The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1884-04-11


time four years ago. The Republicans a
seem to believe that Edmunds must DO nolnl
mated as party necessity and that his nomina
ton would BIO equivalent to an election. As 70
the Democrats, they for the most part look wit
| longing eyes for the old ticket OF 1875. Il
spite Of the age and alleged infirmities OF NJ
Tilden, the ticket Of Tilden and Hendricks Ia
the call among much the larger number OF Dem
ocrats with whom am acquainted. The argn
| ment seems to DO something like this Tn
| Democratic pArty Is looking for man who cal
carry New York. In two hard-fought contest
Mr. Tilden has demonstrated his ability to d.
that. II he cannot In 1884 repeat tho victories
of 1874 and 1875, what Democrat could hope t
carry the statci So Tilden, with or without
Hendricks, Is looked upon as the man for thu
hour. II the head Of tho ticket Is to be taken
from outside the Empire state, Judge Thurman
would suit voters hereabouts much better than
Mr. Payne. While Mr. Thurman has splendid
anti-monopoly record to run on, there are many
who fear that Payne, weighed down with the
Standard Oil company, would be too heavy a
load to carry. This may, Of course, be very
gross injustice to Mr. Payne, but the odum OF
his alleged connection with that monster mo.
nopoly ewould frighten away hocks of voters
who would swarm to the standard Of Tilden or
THURMAN ~ a7l f'G ~ 30 1,
AS to the governorship, Very fewagoters in OIL
'tlierparty seem to cire ae8nthentaf to whom
the nominations fail. An idea Seems to,be
slowly getting under the hats Of many Republis
cans that in reality 1t does not make much DIFF
ference whom they want they must take what
is offered them by tho gentlemen who run the
party. To say that there is any craving desire
for the nomination Of Secretary of State Nj
chols is all balderdash. The chances are that
until within a few weeks past not two out OF
any ten Republican voters in Addison county
knew that there was such man as the Hon
Geo Nichols in the state, and very few OF them
seem to care a s0wmarki whether Nichols or
Pingree or somebody else gets the nomination.
Democrats, on the other hand, are considerably
better posted about Mr. Smalley and Mr. Reding-
ton, to whom the nomination now seems likely
to co. Either Of these gentlemen it is thought,
would make not only good candidate but also
a good governor II either of them could posi-
bly, be elected to the office.
cit being considered, probably, that the gov
question is all settled in advance,
there has been and continues to be, more dis.
AL ILLS uucCtlUu VI tuC llCutCildht-SOs-
Hon +. J. Ormsbee of Brandon is
looked upon with most favor for this position.
The Partially for Mr. Ormsbee is without pref
udice to others and is due to the fact that lie
lives in an adjoining county and is well known
In this one. He is present at about every ses-
sion of our county and supreme courts, so that
his nan represents to our people solid reality
and not some one of whom they have merely
heard but have never seen. Hon Joseph Bat
ell, of Middlebury, Ripton and Weybridge, |
lsed to have aspirations in the direction of the
lieutenant governorship, and in years gone by |
lis name was sometimes "mentioned" by the |
papers, But Mr. Battcll does not appear to |
want il this wear. and the Register, of which he |
3 n mart owner. seems to intend to support the |
andidacv of Mr. Ormsbee. Col Battell has |
epresented Ripton and Middlebury in the low
r ho,,se ot the state leoisIafnre and in 1873 was