Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-04
MORE WISDOM FROM HoskNs.

mOhE thOM HOSkINS.
DIR. Hoskins feels bad. He seems to get
no better very fast. Before the September
election he wrote a letter TO the Springfield
Republican in which he took occasion among
other things to vent a little Of his spite on
the VERMONT FARMER. We took occasion
to deny some Of the false accusations Of
which he made use. In reply he wrote a
long letter to the Montpelier Waterman iu
which he said he didn't mean TO he "was
simply showing the causes of the weakness
OF the opposition to Judge Poland in his
congressional canvass" We reckon he has
learned more about that weakness" since.
AT any rate, he makes his appearance in
Wednesdays Republican 1--WE know it is Hos.
kins by the length of his ears) and tells a
few more lies about the FARMER, one OF
which is that this paper was purchased by
the leaders Of the Denison bolt. Hear
him
In the second district alone was there any
departure from the program, and this was
brought about In consequence of the pur-
chase by the leaders of the Denison bolt in
the republican party Of the VERMONT FARM.
Err, u paper that under another manage.
ment had won the confidence of the grang.
ers, and was believed by them still to be a
safe guide.
How anonymously and disinterestedly
he admits that "under another management
the FARMER had won the confidence of the
grangers!
As for being bought, we will state that
since DIR. 7. II. Hoskins ceased to edit thi.
paper not one red cent has ever been receiv,
ed, asked, or offered for any editorial oil
political matter, nor has anything appeare
in the paper as editorial which was not en-.
tirely written by the editor, excepting a very
few articles written by the publisher ant
accepted by the editor. Hoskins say
again
No one would more rejoice over the dc.
feat of Judge Poland than I should, If tht
defeat had meant reform in our politics.
But, while the people were all ready TO vot,
Tor u good and able candidate, who repre-.
sentod the reform feeling. they had present
cd TO them simply another politician OF tho
old sort, whose only strength was in Pc.
lands unpopulnrity, and the fact that very
lew people knew anything against him,
Tho result of this dirty political intrigue,
and of similar performances in the other
districts, is that Vermont has now an utterly
Insignificant delegation in the national
House Of Representatives, while the farmers
| unl nlhnts rnENpnanrH nil. ..,Nhsnw ,.YI, .
little discredit.
Heudee, Denison, and Joyce, are %"utterly
Insignificant !" Denison, who would no.
work nor pull wires for the office, VIII,
could not be induced by his friends to tax,
the first step in the canvass until after tn,
September election, and then only to write q
single letter Of fifteen or twenty lines, i
pronounced 'simply another politician o.
the old sort" by the man who worket
faithfully for Judge Steele, a lawyer aud
most ambitious politician who strained ever,
nerve to acquire ofiie.
We will only add that we see nothing to
regret in the result Of the election. A
scheming politician has been defeated, and
man elected who acts upon the principle
that ~"oflices should be neither sought no
refused" The only objection to him is tina
he is a lawyer. Well We would not ex
clude lawyers from Offices, any more than
any other class. The voters Of this distric
have got a good lawyer this time, aud dom
we'll. Let them get a good farmer next time
aud do better.