Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-04-19
The State Press On the Govemor Cues

fr.al the er-e1c,. Ne.--. -.-.,r.
Should no reduction oi Coc-rcsfmeu be male,
Mr.. #la-i viii undoubtedly De returned, ~ le
should be. I1 that event Nr. Stewart would he
renomina'ci tar Goee7uar, Il 1e desired i-; and
we believe f-ch c1ursC ~1lit Pc agreeable 90
lie uishea Should Mr. NiIari's slorts I-ova
unsurceEstll, tden the gues,.a- q Congress
mEu from this side o. tus ueHntsiu sill css-51e
importance. And ua;:l then tHst question can
not well be srruci He g. for S,cVtrt ,7- Gov
ern1r: for Congressman, C.. ~ Nil.srl Ii the
districts are 60 be reiucei we csn furnish iesf
~ good c1nii3ste for Clur-ess rs any conGty
IN tie rev ii-.-ict.
From the 81 ,iartpeuer Freeman.
ID the next nominating c.uye-tion 80 viii H.,
we shall mess cheer.uly join In According that
honor TO indEor County AMI the town Of Wool
stock suj We are not furprislu- anyone witn
new name IL mentioning in this Connection,
Hon FREDERICK Billings the question Of " one
tenn or '' two terms is yel 90 ut settle. be-
fore We bow cut QUO prePent G-T-no anu
when that IS done, sui successor If called io-
next tsli. Or two years from. ueXt iXi, we ehold
not be surprised TO hui the people OF Vermont.
or + large mlj0rtv ot them, iu Isvar ct me cleo
tiou of Mr.. Billings.
Iru tho Ru;I4al iaae..olae.-.
We nave the hiShess admiration ol John Stew
zrt iu sli the relations ~ wGlch he Ass been
placed hc has ever shosn himsct true YER
monter and true man. We have no doabt,
thAt he would make Al -bie sui efficient mem
Der Of Cougrem - hut we do wish that his
friends would bring him forward IN a less cz-
ceptionsl manner.
From the Middle ny Be i.so-
Far from oisiming that Mr. S.erart has A
mortgage upon one or both oil TIE liices in con-
nection with which he has been r. prominently
named, our assertion was, and ou- assertion stIli
is very moiestiy as we think that the people
hsye claims upon him which he viii recognize
by accepting either service, n they ca him 10
il. \ writer IN the HraiI Of SATURDAY, WAo
teems 10 nave no other aim than 10 bolster up
that journal in It's lame sJlscks upon US and Sir.
Stewart, and in its general - cgsselness - on
the subject Of our State politics, spesss Of the
Register a. " Mr.. S,e"Srt's ZONE organ. -
I We are not IN any sense the organ OF suy man.
or sny clique, OF ring, and DO not even know
/ Governor steEsrt's wish in the mater.
From tie Manchester Journll
Il is altogether probable that Vermont will
/ lose one Representative in the next Congress, IN
which case. the State will probably be divided
/ into districts by the mountain range, and Mr.
/ Stewart seems 10 be the most available man TO
represent the west district in Congress II this
shsll meet the views OF the people then sone
/ other man should be selected iorGoyernor. Ia
case Mr.. Stewart is not candidate, one will pro
/ baby be elected from the esst side Of the noun
tsins, ami Hon Frederick Billings Of Woodstock
will most likely Ue the msn, although Mr. Coz
verse OF Woodstock ani Hon. Franklin Fair
/ banks Of ST. JoAnsbury, &re siso mentioned as
available men Either Of them would 90 our
I State 10 dscredit.
From the Springfield Republican.
/ It il given cut that Mr. Willard Of Vermont
will not zsk smother term in Cougiess-perhaps
because he doesI't consider the game worth the
candle. preferring s quiet life TO tussle with
the 'sirrepTtssible elements Of ambition down in
Rutland snd Bennington Counties" as one of
the local papers puts it At all events, this de-
termination Of his increases the probability tha.
Gov Stewart may be sent 70 Washington, and
the Vermont press are beginning to talk over
the succession Two names are prominently
mentioned for the head # the State ticket-ihose
Of julius Converge and Frederick Billings Of
Woodstock The St Adams Messenger processes
to have excellent reasons for thinking that the
former will not be a candidate this year. OF the
latter i, very justly says thst his personal quail
ties, his large stake in the commonwealth, his
munifcent libersli,y and his pubic spirit, ma :
him cut az the msn for Governor, in case there
is vacancy.