The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-30

and can we'll afford to accept it, graciously
and without reservation. Mindful Of the
proprieties to be observed when individual
preference and the will of the majority
are on opposite sides, she remained in the
convention till its close, to assist in the
orderly completion of its business and to
move with honest sincerity that the nomi-
nation be made unanimous. No piratical
word or deed shall impugn the genuine
ness of her fealty, and she will vie with
Orleans in the unanimity of her Septem.
Der vote for General Grout General
Grout has labored long and increasingly
to secure this nomination. We wish him
Joy in the possession of the prize, and sue
cess and honor in the performance of the
onerous duties Of the Office to which he
will unquestionably be elected. 1t is the
duty, and should be the pleasure, of every
citizen of Vermont to support and en-
courage her faithful and lsborious public
servants, state or federal, and no feeling
of pique, or any groveling spirit, should
lead press or individuals to withhold or
pervert the need of praise justly due for
public services. Judicious encouragement
and appreciative acknowledgment of ef-
forts made, will do much to strengthen
the hands and fire the spirit of public
functionary. Such should be cheerfully
rendered, and we doubt not will be rem
dered, to the successor of Judge Poland
in the next congress.
To Mr.. Dillingham; the contest was
sort of Bunker Hill in its outcome, in
glory and in pressge. Entering the can
vass only about three weeks before the
meeting of the convention, there was little
time for getting his candidacy fully and
intelligently before the people, or for
organization and labor in sections of the
district already thoroughly and systemat-
ically preoccupied by other candidates..
He encountered two veteran campaigners,
one of whom, during two years of perse-
vering csnvassing, had traversed the dis.
trict, organizing and perfecting success
when the time should come to take the
field. Against this array of enlisted and
drilled supporters and this maturity of
schemes, Mr.. Dillingham; was able to lead
division of the delegates, only second in
size, to keep it solid phalanx, to increase
and strengthen it, and to come out of the
| fight far stronger in material forces and in
prestige than when he went in. His
record is unique in political annals. At
the conclusion of the contest congratula-
tions were showered upon him from all
sides. He was quite the hero and entirely
the surprise of the occasion. He and his
friends and supporters have the satisfac-
| ton of knowing and feeling that as he
was in the canvass on his merits, under
no pledges and by virtue of no bargains,
so he stood to the end. In this attitude
he gained his strength, and maintaining
this position he will, in due time, come out
victorious. He was nquestionably the
real preference of majority of the dele
gates, but many were bound by pledges
or controlled by sympathy, and, believing
that in the natural course of things his star
was sure to rise and remain in the ascend
ant, they voted upon sentiment rather
than upon any sterner consideration.
Untoward circumstances had taken from
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justice was his. Possessing this, it is by
no means sure that he would not have
triumphed, at this time even, against all
the formidable odds arrayed against him.
In all that pertains to honor, in reputation,
and in all the elements of real strength,
w. P. Dillingham; is to-day much stronger
in the second congressional district than
when he entered the canvass.