St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-01-31
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III is L dSC oSdihOt lhN hNlNis LIZ must
90 into the convention with a ma
iority of the delegates for him, how
ever they may proiessedly support
''favorite sons" or be licked. 1t is
big lift for him certainly, but he has
in his political career shown quite
faculty for such in politics. Brat
tleboro Reformer.
Col. Hall is a man we'll known not
only in his county and district but
throughout the state. He is, and
has been for many years, leader of
the Franklin county bar, man OF
considerable legislative experience,
a speaker Of more than ordinary
ability and force and a thorough
gentleman. His record is such that
when he states that he is in the con-
test for himself and not in the inter-
est of another. it may be accepted as
conclusive. He is at least the peer
of any of his competitors, and mas.
much as Franklin county's claim to
the office is as good and better than
many of the others, it will be pleas
ure to the voters of the county to
unite in the support of so excellent
a candidate.-[ Enosburg Standard.
There are two names however,
that seem to hold their own, that of
Gen. W. w. Grout for United States
senator and Carroll S. Page for
representative in the first congress
sional district. These gentlemen still
rideon the top of the wave and we pre-
dict will continue to grow in favor
until safely landed in the haven
where they would BEL Poultney
Journal.
We annexed Texas after our citi-
zens had gone in and dispossessed the
Mexicans. We have, in effect, annex
ed Hawaii, after a little handful Of
American capitalists have seized
control of that former island king
dom. 1t little becomes us, therefore,
to throw the stone of superior right
eousness at the English, who, in the
Transvaal. are simply doing what
we, with general national approval,
have more than once DONE Boston
Herald.
In the injunction suits throughout
Vermont, on account OF alleged liquor
dealers, stress has been laid upon the
hope that as to property owners the
question was now before the Supreme
court. The Barre Telegram cites the
decisions of three out of the seven
judges, in which it has been held,
that such injunctions would hold. If
this is true there is little doubt as to
what the court will say Benning-
ton Banner.
We're up to the new year the
leaf turning period. Vermonters
who have the welfare of the state at
heart cannot turn the page with bet
ter grace or more interest to them
selves than by saying as the leaf falls
down; "My investment will be made
at home. l will try and do my own
state a good turn !'- Essex Record.
They do say that Col. Kittredge
Haskins, candidate for election to
Congress, had magnificent oppor-
tunity during the dairymen's and
sugar.makers' meeting at Brattle-
boro last week, and that he struck
the hot iron with resounding thud.
The sparks still sparkle.-[Wood-
stock Standard.
Without the blare of trumpets or
the beat of the tom tom, the canvass
OF Hon. Frank Plumley of Mortified
for congressman moves on apace and
with vigor. From an authentic
source information reaches this office
that Mr.. Pumley is the stronger of
the several candidates who have pro.
claimed themselves. 1t is not neces-
sary, therefore, to throw the calcium
into the second district in order to be
made aware Of Mr.. Plumley's
strength. His friends, while not in
the megaphone business, are saying,
as gentlemen should say, quietly, but
with force, that they know wheof
they speak and that they do not
speak in riddles. 1t is not too much
to expect, and it is not improbable,
that Washington and Chittenden
counties, sisters in the geography of
the state, will each send SON to con-
gress in the year 1900!-[Essex Re-
Il cord.
Lieut.. Gov. H. {. Bates, OF st.
q Johnsbury, when asked by Rutland
B Herald reporter whether he was to
be candidate for governor at the
4 election next fall, replied: That is
i undetermined yet. Probably not.
a Still, there may be combination Of
D circumstances which will result in
my becoming a candidate" Bates
would make a mighty good COVER
nor, but all the signs point towards
the gentleman from Ludlow, and as
there is strong probability that the
combination of circumstances" may
not materialize, it now looks as
though Stickney would have no OPP
position this year [Morrisville
News and Citizen.
Here is practical way of getting
at an expression of Vermont senti-
ment as to the prohibitory lava
referendum that will be something
more than a mere qualification OF
curiosity without any actual impor-
lance. Let he next legislature pro-