News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-05-01
The CovernorShip.

Or. Nichols having withdrawn from
the gubernatorial canvass there seems
TO be no good reason why Lieutenant
Governor Pingree may not receive the
hearty support of the entire party
He is seemingly clean man, and
while not bringing to the office the
ripe experience in public affairs that
DR.. Nichols possesses, his sound COM
mon sense combined with scholarship
of a high order, viii make him safe
and acceptable Governor.
Laying aside the personal prefer
ences of the respective friends OF
Nichols and Pingree, the party at
large is certainly to be congratulated
upon the happy termination of what
seems to US the unjustifable personal
aspersions which our gubernatorial can
vass was developing. We give below
the comments of some of the lead
ing Republican papers of the State
upon the situation:
The letter of Hon. George Nichols,
withdrawing his name from the canvass,
for the governorship, is genuine sur
prise. Until its appearance on Thurs
day in the Burlington Free Press, the
paper which first Officially" brought out
his name, nobody in the State had any
intimation that DR.. Nichols even thought
of withdrawing. His letter has an hon.
est, manly ring, and no one who person
allv knows the author will doubt its SIN
Standardization PhRRiT.
His withdrawal of his name, under the
circumstances, is an honorable act; and
while many good Republicans, all over
the State, may regret his decision, all
will admit that it does him credit; and
even his opponents must own that the
coupling of withdrawal of his name
with tender of his best wishes to his
chief competitor, bespeaks the generous
and honorable man, rather than the dis
amounted aspirant. The feature of his
withdrawal, effectually disproves the as
sertion, which has perhaps been USED
with the most effect against him; that he
was the candidate ola machine. Machine
candidates do not tender their good wish
es and support to anti machine candl
| dates.-Ffee Press.
! Doctor Nichols has acted wisely anC
generously and deserves credit for his sen
| sible decision. The Doctor alludes to tn
acrimonious character that the discussio:
has assumed: this was but natural whel
we recall the bitter and inscriptions de
nunciation of Billings by the Argus, ant
its advocacy of Nichols against Pingree
- We fear the Greeks bearing gifts " /
| GOOD counsel when we see an uncom
promising Democratic paper opening
mud battery on one Republican candidat
and strewing the path of another wit
flowers. Doctor Nichols was not helpe'
by this sort of suspicious support, but hi
real weakness before the people was no
personal, for lie is popular man, but
was a manly reluctance to overslaugI
Lieut.-Gov. Pingree, who was PERSONAL.
and politically his peer.-RutIand Herald
| DIR. Nichols withdraws from the guber
material race. and tenders his best wishe
| for the success of Lieutenant Governo
| Pingree. His withdrawal is made in
manly way, and his action entities him t.
the highest respect of his opponents. i
is probable that the spontaneous move
ment throughout the State in favor OF TIT
Lieutenant Governor had much to do il
| influencing him in this decision. Tha
had demonstrated beyond doubt tina
the people were looking for successor
to Governor Barstow who should be alb
solutely free from the damaging charge
that must have been met and refnted b
DR.. Nichols friends had he remained
the field. That he is not willing the III
fuauoa of tho Renuhlic An marty shout
be weakened in the Presidential year b.
his candidacy, is highly creditable t
him. That he recognizes in Lieutenan
Governor Pingree one who can lea
the party to the highest success in tn
State,is especially gratifying to the man
friends of that gentleman. The cordial
ty with which he tenders his support t
| the Lieutenant Governor will be note
with pleasure. and, we predict, will
far in raising him high in the estimatio
OF many as the generous and honorabl
man that he is claimed to be. by his war;
| friends Windsor Journal.