St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-04-14
POLITICAL POINTS.


One would naturally think that
Gov. Page was up for reelection, by
the abusive manner in which two or
three of our exchanges have referred
to him of late. There is not the
slightest excuse for any such de-
parture from common courtesy.
Massachusetts democrats had a
convention on the 9TH, and d lively
session resulted. The Hill men made
themselves heard, but were not
numerous enough to control the con-
vention, which RESOLVED" in favor
of Cleveland candidacy.
Little Rhody has a right to
certain quantity of big feeling over
her work on the 9th.
1t is said that at q recent meeting
of Western republican leaders 1t was
agreed to renominate Vice President
Morton, the idea being that it would
not be wise to nominate q Western
man with Harrison. Well, "Harri-
son and Morton" could not be
beaten in 1883, and this would not
be bad combination for 1892.
President Ha1rison's friends are
pleased over the drift of sentiment in
New York in favor of their candidate,
and there is now said to be no anti
Harrison feeling in that state. All
of which promises well for the chances
of the republican party in November.
The extreme penalty of the law
has been meted out by Judge Sher-
man of Boston to three "Fraternal
Circle" officers who pleaded guilty
to receiving $4,000 of the funds of
the Order Of the Rising Sun, know
ing the same to have been embezzled.
1t is high time that righteous judg
ment was served upon the managers
of these various orders, some one of
which is proving, every few days, to
be a fraud on the public. The sooner.
too, that people stop biting at every
scheme which promises everything
for nothing, the fewer financial
mourners there will be.
The "Vermont Medical college" at
Rutland has again been denounced
as fraud-this time by Philadelphia
medical authorities. The name of
DIR. Benz. F. Brown" had been pre-
scented there for registrat ton, and ac-
companying it was a diploma from
the Rutland college. Registration
was refused, and the alleged Rut-
land doctor factory again comes in
for notoriety. Let us see-is not this
the self-same institution against
which the legislature of 1890 refused
to take action?
The withdrawal of Senator Gull
lom of Illinois from the presidential
candiadcy does him honor, and
makes the choice of President Harri-
son by the convention the more
probable The Illinois senator gives
several manly reasons for stepping
out of the way, and believes that
the wise and careful admiStra ton of
the present incumbent of the presiden-
tial chair fully entities him to the re-
nomination.
L. S. Drew, who for many years
has managed the Van Ness house
in Burlington, has retired from that
position and will devote his time
henceforth to his Lake View farm, in
South Burlington. Mr.. Drew has
been feature of the Van Ness, and
will be missed by its patrons. He
has been succeeded by H. n. Clark,
who is we'll and favorably known
as clerk of the house for years
past.
1t is to the credit of the New York
Life 5 new president, John A. Mccall,
that he has refused to pay over to
ex-President Beers any part of the
S37, 500 life pension voted Mr.. Beers
by the company. Mr.. Mccall does
not recognize so foolish an expendi-
ture as binding, and will persist in
his refusal till the courts compel him
to pay over the cash.