The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-15
SOLID FOR ESTEY."

"Solid for Estey" is the cry of his
friends, and they may find men weak
enough to believe it. Ii brag, unblushing
impudence, q lavish use of money intim-
id4tion and other disreputable practices
can procure the nomination Of Jacob Estey,
then the people of Vermont will have to
suffer the inl1iction, but we have too much
confidence in the intelligence, common
sense and self respect Of the republicans of
Vermont, to believe such thing to be pos
sibe. They brag Justify. They tell US
that, as far as heard from, Windham
county is 'solid for Estey. How 'solid p
Six towns have already chosen delegates
to the state convention, and OF the twelve
delegates so chosen at least one-thrd are
known to be opposed to Estey. They claim
them as they claimed the three delegates
from Monkton, who are not for Estey and
probably could not be induced to vote for
him at any event. They claim them as
they claim the town of Windham to be in
his favor, and the basis for that claim will
be found in a letter published in another
column. So persistently do they carry
this game of brag, that they would claim,
to use the language of private letter from
q gentleman who neither favors Harris or
Estey, seven Waite, if he were elected
delegate"
"Soid for Estcy," and he the "people's
candidate. The two delegates from Gull
ford, who are claimed for Estey, aud prob
ably truly for once, were elected by one
majority on the foWrth ballot This is
having county "solid for Estey' with q
vengeance They were elected, too, only
after the most persistent wrc-pulling,
horse-sheddng, pipe-lsying and personal
solicitation, aud it is such courses as these
that make men peoples candidates -"
This is the way the " office seeks the mani"
And right here we may ask, what makes
the democracy Of Windham county SO
solid for Estey"? Is it because they
know he is 30 VIGOROUSLY unfit for the
office Of governor that his nomination will
be disgrace TO the party making it, and
will afford strong campaign argument
against the republicans $50 that it may be
led, step by slep,in such courses as will
destroy the confidence of intelligent men in
it--and this is the first great step in that
direction2 Or is it, that, knowing his in
capacity and who is his confidential adviser,
Charles n. Davenport, democrat, may
be, in fact if not in name, governor Why
otherwise is democrat SO anxious to tele-
graph to Massachusetts and Vermont
newspapers the election of Estey delegates?
Why is democrat procuring letters from
the republican delegates from Wardsboro,
declaring they are a" for Estey," showing
them around Brattleboro and elsewhere,
and furnishing them TO republican news.
papers for publication? The democracy
certainly are "solid for Estey." We blame
them not for it, tor If we were democrat
we, too, should desire nothing better than
the nomination of Jacob Estey.
"Solld for Estey!' How is the little
appearance of solidity that there is OBJ
tanned 2 II may be Inferred from the fol-
lowing circumstance A few days ago we
received and Published communication
relative to the governor question. 1t was
q fair, gentlemanly, candid consideration