St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-09-20
Political Comment,
How Vermont Editors Sense the situH
tiOu.


How Vermont Editors Sense the situa-
tiOn.
1t is as good as settled if nothing
new comes up that Gen. Grout will
be the next senator and c. S. Page
the congressman from the first dis
trict. For the second district we
will keep our hands off for the pre-
sent while the governorship is still a
long ways from being settled. 1t is
early yet and long winter between
us and the conventions Poultney
Journal.
The Reporter-Sun believes that in
view of the hornets nest already
stirred up in Lamoille county that
neither Mr.. Powers % Mr.. Page
can possibly be elected to Congress,
and in view of this fact we are pleas
ed to observe that the Burlington
Daily News of Tuesday formally
announces that Hon. D. J. Foster is
a candidate for member of Congress
to succeed Judge Powers. This will
be no surprise to the people of the
district. He was prominently men,
toned for the place two years ago,
and it has been generally expected
that when the time came for a
change he would be a candidate.
Mr.. Foster is a lawyer of recognized
ability, one of the best public
speakers in the state and a scholarly
man. Unless all signs fail he will be
a formidable candidate. All reports
from Chittenden county indicate
that he will have his own county,
which means one-third of the neces.
sary number to secure the nomina-
ton. The old first district may rest
assured that if Mr.. Foster is selected
for the place, he will make a repre-
sentative worthy of the district and
the state.-[Swanton Reporter.
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PERFECTED POULTRY FOOD
MAKES HENS LAY.
THE BEST MADE.
"We are Advertised by our Loving
Friends"
(See RUTLAND HERALD editorial
columDs-any issue.)
For terms to agents address
CARROLL S. PAGE, HYDE PARK,
VT.
This is a copy of an advertisement
that appears in the premium list of
the South Wallingford fair associa-
ton. 1t is surely pleasant to have
the gloom CT the situation lightened
a bit. Let the hens ay!-[Rutland
Herald,
The Barre Times which is booming
w. P. Stafford of St. Johnsbury for
congress has made a sad statement.
1t SAYS: ut is sad but certain that
Frank Plumley's candidacy for con-
gress is not being received with the
eclat that his friends hoped and
really thought he had a right to ex-
pect. His boom which a never
robust, appears to be slowly dying
from some fatal and not understood
disease, and little but its ghost re
mains."- Bellows Falls Times.
The candidacy of c. A. Prouty be
fore the next legislature for the sue
cession to Senator Morrill, is now
definitely announced. Simultaneous
ly also comes the report that he is tc
be one of the speakers before tn
Chicago conference OF trusts thi
week. This, in addition to the Wig
orous ground he took against I'M
perialism months ago, constitute
nothing but the deepest dye
treason against his party, and
he sticks to these positions ought t.
result in stirring things up in oil
Vermont Beattleboro Retormer.
AS the congressional contest in thi
district grows older reports com
trickling in from different parts {
the district that the name of ID. .
Foster, of Burlington, is gatherin
considerable strength about it.
selected he would certainly serve til
district assiduously and with abb
ty.-Rutland Daily News.