Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-04-24
MONTPELIER VT
Vermont Politics.

NtTiuOnl IOlltlCss
There is getting to be lots of politics
lying around loose in the newspapers and
offices and great many other places in
Vermont. A good share of it is of the
kind vended by the correspondent of whom
somebody said, "that man knows more
news that isn't so than any other man in
Vermont" The current that set in favor
of 1t. Gov. Proctor few weeks ago was
not pleasing to the " friends " of several
other gentlemen, and they have been en-
gagged in damning it to the extent of their
ability. 1t is no doubt true that had Col.
Veazey been willing to be a candidate he
would probably have received the nomi-
nation. But for some reason he does not
seem to banker" for gubernatorial hon
ors. As for any nnderhanded means
having been used in favor of getting the
favorable expressions that were so general
toward Col. Proctor a few weeks ago, we
believe in nothing of the kind. In fact
the endeavor to check the trend of thought
in his favor bears more the imprint of
work than anything that has yet APP
pearcd. If anybody knows of any other
body's having been buzzed" in favor OF
our estimable lieutenant governor, or any
other man, let him free his mind and
conscience and make things more lively.
The most elaborate waste of ink we
have seen about politics here was in the
spicy Springfield Republican, and consist
cd of II proposal for an independent
movement that is to make its impress on
the republican party. The Republican is
deceived by the moonshine of the Brattle-
boro RJormer, paper that, when you
come right down the fact, has Just MS
much influence on state politics as the
wall and tail of the mighty cat OH the
stone wall wherein he stands.
The Vermont voter is Independent
enough but his independence is of his own
make-whether he be republican or demo-
crat. There is no prohbitory law as to
his politics and he prefers the article strong
even if he don't always take it straight.
In the second district the republican bolt
Of 1874 elected more strict party man in
Mr.. Denson than it defeated in. Judge Po-
land. 1t was a bolt, but one of native
growth; and all the mo party men" inside
of Vermont OF outside of it could have
built it up-nor can they make anything in
its similtude in the future. A Vermont
democrat is a party man to the bone and
Vermont republican in that is like unto
him. When they take a notion to vote to-
gether it is because there is some particu-
lar, positive thing they have in view and
not because of any milk and water senti-
mentalism whose only basis is constitu-
tional predisposition to fret.
In the coming congressional election in
the second district, strange as it may seem,
Windham county has several candidates
and it is rumored that of this number one or
more has {: local habitation and name,
the former of which is Brattleboro.
Orange county too would supply any want
that Windham is not equal to. All this is
on the supposition that Mr.. Denison is not
to be returned. The Windham county
gentlemen who are talked of are Col. X.
IIaskins B. d. Harris, Abishai Stoddard,
II. w. Clarke and others d" too numerous
to mention. In fact the number recalls
the remark of Windham county gentle
man made at White River Junction at the
time Of the Poland-Steele convention in
1872, when talking of Judge Steele he re-
marked, why, Windham county contains
Il hundred men as able as Judge Steele"
The only Orange county man named in
connection with the Office as yet is Col
Roswell Farnham of Bradford, who has
the respect of all who know him. Hon
John w. Rowell of West Randolph has
the qualities that 60 to the make up of
representative of ability and power in
greater measure than any other who is
likely to be the coming man," but it is
said he has no ambition in that line. Fur.
thermore, it is doubtful whether the county
will get the representative while it has a
senator dwelling within its borders. AL
together it wouldn't be surprising if Mr..
Denson should be sent for third term.
Indeed nothing would surprise anybody
again that the second district can do.
In this district there is no movement
that we know off to prevent Colonel
Joyce from succeeding himself. He is
worker and has done his best to serve his
district faithfully and acceptably. His
errors have been those of taste-for he
does like to soar in what seems to him the
empyrean-and even in those he has
pleased his constituents, who like to hear
the band play. He will be returned with.
out opposition unless there should be an
unexpected design and effort on tho part
of Gov. Stewart, Col. Veazey or some Of
the Bennington county lawyers to seize
the cheese.