The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-08-05
See 'em Suuirn.

Next to Gibbs of the st. Adams
Messenger, who took the big job
quite too big for him-of putting his
owner, Gov. Smith, into Senator Ed.
mund's seat in the United States Sen
ate, the most thoroughly disguised and
and unhappy man in Vermont to- day
is doubtless poor Dixon, of the
Montpelier Whatchman. He is re-
ally in pitiable fix. While the valiant
Gibbs is hopping, swearing mad all
through, and so gets some profane re-
lief, Dixon is declared from the use of
open profanity by his pious professions,
and his position as publisher of the Yer
mont Chronicle, paper devoted to re-
ligious instruction. So instead of swear
outright and openly, man fashion, as
his inclination prompts, no doubt, and
as Gibbs does, he can only whine and
SWIVEL and snarl; but it must be admit
ed that he does this in the highest style
of the art
When Gov. Smith bought the Watch
man for twenty thousand dollars, worth
only ten thousand, and put his friend
Dixon into its editorial chair, thus Sc
curing to himself the absolute control
of every paper published in Washing
ton county, he doubtless thought he
had done big and mighty smart
thing, that would be sure to make him
United States Senator, and continue
indefinitely his bossism over both the
republican and democratic parties of
Vermont. AS for Dixon, he felt that
his fortune was already made. With
Gov. Smith and his money and his
ring to back him, and with the only
republican paper at the State capital in
his hands, he already looked upon him
self as conquering hero to whom hon
ors and emoluments would fall sponta-
neously. The killing off Of Senator
Edmunds and the installation of his
wiley patron in his place, to his excited
fancy would be brief and easy task.
Backed up by the ring, the "free pass
Brigade" and bought up and subsidi-
zed press, with plenty of money to lu-
bricate the machine, how could the
great Boss fail? From Dixon's stand
point failure did seem impossible. But
he left out one all important factor III
his calculation, viz: THE PEOPLE; and
hence all his woe. A more utterly sur
prised and COMPOUNDED man than poor
Dixon when the republicans of Wash.
ington county, in convention assembled
declared their unanimous purpose to re
elect Senator Edmunds, supplemented
as it was, by similar action in othel
counties, the sun ever shone upon. Tit
baseless fabric of his vision vanished
into thin air. His courage and his hopei
collapsed with dull thud, such as ha
attended the shutting out of many
schemes as brilliant as his. With tn,
republicans of his own county solid a
gainst him, with a rapidly decreasin.
, patronage, and without approval or EN-
couragement from any quarter, he cal
not fail to see that the deep laid plot
t of his master and himself must speed
lily end-indeed that they have alread.
t ended-in total failure. May all un
, worthy plots fail in like manner. Bu
: poor Dixon, we are told, (for we new
er saw the mani, was capable of bette
+ things, and but for his unfortunate a.
+ lance with the ring and the boss, an
his participation in the wicked plot t
I defeat Senator Edmunds, was worth
of better fate. Like many anothe