Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-04-02
Eimunds,

Al Il caucus Of Manchester (Ct.) Eepubii-
cans, Friday evening, all but two OF iiity
voters present voted fer Senator Edmunds as
a Presidential candidate.
1t is fortunate for Senator CtlnuntS that
he has no Presidential longings If he had
they would be doomed The indelaliga-
bic dcstroyers who made Charles fraEis
Adams an impossible Presidential candidate
hy making him ridiculous, and who sent MIR.
Bris,ow at IA rafting pace int" political re-
iircmcnt, by supporting him for President,
have now seized upon Mr.. ElmunlS. They
decline to pay any attention 10 his own dec
laralion that their support annnys la n, since
he is not a candidate I'VE kncw that all
the time" they cry; that's the reason we
support him. We know well enough lie
doesn't want the Office. Nobody VIII" Is 1T
for it ever did wani it," Mr.. Edmunds has
the sympathy of the country. Ills long ami
valuable public service ought to exempt HIM
from fate at once So rCn"rSelcss and so
ridiculous 7ribunf.
The declaration of prominent New Haven
Republicans in favorOi Edmunds ShowS that
the leaven is working in other parts Of Con
nccticut as well rs in Waterbury. II shows
also that the strength Of the Vermont Senator
is confined to no class of people, hui includes
the scholars, the business men and the c";n-
mon everyday people, whose ln'crr', IN
politics is wholly unseliish and patriotic
Waterbury (Ct,) american.
"A member of the Vermont delegation said
TO your correspondent, Friday, that Senator
Edmunds had said 10 him, within week,
that the talk about his being candidate was
prcposterous and absurd that he had no in
clination that way and would not accept the
position if every man in the United States
should risn up and demand it, The Senator
said that he could not con-. ider the talk about
| his being n candidate serious enough 10 de-
| mand attention from him, and he was not
| disturbed by it, The member who furnishes
this conversation says il is his opinion that If
the Edmunds boom continues 10 grow that
the Senator will quickly stop it by refusing
in the most positive manner to allow his
name to bc used, and by declaring that under
no circumstances will he consent 10 become
| a candidate"
To-day, we believe Senator Edmunds is
the strongest man ia the Republican party
stronger than Conkling. Cameron, Sherman
or Blaine. Mr.. Blaine has great deal more
personal popularity, but AT the same time he
| is more vulnerable. Almost the only thing
| TO be said against Mr. Edmunds Is his part
in the Electoral Commission. But then what
candidate can the Republicans put in the
| field against whom some Objection does not
| lie? We should not he greatly surprised TO
see Mr. Edmunds nominated. and elected the
next President of the United Siatcs.-Ner
| York san.
The Springfield HepubAean credits the fG-
lowing to Il vermont journalist = The fact
that Senator E,lmunds was the first of our
public men in Congress TO take action against
| the reputation schemes which came so ntar
wrecking our National credit has never had
| the recognition il deserves. As early as the
| winter of 1866 and 81 he introduced a rcso-
| luton in the Senate TO secure the payment OF
| the United States debt in coin and supported
| il hy an abe argument. This was during
| his first term in the Senate, soon after his
| election, and before Senator Sherman and
others saw the necessity of taking any action
in regard to it, His resolution lay with the
| financial committee to which it was referred
one year until after Gen. Grant in his first
inaugural said that the National debt is pay
able in gold. Then Senator Sherman and
others had the courage to support the rcsolu-
ton of Senator Edmunds. As lie began
right on the financial question so he has coa-
tinued without wavcrlng TO the end
The Rev. DR. Leonard Bacon says Il
signed the Edmunds paper because the Office
required statesman, and Judge Edmunds is
| by universal consent such a one. | would
vote for the ex-President or Mr.. Blaine rath-
er than see some one else felt even less CON
fitence in at the lead of the Nation If the
| nv p 10 pI Dpmn-
Gratis put forward some eminent man should
| still vote for the cX-President rather than
run the risk Of getting any more rebel bnga-
dicrs into Congress. had one little objec-
tion to signing that paper. and that was that
| it would tend to make Edmunds too much
| talked about, and when that happens TO Il
man he is rarely nominated.
The New York Express DEM says that
'.Edmunds would be n hard candidate Tor the DEM
| ocrats to beat
The Edmunds boom appears to he gaining
strength. II would he Jolly 10 have candidate
who, while well fiie'l for the unre, has NJ" sought
| u.-Boston Herald.
A canvass Of the Presidential preferences
OF sixty prominent Republicans in North Adams,
Mass, made 10y the Tea>c''It "f thai place. gave
IS votes for EInuads. for Elaine and 10 FOR
Grant.
Mr. Edmunds should deny that he presid-
ed over the Vermont Legislature aud worc white
Kid gloves,-N. y. Herald
The people arc everywhere asking why
| not Eimunds:" only Ia receive the answer that he
is just the man for the place. All branches OF the
| Republican party could unite heartily upon him.
Meriden [ttl Journal.
The call for Edmunds that comes from the
educational centcrs OF New England is loud and
emphatic II Il clean, honest, dgniled and able
administration is desired the country could mol
select better man for President. - Cncimndfi
| Gazette.
Mr. Conkling knows Mr.. Edmunds. and
he knows that Mr.. Elmund- would be a. Intrarta-
BILE as a mule or a thoroughly independent and
self-willed man If he Were President. lf ever Mr..
| T. lmunds gets into the White House he Will he
| President of the whole country and nf the whole
| party. He Will not he any senator's man. Game
| ron might take up Elmundi tonklins WI! never
| 10 so.-Wdshinyton cSlondc"ce '. }. Herald.
That it tends to prevent the nomination Of
Mr.. Blame Is not the worst feature OF the Eimunds
movement, nor is II, from our point Of view, bad
| feature In any sense. That, however, Is not us
prime object, which IL just what 1t processes 10 be,
an effort to secure the nomination of Mr.. Enunds.
| -BOston JOUsadi.