St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-07-17
haracter and upright purpose have

fine character and upright purpose have
attained.
Probably no such confidence in the
Congress was ever shown by his fellow
members as at the late session. The
Qualification of the laws of the United
States. il work of immense labor and
value. was adopted almost entirely ON
their faith in his ability and desire to
make it correctly. The Senate passed
it without readin" and without exami-
nation. of this work. an article in one
of the leading Journals, written by one
of the highest legal authorities in the
land says that if Judge Poland had done
the country no other service in his
whole Congressional career. he would
deserve the everlasting gratitude of the
nation.
We do not propose to refer to the
many important subjects III which he
has taken an active and prominent part.
Ii is enough to say that he now stands
among the very foremost leaders in the
House of Representatives II man of
whom his district and state may well
he proud. He is now in the full vigor
of his usefulness. i'll the very prime of
manhood. We are proud of the posi-
ton Vermont now occupies in Congress.
| Although one of the smallest of the
states, we believe she now cxerts us
large an influence on the action of Con
greSs aS any state in the Union. How
easy for her To lose it, Her number of
members in the House. is about one
hundrc,lth part of tn" whole body. Ii
would he easy to reduce her influence
t" that proportion 10y filling the places
with new and untricd men, Vermont
has for Years seen and known the ad
vantage of keeping her tried and en-
pericnced men in Congress At this
critical time will she change her tried
and safe policy! We believe the PEG
Pile with almost one accord will REFUSE.
I" sanction amy such policy. The Wood
stock .StdH'Idid. and the FuJnr, in this
place. for some weeks have been adj
VocatlnT the selection of Col Mead.
They have boldly claimed that farmers.
and friends of the prohihitory liquor
law should support Col. Mead in prefer
encc t" Judge Poland. on the ground
that he would better represent their
Views and interests.
Is there the slightest ground tnl either
of these claims We believe not. Judge
Poland is not II farmer. hut he came
from the ranks. In his early life hr
ty. Without the aid of friends he
worked from the humhlrSt condition.
He Is most cmphatirallN Il Sclfmadc
man. He has lived his whole life in the
state. familiar with all the wants. and
needs, thoughts and sentiments of our
people. Is there ANY ground to hclicvc
that Col. Mead understands their in
trrcSt> better. or would he. more true to
them than Judge Poland The claim
is utterly absurd.
Then aS to the claim upon the friends
of Il prohihltorN liquor law is there amy
thin" t" Ice claimed in favor of COL
Mead ; Judge Poland tor many Years
administered the law of the stare ON
that subject. and we assert without fear
of contradiction that ne Judge in the
state ever administered il more faith
fully and exactly than hc. The first
time the temperance question has ever
been before Congress. was III the late
session. Great numbers of petitions
We're presented to Congress asking the
appointment of II commissioner To cN-
anime int" all phazcS of the liquor
traffic. effect of prohihitorN laws. etc.
These petitions were referred To the
Judiciary Committee of which he Was 4
member. They We're all referred to
Judge Poland rs Il subcommittee lie
reported hill t" the House. in accord
ancc with the prayer of the petitioners.
and he also submitted with il an clnh-
"latc report, which WIS printed in all
the temperance papers. and many others.
and was most highly commended 10y all
temperance men. We would refer thnS,.
who claim advantage fnr COL Mead in
this respect. to that hocumrmt Ii i
one of the ahlcst articles ever written
on the subject.
We have adNiccS from many parts of
the district, and 50 far aS we learn
scarcely Il leading supporter of Judge
steele III the last contest NOW supports
Col. Mead. They say they supported
judy" Steele because they admired his
talent and ability, and loved him per
S"nally, but are quite unable to transfer
the reasons exist.
We are very glad that the bitterness
of the last contest seems to have 50
nearly passed away, and We believe
| that We shall not have another From
present appearances Judge Poland will
receive another nomination 10y nearly
the unanimous voice of the Republicans
of the District
Another Chicago Fire.
The country WIS startled on VcStcr-
day 10y the announcement that Chicago
WAS again i'll flames. Happily, later
reports do not verify the first announce