Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-04-04
THE RUTLAND HERALD.
THURSDAY, APRIL A, 1872.
STATE Politics.

Journals, In their pronuncamento on
State politics, fall to belaboring the
editor OF The HERALD with PERSONAL
ties, which are entirely uncalled for,
saying that his criticisms were prompt
ed by aspirations for office, and that
their plans would interfere with his de
sgns, referring to the Congressional
ruggle In the first district at the last
election. We would say that the editor
OF THE HERALD was in no way person
ally responsible for that movement, and
was not in the State at the time it was
inaugurated, and that he is not as aspir-
lag as these gentlemen would have the
public believe. SO much for that matter.
If they have no other arguments to
offer save personalities, their cause is
Certainly lame one Has not THE
HERALD, as public journal, right to
differ with cotemporaries,- and hon
estly too, without being set upon by or
gars controlled by q clique or ring in
our State politics, for we believe, as the
Register says, "that the peoples will
should be consulted, instead of defer
ring the preliminaries of the selection of
candidates, wholly to the few political
magnates who assume to control nomi-
nations" whom the Free Press and Reg
tSter represent, in this instance. We
are called "captious" Can it be Justly
said that we are Captious because an
honest difference of opinion, is express
cd, or because THE HERALD sees fit not
to follow the amiahle Free Press in all
lite views, or follow IT'S arrogant die
tation 10 State politics, for ''since when
pray, did the people or the press lose
The right to discuss candidates" or pro-
positions for candidates, in opposition |
or differ from a clique or ring, who as
sumo to control nominations and die |
tate to the people, what they shall do. |
The Register speaks of THE HERALD's |
general cussedness in our State poll
II cs."
We suppose general "cussedness
means that we are not prepared to fall
into the traps of the - Vermont politi-
cal cabal," and assert right to diff
ference of opinion on political subjects
and candidates We were not aware be-
fore that our paper had shown any
great symptoms of cussedness here
tofore. This phrase sounds wonderful
ly familiar. 1t has been heard ringing
through the State beforehand has been
repeatedly used when all did not 90
smoothly with certain gentlemen, in
their political schemes.
The Free Press assumes that THE
HERALD makes opposition to Governor
Stewards becoming a candidate for Con
gress from the first district. We have
made no opposition to Governor Stewart
candidacy IN that direction but that the
people shonld be asked to say in advance
which office be must have of course on
the assumption that he must have one
office or the other. Neither have we
denied his ability to fill any position !
All of our offending is simply in truth !
lis, we have objected to the method in
which his friends bring him out There
nay be objections urged to him as a /
candidate for Congress and valid ones, ,
aging aside the question of his pre-emi
lent ability, But this is a question to
De hereafter discussed, when the. time
zones for action 1t has been simply +
,lalmsd that no districts are yet in eX- I
stence under the new apportionment, 9
md that 1t Is too early to discuss candi- /
iates. The first district may be as it =
low stands or other geographical d- $
isions may be assigned 1t is not Ger a
ain that even if Vermont has only two
districts, that the west side shall com
'ose one and the east side another there h
ore 1t is cminently unfair to assume "
haiti shall be said there is only one y
1an, who must be selected The people II
I the new district may have men il
Thom they desire to present without II
aving the question foreclosed before IL
hey have local habitatiOn. When the -,
OF the districts shall have II
cen defined is time to agitate this ques- T
on This ]. all that has been contend 10
j In any article that has yet appeared 1t
The HERALD. No objection has been oi
Iads to the expression of preference on &c
he part Of any individual Objection bi
as made only TO the arrogance of say on
z that the people must decide now u! Se
neither man should have one of two Il
hce. fin
But the IRE Pre6s evidently thinks it wi
ats q clincher when it quotes from d r;
letter from one Of the most prominent, mi
ell informed, leading Republicans of a.
ntland county, in which it is said that ot1
e FTed Press article pleases him in Ion
ntiment and that he thinks Mr. Stewart ce
az receive the unanimous nomination m'
Rutland county This may be all t tl'
le- The Free Press says this is the ii,
inion OF square. Intelligent ana dis the
terested republican of Rutland county COZ
d Is doubtless more correct index of M
e set of popular opinion in that quar- I'll
r than those of our not altogether an,
iuterested contemporary of THE HER CHI
D. This may also be truc. THE HERALD pre-
~ be In entire ignorance Of the feel ma
! IN Rutland county, but there is a --At
ance for doubt on this point. Is the thi
rec Press sure that the intelligent and ten
interested Republican of Rutland IN
unity Is so very disinterested- he ~ fen
aspirations" Is he man of the Pc
opie. We have reason to believe not. con
, while he believes in the one term loo
nciple, just now, he says he would t e"t
e that the policy should br noc cstab- thn
he'd to give our State, County and gre
wn officers a second term under our ret
'nnial system, and trusts that we NAV qua
able to do So except in the office of ,lol
lief Magistrate, and hereafter give -" =
Il nLinnr. n $1,000 IL --u.i--.. ~ - -