The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-22

ton but, on the contrary, he was known,
early and late, as the especial friend Of the
nomination of William A. Wheeler, and, in
fact the name of Mr.. Wheeler was pre-
scented to the convention by him.
1t is stated that Judge Poland was
guilty Of ingralitudc in opposing the nomi-
ration of Mr.. Blaine because call that
Luke =. Poland has been, is, or ever will
" be, is due 10 the generosity Of James G.
Blaine" The people of Vermont have
been accustomed to think that they had
something TO do with the "mal,ing' OF
Judge Poland, and that the "makiDg" was
the direct result Of the judges own con-
eummac ability. The people of Vermont
made him judge and chief justice of the
supreme coult, n senator and representa-
tive in congress, and his own brains gave
him cminence in all these positions. Had
no such man as james q. Blaine ever ex-
listed, still LIKE p. Poland would have
been one of the foremost citizens of the
country.
pub tht 4iUWtf ttot1 rltClntB lulS RtiltE~
osity." 1t says: "It was Blaine that
" first gave him chance to distinguish
" bimstlf. 1t was Blaine who made him
" the chairman of the Credit Mobilier, the
Arkansas, the Revision of the Laws, COM
mittees.' Truly the people of Vermont
are laboring under a.deluson. They thought
they "lrst gave him chance to distinguish
" himself" They thought that 1t was Sam
ucl $. Cox, not James G.. Blaine, who
made him chairman of the Credit Mobilier
oommittee that Schuyler Colfax, not
James G. Blaine, first made him chairman
of the committee on the revision of the
laws and that lie was made chairman OF
the COMMITTEES to investigate the affairs OF
Arkansas, lot for any particular favorit
i'm, but in accordance with the parliament
airy requirement which gives the chairman
ship Of committee to him on whose mo
ton it s raised
If we understand correctly, Judge Pol
and WAS not responsible for bringing Mr.
Bristow to Vermont, but he came On thu
invitation Of his personal friend Colone
lie Grand L. Cannon, of Burlington. Blu
however that may be, whoever may be re
sponsiblc for his presence here, the thank
Of the republicans Of Vermont arc due t
him as well as to Mr. Bristow. His mer
presence here on the stump, of Itself, wa
n great help to the republican party; an
ihat with his admirable speeches, did NOR
to convince the wavering and doubtful an
bring them over to the support of Govern
or Hayes, than all other causes combined
1t is not true that Senator Edmunds wa
snubbed" He was absent from th
state during the greater part of the canvas
on account of his impaired health, an
was, moreover, as we are informed, wha
may be called Bristow man that II
he, prior to the Cincinnati convention, ia
voied the nomination of MIR. Btistow.
We have already occupied more tim
than We intended with this miserable tssu
OF misrepresentation, but we cannot fol-
bear referring to the concluding pari
graph-,hat Vermont gave only twenty
three thousand majority, "but, thanks
" Jane, G. Blame, this result has bee
"more than counterbalanccl by the bri
liant canvass and magnificent victory i
Maiuc." Is this so? The republica
majority in Vermont in 1872 was 25,333
in 1876, 23,7l0; decrease, 1923. In Main,
in 1872, it was 1926; in 1876, 1890
decrease, 2,27G. SO that the decrease
Maine was G53 greater than in Vermont, {
more than one-third more; the loss beir
larger both in the aggregate and propo
tionatcy. How is this for "magnificci
victory" as compared with Vermont
How is this for "counterbalancing?v