The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-11-02
THE TRANSCRIPT.
Friday, November 2. 1866.
Our Congressional pin1cnlty.


We had hoped that the action of the
last Hyde Park convention would be
s,sch as se restore harmony to the Re
publicSn Party in this District But
this, We regret to say, is not the case
The nomination Of Hon. Worthington
c. Smith is not satisfactory to large
number of Baxter men, and is equally
,l;stasteful 20 many of the supporters
OF Judge Hoyt. Politics does indeed
make strange bed-fellows, and the re-
suit is Baxter and Hoyt men hare
joined hands and put in nomination
Hon. A. o. Adds The friends Of Mr..
Baxter claim that his election was MS
sure as any human event could be, and
for him to trade himself off, and st
tempt to trade them off at the sane
time, is what they cannot nor will not
quietly submit to. The Hoyt men, on
the other hand. insist that Mr.. Smith
is no better than Mr. Baxter, both be
longing to the SO called ring" against
which they have SO strenuously fought.
Hence the combination and nomina-
1isa. II can with great truth be said
that Judge Aldis, who is now absent
in foreign country, and of course en-
tirely ignorant of the new shape our
Congressional difficulty has assumed,
is n gentleman of eminent legal and
literary ability, and would do honor TO
himself and the State in the halls of
Congress- The anti-Smith have GER
tainly presented n strong name, for
Judge Adds is we'll and favorably
known throughout the eatre District
Mr.. Smith is also an able man, though
his abilities are in different direction
The people of his town and county
have conhded to him several important
trusts the duties of all which have
been faithfully and satisfactorily per.
formed, If elected, rs we have before
said, we believe he will prove credi.
table representative.
We publish elsewhere as a matter Of
news All address, gotten up by Com
mittee appointed by the gathering
which put in nomination Judge Adds.
There are some statements in the al
dress which we think are not true and
to which we will briefly allude. The
Committee say: ut is believed that
the proposition made to Mr. Hoyt was
that the expenditures made by him at
the September contest are to be re-
funded" leaving the reader to infer
that he was bought up This is
doing injustice, we think, to Judge
Hoyt. Mr.. Hoyt entered into the
Congressional fight very reluctantly
and only at the earnest solicitation of
inany of the most prominent Republi-
cans in the District, if not the State
He was not successful, and no one re-
grets it more than we do; his virtual
defeat, however, has not led him to do
any mean or dishonorable act.
Again, the Committee say that lIr.
Smiths political sentiments are of Il
doubtful character" 1t is true Mr.
Smith was formerly member of til,
Democratic Party, but he was never n
violent or noisy partisan. Like many
others, after the breaking out of tin
war he joined the Republicans, and ha
ever since we believe stood 10y its plat
form.
We have neither the space nor dis
position to pursue the subject further
and it is not necessary. The natur
of the contest is thoroughly known t
the people of the District, who, wit
us, will no doubt rejoice when it
ended, as it will be on Tuesday of nes
week.