Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1867-05-15
LAMorLLE coUNrY,-l5 Delegates.
STATE CONVENTION.

we puOllSn again tnlS week the Otat
Committees call for our State Convention
1t comes in an awkward season of tn
year for the convenience of the people o
this county, as it is during our Cour
Session; but good men enough can anc
must be found to represent the towns, who
have not business in Court 1t is time
that town Committees were moving in
the matter of calling their Caucuses.
We have thus far said nothing about
candidates for Gov, because we have
had nothing to say. The most prominent
names mentioned for the position are Hon.
J. A. Stewart, of MidJlebury, late Speak
err of the House, and John B. Page, of
Rutland, late Treasurer of the State. Both
are much younger men than Vermont has
usually bestowed her first honor upon.
They are, however, undoubtedly gentlemen
of ability, and, so far as we know, of pro.
bity. Both have already shared pretty
largely the favors of the State, and have
undoubtedly rendered the Commonw veal tn
some service; but we fail to see anything
ia the services of either of these gentle.
men in the last five years which calls from
the people of the State any particular ex-
.
preston of gratitude MIR. Page. as State
Treasurer during the war, undoubtedly
discharged his duties faithfully and well.
We never heard, however, that he made
any great sacrifices in the matter. AS
the duties of the office multiplied his pay
was increased; and judging from the co.
germess with which successive renomina.
tions we're sought, either by him or for
him, the unregenerate heart will, howev.
er uncharitably, infer that the office was
no great burden to him. We wish to
speak Of Mr.. Page in no disrespectful
or disparaging terms, and think we are
quite willing to accord. to him his full
need Of praise for duty we'll performed
but we must say that it is not obvious to
US how his services to the State during
the late war cntitle him to any very par
ticular consideration. The fact that he
has grown rich during the country's con.
does not materially lessen this t
impression, that the services he has rem. I
1ered have been handsomely recompensed. |
If MIR. Page is made Gov, let it be done
upon other grounds than that of bis ser. {
'iccs during the war. Such pretensioDs q
will not command the respect of the thir-
y thousand men in this State, who knoay
md feel the right of this matter. Let
lin be Gov. of Vermont, because the great A
md growing monopolics, the Rail Roads, b
rant him, and because his purse is deep r,
nd his ambition broad, and we make no t,
bjection. But do not. Mr.. East Side" n
rye him upon us for his great services to d
he State during the Warl Be honest
Who ever hears you mention Gen. Wash. W
urn. who has literally shed his blood for "
is country? Who speaks of Grant, who +
ID our gallant boys through so many "
cry oaptisms, with such impcrishable y,
onor to the State? Who thinks of Yea Of
" Nichols or Phelps, and many others,
ore obscure, perhaps. but not less capo- be
C, honest and meritorious. when they IN
cak of rewarding services to the State /? Va
c are glad for Mr.. Stewart that none of or
friends have had the imprudepce to ma
vance this claim for him. And for this ca
ason, among others, we prefer him in a of
DICE between the two. Our personal re. tel
ions with Mr.. Stewart commenced at VIZ
Chicago Convention. and have always :
IN pleasant. He is cal mes! and patriot. The
in his sentiments and expressions a
ID lawyer genial fellow, aud bears
equation for honesty equalled by few -
y in the State of Vermont. Our only cha
ection to him. is now. So young add Ne,
wing a man can afford to wait little. tha
should rather sec some of our men we
Ter Of years. ripper in experience and plal