Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-09-04
We sFuote the following from the

Express &c Standard:
A FEW thoughts about some of the NOM
inees at the Wednesdays convention by
way of contrast. Take the first name on
the ticket Hon. Charles Carpenter. A
good deal has been said about the record
OF men. Here rs man whose record can
be scrutinized most closely and not flaw
can you find A man who is honored and
respected ia his own town; man who
has once represented his town in the lower
house at Montpelier, and has once occu-
pied the position for which he is again
nomlfated; man who in his senatorial
cagaep was man OF power; one whose
opinion had weight in the senate; one who
has clear ideas of right and wrong, and
facility of expression rarely equalled; one
/ who can make a five minutes speech and
| say more solid sense in it than many men
| can in half an hour; a man who has the
| courage of his convictions; who will not
| be bought, and who cannot be Esold;" a
man whose spotless integrity in business
affairs was made the subject of adverse
| comment by a wealthy tax dodger. A
| few words on this point. 1t was asserted
| that Mr.. Carpenter is poor man, that he
had failed in business. These things are
true-and all honor to Mr.. Carpenter that
they are true. But how was the failure
brought about, and why is he poor? Of
a generous and free disposition, his name
| -a1 no Of I 10
gave it. The friend failed. By technic-
alities which an ordinary lawyer would
have clutched at greedily, he could have
saved himself and there would have been
no clue upon his effects. Did he do it?
No. With sense of honor too keen to
be shared by legal traps, he assumed the
debt, and he is poor to-day because in the
last few years he has paid over $4,000
which he could have avoided paying at the
cost of a furnished name. The cost was
And this is the man you are asked to vote
for. Can he have higher recommend
alton? If he has so fine sense of hon
esty i'll strictly private matter, will he be
less so in the larger affairs of the state?
Contrast this with the record of his OPP
) ponent, w. D. Crane. He unfortunately
failed in business years ago, and if re-
ports are true, various farmers in Frank
lin County would be pleased to have him
adopt Carpenters policy.
For the second place on the ticket, w
w. Goss, man upon whom the breath OF
suspicion never rested. A man who has
l had legislative experience, who was in his
seat when important measures were to be
e. considered, man who has not to circulate
: petitions i'll his own behalf to make him
o self out a temperance man, man whose
:, pure private life, whose faithful discharge
of the many trusts committed to him
whose avoidance of all self-seeking art
II well-known. These are the reasons why
. he should be voted for. Like his colleagu,
e upon the ticket he is a clean man in every
l. respect
IS Third. Assistant judge, SIR Fletcher O.
N Holland. Mr.. Fletcher is fine example
IS of prosperous New England farmer;
- class of men which has been too oftel
crowded out of places of public trust b.
= aspiring lawyers. One great desideratun
i in the choice of judge was that one VIII
d was familiar with the work of our cour
th should be secured. Mr.. Fletcher fills tn
rs bill. He knows what has been done; h
\. knows what will be required of him, an
al a clear head and a calm judgment will Sc
that justice is rendered SO far as he is abb
to control it. No one need fear that iquo
- cases will be handled gingerly lest some c
he his friends might be offended, as might
On the case were another man to be elected
II. He is temperance man, in hearty accol
to with all that tends to elevate and ennob
ell human life.
-er Much more might be said in favor
m all these candidates, but this is enoug
They are all well known. Their recol
needs no explanation nor defence, for it
'n' clear and open and has always been s
aa Look at your ticket carefully next Tue
OF day and be sure that these three nam
lid are upon it.