The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-08
The Rutlantl daily Glohe.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1874.
~. Adams correspondence.

on Tuesday evening for the election of del
egates to the Sheldon Convention was the
largest ever held in town, so the coolest
inhabilant" tells us, but was a quiet and
orderly one, conducted with all apparent
fairness. Every effort was made on both
sides to get out voters. and the result, as
telegraphed to THE GLOBE, was to show
that the people, by two-thrds vote, gently
remarked that they preferred to have Park
Davis represent them in the senate rather
than Albert Clarke
This result was the ono expected, though
tho majority was much larger than even
Ir Dayiss most enthusiastic supporters
had predicted, and everything was pleasant
to all appearance Next morning the dele
gates elect and number of friends repair
cd to sheldon. and their gaze was saluted
by the picture Of Mr. Clarke in py0pria
perS0hD, standing in the middle of the
Bellevue House Office, with his arms heavily
laden with copies of "NesScnger Ertrd,'
which lie was ndustriously distributing,
and which, on examination, was seen to
allego the most gigantic frauds in the cau-
Gus of the evening before. repeating, bring
ing in of non-residents, voting of minors,
ETC., al miraculously on the Davis side, and
the general information that St. Adams was
sink OF iniquity unparalleled on this
continent at least, and the supporters of
the railroad interests gang of ring thieves
] haC xt.l,r nd
the rest of it, paled almost out Of sight
| When the st Adams men, whether Davis
| sympathizers or neutral, saw that they were
dragged under this stigma, saw that their
delegation was branded with dishonor, saw
that their names, which were most of them
as pure at least as the average of mankind,
were attempted TO be furnished by the man
who wanted to represent them, remembered
that lis friends had watched the ballot box
a. tellcls, as individuals, and making no re-
monstrancc or complaint, had even said
after the caucus 1--WE have been fairly and
squarcly beaten then they waXed exceed
ing wroth, and it was well for the ''reform"
candidates sleep that night that he couldn't
hear all that IRE heard said.
Mr.. Clarke has been hard at work with
tongue aud pen these last few months. He
has written fiercely and carelessly, trusting
to his skill and ability to carry him through
He has lectured in most every town in the
county upon "The Road to Ruin l. c.,
Central Vermont. The people Of many of
Of lin, kax, Al,
nourished in their hearts hatred for st
Adams, born Of envy pure and simple, and
while the great antirairoad, anti-monop-
oily, anti-corporation, anti-cverything but
the tiling of the soil, and ever was cours-
ing fiercely in the veins of the husbandmen,
who, having really some wrongs to right,
have been so suddenly awakened to them
that mountains and mole hills look to their
dazzled eyes the same, stirring pthe slum-
benng embcrs of this old venom. he has
succeeded in convincing very many people,
as it seems. that st. Albans is a sink of vice
which they must crush out for their own
salvation, and that he is the modern Moses
who shall lead them out of this wilderness
Oh peru Ill WniCn lncy Wdnucr.
And so this convention, forgetting their
courtesy which demanded that St Albans
choice of her own senator should be re-
spected, forgetting everything but vague
fear that they were going to be swindlcd in
some way unless protected by this one
man, defeated Mr.. Davis. Nay, more than
this the convention defeated Mr.. Wilson.
candidate for states attorney, for no reason
under lIHyen but because he lived in st.
Adams, and Mr.. llalbert candidate for
sheriff, because he was favored by the st.
Adams delegation.
In your telegraphic report Of the conven-
ton occurred this sentence; 1.-The CON
vcntion was exceedingly d.so.derly, party
spirit ran high, and bitter feeling against
the railroad interest and st. Adams was
shown The Messenger, with its usual
honesty and fairness, quotes this, leaving
off the last two words, and then says it is
as untruthful as it is ungrammatical Its
grammar may certainly be criticised after
such a curtailment, but its truth no honest
man who was at Sheldon will presume Ia
deny.
The AdoeytSer omits Mr.. Clarkc's name
from the ticket at the head of its columns,
giving reasons for so doing. There is much
feeling upon the subject of this nomina-
ton in town. that we can state with Ger
tainty, but what the result of the September
election will be we do not presume to pre-
dict. It must speak for itself
On Wednesday and Thursday evening.
the Flyers Sisters troupe gave concerts al
Academy Hail. which, like all entertain.
ments here of late, were poorly attended
but the last evening walked up a few of oul
public-spirited and muslc-loving citizens
who invited them to repeal their very cX.
cellont concert ut the Weldon House on
Friday evening, which they did, and the
large audience which greeted them was
pleased even to enthusiasm We can fully
endorse The GLOBES encomiums and pro
nounce this the finest quartette of voices
it has been our pleasure in many year tC
listen to
, We had very severe thunder storm oil
Thursday night Lightning struck BARI
belonging to Hon. Jasper Rand, but did i
no serious injury, and frightened som,
horses on Lake street so badly that they
ran into Col, Newtcn's carriage and demon
allied it n good deal
The boys were out in full force on thu
night of the 3D., and made indescribably
awful noises with small cannon, tin horn
aud various instruments, which don't de
serve name, so that it was difficult even
for your correspondent 'to sleep the slcel
of the just Imagine for moment how
other people must have suffered In tn
midst of the scrape an old ruined mill OF
the brook off England street mysteriousl,
burned up. 1t was the property of Mr.
Livingstone, who, IN view of its small
value, should have rendered itup cheerfully
3 burnt offering before the altar of Liberty