St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-07-26

steele should have gone int" the cam
paiun under such circumstances. but all
tbe more. that he should have seen fit
to have conducted it in so questionable
manner We have facts in our posses
sion which show Il great lack of good
faith and honest dealing on the part of
that Judge Poland should have been
filled with Indignation at the unhand-
some treatment he had received at the
hands of his adversary. during his all
Sence in Utah. whittier he had gone.
well assured 10y the repeated assertion
of Judge Steele. that Notwithstanding
the runners to that effect. he steele
WAS moi to be Il candidate against him.
hut hoped with the aid OF P"land>
friends to succeed Poland.
Judge Poland has Il communication
from Il man high i'll position the integ-
ritv and tTuthfulmcSs of whom no man
in the State would desire to question
stating that Judge steele informed him
a. late as the first week in July that he
should not run against him. Now it
was on the 10th day of July that Judge
steele publicly announced himself Il
candidate. and scattered his letters
broadcast all over Windsor and Orange
counties. On the instant. men Spramg
up in almost every town i'll Windsor
and Orange counties. canVas>ing in his
behalf. And it i now we'll known that
for weeks prior To this announcement.
Judge Steele WAS secretly committing
men t" his support as against Judge
Poland. The evidences of this are lying
round loo>, all over Windsor and Or
angr counties. He made an inroad
rcpul>c. 1t stands solid and impregna-
bile for Judge Poland.
Even farther back than this Judge
Steele and his friends were quietly al
work to the same end. Underground
rumors We're occasionally heard -tol
not even men can keep secrets that
steele was to he II candidate against
Poland. \ gentleman from Windsor
county. shortly before the adjournment
hearing rumurS to that effect. went /,
steele and asked him if they were true
Steele replied that he should not run
against Judge Poland. but hoped viii
his aid and that of his friends To secur,
the nomination when Poland was on
of the field And this Judge Polan,
announced To his friends whenever h,
Was cautioned To Ice on his guard.
y gentleman conl rrSrd with Judg,
steele ut the convention at Brll"w'
Falls. who Was especially charged Il
ascertain if there Was any truth I" tn,
rum"r. and received substantially til,
same ASSURANCES a> have been ahoN,
detailed. We feel confident that Thu
District will not suffer their member {,
he treated with such untailnrS> and in
dignity. nor VIII they readily trust then
interests at Washington to Il man Who's,
ambition :" easily "vercome> his prim-
= ciple.
The unfairnes>-to Use Il mild term
of Judge Sttelr's course is intensified 10y
the peculiar personal relations which
Judge Steele has sustained to judy,
Poland ever since the time the fnlme
was elevated to the Bench-hc havin.
been almost continually under ohliga
tionS of an unusual nature to the latter
Judge Poland.
We reluctantly give currency to thes,
facts, for our relations with Judge Steel,
have always been of most triendl,
character. and We had expected an,
hoped to see him succeed Judge POLAND
III Congress.