St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-03-13
STATE POLITICS.

bury's friends are urging Maj. Grout
to accept the second place on the
state ticket, but the Major wants to
be governor sometime and is afraid
the precedent might work against
| him But if Grout gets on with
Woodbury. what is TO be done with
Editor Perkins of the Windsor Jour
nal p Richford Gazette
Certainly no better man can be
found to guard the treasury and
guide wise legislation than Col. U. A.
Woodbury. of Burlington. AS lieu
ltenant-governor it is generally con-
coded that he proved to be a man of
more than ordinary capacity, fully
informing himself on every important
topic which came up for discussion in
the last legislature. No one can
doubt the superior ability, which his
practical experience combined with
his well-known sacgacity would give
him as governor of Vermont.-[ Bur
lington Clipper.
I'VE have declined to believe the
sta tement that the Argus brOadside,
to which Mr. Page evidently refers,
was inspired by Mr.. Page. = Bur
lington Free Press.
The Free Press is neither frank nor
candid in this trust. We did not re-
fer to the Argus, and Mr.. Page has
had no part, directly or indirectly, in
inspiring anything that the Argus
has said The Free Press was Ger
tainly ungenerous in placing the con-
struction it did upon our paragraph,
to which its above extract refers
[Morrisville News and Citizen.
Hon Carroll S. Page has a high
reputation in the state as q man OF
clean personal character, honorable
and upright. His executive ability
as a business man, a quality very
| desirable III the governor OF the state,
is generally recognized. He is not
implicated in the high license heresy.
An effort is now being made to build
up the industries of Vermont and
broaden the resources of the state.
At such time Mr.. Page is peculiarly
fitted to be placed at the head OF
affairs because he is a man who has
believed in Vermont, who has put
his money into business in the state
and shown that success can be made
to follow such a course. Mr.. Page is
also a comparatively young man, OF
broad and progressive ideas Bel
lows Falls Times.
About a fortnight agoit was loudly
proclaimed by an organ with chip
onits shoulder that Col. Woodbury.
entire newspaper support was limited
to the Burlington Free Press, and
that nearly every other paper i'll the
state had swung into line" in opposi-
ton to him. 1t would appear, how
ever, that this allegation is, like Mr..
Pages literary symposium, some
what premature. Among other pa
pers which have recently declared for
Col. Woodbury. are the ST. Adams
Messenger, the Windsor Journal, the
Lyndonville Journal, the Brandon
Union, the Manchester Journal and
the Burlington Clipper. In all fifteen
state papers are now actively sup
porting Mr.. Woodbury., with pros
pect of more to follow. We are with
you, gentlemen!-[ Hardwick Gazette.
Col. Woodbury. is one of the most
successful business men in the state,
is thorough-going republican, and
has, added to this, a highly creditable
record in the army in which he lost
his good right arm. Years ago it
was the custom to elect elderly men
to the office of acknowledgements
with the full understanding that this
should round out and finish their
official career That was we'll enough
except in case the governor died
during his term of office. Latterly
young men and often the best men in
the state have been elected to the
lower office, and rule barring them
out would have kept Proctor and
others among our best governors
from holding the office. In our esti-
nation Woodbury. is quite as good a
man for the place as was Proctor or
any other governor we have had for
many years. M anchester Journal.
The question before the freemen of
today is. have they conferred all the
want to or intend to? If not they
will make him the next governor of
Vermont. He is now in the line of
promotion; if put aside the probable
tiles are that the occasion will never
occur again to honor him with that
office. 1t is cOnceded on all sides that
he possesses the ability to fill the po-
sition; that he has all the qualifica-
tons claimed for his opponent, Mr..
Page, which we believe is true; be
sides, he carries an empty sleeve. He
put himself between your homes and
d deadly foe; he left a portion of his
person on the battlefield; he broke
the precedent" by continuing in ser
vice after all demands upon him from
the government and the people had
been complied with. Will you hest
tate to break precedent, If such a
thing exists, to honor him in peace
as he honOred you in war? Will you
place the crown he SO justly deserves
upon the head of another who is en-
joying all the privileges gained by his
services and pass Mr.. Woodbury. into
political forgetfulness We make no
appeal for sympathy, but ask that
justice and right shall be done to one
who has always served the public
with fidelity. Mr.. Page is compare
lively a young man, will undoubtedly
be continued in the office he now
holds and has so ably filled. unless he
should decline to do so, and would
probably be made governor two
years hence without opposition, and
so would not be deprived of the honor
as would Mr.. Woodbury.. Speaking
about precedent, would it not be far
preferable to establish the custom of
promoting the lieutenant-governor
than that the newspapers should
name candidates for the next gov
ernor, when they report the proceed
ings of a convention and keep up
running fire ON the subject for the