Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-09-18
Judge POland's Letter.
OPINIONS OF TIE PRESS.

ton with Judge Poland which has been
frequently bursting out in the asst year or
two among his constituents, ana "h'eh
really accounted for Mr.. Denison : cahui,
dacy rather than that his efforts accounted
for the disaffecton We should be slow To
believe that it was really owing to a loss oil
confidence in Judge Poland $ integrity as
public man. We have no doubt Whatever
that his declarations in regard to the disih-
terestedness of his Congressional career are
true to the letter and We are sure that he
is warranted in saying to his constituents
that that career has not been diScredita-
BILE to you OF the State" On the contrary, I
it has been highly honorable, rs well as
useful to the whole country. As to ms
more local and political dealings with hiS
constituents, we have nothing to say Inc
whole subject. in fact, is involved IN cloud /
of controversy and passion. through which (
the vision of no outsider can pierce.
From the Springfield Union
Judge Poland has addressed u frank ana /
manly letter to the Republican voters OF the |
second congressional district of Vermont,
withdrawing his name as candidate Tor
Congress at the election in November, ne
cessitated by the failure to effect choice at
the recent election, and reviewing at some
length his course in Congress and III the
recent canvass. Judge Poland is right in
second sober thought of the people Tor the
vindica ton of his course as public man
We do not believe, however. that any lapse
of time will make it appear otherwise than
that the Republicans of his district have
nsed worthy and honorable repre- scntati'e
very stability
From the Boston Advertiser.
The election made it clear that the MONT
mating convention did not fairly represent
the wishes of the district. The lesson OF
the experience is that the men who act with
any party because agreeing with It's general
aims will find a way TO assert themselves
when the party machinery Is used to defeat,
instead Oh TO give expression to, the wishes
of the majority. The lesson i whole
some one, and may it be taken to heart by
all leaders who aspire By political tactics %
override the Opinions OF the voters We
are disposed To think Judge Poland has not
been fairly treated by his constituents. and
that his distinguished and very useful scr
vices in important departments OF leSlSia-
ton have not been appreciated at their real
value To the country. Vermont VIII lad
that it. delegation. with TWO Ut It three
mem berS new men, Will not Ice a. lnuatn-
tial IN the next Congress a. In recent ones.
From the b. ston Globe.
No doubt injustice has been done To Judge
. L.
m higher esteem he would have been ac-
counted good Republican He StS- that
be did not desire t. continue M Congress,
and proceeds at once to show that he tj1S
>otne uains to obtain the nomination. IL
examined the ground carefully beforehand
To >.e whether II would be "A difficult task.
and flndiqg, a. he thought. that ~odli
not, had ~ name announced lie then
discovered that there was a kichm0nd IN
the field tina. be bad occasion 10 lear. ana
he " endeavored to. IL candidates usdaiS
do incite' his friend 10 active exe!tlohs 10
have delegates sent to he contention VINO
would nominate him E@actlS lie sought
the nomination and the ciet u'h' anu No' a.
work pulling wires, instead ~ Iea, IhS t"o
people of his party alone TO secu.'s the nom
nation of whoms1evcr suited them best.
This having ones name announce ana
having onc's friends set actively at work 10
control the caucuses and secure the nomi-
nation i lust the sum and substance OF
party management, and, naturally enough,
with his political education, Mr.. Poland
sees nothing at all Objectionable in this II
appears to him To be the legitimate and
regular course to take. but the people are
getting sick OF It. This selection ut repre-
sentative, instheir business. and it J. not Tor
the representatives, To select them.
Mr. Poland, in his defence OF hi- past
record, shows tac same kind OF an educated
conscience "a party politician lie has
laborcd hard in Congress. on the revision
of the statutes and other useful work, and
has never been " the gamer of one cent by
anv vote OF other official act. This he mis-
takes for virtue. while it Is merely freedom
from gross vice. \ man may not steal Ut
defraud he may labor hard IN the service
of his party, and in the lroutine business OF
Congress, and yet AT times, when there j.
corruption to be checked, extrAyAganceS 20
be curtaled ami "a general reform OF affairs
10 be wrought out, something more L. ez-
From the New Y5rs Nation.
Mr. Poland has had good enough rcpu
tation. and IN department lie j. ,aId to be
irreproachable he never ldue- anything IN
Congress hastily or angri.y never gives
his fellow members the ne direct. never
shakes his f.; in their fares, but on all oc-
casions conducts himself IN di-nIied and
strictly parliamentary manner he l. an
educated man. also nevertheless, he Is best
known to the public at present a the au-
thor of the " Poland Gag-law and of the
Credit-Mohilier report. and the defender OF
the Back-pay grab" This dubious re-
cord has ruined him IN Vermont.
From the New York Tribune.
In Withdrawing from the field a. d Con-
OCCASIONAL candidate, Judge Poland Of YER
mont INDUCES in an autobiographlc post
norton. The Judge did not know there
was anything the matter wiki him I'LL be
woke up dead lie says he should no have
been a candidate II he had known Mr.. Deui-
son was RAINING. He knows It now.
From the ST. Adams Messenger.
The Boston Journal i yet unable to ac-
Count for polani's disastrous defeat. We
are unable - sec anything very mysterious
a bout il. II the withdrawing of Credit
Nobilier corrup ion. the back pay business.
the press gag law measure anu o 5tnefa'
cour -e of political 10 'bery did not furnish
the principal causes tor ~ defeat We SN'A'd
ike more reliable inlormat n.
From the ST. Ala = Al 'e'i's.r-
If Judge Poland had been IA. efe OF
" gush,r, he might have been Niso a.
much of - salary srabber. - for his rai-
ary grabbing was only the >hibbuleth %
fools ani denagogues. but Judge Poland
IN spite OF his strong clear head. has always
been little too iogmatc and Imperiou~
with the " boys in his district. and ,x-it-
ing their hostility he has at last pcri-helby
their hands. The "hoys" thought him.
justly or unjustly, selfish, cold blloded and
autocratic, and rallied around Judge Steele.
who, inferior to Judge Poland in mere pow
er oil legal understanding, Wa neverthe-
le - man OF fine intellect and P8iand's
uperlOr III popular talents. Now the only
MI take the Judge made was that. ~ee:ny
all the active spirits in his district deter
mined to make bitter fight in any even,
Tor Stiee, he did not at once give way,
- step down and out.
From the Monfpelier F-e,nap.
Credit Mobilier and white,washinc have [
been tai zed of. but We think the judge
stood rath her better than before with the mass
Of his constituents after his action rs chair
man OF he nyestisating committee. That
1t will be remembered made 4
report that there was much good in, though |
It did not come up 10 what many who had |
watched affairs desired Then the salary ,
Affair did hurt the Judge. The way he ker.
back pay did not suit, nor did the - {
returned it, the constituents 'd ia ~
perhaps. to please. but ia IN en-. ~ IT,
+, 80 I him some votes, but
.t &c r.. u not have been otherwise in
~ 80. had every voter believed Just !
.' he Judge said, that the law had moth
s co do in that line, more than 1t had
oh the smallpox.
The second district, if left alone. would
not have reelected Judge Poland two years
ago. Another man would have been nOmIn-
ated IN the Republican convention and have
received the usual majority in November,
1872 The campaign of 1872 was very dis
tasteful to the district, and the present vote
shows where the voters put the responsible
lily for that campaign
From the Worcester Mass Spy.
Mr.. Poland's enforced retirement has IN
it some clements of the pathetic. lie has
been II laboriOus and ciligent legislator, with
considerable acuteness and talent of Il mar