The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-08-25
CORRESPONDENCE.
states Attorney

cation, on which ! ma aDOthcr commune
cation from "A Total Abstinence Man
aud Voter
The Withholding Of this article until too
late for your last paper, must have been
intentional. My opponent hoped to have
a chance to get his last before the public
too late to have it answered before cleo.
ton day, that his shameful tissue of false.
hoods that he calls a careful and accurately
prepared statement, might not be contra.
dicted and improved. This trick to have
the last paper before election when it
fairly belonged to me, is Of the same kind
and character as was practiced by his as.
socates from Middlebury, Salisbury, and
other towns to unfairly elect members Of
the nominating committee favorable to
the nominators Of an anti temperance
candidate for States Attorney. | propose
to expose the mstatements, and prove
the inaccuracies of the article in as brief
manner as possible.
My opponent names those unfairly
elected as members of the nominating
committee from Middlebury, and eays,the
last three ii. e. Messrs, Cady, Halliday
and Matthews) voted for Mr. Lucia In
reply | can say with truth, that one Of
the three says he did not vote for Mr..
Lucia in the committee, although he
should do so next September If the
name OF this enc and the proof arc called
for, you are at liberty Mr. Editor to fur.
nish them.
My opponent say8 he could furnish the
amount Of the costs Of those failures, but
is dcbarred from doing Sc on account OF
his respect for Mir. Lucia, wonderful ex.
hibition Of bosh After abusing Mr.. Lu.
cia in all manner Of ways, saying in ct.
feet that he is too weak to acccptably fill
the office Of States Attorney, aud charg-
ing him with making all kinds of Dlund.
ers, and intimatiug that he was prosecut-
ing liquor sellers FROM personal spite, and
running the State in debt, he suddenly
has a wonderful streak of feeling for Mr..
Lucia, that causes him TO refrain from
proving his pack Of lies and false changes.
lie well knew, Mr.. Editor, if he did
produce the whole figures of the States
Attorneys account, they would show ex-
actly shat | have said. and proved from
the actual facts and figures, that Mr. Lu.
cia had by his financial success given the
best evidence Of his ability and fitness to
Gil the Office Of States Attorney, and one
that the good voters OF Addison County
would hardly overlook. If they do, and
elect the anli.tompcrauco candidate |
predict they will not find his accounts
showing a balance in favor Of the state
at the end Of the next two years, as does
Mr.. LUCAS, but one the other way.
OF all the statements to prove the UNI
safeness Of the old adage that figures
will not lie," | think the table Of repre-
scntation Of the different town by my OPP
ponent should take the palm. They
prove that nothing will lie faster than
they, when placed in false position, and
made to rcpicscit falsehoods instead of
facts. | the town Of Cornwall had fifty.
four majority for Chapman, why did
they elect Lucia delegates on close BAL
, lot ? If the town OF New Haven (which
had been thoroughly canvasscd by the
opponents of Mr., Lucia previous to the
conveniou), he'd thirty.two maiority,w why
!, were Lucia delegates selected when
: that, and that only, was the question that
governed that town in the choice ? What
is true Of these towns, is equally so Of
Others. Why in ihe name OF common
sense did so many towns elect lucia
men on the committee, when they had {
! majority Of Chapman men in the con
? vention Why did the towns Of Middle
, bury and Salisbury need to spring the
nomination 0. Chapman men upon theil
! meetings previous to the Adjournment W
D stairs, if they had a majority of Chap
. man men? The simple Truth is they
knew they bad not, and therefore took
, the only way they knew Chapman mel
could be elected, and my opponent aban
dons entirely the position that they were
fairly elected, for he Knows they wer,
not. Why was it that the town Of ' er
genncs elected their Chapman delegate
by only ten majority on close ballot
when they are represented to have ha'
seventy-two majority? My opponen
huCNS thtt iNt uuiHutI u l'f St"tNh -.
!, him n his table, as the representation
from Norgcnnes, is more than double tn
highest vote received 10y Chapman dele
gates from Ncrgennes, at the pIimar.
: meeting on close ballot, il he was q
- that meeting as he asserted he was.
We would not throw doubt upon tn
capacity Of the beautiful hall in which
the convention was held IN the Afternoon
n but my opponent should know that
would have to be packed much closer tina
1 it was that occasion to hold 1924 mer
and this reminds me of his statement i
- his second article where he says Their
n were seventy at the first meeting to cleo
N delegates from Middebury This meet
N ing was held in the small Jury room {
10 the Court House that would not hold Fl
ty men and .oave any to transact business
"a This room was pamed ty those who SUI
ported Mr.. Chapman, aud some Of thel
n were well aware Of the capacity Of tn
room and took good care to have it file
4. as soon after it was named as possible, ap
thereby keep out the friends of Mr. Luci
e as much as possible, and though as hay
Of before stated,a large portion Of that NEE
ing did not know what was going on, il
It Guiding some who took pat in and wei
a. elected as members Of the COMMITTEE
IS those who got in a large portion Of tho'
it. who composed it did know, as they all
knew their only chance to elect Charna
on men was to spring this trap, for they We
of knew that if they waited to get fair g
be preston OF the people of Middlebury tn
n. they would elect Lucia delegates two
one instead of giving q majority of thr
gs in favor of Chapman as is claimed by II
he opponent
Thus, Mr. Editor, have shown III
he the claim of Il popular vote of l6S
ty favor of Mr.. Chapman fades away Ill
nosoloso f., brin a. a lro.,,, ,,rlor Tho MIA