The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-05
CIRCULATION.
The average daily circulation OF DAILY GLOBE,
II the periods named below, was as follows:
yERMONT,s NEXT DELEGATION
IN CONGRESS-.

said to be and undoubtedly from the
non of DIR. Thomas II. Hoskins, late cdl-
tor and proprietor of the Vermont fdfmer.
We should have cOntenied ourself with its
simple publication and not referred further
To the subject but for its last sentence. lie
SAYS: THE result of this dirty political
" intrigue, and of similar performances in |
=" other districts, is that Vermont has now |
q" an utterly insignificant delegation IN the |
" national house of representatives, while |
the rcformers and other reiormers gain
nothing save a little discredit" The cdr
ty political intrigue, referred to,a our read
ers will doubtless remember, consisted in the
purchase or the Farmer by the supporters
of Denison, whereby the little influence
it had was transferred from Colonel John
Il. Mead to Mr.. Denison. If this pur
chase and sale was political intrigue.
or if there was anything peculiarly "dirty"
abou, il, was not the seller as much an "il-
,tiguer" and as much despatched with
''drt" as " ere the buyers ? In view of the
fact that tie seller must have understood
the object of the purchase, it strikes us
that this is u pertinent inquiry, and that
The dizziness" of the transaction, if any
such there be, rests a. much ON the skirts
If toe lac editor md proprietor as on
tho,r OF the pr, cnt management. 1t
there was anything wrong about 1t, we
have clear example of the pot calling the
kettle black But VIC must confess we do
n II see any dirtn es in the transaction,
save that which is self confessed, even if
the object was to convert the F0Ymer into
a Denison instead of Mead paper. The
sale Of newspapers, with distinct knowl-
edge of the fact ,'a its politics are to be
changed, is matter of common occur
renee in this country, and such sales have
never been considered, nor can they justly
he so considered, as involving any moral or
political turptitude, as being "drty" trans
actions or partaking of the nature of an
'niliguc" In this particular case, no
crs bat of the other party's wrong doing,
we presume that we are bound to take him
at his VOID and judge him by his own con-
fession This aside, and without an un-
kind thought toward Colonel Mead, we
take it that ii was happy contamination,
and one on which the people of the second
district and the state may and do cougratu-
late themselves, that while Dudley c. Den.
ison goes into congress the Colonel will
pass his DAYS in the retirement of private
life-a life, we are bound to say, which hi
more adorns than he by any possibility
could any public station.
This brings US to the silly assertion ''tha
4" Vermont has now an utterly insignlfcan
- delegation in the national House o.
" Representatives" meaning, we presume
in the next Congress. We take it that TIT
meaning is that if John B. Mead had sue
coeded Luke Z. Poland, the delegation
would not haye been "utterly lnsignifi
can't" We have not left our readers il
doubt relative to our opinion of Judg
Poland as politician, neither did we fai
to give utterance to our rejoicing over hi
defeat, and we have not now one word 4
alter or take back in reference thereto
While conccding Judge Poland's grea
abilities, we found but little to admire an
much to condemn in his political course
yet We would have heartily supported hir
for reelection had the choice been nal
rowcd down to a contest between him an
Colonel Mead. Perhaps the Colonel woul
have done no harm, but he could have az
complshed no good. Judge Poland, o
the contrary, has done some good, he ha
the capacity to do more, and as betwee
the two, we would have taken the risk
But this may be wandering, and we, there
fore, return with the assertion that on
delegation in the next Congress is equal
every way to that in the present HOUSE
save only in the matter of experience, an
that is readily acquired. That Dudley
Dennison is honest and man of integrit
is virtually admitted by this letter write
in the assertion "that very fe
people knew anything against him
~ N"NiS ""7 "HS ''i"5 "5"'h
him" more than Every few people wou
have heard of it, A leading member of Il
Windsor county bar, states attorney, Tn
ted States district attorney, a member
both branches of the legislature, besd
filling various town offices, and a cant
date for Congress, if there was "anythir
against him." it must have come out b
fore this. We know it to lie II fact that
is no; an Office seeker, in any sense of Il
word and We, even if we had no kno'
ledge thereof, would have the right to O
sumo that having held these varions office
one after another, that he was possessed
some ability He is not politicians s Il
word is generally understood, he cannot
FUSED, he Is honest and capable and is Il
peer in real ability Of any man Who
represented the present second dstri
since it was formed. lie may not make
much show as the present member, but
will do as much and more for the distri
state and country. The only other distr
IN which there has been change is in th
the first We do not propose to fight oy
the old battle again. II is nnnccessa
that we should do 50, as we, Il, yet. ha
not seen any reason to change the opini
then so often expressed. We eoncede eve
qualification that is claimed for the prest
member, even by his most partial frien,
vet we assert that, in our judgment,
successor is his peer in every way. @
conclusion, honestly entertained and bas
upon somewhat of knowledge, is that Y
mont will be as well, as ably, in some
spects, better represented in the next tn
in the present Congress.
THE Boosted EQUALITY.
In this country, the law holds all n
IN he aoua1-Or DprlaDs the better eyDr