The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-16
"YERMONT POLITICS. ~

We published yesterday morning, as a
curiosity in its way, a letter on vermont
politics. written by a Woodstock cor
respondent Of the Springfield Republican.
Here in Vermont such letter needs no
comment, as its absurdity is apparent on
its face but, without the state, il the
statements are permitted to go unquestion-
ed, it may create wrong impression rela-
tive to Vermont men and Vermont politics.
The letter can boast Of more raisstatements
to the line, than the correspondent says
the state can boast of "incipient statesmen
to the acre, or the larger towns can num-
Der of Office seekers among the voters.
There is just enough Of truth in the letter
to color the misrepresentation. and to
form foundation on which to base ridl-
Guile of the honest republican masses of
the state. The correspondent. is, doubt
less, the same one, who, few months ago,
RECALLED the readers of the Republican with
the statement that the republicans of Yer
mont were in favor of ''third term" for
Grant, were anxious for his denomination,
and would, in case of his candidacy, give
him an old fashioned rousing majority
and there is as much of truth in the one as
in the other.
The grain of truth in the letter is that
nine-tenths of the republicans OF Vermont
prefer Bristow over and above any and ali
other candidates fer the presidency. But
even this is al exaggeraiion. 1t is unde-
nisbly true that large majority OF Yer
mont republicans earnestly desire the
nomination Of Benjamin y. Bristow, and
will be sorely disappointed with any other
result but it iS equally true that large and
overwhelmingly prefer James G. Blaine,
and that others-equally honest, earnest
reliable republicans-w be better satisfied
with either William NJ. Evartg, Charlee
Francis Adams, William 4. Wheel
er, Rutherford d. Hayes, or Ham
ilton Fish, than with Mr.. Brls-
tow or Mr. Blaine. The exaggerated
statement relative to Mr.. Bristow's strength
In Vermont-and we heartily wish it were
net All exaggeration-is made simply 10
give point to a slur at our entire delegation
to Cincinnati, and to convey the idea that
they will disregard the manifest leaning Of
the republicans of the state towards Mr..
Bristow, and that, already, they are pre-
pared to enter into combination having
for It's object the nomination Of Oliver p.
Morton.
The delegation from Vermont to Cincin.
natl is not in all respects euch an one as
the state ought to have, or such an one as
the republicans of the state had the right
to expect. Beside the Massachusetts del
egation, it will be very much like pigmy
In comparison with giant; but In the
main, the men composing it are honest, re.
spectacle, intelligent, fair men. 1t is un.
fortunately too true that one or two of the
delegation may be called "soldiers of for.
"tune;" but 1t Is equally true, and for.
tunate it is that It Ia true, that these " SOL
"diers of fortune" know on which side
their bread is buttered, and they will moi
dare 90 counter to the wishes of the honest
republicans of Vermont. They will be
found voting with their colleagues, moi
perhaps because they desire to, but because
they are not quite ready to commit politi.