Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1860-09-27

1--WE have nothing to say against Mr.. Hem
ry, for he is undoubtedly competent for the
duties Of the office, and we hope will discharge
them with honor TO himself and the county.
But if report is true, the arrangements that
have been made, by parties interested in the
fall elections, to effect this nomination, need
watching. This bargaining and diokering A.
mong candidates for office is dcspicable, and
we hope the people will frown it down"
The Freeman may make the most Of this.
We have only to say that the Waterman
supported Henry in good faith as the Repub-
licau candidate, that we printed the votes
for him honestly, and voted for him. More
over we will add that Heaton is probably G.
lcctcd by less than thirty votes, and that five
times thirty votes were undoubtly cast for
Heaton by persons who did not know they
were voting for nina result due to the fact
that somebody surreptitiously and fraudulent
ly inserted Hcatons name in Republican
tickets. We did not do that WE BELIEVE
THE FREEMAN DID. Now for our proof
First, in the Freeman itself we called upon
il to clear itself from the imputation, and IL
has not done So. 1t darcs not plead not guilty
See article above. Next for colorado proof
One Of the distributors Of the split tickets
has informed MS that he went to the Freeman
office for a supply, and could not get them
"because another man had taken them air.
Next for proof positive we have before us
sheet of the regular Republican ticket printed
at the Freeman office, and also a sheet Of tho
bogus or split tickets and they were both
printed on The same identical type, in the same
form, and on the same kind of paper-the
only differences being the substitution of
Heaton's name for Honry's, and the corrcc-
ton OF few errors Each is headed IRE
publican Ticket '-therein the bogus being a
deliberate fraud upon the frcemen Of the
county; and each is minus the vote for Con-
gress-that being the peculiar Freeman fash
ion. 1t is not Gerry likely that the editor Of
the Waterman would print tickets and leave
his own name off No that is the mark Of
the Freeman Beyond these rcsembances to
identify the bogus ticket as the work of the
Freeman, there are more than dozen coin
cidcnccs which could not happen in two forms
of the same kind Of type, even if set from the
same cases---each Of which condolences
proves beyond the possibility Of doubt that
the regular Republican ticket printed at the
Freeman Office, and the Bogus ticket, were
printed from scientifically The same type and
form. Moreover, this bogus ticket was pro-
cured mot by any fundamentally Of ours at
the Freeman o6ice We have more proof still,
but this we take it is ample enough to clear
our own skirts and cast the burden where it
belongs. This conduct of our neighbor must
be its own interpreter we cannot do the sub
ject justice.
s. A "splt" justice ticket Indeed The
Freeman's insinuations were about States at
torney, boiling regular nominations, and tam
pering with election returns 1t is trying to
creep out Of very small hole, even for the
small dog" that the nominal editor of the
Freeman advertisos himself to be. Well /
we did not print split justice tickct--nor
a bogus" ticket-nor dishonest ticket
As every body here knows, the election of
justices in Montpelier is not q party matter,
and the caucuses do not nominate ticket
but leave that matter to be arranged 10y the
committees Of the Republican and Democra-
tic parties who prepare a joint ticket This
was done this year. The ticket presented
was not satisfactory to every body, and an
other was prepared. 1t was headed in large
TICKET, to distin-
guish it from the committee ticket There
was therefore no split about it, nothing
bogus about it, and nobody could possibly
be cheated by it. The freemon are bound to
vote honestly, and printers have a right to
print HONEST TICKETS. Such was the JUS
tice ticket The bogus county ticket was
FORGERY, and was uttered for FRAUDULENT
purpose. This offence should be punishable
by statute. What is the difference, morally,
between cheating hundred men of their vote
and others of office, or cheating them of their
money! We did print that honest Justice
ticket and if Boyce did not approve it, stop
printing the Committee tickets and support
the "Citizcnss' ticket he did not do as he
said he would. The Freeman is dismissed
WHAT IS THOUGHT OF IA brother