The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-22
" PoLAND's LEADERSHIP ~

attempts 10 SHOW tnaI l1uhc - Oiauu,
having aspirations for the vice presidency,
assumed the leadership of the republican
party IN Vermont; captured the repubi-
can state convention in March attempted |
to make bargain with Bristow; "did |
"more to defeat Blaine than any living |
"man," and thus, secured the nomination
of Hayes; dictated the nomination of
Horace Fairbanks for governor; import
"ed Brstow," "towed him around in
"palace car" "snubbing Senator Ed |
"munds out of the campaign" and con-
GLIDING as follows: "By this action and |
"the nomination Of Fairbanks and the |
" stumpng of Bristow the republican ma
"jority,was only $4,000, when by the nomin-
Salon of Blaine, or having failed in that,
"by judiclous management, the majority
"might have rolled up into the thirties
"But, thanks to James G. Blaine, this result
"has been more than counterbalauced by
''the brilliant canvass and magnificent vic
tory in Maine"
The first query that suggests Itself is,
conceding all this to be true, except the
one speculative part relative to the ma
jority sup into the thiriles," what of it ?
If Judge Poland assumed to be the leader
of the republican party in Vermont, If he
was actually the leader, have not the re-
suits been brilliant? Could we ask any
thing more ? Let US see what the results
are Two Nermonters in the field for the
highest offices in the gift of the people. Do
Vermonters complain of this Would they
have it different? Horace Fairbanks, "an
estmable man, Of person Il integrity and
considerable ability" as the Adcertiser
comedies, for governor. Are not the re-
publicius of Nerm )ut siti fled !? Could
they reasonably expect anything more ?
Twenly-four thousand majority for gov
ernor, the largest, with two exceptions,
ever given. Can we not be reasonably
satisfied with this ? If all this is the result
of Jud &c Poiand's leadership, if so him.
as the Advertiser puts it, "sh0uld be &C
" corded the honor or disgrace Of its sue
" cesses or futures then, for heavens
sake, give us more such leaders. Let Us
h ave leaders like him in every state in the
Union.
But. fortunately or unfortunately, the
assertions of the 1d0ertiser are made from
the truth. 1t would be idle to inquire now
whether the sentiment of Vermont, in
March last, was favorable TO the Domna-
lion of Benjamin II. Bristow, or James
G.. Blaine-ai though we believe it wa, as
we then stated it, about evenly divided be
tween the two. We believe, moreover,
that the convention correctly indicated he
sentiment of Vermont WHEN 1t sent t. Gin
cinnatl an unpledged aud uninstructed dele
gatiol, a delegation which should vote az
tneir judgement, ia view of the sentiment
OF the country and the needs of the repub-
lican party, should dictate. The result Of
the convention, the personnel Of the dele
CATION, was surprise to everyone, as is
always the case when conventions are not
controlled by clques or factions, If Judge
Poland had gained as complete a control
of that convention as though he was the
' only delegate, does any one. for mo-
ment, suppose that Vermont would have
been represented at Cincinnati by a divided
instead of solid, delegation? The very
fact that the delegation was divided shows
that Judge Poland had no such control as
is charged.
Judge Poland never attempted TO in
nuappa hn npt Inlo wi
ual members thereof, relative to the candi-
date for president. We have a personal
acquaintance with majority of the dele
CATION, and we know this from their own
lips. They acted entirely upon their own
judgment. They acted from knowledge
of the country, gained from personal OBJ
servation, from correspondence, and from
personal interviews with the friends of Mr..
Blaine, Mr.. Conkling, Mr.. Morton, as wei
as with the friends OF Mr.. Bristow. They
became satisfied, AZ the country was sails
fed, that with either of the first three
named defeat was inevitable, but that with
Benjamin ii. Bristow success was assured
They labored for the nomination of Mr.
Bristow, and when they found that hi;
nomination was impossible, they voted fol
the next best man-Govcrnor Hayes an(
thus made him the candidate. In this, they
acted each upon his own judgment, and il
this we firmly believe they correctly repre-
scented Vermont.
1t may be that "Judge Poland did mort
to defeat Blaine than any other livinl
" man Whatever that may mean. w
know that Judge Poland exercised, AM
justly exercised, great influence in the Gin
cinnati convention. We all know that tn
attitude Of the Vermont and Massachuseit
delegations Ieadercl the nomination o
James G. Blaine impossible. We know
that, but for them, Rutherford Il Haye
would not have been numn iled. And TO
their acts and votes they c emitted 10, al
they receive, the earnest gratitude of every
honest republican who is not place
seeker.
Judge Poland was not, aud never was,
candidate for the vice presidency. Early il
the canvass, we suggested his name for Tia,
vice presidency, IN connection with that o
Mr. Bristow for the first place; but he, a
once, demonstrated against such an use q
his name, saying that it would be idle, al
most criminal. to even think of il this year
that the vote of Vermont was sure for III
republican candidates in any event. an
that the nomination should go to doubt
full stale His course at Cincinnati was i
unison with this idea. His name was no
mentioned in connection with the nomins