The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-01-19
Vermont Politics.

Under this head some one dating al
Bellows Falls, has written letter to the
Springfield Republican. The writer states
things with considerable assurance, and
nearly as much inaccuracy. 1t was evil
IDENTIFY written just for political effect, and
was put in a paper out of the State
especially for that purpose, many people
assuming that scribbler for the Republic
can or Boston Journal must necessarily
know more about our local affairs than
any body else. After speaking Of the
candidates for the Senatorshp next fall
Messrs. Poland and Morrill,, the writer
says:
As Mr.. Morrill, retires at the close of
tive present Congress to be a candidate for
the senatorShip, there is to be a free fight
in the second district. At the last ac-
counts there were no less than sixteen can
didates in the field, with good prospects of
increasing to a brigade before the conven-
ton at White River Junction, in July.
Owing to the senatorial candidates resid-
ing in Orange and Caledonia counties,
there will be but few candidates for repre-
sentative from that part Of the district,
but the surplus in Windsor and Windham
will make good any deficiency. As Mr..
Morrilrs predecessor in Congress, Andrew
Tracy, was resident of Windsor, and
that county now has two United States
officials, district attorney and marshal, the
Windham candidates are sanguine of sue
cess. Among the talked of candidates are
the following: -
From Caledonia county, Bliss n Davis,
of DanvilIe, formerly sheriff of the county,
and who, while discharging his duties i'll
that capacity, was attacked ana nearly
killed by ''Bristol Bill" His rival is
Jonathan Ross, of St. Johnsbury. From
Windsor county, 7. I. WaShburn, adju-
tant general of the State, formerly Lieut..
Col. Of the LIST Vermont three months
regiment, commander of Vermont troops
at Big Bethel and a lawyer by profession;
O. p. Chandler of Woodstock, lawyer and
an ex-member of the legislature: D. c.
Denni>on of Royalton, United States dis
trict attorney; Hugh H. Henry of Ches-
ter, United States marshal DR.. Thomas
Z. Powers, ex-Licut Gov. Julius Con-
verse, both of Woodstock A. p. Hun
ton of Bethel, lawyer and once speaker
of the Vermont House of Representa-
tives. From Windham county, Henry
E. Stoughton ex.-Gov. f. Holbrook
Charles X. Field, lawyer, George Howe,
lawyer, formerly United States district at
torney, Hampden Cuts, farmer, formerly
in the Vermont Senate from Windsor
county, all of Brattleboro Abishai Stod-
dard, Of Town>henl, probate Judge Of
Marlboro district, and S. p. Flaeg, OF
Wilmington, lawyer, and for the last two
years member of the Vermont Senate.
Of the Windsor county candidates Gen.
Washburn, Mr.. Henry and Mr.. Dcnnison
are likely to stand the highest. Mr.. Hen
~. however, will not go in unless the
probabilities of winning are good. He
will keep up a good deal of skirmisLing
along the lines, but he is too ''toxy'' to
throw himself away. In Windham county
Mr.. Stoughton is regarded as one of the
ablest men in the State, and had he not
voted for Mcclellan he might stand a good
chance of securing the nomination. He
is native ofChester and was shoemaker
by trade, but while ''pcgging away at
"men's soles" he read Blackstone and be-
came a lawyer. He joined the Unionists
after the commencement of the rebellion
and was sent to the State Senate George
Howe of Brattleboro is gentleman OF
fair abilities and will make GOOD run.
Ex-Gov. Holbrook has more than ordinary
executive ability and would ably represent
the district. Hampden Cuts is quite as
able as any of the talked of candidates,
but he has been SO long in the field he
stands very little chance of getting the
nomination.