Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-08-19
From the CaledOnian.
DEFEAT OF MR.. WILLARD.

DEF EAl cE Mn W Il.l-Akp.
The very sad news came on Wednesday
that Col Charles II. Joyce of Ru,lani.
was nominated for Congress in the First
District, which has been so ably and a.
cpptably represented by Hon. Charles w
Willard The report said joyce WAS nom
mattel by accllmation, 50 We presume Mr.
lizard did not allow his name to 90 be-
fore the convention.
This result was not anticipated until
during the pa week. Not lisp has been
raised against Mr. Wizards public ats
or private character. 1t is hi misfortune
to live in Washington county, whereas
Rutland believes it to be the head centre
of the district. BY ringing the changes on
locality. and eXtolling the ability of Col
Joyce, and Il lavish expenditure of work.
they have succeeded in creating u diminish
feeling which has defeated Mr.. Willard.
This result is Il state and national loss.
Our present representation in Congress
places the little state of Vermont abreast
of the great states of the union in intiu-
ence upon national affairs. Every time
we exchange Willard for joyce. by
whatever name they are called, we lose in
ability and influence us Il state, and if thi,
thing goes on, Vermont will soon become
Il cypher.
The ingratitude fthis movement against
Mr.. Willard must come to every mind.
1t was only by his able and persistent
efforts that Vermont now retains her three
representatives in Congress.
From the Boston jon mal.
THE VERMONT CONGRESSIONAL NONINA-
TONS.
The Republicans of the First and Second
Vermont Congressional Districts met in
convention yesterday, the former ut Mid
,llebary and the latter ut White River
Junction. The result in the First District
is somewhtl of Il surprise. The contest
for the nomination has lain between the
present incumbent, Hon. Chlrlcs w. VIII
lard of Montpelier, and Col. Charles ii
Joyce of Rutland. Both of these gentle
men are highly esteemed in the district
and nothing has ever been charged ag inst
| the personal character of either Mr.. Will
lards Congressional career has been in
every way credt;lble to himself AMI to his
constituents; and the opposition to him
was based chiefly on the ground that hi
three terms of service had given him :,
sufficient share of the public honors. The
result of the caucuses held in the different
towns showed division of choice SO near.
| ly equal us to Indicate close contest in
the convention. Very naturally, there
fore, the convention was taken bv surprise
when Mr.. Wilard's name was withdrawn
thus leaving II clear field to Col. joyce
who WAS nominated by exclamation
This magnanimous action of Mr.. Wilar
is ut once an indication of his own hicl
character and Of the generous nature o.
the rivalry for the nomination. By his re
tirement from Congress Vermont will les
from her representation at Washington
one of her ablest and most faithful publ,
servants. The successful candidate, Col
Joyce, will doubtless do the state good ser
vice, however. He is a lawyer BY profes
sion, and is in the prime Ollie. He servee
in the army during the war, and has hat
some legislative experience.
From the Boston Globe
THE VERMONT CONGRESSMAN.
The proceeding, of the Republican Con
ventions in the First and Second Vernon
Congressional Districts, reported in full
in our news columns, form an interesting
chapter in the current history of nationa
politics. In the District, where prepara
tons had been thoroughly, and rs it prov
ed, successfully. made to defeat the renom
nation of Mr.. Willard, the chief interes
has for some weeks centred Almost u,
to the hour at which the convention met
the final issue Of the gathering was il
doubt. Mr.. Willard is an able, homes
and experienced legislator. and. to observ
ers outside the state, it hardly seemed
possible that the people of his distric
would refuse to avail themselves of hi
continued services. But the question o
locality and the iil.judged cry for "rota
ton . which operated against him, com
bined with lack of sufficient g engineering
on the part of his friends, placed him in .
minority in the convention. To save hin
from open defeat, his name was Withdrawn
and his opponent. Colonel Joyce, was
unanimously nominated. Although tbs