Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-07-17
MATTERS CONGRESSIONAL.

From present appearances Judge Poland
will receive another nomination by nearly
the unanimous voice of the republicans of
tho district.
1t seems as as though we could remember
some similar representations which were
made two years ago, when the convention
was far from unanimous for the judge, and
we incline to the opinion that a direct APP
peal to the people would have given a re-
suit still farther in the same direction. The
fact that the town caucuses are now openly
called, so that some Of the spring traps
which have so often been used in the call
ing of caucuses will be made impossible, aud
the other fact that the people-those who
have usually stayed at home and left the
caucuses to few schemers-take fully more
interest in such matters than they did two
years ago, look to us unfavorable to the
judges prospects.
We have advocated Col Mead because
We consider him the best man for the place.
We have no assurance from him, either di.
rect or indirect, that he desires or would &C.
cept the nomination, but we believe he would
be the choice Of a majority Of the voters Of
the district His public acts have been hon.
orable and unsel6sh, and his private life
pure and full Of Christian charity and broth
erly love. In limited personal acquaint-
ance we have found him courteous, gentle
manly and obliging, and we venture to say
money never found its way into his pockets
by any means that savored of the salary.
grab spirit.
We leave stamford" to our correspondents
who seem to pretty thoroughly answer his
inquiries and arguments. With regard to
Judge Poland, We have always considered
him very able man. His part in the codi.
ication Of the laws deserves great praise,
and the confidence of the house in his abil.
ity must have been great when they, as re-
ported in one paper, practically took Mr..
Poland's word for them and passed them,
instead of reading them aud acting upon
them at length. But we cannot help reflect
ing that "the proof Of the pudding is in the
eating" and we sincerely hope that Mr.
Polanjs judgment will prove to have been
Of more value in this instance than it APP
pears to have been in the case of the notori.
Gus gag law" which he introduced and Sc
cured the passage Of in the house, and o.
which he wrote
never thought of newspapers in connec.
ton with the bill, and presume no one else
did, for can see no possible effect il car
have upon them or their conductors. | hat
no communication with the senators nance
or amy senator, and | have no doubt they
were us innocent of any design on the press
MS | was.
In less than week from the publication
Of this letter an action was commenced i,
The District Of Columbia court against Mr.
Dana, editor of the Netc York SIN, for Ii
bel printed in the city Of New York. 1t il
difficult task for US to believe the judg,
knew no better, but there is his letter, anC
we have no alternative from that belle
but the equally repugnant theory that h
did know the full import of the bill an,
that his letter was falsehood. We incln
to the former solution.
AS for his share in the Credit Mobile
investigation, if the whitewashing done b,
that committee entities its members to am
credit they are welcome to it.
The district ring investigating Committe
during more than one session used whitowas
freely, but the corruptions there were to-
much for them they would show, and a
last came the late crash. Whether matter
have been bettered by the recent change re
mains to be seen.