Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-06-27
The Sta udard and the State Convention.


The Woodstock Standard Of last week, il
an article on the State Convention to be held
here Wedns day, indulge,l in. the following
prophecies and speculations
Mr.. Dillingham; will be Governor without any
opposition, ali concede, az Governor Smith pos
lively refused in the GU tset to allow Of the use
OF his name before the convention, but Mr.
Gardner, who was to be Lieutenant Governor
is moro likely to be honored in that way than a
half dozen other gentlemen just as able and de-
serving.
! The Treasurership seems equally IN doubt.
1 The present incumbent, Mr.. Page, who has per
formed the duties 80 well TOR the last five years
we presume to be out of the question, as he
sta ed in his last annual report that he should
not again be "a candidate tor re.electi0n. Not
wllhstandiDg this, there is u rumor, which we
presume 10 without foundation, that he il quite
willing to serve again, and only waits to be com
PEELED by the convention to do 30. This we do
not believe, as we have too good an opinion Of
Mr.. Page as a man OF honor aud discretion to
believe that under the circumstances, he would
allow himself to DO compromised by acce ptlng
the place il it were offered him much less that
suIt--as such a course would DO manllestly un-
just to those who may have been induced by
reason Of his public and official declaration to
allow their names to be used before the public
10 connection with the ofics Moreover, we
presume his srduous and engrosslDg dutlrs as
trustee and manager of the Rutland and Bur
Ington Railroad, 30 well az his presidency oi
the Bank of Rutland, will be sufficient to alb.
solb his whole attention without bis wishing to
harrass himself with the cares and details oi
aDother office.
Taking it for granted, therefore, that Mr..
Page is not to be a candidate, We would again
suggest EIlakim Johnson, ( g., az a gentleman
well qualified to discharge the duties OF the
Office, and express the hope that the convention
will see fit to put him in nomination.
We must confess to little surprise that our
discreet and usually courteous friend OF the
Standard should allow his desire to have the
seals of the Treasury given Mr.. johnson to
betray him into such ungenerous and UNJUST.
fable innuendoes respecting our present worthy
Treasurer. II the Standard disbelieyes' the
" rumor" alluded to, why publish 1t to the
| hOIlu IL ~ hho oO gnu MI OPipiOh VI AVA
/ Page as man Of honor and discretion, why
make such haste to tell him that II he does NJ
disregard the almost unanimous desire Of the
State and conform his course to meet the prl-
yate wish Of the Standard editor he will com.
promise" bis good name, and DO d" unjust to
those VINO now desire the offi, Of Treasurer
The fact is, the Standard sees very clearly that
the people will insist upon retaining MIR. Page
as Treasurer for another term-that the reasOnc
and arguments for retaining him are un answer
able and seli.eonyinclng.-and that unless Mr..
Page pfremptorily refuses to longer serve the
headway aga net him. Hence It's attempt-and
very unwise one it ls-at bluff +" hence it's
indecent haste to advise Mr. Page to disregard
the voice of the people The Standard assumes,
IN effect, that be cannot honorably consent to
longer serve as Treasurer. We doubt if II
seriously believes its own assumption. The
proposition appears too puerile to justify an II
tempt to controvert is. That matter may
safely DO trusted to the Convention. If Mr..
Page refuses the honor that will surely be ten
dered him, it will not he because be thinks he
cannot accept it without " compromising him
self, but simply because other duties and other
trusts demand bis entire time and talent.
We have penned the above in no spirit OF uu-
iriendhness 10 the Standard ca ddste fur
Treasurer. Although not personally acquainted
with Mr.. Johnson, We have long known him by
reputation as a gentleman Of high social, moral
and political worth, and as an able, careful and
experienced hnaucier. More than this even,
we took the liberty, before any of our comtem-
poraries had mentioned his name in connection
with the Treasurership. to state that he was
hvorsbly talked Of in private circles for that
Office. We don't believe he knew or would ap-
prove OF this attempt to impugn Treasurer
Pages motives and actions and should Mr.
JOhnton receive tNe nomination Of the Conven-
ton, no one will give him more ready and
cheerful support than our humble self,
We may also be permitted TO say tina. in case
Treasurer Page peremptoTiy declines the Office
there are oher names mentioned for this place
any one OF which would be !" tower OF strength
on our ticket We allude to Col. s. NJ. Waite
of Brattleboro. j. 7. Thurstoo, Esq. aud John
A. Page, E'q Of Montpelier. Yet We beliey,
esther of these gentlemen would unhesitatingly
say that if the present incumbent can be ndu ced
to hold the Treasurership till the closing up oil
the multtudinOus war accounts, the highest
interests of both the State and it's soldiers would
be thereby greatly subserSed.
As to the probability thae Mr.. Gardner will
or will not be the candidate for Lien tenant
Governor, the Standard has an undoubted right
to its own opinion. Mr.. GARDENERS frends-and
there will be a few of them present here we
think next Wednesday-wlll quite cheertully
submit the matter to the decision Of the Con,en.
tion. The names mentioned in connection with
that Office are those OF good and true men
and as the friends OF some one Of these rivals
must be disappointed, we are quite willing to
take our chance with the lot. No one questions
Mr.. GARDENERS fitness for the place, and, without
wishing to make auy invidious comparisons as
to the merts of the respective candidates, we
must be allowed to still hold to the opinion that,
everything considered, Mr. Gardner, like Saul
among the prophets, towers head and shoulders
above his comps,rs in every qualification that
fts a man FIR the chair of q Senate.
WNpuAx County CONVENTION The Union