Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-05-22
Ror the MONITOR.
REPREsENTATIvE TO CONGRESS.

REPREsENTATIvE TO CONGRESS.
You very justly enumerate the quail
fcations of Hon. L. P. Cotton to repre-
sent this district. THAT he is a bright,
wide awake, industrious man, who has
had legislative experience at home, and
would make a mark, even at Washing
ton"
The Changers are Republicans, Demo
Gratis and women, and are not political
party. Yet what voters there are among
them will vote as they please, and some
will doubtless prefer Mr.. Cotton to the
present incumbent.
If they vote for him it will be for the
above qualities, and it will excite a
''furor" like the Anti Mason Juror only
in the minds Of such legal men as said
in the second district, about one hun
drsd Of us run this district" Or like
another who gravely stated that, "the
Governor must be lawyer, as there are
50 many questions for him to decide"
or like an editor who declared after the
election two years ago, at was the
d-dest year he ever knew to do anything
against the wishes of the people"
II would be an excellent thing if suf-
ficient interest could be excited to cause
the masses to attend caucuses, conven-
tions and elections, and put just such
men in Office as all the papers in the
land have declared TO be desirable, that
is those having, as you express it, in
to which you allude, when there were were
mason and anti mason parties, was ex.
cited, as tradition says, by the alleged
kidnap, imprisonment and murder O
Morgan.
Do you mean to be understood TO say
the nomination of we'll qualified work
ing man as representative to Congress i
crime as dreadful as murder?
If the election of the best men to offic
will excite r'furor," the sooner it begin
the better. j.
No, we don't mean any such thing
and have never intimated or written any
thing Of that sort. But since the aboy
question may mislead those who did NJ
read the article alluded TO, we give tn;
portion of it which indited our corr
spondents question.
For the Changers to present the CLAIM
Of the chief Of their order would pla
him in bad attitude before the peopl
and belly the oft repeated statements tn
the order is not a political one. One
the avowed objects Of the Patrons, is o
position to 'rings" and political clique
hence to conspire in the secret conclav
of this order for the political promote
of an influential member, is nothil
more or less than doing that within t
order which is condemned by the ord,
The discovery Of such fact would ru
the Patrons and get up a Juror agar
them equal to the anti mason exciteme
Of 1912.
IL MIR. Colton's friends desire to 7
him in the field as candidate for &C
gress, we are sure from personal knoV
edge that it would be most humiliati
to him 10 be considered the "Grangers
candidate. Base his merits on the f
that he 10 a bright, wide-awako, ind
trious man, who has had legislative
perience at home, and would make
mark, even at Washington. The ii
has come when the people should p
mote no man on specialues, unless q
embrace integrity, ability and zip"
Since our correspondent desires
answer, and has broadened the field
inquiry, we add few lines
The qualifications necessary in
man who is worthy of representing '
mont in congress, as. stated above.
integrity, ability and zip" BY I'M
rity, we mean all that the word met
and would be glad, SO far as we are {
oerned, to substitute that nobler
more comprehensive term, Christian
by ability, that intellectual caliber,
cational training, and experience wi
qualify the man for the exalted posi-
he is to occupy, and make him pee
congress; by Zip" We mean that e
gy and ambition which shall compel
man Of integrity and ability, to de
his entire strength and talent to the
duous duties devOlving upon him as
gresham or other important pl
servant
AS TO the "furor" referred 10, We
only cite those who are old enough I
member to the exciting times when
sorry and anti masonry were politics
ligion and almost everything else tina
gagged the public attention in this {
try. Masonry was alleged by