Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-06-29
TAe standard and the state Com
yentfOn.

Under the ABOVE caption the Green
Mountain Freeman contains candid
and well written article which, as 1t
Expresses our sentiments exactly" we
take pleasure in transferring to our col
umns.
After quoting the ungenerous remarks
Of the Standard, portion Of which ap-
peared In Mondays HERALD, the Free
man says: r#..s.
ave 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 Treas
ury given Mr., johnson to betray him In
10 such ungenerous and unjustifiable
innuendoes respecting our present
worthy Treasurer. If the Standard dis
believes the "rumor" alluded to, why
publish 1t to the world2 If it has $50
good an opinion of Mr.. Page as man
of honor and discretion" why make
such haste to tell him that if he doesn't
disregard the almost unanimous desire
of the State and conform his course to
meet the private wish of the Standard
editor, be will compromise" his good
name, and be unjust" to those who
now desire the office o. Treasurer The
fact is, the Standard sees very clearly
that the people will insist upon retain
ing Mr. PAGE as Treasurer for another
4erm-that the reasons and argume..,,
for retaining him are unanswerable aud
self convincing-and that unless Mr.
Page peremptorily refuses to longer
serve the State, another candidate can
make but slight Roadway against him.
Hence its attempt-and very unwise
one it is--at "bluff;n hence its indie
cent haste to advise Mr. Page to disre-
gard the voice of the people. The
Stand ard assumes, in effect, that he can
not honorably consent to longer serve
AZ Treasurer. We doubt if it seriously
believes its own assumption. The prop
osition appears too puerile to justify an
attempt to controvert it. That matter
may be safely trusted to the Convention.
II Mr.. Page refuses the honor that will
20 surely be rendered him, it will not be
because be thinks he cannot accept it
without compromising himself but
simply because other duties and other
trusts demand his entire time and
talent.
We have penned the above In no spir-
1t of unfriendliness to the Standards
candidate for Treasurer. Although not
personally acquainted with Mr.. John
son, we have long known him by repu-
tation as Of high social moral and politi-
cal worth, and as an able, careful and
experienced financier. More than this
even, we took the liberty, before any OF
our contemporaries had mentioned his
name in connection with the Treasurer
ship, to state that he was favorably
talked of in private circles for that
office. We don't believe he knew or
would approve Of this attempt to i'm
pugn Treasurer Pages motives and &C
tons; and should Mr.. johnson receive
the nomination of the Convention, no
one will give him more ready and
cheerful support than our humble
self.
We may also be permitted to say that
in case Treasurer Page peremptorily de-
clines the Office, there are other names
mentioned for this place, any one of
which would be "a tower of strength"
on our ticket. We allude to Col. 3. M.
Waite of Brattleboro, J. T. Thurston,
ESQ, and John A. Paige of Montpelier.
Yet we believe either Of these gentlemen
would unhesitatingly say that If the
present incumbent can be induced to
hold the Treasurership till the closing
up OF the multitudinous war accounts,
the highest interest Of both the State
and it's soldiers would be thereby great
ly snbserved. a....sE
Az to the probability that Mr.. Gard,
ner will or will not be the candidate for
lieutenant Governor, the Standard has
an undoubted right to Its own opinion
Mr.. Gardeners friends-there will be a
few of them here we think next Wednes
day-will quite cheerfully submit The
matter to the decision of the Conven'
ton. The names mentioned in connec-
tion with that Office are those of good
and true men; and as the friends O.
some one of these rivals must be disap,
pointed, we are quite willing to take
our chance with the lot No one ques,
tions Mr.. Gardner's fitness for the place
and, without wishing to make any in
vidious comparisons as to the merits o
the respective candidates, we must b
allowed to still hold to the opinion tina
everything considered, Mr.. Gardner
like Saul among the prophets, towers {
head and shoulders above his compeers
in every qualification that fits a NAL
for the chair OF the Senate"