The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-28
From the Montpelier Waterman, May pol
Question


yhe state press on the Governor
Question.
The attempt to dictate beforehand the
candidate for high office has usually re-
coiled. Editors and politicians do not often
have inspiration enough to sit at the right
hand of the next governor of the state, or
make a successful nomination at testal
dinner table. The best they can do is to
follow the wake of public sentiment, and
finally come in to the support of the man
that was several degrees removed from
their support.
1t is in this way that the name of Asahel
Peck has come out of the chaos of gubef
material suggestions, and begins to rally
and concentrate the public consent. We
have heard Judge Peck suggested on all
sides, in private conversations, for months
past. The first intimation of him as a
candidate was caught at, and the feeling
of his eminent fitness grew with each
mention of his name, until in the thoughts
Of multitudes it out-dstanccd all tie other
candidates who have been discussed and
urged in the papers for nearly year. 1t
is not "A little amusing to see how other
prominent candidates, who have been kept
before the people, vanish rs Judge Peck
comes into the foreground. The reform
paper which has nursed Bradley Barlow's
candidacy with tender assiduty. and lost
no opportunity Of presenting his genial and
honest qualities, and exhibiting him as the
coming renoyatOr of the social and civil
fabric which had been demolished by rail
road corruption, and hopelessly smashed
by the trustees of the Vermont Central, is
among the first to discern the genuine can
Adatc and give him endorsement and wei
Ifs inpul rival il loet IL, =
at the vast Impcrtincnce Of the MesseHgey,
which dares to drop its iayorte and give
voice for Judge Peck. Its only regret
seems to be that the Messenger should have
outrun the 1dCelfiSeF and compelled it to
have been second, when ii wanted to be
first
1t is matter Of triiiing consequence
whether Judge Peek name was first men
toned in the Free Press or the Ncssenqer.
Hundred and thousands of the electors had
spoken of it before either of them thought
Of it. The goyernorshp would add moth
ing to the honors Of Judge Peck. The
state would be honored by his selection
for it, So long as Vermont designates
such men as he is for its highest offices, il
is not liable to the old Tory reproach
against republican government, which con
demned republics ''not because the people
elected their officers, but because they
elected unworthy and ignobe men to
Office He would be worthy successor
in the executive chair of Moses Robinson,
Galusha, Palmer, Tichenor, Skinner, VIII
liams, Van Ness, Royce and Hall, who
were his predecessors on the bench. His
name will evidently harmonize the diverse
interests of the republican party, and will
reconcile all differences. 1t is not merely
unobjectionable. 1t is in every respect
honorable and fit to he made. His nomi-
nation would be followed by a triumphant
election. And when, in the course OF
time, the nomination Of candidate for gov
ernor returns to this side OF the mountain,
we trust that the popular feeling will as
earnestly concentrate upon the name OF
one of our own leading townsmen, as il
now does upon Judge Peck.