The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-14
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MONTPELIER, Oct. u, 1874.
OF all the disagreeable ''hangers-on'
about the state house during the sessions of
the legislature, those who have beea de-
featcd for one or more of the various Of
iices i'll the organization of the general
assembly, and who are more familiarly
known as "sorc heads" have generally
proved themselves the greatest nuiSances.
Having been defeated and repudiated
themselves, they almost invariably turn
upon those whom they think or imagine to
be the cause of their discontinue, with no
little of venom and any amount OF unjus-
tifable abuse ard criticism, The latest cX-
ample of this kind of impartial @ criti-
cism is found in the Burlington Sentinel of
this morning, under the head of ga peep
behind the scenes" which purports to be a
communication from the Montpelier cor
respondent of that paper; but not few
who are "behind the scenes" recognized
the rotund countenance and sandy nous
tache of the writer when he took that
''peep," and can therefore the more readily
understand the animus of The fellow.
Perhaps your readers would like his por-
trait.
Soon after the September elections, a
gentleman from Rutland of Cat first) very
pleasing address and winning manners
made circuit of the daily press of the
state, soliciting their endorsement for DO
sition as reporter either in the house or
senate, until, all at once, some one ''tickled
his fancy" with the idea that,the position of
secretary of the senate was much more in
keeping with his, heretofore, unapprecia-
ted abilities. Happy thought Baldwin
and Greene and Reed and Knapp, and lots
of other lesser lights, have "entered for that
race" and now I'll just show them how
easy it is for me to walk over that course
and "distance" the crowd. Home lie goes,
and announces himself sin the field for
secretary of the senate, with good pros
pect OF success! No more is heard of his
aspirations for the inferior, and now de-
spised Office of reporter his is the amb-
ton, and his the ability to acceptably serve
the state in the more dignifed and more
honorable position Of the more popular (if
not the more populous) branch of the gen.
eral assembly, and to that work he fully
addresses himself But, alas how are the
mighty fallen Not a man in the SEN
ate to do him honor His mighty abilities
are passed by as the idle winds and
when, from the outside, he takes his first
''peep behind the scenes" he finds another
"fellow" quietly occupying the seat he had
aspired to keep-so very, ce1y warm. And
then who feels bad? not he Oh; no
He was not in the field at all, at all! He
prefers the new 'posish" of assistant re-
porter of the senate, where he can the
more freely express his unbiased opinion Of
men and things, "without fear or favor of
any man." To that end he makes a sudden
exit from the capitol, and his beaming
countenance and benignant smiles are with
drawn from view for the space of one whole
night and thereupon buttons and baton
holes are safe, and members sleep quietly.
At dawn, he appears afresh upon the "bat-
tle-feld,' armed with requisilion from
"the daily newspapers of the state, who
have for twelve years controlled these re-
porter's POSITIONS and walks up to the
captains office with all the self-posscs
sion of an invited guest, and proceeds to
stake the appointment from the hands of
Lieutenant Governor Hinckley, nolens CO.
lens. But, 10! while our valiant aspirant hath
wandered, another, more vlgilant than he,
has taken possession of the goodly herl-
age, andl once more be is left out in.the
cold-and none but he can tell heso cold
His indignation is at fever heht His
wrath knows no bounds Such an outrage
on laudable ambition is neither graceful
or decent Why, says he to himself, are
"Sentinels" placed upon the outposts