Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1876-06-21
From the Montpelier Argus & Patriot.

IRON inc montpelier Argus Patriot.
9S~ An article in the Woodstock IA
on the late Democratic State Convention
which we copy entire on the fourth page
would indicate that McMaster's food dit
not digest well while he was at the Capt.
tai. 1t is a pity he did not know more o
what he wrote, we believe it is an axiom
with many that man is not to blame TO
what he does not know, and some peopl,
mighty little for what they do. No one ii
Montpelier knows why Messrs. Chase an(
Chamberlin were not renomnated, as wei
as Mr.. Bingham. With j. NJ Weeks on
the State Committee, and C. NJ. Chase as
II Delegate to st. Louis, some people
might have thought candidates were a
little thick settled at Lyndon, but not we,
our faith being strong in the sort of Dem.
ocrats they have in that locality. After
Il. b. Baldwin was nominated for Lieut..
enant Governor, many thought it was
hardly the thing to take the candidate for
treasurer from the same county, and al
most the same section of the county, but
we had no objection, Otis Chamberlin
being one of the sort of men we believe
IN pinning to. Now AS to those the .10e
calls delegates-at-large. He says it is
"pantins them pretty thick to take them
call from the first congressional district.
"the home of the ARGUS AND PATRIOT"
The idea of locating b. b. Smalley, of
Burlington, 2. S. Benjamin, of Wolcott,
and Jasper Rand, Of 81. Adams, in this
Congressional district "Mac," that is
worse than our bull OF sending Orange
county votes to Norwich. Only one of
taose whom the dye styles "delegates-at-
large" lives in this district. If we had
our say, the first four would not have
been distributed just as they were, but we
could not, and we submitted to the newt
able with good grace, which is more
than some folks can say. As to the call
for the Convention, we can truthfully say
that it was called .iast as McMaster adj
vlsed the Committee to call it, and he has
no right to go back on himself. Again,
"the name of James II. Williams, Jr.,"
Of Bellows Falls, was not "presented" at
all, and he was not voted for or elected.
there beingno 'Jl." to the name of the
gentleman who was elected This is not
great matter, but it shows that Brother
McMaster seems to have been more anxi- |
)us to find fault than to know what he |
ound fault about. Mr.. Pollard, who is a
gentleman whom we esteem, as our article
asst week on the Convention proved had
'nly about as many votes as there were
delegates present from Windsor county,
he solid Windham county vote, nearly
he whole ofCaledOnia county, and almost
he entire Orange county, being cast for
Ar. Williams, who had the advantage of
eing better known. There was Il time
large part of Orange county, under the
peration of silly falsehoods about rings
nd States, favored Mr.. Pollard but that
id not last long. Beside that, j. W.
Bliss and c. M. Chase were also elected
rom the I'd district, and why not pitch into
hem as well as Mr.. Williams ? They
we're really as much in the way of Mr..
'ollard as was Mr.. Williams. The truth
that there were no States or rings in
he Democratic State Convention. Had !
here been, the machinery would have
loved smoother, and some things that
ccurred would have never happened.- ,
is to be regretted that the Age thinks
and yet more to be regretted ,
nat its editor did not do as some of the ;
est of us did, let what we could not help
o without making a fuss about it. We {
o not think ''Mac." intended to state y
nythlng Incorrectly, nor do any one in
lstice he did both when he published
nat article. Having called attention to :
me OF his errors, we now leaye the mat I
'rfnally. The Age is spicy little local
aper, which has had hard time of it in
nat Republican ridden county, and we
re not going to quarrel with it.