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Correspondence of the Springfield Republican.
MONTPELIER, May 10, 1874.

Vermont Politics.
| Correspondence Of the Springfield Republican.
MONTPELIER, May 10, lS74
Two or three weeks ago there was very
general opinion that the contest would lie
between Messrs. Park, Taft and Barlow, the
understanding being that Mr.. Taft would
receive the support of the Central railroad
and Mr.. Barlow that OF the Vermont and
Canada interest. Mr.. Park, it is known,
has sold Oat his interest in the Central and
there is a want of harmony between him
and the managers of that incorporate cham
eleon. Mr.. Pafford and Mr.. Park, as the
readers of the Republican know, differ wide
| ly as to the character of the latter gentle
man and Little Emma. But Mr.. Park is "a
much above par in intellect as Little Emma
shares are below it in market Even the
voice OF Pafford is not heard to the contra
~ of that proposition. Bradley Barlow OF
St. Albans,i is the bOtheratiOn of the Smiths.
and the head of company that runs stages
over the western plains from everywhere
and back again. Representative Luttrell
of California Is now playing the same sort
of game with Barlow that PafOrd did with
Park. lie charges that Barlow charges
too much. The story that when that stage
company's horses get sick the Indians pro-
videntially raid upon them, 20 prOvidential-
ly that they never lose horses by natural
death. but always recover of Uncle sam for
those slain by the ruthless savageS, Is doubt
less as baseless As Pahord : warm Mr.. TAFT
is a young Burlington lawyer, now Lieu
tenant Governor. aud is proverblally lucky
in politics lie Is popular. but has not the
confidence of the temperance men.
Inc name of Asahel Peck, now one of the
Judges of the Supreme Court, has been fire.
quently spoken in connection with the office.
bat no one appeared to know whether the
judge would accept, and, besides, nobody
wanted 10 ask him. His residence. too. was
matter of uncertainty. lie has Il farm in
Jericho, Chittenden county, and that is his
home, but he has been for years presiding
Judge in Washington and Orange counties,
and has had a nominal home in Montpelier.
East-side people, therefore, have been deli
cate about saying much, as they did not
know but their brethren of the west would
regard il as a violation of the - rule. ~ The
Vermont Farmer was the first newspaper to
bring forward his name, but the organic
press was not then loOsed, and the Farmer
was an east-sIde paper, besides being
granger But nOw the Burlington Free
Press comes out and speaks of him as u
Chittenden county man (as he really is).
and the ST. Albans Messenger advocates his
nomination in an able editorial. Mes-rs.
Park and Barlow are at the same time an
nounced a. cut of the fed and a. friendly
to the Judge. The present outlook is that
the nomination will 90 TO him without a
contest. The state would have no more
worthy governor than he would be. The
Judge is about 20 years of age and Is ma
tive of East Montpelier. The Free Press
saws he is To retire from the bench. this fall.
hot nd no
nominates him for governor. it may be safe
as it Is true to say that he Is an upright and
learned Judge, who sometimes has been
known to obey the Scriptural injunction.
- Be ye angry" The late Judge Steele
once said of him - If | knew one-tenth
the law that Judge Peck does, | should go
crazy Signs fail in a dry time, sometimes.
but ii looks very much as though it is to be
Governor Peck OyEKToS.
From the ST. Albans Advertiser, 18th.
The Springfield Republican of Saturday
publishes letters from Montpelier and from
Miidlebury on the Governor question. Edi-
torially the Republican rsays with a charac-
teristic want iOf candOr " While Judge
Peck Is not openly opposed by the organs
OF the railroad ring, its most conspicuous
opponents are the most prominent IN bring
ing him forward" The facts are that
Judge Peek name was first presented edi-
torially for the favorable consideration Of
the public by the Free Press and Times of
May Nth, paper that has been styled 80
often ring organ by the Republican
and the Messenger that it Is probably not
referred to to-day among its most con-
spicuous opponents Judge Peck's nomi
nation at once received hearty welcome
from the Rutland Gloje, Rutland Herald.
Montpelier Journal, indeed from all the
papers that have been 50 repeatedly howled
at by the Messenger as the venal and cow
ardly - organs of the ring. Indeed the
only paper in Vermont to-day that gives
grumbling assent TO the nomination with
the expressed suspicion that . eyerythingis IL
not ali right is the Woodstock Post, that
has hitherto obsequiously answered the
blare of the Messengers fish horn with the
peep OF its own penny whistle. The unan-
imous endorsement of Judge Peck by every
paper that has hl therto stigmatized as
- ring organ Is described by the Repubh
can a - not openly opposed" Open en-
dorsement, and silent hostility are hardly
one and the same thing. The truth Is that
E. ring organs" in any other sense than
disposition on the part of nine-tenths OF the
State press, to afford the prosecuted rail-
roads fair field. but no unjust favors. haze
no existence outside of the rant OF the Met
Senger.