Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-02-27

uor question ; taxation reform and econ
omy in the administration, involving the
stopping of leaks and providing guards
against thieving. The character of the
man, as TO integrity, decorum and sobrie-
ty of life, as well as tointelligence, culture,
and moral elevaiies or aiuIs ana purposes
VIII be thought essential by some. Who is
the fit man, if not the fittest? If as has
been intimated, Chief Justice Pierpoint
should resolve to retire from the bench, the
State would doubtless, with one voice round
out his honorable public life, by making
him her governor but as this cannot at
present be calculated upon, we must look
elsewhere.
All others whose names 1 have heard
suggested have had experience, more or
less, in public life, as members OF the leg
islature, etc., and in this respect, there is
no very marked difference of apparent de-
serving.
There is, say BRADLEY BARLOW of st.
Albans. Mr.. Barlow is a man Of good in
telligence in matters of business, ofremark-
able pluck, persistency, and efficiency in
what he undertakes. He is a director of
e-~ - Ndudud v.
president of national bank, and has pub
lished some peculiar theories as to the cur
rency, involving the the Punishment of
specie, and substituting for the money of
the world certain products of the paper
mill and printing press, in the form of
written promises TO pay, but understood as
never 10 be paid. He is large govern
ment pnntrnCtnr ha
mails in the western states and territories,
by immense lines OF stages. His business
reqres him to be much in Washington.
and it is understood he has acquired large
wealth in his operations, which he uses
generously. 1t seems hardly likely that
the grangers and anti-monopoIists would
be content with him as a fair representa-
tive of their ideas. There is, besides. a
sharp hostility between him and his for
mer friend of the Vermont Central rail-
road, which will be apt to prove an obstacle
to his nomination.
Then at the other end of the State is
TRENoR w. PARK of Bennington. Mr..
Park was trained to the law in Vermont
and practised his profession with large pc
cuniary success in California. He is man
oi very uncommon ability aud of capabili-
ty in affairs, If wonderful quick ness of ap-
prehensien and decision, and is ant TO suc-
coed in what he undertakes. There are
Two quite positive opinions about him, as
man, one In the highest degree favorable as
to his honor and integrity, The other as de-
cidedly adverse. He has made two i'm
mense fortunes, one in the Mariposa cold
mine In California, and another in the Em-
ma silver mine in Utah. But these opera
uons, whether or not justly, have serious
ly offended the moral sense of not few.
Perhaps they are not rightly understood.
1t must be said of him, that he has made
use OF his wealth GENEROUSLY. He is a pres-
ident and chief owner of a national bank,
and the chief man in the new Central Yer
mont railroad company, which controls the
railroads of the State. Apparently his
nomination would be subject to objections
OF The same character, but intensified. as
would be urged against Mr.. Barlow.
Then there is our present Lieutenant
Governor, RUSSELL s. TAFT, of the city of
Burlington. 1t must be confessed of him
that he has marked and telling points for
candidacy. He is by profession LAWYER,
and is both skilled and skilful in the man
agement Of party p1litics, and is apt to sue
| coed in what he undertakes in that line.
and without its being known Just how he
does it; for he keeps his own counsel. He
is well known and prominent Free and
Accepted Mason, and OF large acquaintance
and influence in the order, and as far as
such affiliations go, he may count on them
for aid. He has also lately Joined the
Grangers, although he is wholly innocent
of practical farming. "What private griefs
he had, cannot tell, which made him do
it," 1t might be thought that certain ways
OF his would be an objection to his candi-
dacy with the temperance people. But this
| Is not 50 certain; for am told that he Sc
cured his nomination as lieutenant govern
or through the active aid of Colonel Mead,
who Is the leader of the Good Templar or
ganzationlof the State; and experience has
| shown that danger from that source lies In
the bark and not in the bite. If he should
unite the suffrages of The Masons, the
grangers, the Good Templars, and the half
and-half good people, il would give him
| good start.
Next in the list is NATHAN T. SPRAaUE,
Jr., of Brandon. He is president of a ma
Lional bank, owner the Howe scale works,
has farms and fancy sheep, has an instinct
for money-getting, improved by practice,
and IS riohi and has such influence as
sharp business qualities, wealth, assurance
and disposition to push things, give. His
pronounced efforts at courtesy, politeness
and liberal way of doing things, deserve
much credit, and would be quite effective
were II not for the suspicion involuntarIly
conveyed by them that he is acting a part.
1t seems to many within as well as with
out Rutland.and Addison counties, that Mr..
Sprague does not commend himself to
the place by any marked qualification for
1t; such as education, breadth OF views,
moral elevation OF aim, unsupported puri-
ty Of life, and truthulness Of nature.
From what was observed of his rather pro-
miscuous gallantrIes while Senator, there
! is an apprehenslon with some that he might