Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-06-09

The FgsE Pass havin. said that Col.
Meals friends expected support for him
from the Grangers throughout the State, but
tina, il va- question how far the Patrons
intended to mix with State politics in Yer
mont. the Woodstock Standard thinks that
=. there is great Injustice in treating Col.
NcaI'- candidacy ia this manner" The
Standard ADDS
A. 4 Republican De tae peer o.; any man In the
state. and hs ir ends have an inquest oned right
o. present BIS name on that ground alone. His
rinnectiHu with the Patrons has nothing o. do " "a
2. Aswcll Dhieci % Deacon Estcy because he j. d
Baptist and ha. the und v.ded support OF that ce-
ll.natIon, " to some other person because he is
a member % D ph4rmaceut cal assoc alton ol man
uiaoiurers uniou' Of % some other % the many
Industrial or-an. nations. L a man is presented as
the clro date 90 class we Wi agree that he
ought 90 De defeated. but because he happens 20
belong o. some political organ zatlon furnishes
no reason why we should oppose him. II is enough
i be swortly . a Republican and ctizen.-one
who " I'D discharge the duties 81 the Office in such
manner shall he FOR the best interests OF the
state. We have no evidence that Col. Mead is
% Zoe Granger cand date on the contrary We
understand that lie j. Republican caud date, and
hopes 20 he treated purely As such. The
leading Gram crs a this section, far
know. scaar-e their duties As cit-
-, Us ,. snu W
tbc.r number or not Several Of them have ex-
pressed o. Us IN pointed terms Their dlsapproyai
ther vii AS :, body. suI,po-t anvman for Gov
ern.r because hc . member Of their order
~ sslh ,' ~ u. :, t-t ri Ne Me-, f'%S,u Ia'
and 10 create d prejudice against him because b.
-e,s ms bread honestly ny til.ns the SOL. We do
a. VI .attlst te .est. IN o,,- avn rnd ,oe
We shal support Tor Governor. Our first and see
opa ehDee are .9i o me ue.a, ana ne ne mas
To- do next. NJ me need he surprised Il the Con
yention should take the matter into is own hands
tvee ~ S, ,i s,c, 49, Ma ,r, ,, a. .a os
tha, Mead s tie best lifted and quite as worthy as
b. comgei tor At any rate Jet hm have EAR and
" =, certainly, have no disposition to treat
Col. Mead unfairly We have sincere res
pect Tor hun As a man OF sincere convictions,
of high integrity and unblemiShed personal
character, and who mean, to do right, &C
cording 10 the Light that Is in him. lie Is
also a square Republican. But the Standard
must permit Us 10 say, that we can sec no !
injustice to Col. Mead, in abiding to the |
undoubted fact that his friends rely largely |
on support from the Grangers. in the effort |
to secure his nomination. The Standard |
may not know that this Is a fact. and NAV |
be simple enough to suppose that his con- |
nection with the order OF Patrons has moth |
ing to do with the case. and that he would
be lust As prominent a candidate. if he were
not n prominent member of that order. But
the fact remains that Col. Mead's friends are
expectinr and have secured support for him
As a Granger, which would not have been
given to him simply IA Republican. At
the recen. meetin, OF his friends. as we have
the order was largely represent
ed and substantially controlled the decision
to nut him forward. Now. Col. Mead
oroucht forward bv Republicans souarelv
and simnlv As a Good R.nublican l. ono
binc: and Col. Mead As the virtual nominee
# a secret order. which nrofesses to have
,othinc IN do witb nolitics i onitc
mother. There are Gnncers. not n
ew we are clad To believe. whose interest in
bo;r order Is bascd an n sincere and so,orc
,urpose to promote the welfare of the farm
-. nc , class We have only res,oc, c,r