St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-24
Press Comment.

1t is announced as political rumor
that certain Burlingtonian, by name
Burgess, may become candidate Tor the
state treasnrership to succeed the Hon
John L. Bacon, OF Hartford. 1t would
be strange if possible vacancy in any
political office could be mentioned with
out candidate from Burlington. Is
there only one ri Ludlow Tribune.
1t is gratifying to be told that money
is not needed in politics in Vermont, Mr..
Fish to the contrary Notwithstanding
and there is no better posted man on the
subject than Senator Proctor. There
tore, 1T can be taken for granted that
Vermont has not tumbled into the col
umn OF politically corrupted states OF the
union and we can now resume our GUS
tomary callings, go to sleep without
trouble on our minds, safe i'll the conclu
sion that the old Green Mountain state
| thus far has been incorruptible and that
the politics roll creates pestiential
odor from which the staunch and true
sons OF the state rush in horror and dis
gust II Burlington Clipper.
Col. John S. Mosby appointed to an
office III the government he tried so hard
to disrupt forty years ago is another
conspicuous reminder that the civil war
is last becoming memory. There was
a time when Mosby's name was anathe.
ma in the North. Now the most stub
born Northerner is rather proud, if any
thing, that his government displays such
magnanimity.-[St. Adams Messenger.
The hearing was held at Montpelier
yesterday on the motion for new trial
OF the Donovan forgery case on the
ground that the states attorney tam
pered with the jury by treating them to
cigars IN a card game. The states at
torney produced affdavts from every
one OF the jurors that the charge was
not true. But for such disproof the mo-
ton would have had to be granted. And
why not in every case in which a rail
road is party, if it can be shown that
the judge rode to the trial on free pass
from the railroad P Brattleboro Re-
former
According to the recent bulletin of the
census office 81 per cent of the people of
Vermont live in towns or cities having a
population ofmore than 1000. These
cities aud towns are Barre, e, +4S), Ben
nington (8,033), Brattleboro (6,640),
Burlington Us 640) Colchester 1892,
Montpelier (6,266), Rutland (11,499),
Re ckingbam (5,SO9). St. Adams &c 239)
and st. Johnsbury (7010). The inhabi-
tants of these ten towns, then, number
p per cent of the people of Vermont, and
yet IN a house of representatives with a
memb, rship of 246 they have ten votes.
list. Adams Messenger.
Bratteboro is a persuasive and per
slstent town, and she may add the super
1ntendent of the old soldiers home to
her belt She has now dangling from
her waist congressman, a United States
district attorney, state Supreme court
judge and a United States Circuit Judge
all good men. There would be some
artistic value by way of variety to the
Brattleboro belt if it had touch of the
old soldier, and the Bennington vacancy
comes in the nick oftime.- Rutland Her
aid.
Gov. Stickney's address before the
health officers school at Burlington re-
garding the present system OF town rep
resentation has naturally given new in
SNANoI W LIN blSSu oSlOu vi ILLS Olu QuGS-
ton and fresh hoplessness to the advo-
Gates of changed system that should
give representation by population and
not by acres. They generally asrte that
it is impossible to bring about any
char ge in the constitution because the
small towns will never surrender the adj
vantage they now have. This is not
very kind thing to say of Vermont
people in view of what both Massachu-
sets and New Hampshire have done,
but it is at least certain that it will re-
quire strong and persistent agitation to
move our Solons in the right direction
Brattleboro letter in the Springfield Re-
publican.
Few Vermonters in history have done
more for this state than has already w.
Seward Webb, and doubt if the COM
monwealth ever had a more loyal and
willing son. He may never be honored
by his adopted state with official station,
but if he ever has any desire in that d.
rection which is deni ed him the denial
must be based on some reason other
than any yet advanced Morrisville
Messenger.