St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-10-02
Justice and Judge Poland


The Montpelier Freeman tell, H..
truth when it promuuncc> IidIruI,u-,i
attempts of papers like the Srrlr,,.,.. Nv,
hcpuhlirIn 1" account for .Id.. f.
land : defeat ~ the result OF 4 v....
popular Indignation against him .,. a.
author OF the Credit M"hilicr l,r,,
~ "a salary grlhhcI." a> = pies.
ger. or a. Il proof that the .ludo,.- ..
trgrltH WAS under su>pici"n Ih,.f,..,t
Is that the Judge. with Il deal l,., IN.
>"nll integrity than his worst ,u,,.
cnnrcdrN To him. might have. been. a..
representative of his district uil.'
rNcitim" Il wnrd of hostility tur ...,.
the Average voter III Vermont. lie ID
with the average voter every NJ hrl.,r..
personal ability and personal iurr,,r
weigh far less than personal tact mad
the pnS>c>>i"n of what may hr p.ll,,,,.
fairly termed y mpIthctic talents
If Judge Poland had been mnIr 20,
''grr>lrr. hr might have been twice.
much of Il ''>.rl.,IN grahhrr. f"r L-
ESTUARY grahhimy WAS only the >lu.
holrth of fools and drma"nyur>. ,...
Judge P"I.iud. il spite of his ~r.o..
clear head. has always been Il lit,l,. n...
d""IIatic aiI'i iuprri"lI> with the -ho..-
in his district. and exciting them hn-rF
itN he has at last pcII>lIcd Il, then
hands. The "'lol~ Thought him. w>,.
"r uniu>tll. selfish. Geld hIuodcd. .l,
aut"rratir. and rallied around judi,
Steele. who. inferior To- judge H.
land in mere power of legal undo
Il ,.tt la.
fine int, lIcct. and polInd'~ superior T..
popular talents. New the oGly M
take the Judge made was that. seam.
all the active spirits III his district o.,
trrmimcd To make Il bitter fight in l.
event for steele. he did not at once -r.,
way. step down and out. This 1900
hiti"n To 90 again and beat Sr..,
vas natural. and not di>hunuI:hlr ,.
il WIS certain to make hi curu.,..
more implaclhlr than ever. And Ola.
j. the whole OF il. The Judge hat h,,.
4 hard master To the "hoN> and Nh.
''hol>' have AT length thrown him. r..,.
hccau>c they sincerely believed that L.
WIS corrupt but simply hc,Hu~, rur.
didn't lik" him personally.
y State " here the voters will cuuH
man Mr.. Willard To ahdicltr ion Il u....
who l. more OF IL caucus politician than
Judge Poland ever was in the hmu o.,
his diIc-t difficulty. and VhrI, the.
pass rr~nluti"r~ prHi>iug Nj. Wi0a
for his integrity. while they prnmpr.
rejected him. integrity and all u.,,
mot he credited with ANY rrculcr,n.
virtue t" account fuI Judge P"Lud'-
defeat. No. N"ur average i,rmr..
voter l. no sensitive ''>i~tcI. i, bits
comparatively little abstract los, a.
admiration for personal iurcllcr. ..
worth superior 10 hi own. but o., d".-
love what he calls Il ''clrycI iI.o. ."
That i Il fellow that always pl.r>,- Ohio.
Virtue and intelligence of his Iwd ,,u
>Iitu.urN. that always speaks tn hm.
that AWAY embraces and swap p..
uIc> with HIM. that assures him rI..
Vermont l. THE star that nr,tl 49,.
that gu>h.> all over him. and TIE.
fathers him carefully with hi '...U~u
y little impa>>ionrd nnn>rIr>c. uirr,I
with magnetic frrvnr at every punI.
IL few funny stories. aIc mol,
easily cnmprchcmdcd 10y the na>> thu.
strength of understanding" ur mlIhr,.
tor genuine intellectual lih"
y very cheap fellow can touch Il man
eyes with Il straw and he cries. and
with the same straw tickle his feet aud
he laughs. Judge Poland aud Nh. WI
lard are men of very different tempo
and Vet both are ''nut in H.
'"ld 10y their constituencies. 1t l. o..
more just to a>rIihc Pulaud'S failure #.
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