The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-10
CIR @1ailg AArgns,
The Vermont Election.

The GROWING unsininrSs Of ali, Yer
' mont Snltcs the administration Ia the fac,
1t was not supposed possible. For Con
heeti nc 10 rgealcit.atp was not ST strange
iur New Hampshire t. lead her admins
trauon >tateHen to the door and lii hen
granite foot to their departure was not hS
any means unexpected, Those two are
what We call doubtful states But here
Is Nermont always faithful, among the
taIthless found IA state that has promoted
morality in Il most uneXampled fashion
through years of decentralization, by offer
ing no temptations to the better on elec.
tions, that has stood-if we may be allow
ed to introduce new and original figure
true as the needle to the pole Vermont
has quite gone back on her traditions
and defeated a regular nominated Repub-
lican candidate for congress.
Judge Poland was an earnest supporter
OF the administration; SO earnest that he
relieved it of any annoyance, and his fel-
low congressman Of any sense of having
been rebuked, by taking his back paw in
full. He stood by. He was that kind of
"A man. In u dress coat with brass buttons
he always stood by. When Nlessrs, Car
penter and Conk!iug thought that a ribald
and licentlous press ought to be rebuked
and that the only way to rebuke il was to
pass law allowing newspaper publishers
to be hauled before a Judge and iury off the
creation OF congress for saying things about
members of congress, Mr.. Poland in his
blue coat and brass buttons stood bv. For
stonlng Stephen he had no great talent, |
but for holding the wearing anDare of |
those who did stone Stephen he had nosi |
tive genius He went back to his constit- |
uents and told them in mournful numbers
that he had stood by the administration,
and as for the stoning of Stephen. Stenhen
had not been stoned, and he had only held |
the clothes OF some persons who had
thrown polIed peaS-not at stephen but
1t some male!actors who were passing that
way.
And so these Vermont supporters of the
refusing to renominatc the
'nly member in their delegation who had
efused the back pay, and been honest and
UPRIGHT and talked all the time the best
nd soundest OF good sense. did renomin-
tie this supporter of the Administration
rho stood by and supported Carpenter
nd Conf king, and put the back pay right
lto his breeches pocket under all his brass .
uttons, so as not to annoy his friends by
uttng on any airs Of superior virtue.
IN ! there are tides even in Vermont.
wen IN Vermont people hear of things I
nd discuss them, and have opinions of
leir own. And so the other day when
icy had an election, they said by very
riking and significant vote: Judge Po
land, you are doubtless IL well meaning 7
man, you did not suppose that the peo ii
pie whose clothes you held were about to II
stone Stephen, but you dear old brass W
buttoned patriot, you ought not to be ex-
posed IN places where people obviously it
know more than you do and impose on -,
your, good nature. Stay at home with Xxi
us, Judge, where you can do no mischief, ',
and we will send some one in your place
who knows what it means when he is ,
waited on by such men as Carpenter and :,
JonkIng with request to stand by" Al
1t is barely possible that the result in
ldge Poland's district is lesson for the
pporters Of the Administration in other
'trlcts and other States. Who knows ?
~ T. Tribune.