Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-03-21
POLAND ON EDMUNDS.
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An Interesting Interview.
from the New YORK nerald.1

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kn Interesting Interview.
from the New YORK Herald
In an Interview with your correspondent
to-day Judge Poland spoke with freedom
concerning the relation of Vermont to the
coming National Republican convention and
the candidacy of Senator Edmunds The
question was asked whether the delegates TO
the Chicago convention from Vermont this
year would be instructed to vote for the Sen
ator
Mr. Poland replied ;-"Certainly. Senator
Edmunds IS the f9vOrite son Of Vermont and
our standing candidate for Presidential hon
or. While / have not talked with him very
recently on the subject know of no reason
why his name should not be presented to the
convention. 1t certainly will be unless he
should in an emphatic manner decline to
allow his name to 90 before that body"
as the Senator a candidate. The, in the
same sense that we speaf OF ether standing
asplranl9 for Presidential glory?7
NOT by any means | do not believe
senator Edmunds would so much MS raise
MS lttle finger to promote such an interest.
lie Is IN public life, and his associates are
men whose time is mostly spent in the dis
charge OF public duiiesI so that it would be
superhuous to say that be dOcs ro' fully
comprehend all Of his relations to the people
generally. But his ambition does not lead
him to seek what so many Of his associates
earnestly covet. have Just said that the
proviso which goes with his possible candi-
dacy is that he will not intcrdict it,
Admirable Quality of Adaptation,
you remember thet last Tall lie expressed
himself as opposed toa Presidency in any
form, either of the Convention of the Epig.
copal Church CT any other Presidency. and
and yet he is to-day the President lro t,,a.
of the Senatn.n
wei, that Is true, aud may he explained
by that admirable quality the Senator poss.
esses of adapting his feelings to the cmcr-
gency when it arrives. | have no doubt he
could give you the most satisfactory reasons
for amending his declaration. For insiaacc,
you 40 not suppose that if he was elected
President he would decline. Nor do you be.
Ile7c that 1t he is nominated he would de.
clue That honor. Oh, no Senator Ell
mnnds is too good citizen TO spurn the GOOD
will of his fellow citizens in anv such nan.
ner, New, what j understand 10 be his con.
hnlicf tba, ,t'I oo,,,;l'. H' "SI' sct'IeU
nor,v viii ncvor nonto ~ r ". 'NI Ie''plI.an
The siv S.otos co,,as;,, !, 4Nr"
" for The Rnnnbca i,oi, ..u sou
if Won plpasp If tal,;om ',',' ~ lnt u'tiy'
where the eIectoraI vo,es 'a ano i."I,
certain ia not in bis i,d5o,, iI,,i,.
happen. You see that he dspo,es himself
VI all thought of Presidential lightning
shocking Zig nervous system. Nevertheless,
AS an available can,id,tn e,n :. W ~, ,,n
his name ia far moro ,,rI,,no,t ,, a'C' , u, i,
if ycos fonr vo,ra ,,' " va! 'n,r
eycrntion ~ Tho 49, 81 r. WI" ~ wv
a,or Edmnpds shH.,iI 5 'r,'i.' .'a. II Ncu'
eonaI ~ l,is ,",,,ian,, r.i urscl"I'c sLehsll
me fftv "a yp T",a Nv %9uH S,Ecly nav
with . '-'''''''''' " ''H''
y,ce,.,,,e. or,,, ps.,v
o,r
@ lave you ever thought, apart from Tho
senator's own convictions abpnt New
h"gand man oe'ng an eligible Presldentla
nominee out what the necessities OF the Re
puol'cah parry may demand Just such char
hct, rs ne senator possesses :" S"idlIv the
parry VoES
les, nave thought mat AL over. Senl
Tor Enmhnds IS Tree Ton sectional aat
,nd rnI,,, iuiile.Ies' Against MN personally
reproach He is singularly free from all IN,
chickering's and fniblcs thst ordinarilv at;e,,
a man in rnblic life. but tha, is NIT ooouoI
to oecrre the nomination. What Scnorn
Edmunds lacks is that political FOllowip,
which calculates on reward for services re,,
dered Not that il ia to nj, die
credit, but | SPEAK of il recaus,
conventions are COMPOSED for ia,
,r
wardly resolve to lake off their coats on,
shout themselves hoarse for their fgvorItn
with tacit or implied promise Of beinc
taken care of in the event of success. Now
such following as that Senator Edmuude
:ever would have in this world Of sorrow
and error Imagine n regular convention
delegate addressing the Senator - ~,
the event of my using all of my influence f.
boom your name before the Chicsp, c,nven.
ton what NAV eypect p do not sunnoee
the Senator would read him the civil servi,,
law or parley with him at ALL doubt
whether the time would be long enouoh 70,
such man to formulate hjs nronositfoD
Now, YOU don't imagine for n ,,oment Inn,
TIE Chicago convention ia r1inr to tql,n a
man from New England, and suc6 a man -,
Senator Edmunds for its c1nditote "
Ii Nominated, Elected.
But supposing the Convention should
f1nd him the most available man after fruit.
less attempts to select somebody e!se?n
IN that event George F. Edmuu1s Of Yer.
mont would ta the next President Of the
United States. There would not BE- the
slightest question about his election. The
people are very different from the political
manasers of conventions. There is lot man
In the Republican party who would not bend
his best energy toward the election of such a
candidate as Mr.. Edmunds. But | still
think that the promising and trading aspir-
ants would have the refusal before It came
to one so thoroughly independent as our
Junior Senator. That is the whole matter in
a nutshell and pardon me when | say
that have had some little experience in
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