The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-28
Note and Comment.

THE Morrisville Ne1s and Citizen has just
got around to publish comments on
Ex-Governor Pages valedctory message.
Comments on Governor Fuller's inaugu-
raj may be expected early in the spring.
THE Nebraska legislature question has been
settled by the state supreme court. The
legislature is anti-republican on Joint ballot
and either democrat or peoples party
man will be elected senator in place of
Paddock.
ST. JoHNsBURy wants city charter; that
is, the Republican of that town sets forth
diverse reasons why the sanity city should
have mayor and board of aldermen. 1--WE
must now have at least $500 inhabitants"
says the Republican.
THE Endorsement of Wanamaker by the
Vermont county seat postmasters must have
emanated from the heart, for Johns days
as an administrator are numbered. The testi-
mOnial, we are sure, will be treasured for
ever and placed conspicuously over the bar
gain counter.-Sprinafeld Republican.
THE Middlebury Register and the Rutland
Herald are still talking over the ballot-box
stufting in the last legislature. The Herald
protests against "laying it on the boys"
and asks: Who is the member of the legis-
lature who said that he was offered Sl5 TO
vote for Stone? Who saw another member
put several Stone ballots in the box? No
man has right to make such charges with
out backing them up"
A WASHINGTON special TO the Boston
journal states that Cleveland has practically
determined upon four members of his Cabi-
net. According to his present intentions
the next secretary of state will be E. j.
Phelps OF Vermont secretary of the treas
ury will be John G. Carlisle of Kentucky;
William II. Morrison of Illinois will preside
over the interior department and j. Ran
dolph Tucker OF Virginia will be attorney
general.
BARRING occasional lapses of syntax and
photography, the following letter from Jerry
simpson relative to the Sunday opening of
the Worlds Fair is not without force:
Dear ST-ln reply to yours OF November
the 3Oth, asking my position of the opening
of the Worlds Fair in Chicago, will say
that am of the opinion that there is no
day TO good to either view the works of
nature or the works of art, Therefore, think
she ought to open. Yours truly, Jerry
Simpson"
EDITOR DAVENPORT of the Brattleboro
Rtformer says he doesn't want any post
Office or anything else. Also that A" the next
four years will show TO the world that the
Vermont democracy Is an organization, not
for federal otfice-holding, but for usefulness
to Vermont, and that instead of being con-
tent to exist on spoils IL will be found to be
an aggressive and progressive force in state
affairs, fighting TO apply the beneticent prin-
clpleS OF democracy through state adminis-
tration and state legislation, and through
the post-oflices. That was the idea of the
50 called anti-Atkins democrats, and the
party is pretty nearly unanimous on it
now"
CANDoR compels us to state that our col
lege friend OF the Burlington Earth seldom
writes paragraph that would attract even
casual interest The following item, from
last weeks Earth, is rather clever; "The
Montpelier Argus accuses us OF having gar
bed something from it's columns and then
crediting IL to the st. Johnsbury Repubh-
can. Well, that was mixing of things,