
mugwumpian journals who, in their
innocent tr%ustfulness, asked Gov
ernor Page, the quite republican
governor ofthe somewhat Republican
state of Vermont, to appoint Ed
ward J.. Phelps, as uncompromising
a democrat as exists, to succeed
George F. Edmunds in the Senate.
Governor Page has failed to comply,
and being a democrat in Vermont is
still as heroic an occupation as the
world knows.-[Greenfeld, Mass,
Gazette.
Forgot to Mention the Sheep.
President Harrison paid a very
handsome tribute to the Vermont
breed of horses, but he omitted TO re-
turn thanks to the Vermont sheep,
who are understood to have con-
trihuted handsomely to his election.