Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-24
The Candidates.

Hon. ASAHEL PECK of Jericho, the cam
didate for governor, was born in Royal
ston, Massachusetts,, in September, 1903,
and in the spring of 1904 his parents NOV
ed to East Montpelier, in which town he
grew to manhood. His early life was that
of the studious, Woodworking kind that
many New England boy has found laid
the foundation for success in after life
work on the farm in summer, going to
district school in winter days and using
the evenings upon books, with the help of
pine knots when candles were wanting.
of course he did not omit to teach school
himself when he had arrived ut the proper
age. We see it stated that he began study
ing law with his brother Nahum Peck of
Hinesburgh, soon after he became of age.
and that he was admitted to the Chitten-
den county bar in 1882. He began prac-
tice in Burlington, and in few years held
a leading position at the bar. In 1851 he
was elected one of the 4" Circuit Judges "
and when, under the law of 1856 the Cir
cult court was abolished he went out of
Office in 1857, he returned to the practice
of his profession in Burlington. He was
Senator from Chittenden county in 1860,
and was in that year elected by the legis-
lature an associate justice of the Supreme
Court, position which for fourteen years
he has held to the honor of himself As to
tl,at Of ha Of bo
The Judge was in his younger days a
democrat, but left the democratic party in
1913; at least we once heard an old demo-
crat growing about him because he - was
one of the men that left US, when the
democratic party committed suicide by
the Van Buren, movement" Judge Peck
was 4 member Of the famous Buffalo
Convention " of 1913, but evidently never
had the habit of attending conventions
very firmly fixed upon him or else had got
well rid of it before last Wednesday, His
nomination was by the people, and because
they believed him the best man for the
place.
Hon. LYMAN G.. HINCKLEY was born in
Thetford, Vermont, April -, 1882, and
graduated at Dartmouth College in the
class of 1856. He was assistant clerk in
the House of Representatives in 1857, 1853
and 1859. In 1860, having been admitted
to the bar of Orange county, he was APP
pointed clerk of Orange county court and
in 1862 and 1868 represented Chelsea in
the House of Representatives. In 1868 he
was again elected to the House from Chel-
sea and was also returned in 1869 and 1870
At the opening of the session of the last
named year he was one of the candidates
for speaker, but Col. Joyce of Rutland re-
ceived the election. In 1872, Mr. Hinckley
was returned as one of the Senators from
Orange county, and was by the Senate
elected president pro tenpore of that body.
He made an excellent presiding officer and
the convention did well to advance him in
the line of promotion to the Lieutenant
Governors chair
We have already advocated Mr.. Hinck-
ley's nomination. and it is needless to say
that we are glad of his success and of the
very handsome vote by which he achieved
it.
Hon. JOHN A. PAGE was born in Haver-
hill, n. H., June II, 1914, so that the con-
vention made him a very handsome birth
day present, on the completion of his sixty
years, in the way of a unanimous re-nomi-
nation to an office which he has filled to
the acceptance of all since 1866.