Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-08-19
The Result.


As the latest news from Middlebury
given in list weeks FREEMAN indicated,
til rrsut Of tn. district convention was
the nomination Of Col. Joyce. This was
dIe t. persistent political work and to the
use of the urrl II mt, so-called, of locality
nj l. b. tie discomfort of the few and the
h bit of ths m Is of Vermont citizens OF
staying away from primary meetings.
Wa ngton County. finding the defeat OF
Nh w Hard WIS Il toregone conclusion in
thu convention, did not present his name
an will support the Midllebury nominal
i'm ut the pills. If We remember cor
rely, however, MilIlebcry nominations
have not always of lac years received us
Courteous trra ment As that from all parts
OF the d strict.
For ourselves, we are not in the habit o!
say.ny whit We do net thin but frequently
in the habit of saying what we do think.
Daring this campaign we have expressed
the opinion that the great m 'jority of re-
Du llicin voters in this district preferred
thlt NJ. Willard should be the candidate
of the purity. Thtt we still believe to be
true. We furthermore stated that he was
no. man who would resort to button
holing and exhortLtion to get himself
nominated. We still believe that to be
true. an !. as We hearl it expressed the
her dry. we ''do mt know why he has n I
H., .i,rt,t IN, I,, of
h, chooses" Wnilc mtny of his friends
are sorry to see him retired because he
would not take hold and " manage a CAM
paign.n we know of none who respect him
the less for it.
As for the means by which the campaign
wis wen, tEey are not unusual and do no
particularly call for comment except foI
an attempt which has been made by one O
the Rutland r.pers to give the impression
that the people did it. Thlt is. this Rut-
land paper started the ball I'm "the peo-
pie dill the ret" The paper claims T.
hive started the thing of its own motion;
and this being so we do mt see where The
cause comes in for that remarkable ex-
haustion that Our nominee remarked was
upon him from the labors of the canvass
when he 90. BIZ k from Middlebury. With
III. GIO5c's powerful advocacy and tn,
people doing the rest, how was it the CAN
vas tired HIM so?
The fact Of it is.ihe caucuses were locke,
after and carefully manipulated. Wher,
fir notice is given, folks who stay at home
AMI let clurus @ by default have little
RICH, TO grum5le because 4 few men are
run in on time 10 steal it away. Consid-
cradle vigilance is the price of having
ones way to any very great extent in this
country. Bat it is a little unpleasant to
hear sd, h cauCuses called the voice of the
people. Not only were many of the cau-
cuses carried in this way, but in few in
stances they were called in unusual place.
and insufficient notice was given. In al
lie tst one place shlrp practice WIS Carried
5 far that demot Ratio votes We're br0u. hi
in to III in electing delegates. We regret
exceedingly that II resolution was not car
rid in the con> ention providing that. in
the future. caucuses should be held through
cut tie district on the same hour of the
same day ut the usual places of hol ing
frerm MS meetings, and that there should
be II fixed length of time to keep the bal
lot b xeS open.
Tie tive Rutllnd papers are now dis
Gu snr with zeIl the question of which
dill III mos towards the success of oul
next Congressm III in the convention, and
in the discus SION have thoroughly proved
what We claim, tllat the nomination was
the work of the politicians and not of the
people. Now we don't say it was bad
work IS politicians work goes, the mean,
useI having been those common among
them always. While we regret that MI.
Willard was not retu ned,we have no hos
tility towards the nominee or grief that
he succeeded. We should have preferred,
it is true, Gov. Stewart, Col. Veazey OF
NJ. Munson, bnt SO long rs the material
ind s res Of the Otter Creek Valley are
satisfied, of course there is nothing in par
ticulIr TO be said.
There is one thing that is really mat.
ter for rel hcing, and that is that the Sc
we're pain in the lower part of this district
will now be allayed. The sufferings have
been local and terrible. and the groans
have been continuous and unpleasant. TIE
lOnged for remedy having been obtained
we hop d to re orl Il truly happy condi-
ton of aff rirs wherein the hum of increas.
i'm manufactures and qnrries and mate
rial things would have risen above the
sounds of discomfort in the great county
of Rutland. But taking the word of the
movers of the machinery for it, this Mid.
dlebury nomination seems to have been
the most remarkable of all the produces
of the industries Of the Otter Greek Val.
ley, for ths can iii tie says he is fatigued
with his work. anil there. is war to tn,
hilt between the ms AMI the outs over
there as to which did the most. The par
which II prominent Addison county politi
clan took in the matter. melted thereto b,
The letter in the New York Times which
was the work of that papers regular
Washington correspondent, seems to bt
overlooked by these Rutland people
whereas Mr.. Woodbridge was an impor
tint worker in Col. Joyce's favor.
In conclusion, we have simply to 81,
that we do not like to see Vermont nom;r
atoms worked mp as this has been, believ
ing that this is not the carrying out of th,
idea of government of the people by tn.
people and for the people.
Words.
This Is what the convention a. AS;II,