Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-09-11
trDGE poLAND,S DEFEA r.


<oman was ever more fairly nominal
IIo had a handsome majority over all
,js competitors in the convention. In or
Tor 10 destroy the force of his nomination,
,s, absurd stories have been circulated
,h,nt the use Of money by Judge Poland
and his friends to secure his nomination.
A. fine last moment before the election,
d,ming handbills and circulars were cir
,nlated and posted all over the District,
nrorcssing to give details and circumstanc-
=. or such use of money, and that they had
,hs proof of it.. We have good means of
lnowing that all such stories were simply
f,lrcations, and known tc be so by the
rsrlies resorting to such desperate means
T., defeat the regular nominee of the party.
Iudpe Poland has lived among this PEG.
rIe for twenty-five years, aud in all the re-
i,tions of life and business has ever borne
himself uprightly and honurably; and no
me acquainted with him believes for mo-
meut the base stories circulated TO his dis
credit
enouQh to court and secure political favor.
Naturally man of Independent character
and Judgment, he has carried into political
ufe the habits acquired on the bench, of de-
termining all questions upon which he is
called TO act, according to his conscience
and Judgment, without looking TO see
whether the popular current runs that way
or not. Hence he has encountered many
o,pouents that lexihle time-servcr would
have avoided.
Behind all these we're Il party Of men,
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count of their failure two years ago. They
seized upon all these points of advantage,
aud played them most assiduously against
him.
The pubic measures upon which he has
been assailed, will all stand the closest crit
irism and will all rebound to his credit.
But to those who wanted an excuse, any
thing was good enough; they did not care
whether il was true or false.
His opponents have been untiiing in ei-
forts TO defeat him. His friends knowing
him to be fairly nominated, and that no
good reason could be given against him,
allowed things to take their course, with
out labor or effort hence the reSut.-St.
JohnSbury Cdiedonidh.
Pnlaud's defeat is, of course, merely an
incident in a revolution, hut ii is ncvcrthe
less surprising. His opponents had no
candidate good for anything, and were IN
able to make a respectable showing in the
hnliug convention, but they nevertheless
carried things pretty vigorously. Dcnl-
son was the choice of but very few of them
who voted for him; the votes were not east
Tor Denison so much as against Poland,
and their number shows the power of the
popular current against Poland. lie was
an impOliiic man, time was uniavurable,
the tide got started against him, aud it
swept him down. The tide became so viO-
lent as to lose all semblance of reason, as
all parties will more or less dimly perceive,
when the thing is cooled off, Woodstock
Post.
The story of the Second District and its
dcplorable and memorable fall is known
through the country, but show it happen
ei' is the question which is just now be-
ing discussed in Vermont by all parties
Every third man whom you meet is puz
cling his head over ii. The politicians,
newspaper men aud correspondents are as
much bothered about it As anybody. Snf-
hce it for me to say that the defeat Of the
Interest enemies rs well as his watmes
friends. An able aud honorable man, nom
mated in a full convention by clear ma
nrty, where there was not tho mention o
uuiairncss in the caucuses or the Conveu
ton, so ingloriously beaten at the polls, il
thing which we OF Vermont are not uset
10, and any explanation of it is impossi
bic at this writing. Judge Poland, howev
en- | may say, seems inclined to "pOsses
his soul in patience" His gilt button
shine as brightly as ever, and as always Ia
appears TO be the model of cOmposure an,
self poise.-Montpelier Cor. Boston JOurn
al.
"Ah there are tides even in Vermont
Even in Vermont people hear of things an
discuss them, and have opinions of thei
own. And 30, the other day, when the
had an election, they said, by very strik
ing and significant vote, Judge POLAND
you are doubtless a well-meaning man
YOU did not suppose that the people who's
clothes you held were about to stone StC
phen, but, you dear old brass buttone
patriot, you ought not to be exposed
places where people obviously know MOI
than you do and impose on your good hi
ture. Stay at home with us, Judge, whel
you can do no mischief, and we will sen
some one in your place who knows what
means when he is waited on by such me
a. Carpenter and Conkling with reque
10 stand by.'"-NeD York Tribune.
Taking it for granted that Judge Polar
Ii defeated, we have no tears to shed
grief TO expend ON the result. We, the r
Their, rejoice in his defeat, and believe th
it is matter for public congratulate
Judge Poland having been defeated at III
trial, it is fair to presume that his congre
siOnal career will close with the prese
Congress. Many republicans that vot
Tor him at this time on the score of bell
bound by Irregular nomination" will f'
released from that obligation on the ne
trial, and will give their votes aud inf
ence for another man.-RutldHd GLOBE.