Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-07-07

followed soon alter by ike SuGse>'iO' Vi
the name of Frederick Billings, of Wood
stock. On the l5:h Of March, the FREE
Pass ycaturel to say
lhcuqu ...f tsIkod Of on the east SIDE o. the
~ untl fr Governor, So lar - III n 49,,
Cos j. not E.tey er Billings, hut hon hoLALA
f.lRr.sa-. co., - Johnshury; and II brought l9I-
ward iron rH1t sIre, his NOMINATION. Is sssultViy
one 10 80 l 'h she Repurl cans q! this sue vi 'Ho
Sc ,..Ii h-,-f.iv concur Vermont has no
warth.e- rr.u. Pure. able. hi=h-mi ndel, uu-
selfish. uut. esp ted. widely known anu Ai"H
tt all ru te suuut and can in every respes',
tbousau1s ~ SrtuhIiceus have teen ready ll
wears g. slprurf Do ~ whenever h-s iriehas We
ready O. present lts name Il u Is taEeh ING ."e
next conversion. we venture tie prediction tAAt ii
Will nor be lor lofA.n--
This wa-. of course, no recent discovery
Itwa.na e.. trottin. out of a new man, or
atteml. g, lIc-tl.l public opinion. 1t was,
as &, -bow- oa Us face, simply the announce
ment IF -..a. mrt-, then obvious 10 us from
a somewhat careful CANVASS Of the situation,
and moss sufficiently demonstrated. The state
lnent hnd carial endorsement from other
rart- of the STATE. One Republican paper,
whose support has. We believe, killed every
candidate to whom it offered its especial
championship. indeed. pooh poohed the -as-
ge~tiou. and undertook to depreciaJe, as self
iii and lacaiu- in public spirit, the man
whom now it trutlfally praises as noble,
generous. whole ~Jaled man.
Bu. the more influential portion of the
STAT. rres,, 10; biased by local associations
or considerations which they would not care
to mention. gave to the suggestion Of Mr..
Fairbanks name a hearty welcome. Ills
woull unquc-donaJiy have continued to be
the leading name up to the Convention
but it lccama apparent that other men, and
some of them very good men. were TO be
pressed l,y their friends for the nomination.
1t became apparent that Mr.. E>teY had or
game a canvass in his behalf throughout
the State Mr. Fairbanks did not desire to
have his name taken into any scramble for
nomination. lie requested his friends to
say that De WIS not candidate, and they
reluctantly ceased to advocate his nom
nation
Thence. rwa-l for a time the situation
was considerably mixed" Hon. c W.
Willard Wa navel but promptly withdrew
his name from the canvass. Hon. Z. P
Walton had been early suggested but he
would do nothing himself, nor allow his
lrienl- to DO anything for him looking To-
W .-l~ nomination, while the timidity Of
some of tie Montpelier people, lest the
choice Of Montpelier man should affect the
tenure Of the State Offices already held there
le~.encl ;he support lie would otherwise
have received from his own town The op-
position t. Mr.. E~tey in Windham county
put forward Hon. B. d. Harris. Colonel
Mead friends met and decided to try the
chances for him, trusting to the grangers
and the farmers generally to carry him in.
Hon. Charles Dewey, of Montpelier, and
others were proposed Tor the head Of the
ticket-whilc strong and growing feeling
for the rcn1minati5n OF Gov. Peck became
apparent Meantime the most ''work was
beng done ior Deacon E-tey. Railroad ASST
cmtion- gave him the support Of Ex-Governor
Page, and gentlemen on that side Of the
railroad controversy. Joint efforts in build
Ing ara sustaining churches and schools,
gave him naturally the support Of Lawrence
Barnes and Of leading Baptists The plan
OF his campaign appears to have been to adj
to the legitimate and proper support which
such associations and his good repute as the
architect OF a great and profitable industry
IN bis town woIli naturally give him, the
aid Of the "bummer-" and 1.-THE boys"
which without special Inducements would |
not naturally q to him or to any such man
as he. Men, with money, had accord /.
ingly been sent through the State One /
paper, at least. which We could name was |
bought. for price which we have heard |
mentioned. The pens of one or two bohe- /
mans and divers politicians who work for
mrey more than for glory, were set al /
work. The proper consequences, such a. We .
trust viii always follow such action, among /
the ZONES, masses of our party in this State,
followed the material that could be bought .
Wa, Of course. rurchasaJlc matcrial-and
such matcrial is at pretty low discount in
Vermont The help thus got was, as it
ought To have been, a positive damage to
Deacon E-tey. lie would undoubtedly have
been stronger in ,hc end, if he had not spent
a dollar on the canvass.
The lummcr- cannot capture a Rcpubli-
ctn Convention twice in the same year in
Vermont, it the PEOPLE are awake, and the
proceeding Of tue Burlington Convention
hal di~gustci ana aroused them. The
voters looked after the caucusses with
unusual care. and as a consequence the
Montpelier Convention was composed in great
majority of men who were somewhat ahoat
as to candidates; but who were entirely
agreed that they would nominate no man
whose name had come into the canvass be
cause hc wantei to be Governor and not
because OF any prominence or public service
or character which commended him to 9th
ers a. fit to represent the State in il chief
executive oibce-no man who was under
taking to buy a nomination-no man who
was backed l'y any secret organization no
candidate Of ire pulers and fuglers The
rebuke thcy administered u the political Shy
sters who a J undertaken the lob of runniac
the politics of Vermont this time, could not
have been more pointed. Oar quiet and
venerable Governor, who had not said a
word or done a thing to bring his nome for
ward, and who had, as he assured us, not
the iaintest expectation Of denomination
under the circum stances. actually led the
poll on Two ballots 1t took but two bal
lots Tor the mass Of the delegates to see that
Horace Fairbanks was the man on whom
all could unite. and who would worthily
I'LL the bill They gave Mr.. Fairbanks
the nomination lIy unanimous and hearty
reclamation, and in putting Col. Proctor,
with like cordial unanimity, by his side,
gave u, as did the National Convention at
Cincinnati, a second name on the ticket as
z bod as the first.
Such result after such canvass. makes
US prouder than ever Of our sterling State.
We should have been glad to see Gov Peek
as an indication Of re
turning sanity among our people. on
the question of one or two terms.
bat We had little hope that the time
bad come for them TO confess their past
folly in that regard. We should have been
well content with one or two of the others
named in the canvass. But Mr.. Fairbanks
was our first choice, as he was of thousands 7
of voters in the State. In putting him for S
ward as our standard bearer, the Convention !
did honor to itself and its party, and rem /.
dered high service 10 the State. Even
our opponents concede the strength and
worthiness Of onr State ticket and it will
poll 4 vote worthy Of our Centennial year, $