Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-08-28


by the election of W. F. Templeton to the
Vermont senate.
W. F. Clark, town committee of county
temperance society; J. E. Dwinell, super
intendent of Sunday-school; S. N. Clark,
superintendent of Cong. S. S.; John Bor
land, deacon of Cong. church; E. B.
Simonds,, deacon of Cong. church; Rev.
j. Thurston, pastor Of M. E. church;
Lindol French, 1st selectman; E. o. Ran
dali, I'd selectman; E. L. Stanton, Sd
selectman.
DR.. Templeton, greatly troubled
lest his record and standing relative
to temperance should do his candi-
dacy harm, circulated the above
statement himself and got these sig
natures. In regard to them we have
to say that three of these men have,
during this year, or at other times
since the doctor went into politics,
said worse things of him to us than
the MONITOR ever will say. Several of
them have opposed him as town rep
resentative, two of them are demo-
Gratis, the fathers-in-law of two of
them have seen us this year and have
made statements very derogatory to
the doctors character two of
them are in the line as candidates
for town representative; several of
them have, among their brethren of
the church, talked of the bad infu-
ence the doctors example has ex-
erted over the young, one of them is
willing to state that he signed il
owing to misrepresentation made by
the doctor, and, another writes us.
II think he CDR. Templeton) will
average fairly with the majority OF
politicians ON the temperance ques-
ton, which suppose was the point
at ISSUE"
That we might see just what mer
would do in political times and un.
der certain ifuences we sent out the
following endorsement of the doctor
character to the signers to the above
statement, and six men Messrs. W
F. and S. n. Clark, Stanton, OWN
ell, Simonds and French, after Sc
we're importuning by the doctor o.
his friends sign it. Two of thes'
are democrats. These men are cit
liens of Glover, and doubtless EN-
ploy the doctor in their families ant
they think perhaps, as they stat
above that the interests of temper
ance will not suffer by his election t
the senate. In time for sober re
flections, we ask those who sign tn
endorsement to compare it with th
facts and their statements heretofor
and see how it will appear. The lat
hour at which these fuller endorse
ments drought in by the doctors al
torney) were received forbid furthu
comment in regard to them. W
expect that we have letters, state
ments, proofs and records to prov
all we have said or intend to say {
the doctors candidacy:
"Having known DIR. W. F. Ten
pleton several years, I cheerfully sd
, that [ believe him to be a man who's
past and present standing and recol
in regard to temperance, whose pu
R moral character, and whose ability al
2 special fitness for the office of sen
e tor, are all such as to entitle him
: the respect, confidence and suppo
7 of the moral and temperance vote
: of this county"
;, Political excitement is runnil
f high in some sections of the coun
d just now, and this accounts for sol
: things that cannot be accounted f
e on general principles.
" Dear Mr. Editor Since my return frt
% my short vacation, / have been readi
the statements in our county papers
the last few weeks, as to the charact'
'e and standing of our candidates for SCI
tors. And let me honestly say, it is hi
n for me to believe that those men are
:. tools, or the representatives of such
a plot as has been decided as existing
our county, and state, plot formed
~ those who oppose temperance principl
J, Nor can / think that such plot co
if give the support of majority of tn