The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-10-04
JUDGE POLAND AND HIS CRITICS.

A Reply to tho Attack by the st. Adams Ad-
vertisor-M Malicious Measurements Correct
ed-Why tho Judge Preferred Bristow to
Blaine.
The following frank letter from Judge
Poland to II. i. Sdllson, general cores
pendent in Vermont Of the Boston Globe,
was called out by request for publication
Of his explanation of the reoen: savage at
tack Of the ST. Adams Adgeyti$er and reply
thereto:
ST. JouNsBuRY, Sept 20, 1876.
My DEAR SIR l found your kind note
on getting home. 1t seems that the article
in the St. Adams Advertiser was written by
young follow who had charge OF the pa
ptr while Editor Royce was sick. In the
next issue Royce disavows it, but in a way
not TO help the matter any. The whole
point of the article is, that was SO ambi-
iious to be vice-president that | abandoned
Blame and managed to get a set of Bristow
delegates chosen from this state. The fact
is that had not the slightest thing to do
with the selection of the delegates-I did
not know the presidential preferences OF
one of them. did not see or have any
communication with any one OF them till
met them at Cincinnati and when we met
at Cincinnati no one of them knew my
views till they had all expressed theirs.
As to my being candidate for vice-presi-
dent, some weeks before the Cinoinnali
convention l wrote au article, which was
published, strongly recommending Dir.
Wheeler for the place. Perhaps | should
not have objected to being ce-president,
but thought Mr.. Wheeler would help the
-, Nn,,r Nnr1r (,yi,a,o ,,ooIoI Inn
much more than | could. The article
charges me with aspiring to be nominate 4
| for governor. Now the truth il, that |
psreisicn'ly refused all efforts Of my
| friends to nominate me. Our town and
county were for Tenominating Judge Peck.
| II was understood here that Mr.. Fairbanks
! did not desire it. When the convention
met and it was found that some new man
must be taken up, had hard work to keep
from being nominated | think | should
have been nominated had | not absolutely
refused. lie also charges me with run
ming the campaign, getting Bristow here,
etc. Now | had not the slightest control
of the campaign, and nothing to do with
getting Bristow here. | was exceedingly
busy professionally during all the time, but
answered Us many Of the calls Of the state
committee as could, and was sorry wa,
not able to do more. Mr.. Fairbanks lost
some vo'c1 on local questions, but probably
any man would who could have been nomi-
mated.
AS to the preference OF people for can
didate for president the majority of active
| poiucians were for Blaine; L think a ma.
jority of the quiet home people preferred
Brstow. If either had been nominated
there would have been more enthusiastic
fervor by their particular friends than there
was for Hayes, Il new man, but feel quite
sure there is, and will be as much enthusi
asm and support of tie ticket nominated
as any we could have made. had known
Mr.. Blaine much longer and much more
intimately than | had Mr.. Bristow. W.
were and are warm personal friends, ant
nothing conld have induced me TO vote
against him but a strong conviction that ht
was not the best candidate for the party t.
nominate. Everybody is at liberty to crit
else my judgment, but if l could have beer
influenced by personal choice, or hopes o.
favor from the successful man, my chances
were infinitely better under Mr.. Blaine
than either Bristow or Hayes. | hav'
made this hasty explanation of some thing
that you can use if you choose to say any
thing about the matter.
In haste, yours, L.. Z. POLAND.
III. l.. Stillson, esq.