News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-06
GREEN MOUNTAIN POLITICS.
EVERYBODY GUESSING, YET THE PA
PERS SAY NOTHING.

THE TWO MEN WHO HAVE THE
GOVERNORS CHAIR-CoNGREssMAN sTEwART
BOOKED FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. HIGH AS
PIRATIoNs-LoNGING EYES CAST ON MINOR
OFFICES.
From the Boston Herald, Saturday, Feb. l..
RUTLAND, Vt, Jan. 81, 1S90.-Ev-
erybOdv in Vermont is thinking and
guessing about the probable Republi-
cannominationfor the GovernOrship,
and yet hardly a wordhas been spOk-
en- by the papers of the State. The
surface waters are so calm that an
outsider would not detect the boiling
that is going on below. Things have
been gradually shaping themselves,
and to-day the fight over the guber-
Material nomination is clearly map
ped out and generally understood.
Two men are in the field, and one or
the other will be the next Governor
1t has been regarded as a matter OF
course, that Lieut.-GOv. u. A. Wood
bury would be one of these candi-
dates. He had his eye on the Gov
ernorship when he put out his hand
for the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. As
a matter of fact, however, about the
worst thing that is said against
Lieut.-Gov. Woodbury. is that he is
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. He is a sol
der, and popular soldier. Moreover,
he is active and public-spirited in
every way that could win the respect
of his fellow-citizens of Burlington.
But the long established rule of pro-
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first office of the State was broken in
the conventions of 1886 and 1888,
to the evident satisfaction and relief
| of the rank and file of the party, and
it will be hard for even so popular a
man as the present Lieutenant-GOv-
ernor to beat down the present preju-
dice against promotion" If Mr..
Woodbury. is nominated for Govern
II the party would appear to go.
back to the old way; if he is not
nominated, the new way will be fairly
and permanentlyfiXed This is about
the condition of things as they effect
Lieut.-Gov. Woodbury..
The only other name mentioned
with any frequency is that of Hon.
Carroll s. Page of Hyde Park. 1t is
peculiar that these two men live in
places less than 40 miles apart. Mr..
Page is an interesting man person
ally and in his business life. A visit
to his leather establishment at Hyde
Park would revealan object lesson in
business methods that would do
every Young man in this country
good. The foresight, system and
thoroughness illustrated at every
hand are marvellous. The business is
unique. Mr.. Pages father bought
and sold calf skins in a small way,
but the development of the present
extensive plant is the work of the
son. 1t is simply an elaborate as
sorting and classifying system, with
the idea of having on hand in large
quantities calf skins in every grade
and weight, so carefully classified that
skins in the same class do not vary
in weight from each other over half
pound. There are-or there were,
for it is possible thatnew grades have
been added recently-some 1876 yarie-
ties in separate compartments in the
cellar of the shop, and orders from
in any part of the country
can be filed in the very shortest
time and with the most exact atten-
ton to grade. Over 500 buyers of
calf skins are in all parts of the
country purchasing skins, which,
after they are properly cleaned and
classified, are sent, possibly, to the
t%anneries in the very sections of the
country from which they came. The
receipts of skins have grown from
5000 in "a year to over $4,000 in a
month, and a yearly business of
is done. OF course, natur-
al conditions have had much to do
with the growth of this business, for
- Or md PDr@ .atcrta Tic 1879
months are absolutely essential. Yet
the cool air and pure water have
been,