The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-05
TERMS IN ADVANCE.
PUBLISH THEM.

PUBLISH THEM.
We like to see spirit of fairness dis
played in politics as well as in everything
else. Perhaps now is as good time as
any for little display of 1t on the part OF
the republican press of the second congress
sional district of Vermont. They may re-
member that the nominating conventions
were held on the same day in the first ana
second districts, and the results Thereon
called out certain unfavorabe comments
ON the part of the press, or rather small
norton of it, without the state. IL may |
not have escaped their recollection That a
portion, only portion mind you, oil these
comments were seized upon with avidity
and reproduced by them. 1t is, perhaps,
needless to say that these portions, so pun
lisbed were gross, wanton, uncalled for
and untrue assaults upon the republican
nominee of this, the first, district. II there
mad been the least atom of truth i'll these
extracts, custom and policy would have
dictated their suppression on the part OF
the press of that district for two very good
reasons. namely, that people who live in
glass houses shouldn't throw stones, and,
secondly, that all of the papers of that dis
,rict put together did not reach and were
not read by twenty-five voters in this DIS
trict--that is, outside of the several news
paper offices. But so long rs the remarks
were founded in error, ignorance or mis-
apprehension, and The people of this dis
irict are in eligent enough TO discern truth
from falsuhood, it would have made no
difference whatever if these extracts had
been placed in the hands If every voter
We need not remind thrm--for, OF course,
they have retained the comments in full
that there " ere Other criticisms in refer
en,p 10 Vermont nominations, made on
that twelfth dty of August. besides that in
the first district. win they take ii in good
part if we suggest to our friends, who con
duct the newspapers ut the second district.
that now is an excellent time in which to
publish the expurgated parts OF those COM
taste to publish new and uneNpurgated
edition of the comments in reference tc
both nominations. They will be. allow us
to suggest, pleasant reading to the people
of the whole state just now. AT this par
ticular uncture, too they will afford pleas
ant matter for the columns of the press
which has, heretofore, only published the
extracts. AS they publish their new and
unexpurgatcd edition, we will suggest to
them, if they will permit us so to do, that
they do it by way of contrast. We should
MT presume to venture such suggestion
or the manner in which the publication
should be made, had not the people-the
uhimo thule of appeal-eXpressed then
opinion as to their truth or falsity. An
excellent way for them to present the case
would be to reproduce from their files the
extracts, heretofore published, relative tC
the next member of Congress from thi
district then give the returns from III
district showing that he has received -
many votes as were given for the state tic
ket and closing with the vote of Rutland
the home of our candidate, giving Colone
Joyce a majority of sir hundr@ and SCI
enty-Mree votes while the state ticket re
ceived majority of only tscO hundred an
.foe. Then, to show that they are actr
ated only by political fairness in the mar
agement Of their newspapers, let thei
publish the unfavorable comments-mad
by the same papers and in the same article
from which they haye already made el
tracts-in reference to the re-nominatio
of Judge Poland. These, they will +
member, they have hitherto failed to pu'
ish. 1t is good time now then can fo
low the vote of the district with majori
of over twenty-five hundred against him
and then, as fitting close, they can gl'
the vote of st. Johnsbury, his home, giviI
majority of torty-seren against Judge p
land, while Judge Peck receiecd a MAORI
Of sir hundred and tao0. Having done thl
they will have acted in spirit of polite
fairness, and, while they are about it, tn
might ask and answer two question
Whether the press or the people of the 81
ond district were the better informed
reference to Judge Poland? Also whetl
the people of the first district and,
pecially, the voters of Rutland have /
emphatically endorsed all that we ha
said relative to Colonel Joyce and civ
the lie to the extracts that they parat
before their readers?