St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-11-06
A Word with Candid Men.

about the vote to: Dudley &. Dcni>nm
last September. and his ''uominatiom at
the ballot box. that there is danger of
some misappIchcn>ion of the facts. even
10y some commonly careful people. Let
every man IN" rather hc right Than he
for the moment victorious. look at these
facts:
Mr.. Drni>"n claimed in his published
card of sept. =. which we reproduce
cl>cW here. that he received Il majority
OF the republican votes east AT the late
election. and therefore should he re-
gIrdcd and supported a> the regular
candidate of the republican party. Mr..
Dcni>on may have thought 50 " hen he
wrote thai letter of ''acrrptanct." but
if 81 il docs nncrcdit to his di>cernmcnt
The article published in this paper last
week. taken from the Montpciic,' Wdfch-
man. the figures of which are official.
thoroughly c>plode> that fallacN. Those
facts ami figures prove beyond question
that Judge Poland. not Mr.. Dcni>nn.
was actually supported 10y II clear ma
lnritl of all the republicans of this dis
trict. " no voted at the September rlrc-
tinu. and that he. and not Mr.. DcniSnlI.
WAS the regular republican candidate.
not only hN reason of his original nom
nation 10y the convention at White
River Junction. hut also 10y this addi-
ti"mal endorsement. falsely claimcd tol
and 10y Mr.. pcul>om. of Il majority of re-
publican Votes at the polls.
Nj. DcnI~nn WAS therefore ut the
election on TUESDAY last. in II" SENSE.
ami /" II" extent. tine candidate of the
republican, panty. tm tn" contrary lac
and the support given him tends dirc.'t-
" to the disruption and overthrow OF
the republican ur"arizati"n. He WAS
before The people solely 10y Virtue of IN
uuupr"N"kcd amd utterly nju>tliahlr
hoH from Il regular Nominations. Wh">,
perfect regularity and fairness no man
has dared 4" question.
The ahoN, h,n" the sober facts. the
question artists. how could amy inttll-
gent republican voter. " Ia" values rc-
publican principles and regards the
preservation and maintainancr ot the
republican Organization a> essential t"
she tGiHrc wrlI being of the country. -
"a forget himself. his p"liticn c"nNlr-
,i"n- and party obligations. H. /" rnun-
tr'iH"c, IN any mann.I the randidarl "t
Nr. prui>nu. i candidacy n,.irtring il
the l;;-t degree L" the very existence "i
the republican party III this district
This i i ..'rundrum that Il few 9th
rrwisr sensible, republicans can now
have ;.hundaut time Ia carefully con
slider. If this m"ngr,l I'"itiral imr,g.
which has been erected LAY N"ur in.N
rit~"hir cumduct. does not rr-ipI,clI fr
plague N"u. it will he fortunate tor N"u.
The facts r-hrar>rd above fully an
>wrr an enquiry frequently asked the
last few days. IL To why rtpuhlnau-
Thought "i voting for Judge Poland at
trr he FAD Withdrawn ~ Il candidate. Ii
i clear from the facts furnished toy The
figures OF the September vote. that
Judge Poland WAS the emily republican
candidate in this district. and support
given Ia ANY "rhrl candidate wl> an act
hostile /" the republican, organization.
II i true that. with Il nIagnaniIiN
characteristic of the man. and under a
singing -"n-,- of the "Ic5t and huuili-
aiing iud'gmif\ and injustice done 10y
his constituents. led a>rral t"r the mo
mrnt 10y the VirkcdiN false tIhIiratious
of the ~"-c.llcd ''iudcpcndrnt press"
whose proper liberty hl> dcgcncr;itrd
int" indecent license. Judge Poland
published Il letter pr"po>ing to with
draw from the ranVa>~. hut the people
Who put him in nomination. Whnm he
has served 80 faithfully and with such
signal ability. did not choose 10 accept
that withdrawal and with no other
numimIriom made. there Vas no ;tltcrna-
tive tor then, but to stay away from the
polls or vote Tor the only nominee of
the party. Ii was more Il >r;,>i of jus
ticc ai;d ad!,rlancr to principle thar
called ont Inc Poland vote last Tues
day. than any expectation of electing
him.