The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-03
A PITY, ISN'T TT

1t is pity, now isn't it that Broughton
d. Harris is not resident OF Vermont.
lie ought to be prosecuted and severely
punished for paying taxes in Brattlebcro
for the past thirty years. Especially
ought he 10 be visited with the most con-
dign punishment for forcing, during all
these years, bis poll tax into the unwilling
treasures Of The state, town, village and
school district. Wicked man he has been
s,ulling the ballot box with his vote for
more than quarter Of century, and
BratilebJfo hasn't had intelligence enough
to find il out. Poor Vermont when
ErGs,us Fairbanks, then governor, selected,
as he said, the ''most eminent citizens of
the state" to represent il in the Peace
conference, he was compelled to go out Of
the state and import Broughton ID Harris
to make up the requisite number. A burn
ing shame, wasn't it p? WiEdham county,
too, found herself SO barren Of good men
that it selected nonresident of the state,
Broughton ID. Harris, to represent her in
the state eenate, ard that body was 20 lost
to all feelings of state pride that it elected
him chairman Of Its military commttee-a.
that time, the most important of commit
tecs-and such men as George +. Edmunds,
John W. Stewart. Paul Dillingham; and
Charles w. Willard so far forgot their self
respect and their duty to the state as to
vote for this foreigner for that position.
The republicans of Brattleboro and Wind
| ham county, toe, are to be pitied for their
| dense ignorance or perfect disregard for
the fitness OF things, for they have been, for a
quarter of a century, selecting this
Broughton D. Harris, this nonresident of
the state, this ballot-box suffer and illegal
| taxpayer, to represent them in state and
| district conventions-and they inherited
| the bad habit from tho old wing party. The
| habit commenced with the wings, and has
been taken up and consistently followed by
the republicans ever since, SO that we find
this "furrener' a delegate TO nearly every
wing and republican state and district con.
NIntlOu uuIlLR al tiSec JSdlb. even uOW
| to the state convention of the present year.
Instead of resenting this insult on the good
| people of Vermont and the republican par
| iy, these conventions have winked at the
| bad practices of the Brattleboro republi
cans, and have, repeatedly, made this i'm.
| ported man who insists upon paying a poll
| tax in Brattleboro-against the will of its
other tax payers president of its conven
| tons. This has occurred, not only in state
conventions, but, in 1872, when he wai
such terrible Greeley man, he was elect
ed president of the republican district
| for the second congressional convention
when Judge Poland and Judge Steele were
| making such hot contest for the congress
sional nomination. What a shame it il
that the good people of Vermont have beer
SO terribly imposed upon. Braitleboro
ought to be ashamed of itself We should
despair Of Brattleboro, and of Windhau
county, we should tremble for the republi
can party and the state, If it were not that
we are authoritvely informed that Brattle
| boro still has citizen who il call oui
"own." Let US thank heaven, and take
COURAGE