The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-10-17
Special Jurisprudence OF THE GLOBE. J
LETTER FROM NEVADA.
Tho "Globo'-Vermont's Reputation Ahead
Tho Central Pacific Railroad.
VIRGINIA, Nevada, Oct. ., 1876

VIRGINIA, Nevada Oct ., 1876.
Editor Rutland Gl9Je Net from any
| lisposition to fiat er-I was never accused
# ,hot- in s,mplo Justice wish to say
NY say about the editorial management of
fHE GLOBE, and it is this: am not at all
surprised at TIE GLOBES success and nflu.
ence, for reliability will always give influ-
nee to a paper, aud THE GLOBE has that.
When pick up The GLOBE and read that
ION such and such an occasion Mr. 60 and
70 said or did thus" | have Learned to be
eye that the editor knows such to be the
TACT, and that | shall not, two days later
read retraciion stating that 1--WE were
led into the error by The Boston
Globe" or "the New York Sun"
Some-a good many-dailies away
from the cities always get the facts for the
basis of to-daYs editorials from the editori
us in yesterdays metropolitan papers.
I'M proud to see daily in rural Vermont
whichlays the foundation OF its statement
on an equal basis with those of tho best
metropolitan papers. The solid facts of
history which are gotten together only by
earnest, honest brain work, instead of
waiting and building on foundation built
by some Journalistic competitor.
''yERMoNT, MOTHER OF MEN,"
Another thing to make any Vermonter
feel proud of his native state is the reputa-
ton she has everywhere for public and pri-
yate virtue, and the consciousness that it is
deserved. Just before the late election IN
Vermont heard a good deal of discussion
about how the vote would probably stand,
andseveral times heard persons-men who
never saw the Green Mountain sta,e-say ::
"Weil, however che gees there will be no
stuffed ballot boxes there. When the vote
is announced we can depend on it that
jus. SO many votes were honestly cast,
honestly counted and honestly reported. "
think Vermontcrs everywhere have a
| right to feel proud Of the reputation of the
state for integrity and incorruptibiity in
public life, Such monopoly as that of
the Central Pacific railroad, such steal as
those of the contract and finance COM
pany and the Credit Mobiler, or such an
outrage as the throwing out Of the vote of
whole towns aud counties on ground Of
fraud, simply because the wrong party car
RED the election, could not be ia Vermont.
iler people wouldn't stand it, any more
taan they would stand oppression from
New York or New Hampshire in the days
OF Ethan Allen, And think it is this in.
herent integrity, combined with that spirit
OF determined freedom which PROMPTLY Of
Tered reward for the arrest of the a.tor-
ney-general of New York when that state
offered reward for the arrest of Allen and
bis compatriots, in great part, which gives
Vermont'S clear healed statesmen such
power in the land. Even in this far west
ern state large percentage of the state
government are Vermonters by birth, lar.
ger, believe, in proportion to population,
than is furnished by any other state. Vlr-
ginla may have been "mother of presi-
dents, but the title which has been given
to Vermont, of "mOther of men" Ia a
grandcr one, for the people rule in this
country, and the president is but hired
servant
THE BOSS swINDLE
vi tue time seems to have been that of the
san francisco contract and finance compa-
NY inls company was composed of the
men who controlled the Central Pacific