Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-05

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of the battle line of the
party-and that no new I
,omer, be he who he may, can step {
nto his shoes and do equal service.
We know, of course, that there
has been not little censure of the
not little calumny, not a
little falsehood about him afloat for
many months; and we know also
that it was started and has been as
8iduously kept up, for special pur-
pose, as part of "stiIl hunt" and an
and unscrupnlous cam
paign to kill off the senator, in or
der that another man may have his
place. 1t is as far as it has gone a
distinct sacrifice of the interests Of
the Republican party TO personal
animosity and ambition.-F, ee
Press.
What is the reason of the extreme |
solicitude of Mr.. Edmunds at this
time, and why is he so persistent |
just now, when a few shot NO his
ago he turned a deaf ear to the ap-
peals of his party when it cried
"Savc, or l perish!" He passed by
on the other side, aud the party
went to the wall. Now he is at the
eleventh hour attempting to prevent
the certain result Of his treachery.
Again we ask, why this extreme
anxiety? Is it possible that he secs
on the walls of his party tabernacle
the ominous words, meme, meme, te-
KEEL uphWsm? Well may George
+. Edmunds tremble and struggle
to retrieve his reputation at home;
but he struggles in vain, and the in
dications point to his overthrow at
the election next fall He is not
winning over any of the voters
whom his course in 1884 estranged,
| but rather TO the sound minded,
thinking voters of Vermont he is go
ing the other way. They recognize
why he is making this fight with
the President, and a large majority
feel very sensibly that had he made
one-half the effort for his party in
1884 that he is now making there
would have been no call for such a
controversy between the Senate and
the President.-Argus.
COUNTERFEIT MUGwUMr5 BY
tho way, it must seem rather odd TO
the Republican editors who;r. get
ting ready to come out for Tx Gov.
Smith, to find themselves working
hand-in-glo with the Democrats
of the State to defeat the man who
has done more for the Republican
party in the past, and who is doing
more for it today, than all the rail
road presidents in the country. 1t
seems almost as bad as mugwump-
cry !--Ca!edonian.
The Burlington Free Press evil
IDENTIFY considers Senator Edmunds'
course above criticism, and regards
the appearance of the truth as ma
llclous. 1t would have the Senator's
record of 1884 blotted out. 1t we're
better that it never had been made
against She earnest cntroatics of the
best Republicans of the country.
For the arrangements that have
arisen, in consequence, Mr.. Ed
munds is answerable. OF the caus, s
for them the Free Press knows very
much more than it is willing to re-
late. We are glad to sec that there
IS no longer necessity for citizens of
the State to kncel at the feet of the
great, cold, "independcnt.' There
Will be no more begging and en-
treating, in vain, for him to come
out and support the Republican
party. The days of the greatest
humiliation of the Republican party
of the State have passed away. The
Senator has no claims upon the par
ty he refused to support. Pretend.
ing to be leader, he did not do the
work of an honorable private. The
Republican party has some rights
worth observation-disclosures
We learn through a prominent
business man of Brattleboro that, SC
: far as he has heard, that town and
, coRuty will be united for the return
of Senator Edmunds. Both Col
Hooker and ex-Speaker Martin, this
: gentleman reports, support Mr.. Ed.
munds and nearly all the sentiment
t that we have heard expressed in this
, county is strongly for Mr.. Edmnnd's
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