The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-04-18
Remarks on the GoycrnOrshLp.

ring OF Ulle ring III ltS nose, INC branded
monogram of the ring upon its back, or
the dog-cOllar of the ring upon its neck.
Keep on. REGISTER! you will win in
the long run, because your cause is just;
and right. advocated with ability. in
tegrity, discretion and earncstness, Is
ultimately more than a match for the
might of brute force and obscquious ma
irrites. An intelligent, courageous mi
nority. that trusts in God, keeps its pow
der dry. ard vgilantly watches its OPP
pOrtunity, at last lCavcns the lump of
popular ignorance or Indifference with
its moral enthusiasm and intelligence; 50
| say to the Independent press OF Yer
mont, large and small, fight on and faint
not. Rcpulse is not retreat, defeat is not
rout or failure, for the defeat of the just
is only victory deferred, not lost.
A friend writes us from Franklin cOun.
ty that the languld lXion of the WcsSeH-
ger wheel privately says that IF the
Montpelier lPdtchmnu doesn't let up, an
other Republican paper will be started
in Montpelier before the active campaign
opens" The threat is hardly compli-
meutarv to the IrgHS. which cditorially
voices both the Tammany Democrats and
the Tammany Republicans of Vermont,
but it is exceedingly complimentary to
the IVGtchmdH, since birds that are not
wounded do not llutter in agony, and
catamounts that are not hit do not bite
their flesh in impotcnt rage.
No better proof is wanted that the
shells have burst in the enemy's camp
than this silly warning to shut up or the
machine will put up another paper. No;
they won't; they know better than to
supply the independent press with steam
at the cost of the ring. Stamping out
free press by starting a machine organ
has always failed in Vermont. The OK
perience of Rutland and st. Adams is
proof of that folly and he is n wise child.
who, having sat on a rcd-hot stove. al
lows his burnt hindquartcr of mutton to
get fairly well before he sits again on
the tire-hole. Threatened men are sell
dom shot, and the man or machine who
attempts to execute this threat would be
knocked down by the recoil of his own
blunderbuss. SO, Independent press,
keep right on; you are not personal
you simply challenge the machine to
square discussion of the worth of its can
didates; Legitimate, and upright and
honorable assertion of the right of the
people to weigh the worth of men who
are presented for public office.
Now, let us weigh Doctor Nichols i'm
the scales of justice and we will find him
as light and as black as a burnt cork.
The st. Adams Messenger SAYS 1t
would trouble the JUtchmaH to show
that any candidate, ut present i'm the
field. is the superior of Doctor Nichols
in ability and large experience in State
affairs" and the Free Press dlates upon
the quiet, intelligent. excellent influence
that Doctor Nichols has exercised upon
legislation since he has been Secretary of
State. We grant that DR.. Nichols in
tlucnce upon legislation has been quiet.
but it has been the quiet action of pick
pocket, and of the same high degree of
unscltish moral excellence.
Here are some facts to illustrate the
quiet bcncvolence of Doctor Nichols as a
legislator. At the close of the session of
1874 Nichols brought to a Senator from
Rutland county bill, printed in Session
Laws of 1874, An act in relation to In
surance.' This bill was introduced at
Nichols request without minute exam
nation by the introduccr. The damned
spot in this bill is where it provides for
the license to individual agents in sec
tons and 10. The commissioners have
no discretion about whom they shall ap-
point: therefore it is no protection to
refuse to license the agent of a company.
then the people would derive the benefit
of having the persons who could solicit
insurance such persons rs the commits
sionerS recommend for license. But they
have no such power. They must license
the man appointed by the company. 1t
is of course no advantage to the com
pany. The only point of the license is
to get the dollar. 1t will be said this is
a small sum. but here is the ingenuity of
the scheme; 1t is a small sum. but each
agent has to be licensed for each com
pany, and 1t really amounts to Il large
profit annually. The close of section 20,
act of 1876, NO. lOl. section provides
that the deputy shall have 60 per cent
Now the deputy insurance commissioner
in point of fact under the Nichols admin
istratiOn has been deputy Secretary of
State and the deputy Secretary of State
does all tho work of that Office eXccpt
during session. 1t is clear that bv this
means Nichols has paid his clerk hire at
the expense of the insurance companies.
while he himself absorbs all the salary
and fees of the office as a sinccure. This
illustrates the "quiet Intelligence" with
which Doctor Nichols has influenced
legislation in Vermont. to the end of
feathcrnS his own SOilcd nest with fees.
Another illustration of the quiet in
telligent and excellent influence" of
Doctor Nichols on legislation in Vermont
has been his admitted violation of the
prOhibtory liquor law rs an apothecary,
III which capacity he has sold rum
enough to enrich himself and impovcrsh
his convivial customers. Does Vermont
want notorious law-brcakcr for COVER
nor? TO be doubled, as were Smith, Ed
munds, Royce and Billings. is not to
break the law, but to sell Ium is n clear
case of law-breaking,
Will the machine tell us ''Who is Doctor
Nichols" Is he anybody in particulars
He cannot make decent public speech /;
he never influenced legislation except for
himself; he never had political idea in
his life; he always meekly follows but
never leads the close communion
ring of political pigmies, that gov
ern Vermont, and divide the Offices as
tremendously rs the scoundrels who kill
ed Christ did his garments. Doctor Mich
OILS wears the ramshackles of the ring in
both ears the chains of the ring can be
heard clanking all over Vermont. no