Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-23
PoLAND'S WITHDRAWAL"

That political corpse exhibits an amazing
sprightliness; in fact, an uniformed person
would not suspect that he had ever ceased
to exist as candidate for votes--not for
office, OH no He is not in the field, and il
always. was ga matter Of very great indifier-
ence" to him whether he received the nomin-
alton or the election. He has written letter
taking his name out of the candidature
But it is a little queer that he has been at
Montpelier button-holiug his friends from
the district there, and has passed through
the lower end of the district caucusing with
his special friends. Another thing that is
queer is that his fuglemen in all parts of the
district are taking particular pains to instil
into the minds of the intelligent voters the
fact that there would be no harm in giving
him their votes, " as a courtesy, you know. y
Besides this, the Poland party played a good
card, they thought, when they got that little
clause incorporated in the democratic adj
dress stating that the committee has been
importuned by the friends of Mr.. Denison to
refrain from bringing candidate into the
field at this time" aud perhaps they thought
Alright, but we don't think they will catch
mauy votes with that kind of chaf. The
people of the district know better than to
! believe it,
The judges position reminds us of story
which we once heard him tell, applying it
to an opposition candidate. Said he: " He
is like the man who went out hunting and
thought he saw a deer but was afraid it
might be calf; he shot at it so as to hit it
if it was a deer but miss it if it was a calf
The Judge will accept an election if he can
get it, but if some one else gets it he will moi
have been defeated, for he was not candi'
date.
Now we would not try to have any mar
vote for some one else who thinks Judge Po
land the best man. 1t is his bounden duty
to vote for Mr.. Poland. And the same o.
the other candidates. We see no reason t.
think Mr. Dension can fail Of n much large
vote than he received before, because beior,
many men voted against him from a sense o
loyalty to party. The democrats, too, hav
a good man in the field, and can do them
selves honor by voting for him. We ar
not partzan. We do not favor Mr.. Deni
son because he happens to be republican
and we should not favor Mr. M'Lane be
cause he happened to be democrat. w
see, however, in Mr.. Denison q man who i
a previous ballot has received a large plu
rality Of the vote, when the voters were fire
and untrammeled by any caucus or othe
obligations in his favor, and we are willin
to abide by the preference SO manifested b
> the people
We live in hopes that we may sec the da
even in Vermont, as now in some Wester
states, when party labels shall be ignored b
d voters aud honest men DO chosen for ofiC
strictly with regard to their fitness for ofiic
The candidature of Mr.. Denison, it seems
, us, is placed upon this footing. He is nj
e the regular nominee of either party, thong
he has heretofore acted with and belongs
e the republican party. Both parties place
o their candidates in the field, but one W
0 too corrupt and the other party too small
o numbers as a party, so an independent ca
# didate received a plurality of the vote
c We would not urge a democrat to vote {
Mr.. Denison when he has a man probab
e equally unobjeotionable to vote for, but '
n believe all honest republicans and all W
a rise above party fealty will fluid it the pa
n of duty to go to the polls on the third al
n cast their votes for Mr.. Denson.