The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-22


TsaE LATE CANVASS.
We had supposed that when the district
convention closed its labors at NIiddlehury,
August i2th the work OF The canvass was
ended We had supp, sed that the Hearty
unanim,y with which the nomination was
there ma,ir presaee0 like unalimliy in
the districi. We had supposed that by
cones wouli be by-goncs, and that the CON
test which preceded the convention would
be buried by lis results. Such has been
the case heretofore and such ought TO
have been the case now All who icmem-
Der the ccnvenlion of six years ago, can
but recall the bitter canyass which pre-
coded it, the wire pulling, caucnsing and
bargainings which took place during its
session, the deep disappointment with
which the results of its two days labors
were received by the people of Rutland,
Bennington and Addison counties and yet
all these things were suffered TO drop into
oblivion, and our present Representative in
NobSitsss thbL ui Nhtiltb anu tlIuVsI
known man, received the cordial support
and votes OF the republicans of the district
So four years ago. A determined and
bitter canvass preceded the convention.
and upon its assembling :he nomination
was found to depend upon the decision
of contest between the sets of delegates
from the town of Bennington. We need
not inquire into the manner in which that
question was decided; it is sufficient to say
that it was so decided that our present
member of congress was renominated,
whereas contrary decision would have re-
suited in his defeat. Both of these can
vases and conventions were bitter and per-
sonal in the eXtreme-.it is difficult TO con-
ccive of any which could be more so-yet
an end of contest aud union of the party.
SO it ought always to be. So it would be
now if the result depended upon us. But
certain mischievous friends. or pretended
fr;o,5s of s,., s,,nvafcd candidate are deter
"'fned not to take the action of the conyen-
lion as final, but seem to be actllated nv
the desire to fight the battle over again.
we have not one word to say against Mr.
willard. We never have impugned his acts.
motives or character; we have only in.
sisted that he was human, that he acted
ike other men, that he did not possess such
lranscendent ability as to entitle him TO n
seat in congress for life, that Western Yer.
mont ought to be there represented, that
we had man of sufficient ability and
qualifications for the seat and that the
lime had come for change. Such. in
orlef' were the arguments that we used
during the canvass. We then believed in
their truth and force. We now believe in
their truth and force
30 believing and our labors having been
crowned with triumphant success. and so
long as, according to the A,yus-and the
statement is true-Mr. Wizards name
was neither mentioned nor Withdrawn
III nominee in the convention, why. it
may be asked, refer to the matter again ?
onr reply shall be as brief as possible.
Ever since the nomination was made the
STATE press, outside of the district, and the
springfield RepubSican. have been teeming
with charges against the nominee of the
convention and his friends for using uu.
lalr means for canvassing the district, and
for taking other steps to secure the nomi-
inttlon, while the present incumbent of
The Office remained quietly at home. no
steps being taken by either him or his
friends to canvass the district or secure a
nominate II. The St. Adams Adpertise,
expressed itself thusly: "In face of COM
ing opposition at the convention Mr.. Will
lard stnck to his high standard of poliiical
conduct and meyer stopped to the petty
acts of demagogue to capture the nom-
nation. He had done his duty nobly in
the opinion of the state and nation in Cop.
gress, and on this reputation alone would
he consent to go before the convention
This was about the beginning of il. and II
has been followed up in the same stv,e
ever since. The Springfield RepubAeao. of
Thursday, publishes letter from Mani
1'elier-remember from Nontpelier-wbere-
in ii is stated, in effect, that Mr.. Wood.
bridge openly boosted in the convention
that he had used money to defeat a renom.
nation. a more absurd falsehood never
was uttered. Even if Mr.. Woodbridge
had used money for such a purpose, which
we do not for moment believe. he il no
fool, and, therefore, never would have adj
mitted 1t to the convention. If he had
said, as this correspondent says he did. in
referring to letter published in the New
York Times, when that letter appeared.
" this old coat came off and my wallet
came out, what would haye been its effect
and the result? Such speech before
such q body of men would have caused
the almost unanimous denomination of the
present incumbent, and no one knows it
better than this lying correspondent him
self. But we intended to quote only this
statement, which IS as untrue as the other
This letter says that the people of the dis
'rlct would have returned him." that is