Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-05-23
THE GOVERNOR QUESTION.


Some Comments on the situation.
To the Editor OF the Free Press;
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there is one noint in his prom6tion business
which we wan; them to explain. They. have
saiu great many times over thnt WHIie liz. tne
Give its holder nortanpe on the goyernorship,
ii ought not on the other hand to be a bar to
thc higher ONCE. me man hlmseii shoult DC
thev i"i ms if if is not tru" tbat their candidate
is beingjpushcd for the govornorship simply be-
cause OF inc temporary prominehcs "n,cn we
saw tot Lo ionl a,.e ha,n cI,ol"t aniong ali
the other men in the state simply because of
hls superior fitness ms Is the QUESTION we
mnl az vn W. ~ we do i'm hih
esteem a. a man and citizen. 1t ia II serious
question and it can't be coughed down.
1t certainly is not true that Col. Wood
bury is being pushed for the governor
ship" because of the fact that he has been
lieutenant governor. ! have seen it stated
repeatedly in the columns of the press that
the friends of Col. oodbury, ana they are
legion iii this vicinity, claim nothing tor
him by reason OF his elevation to the lieut.
enant Governorship. or indeed TO any OF the
offices of trust and honor which lie has itled
with recognized ability and credit to HIM
self. In fact so far as have been able to
observe, the friends OF Mr.. Woodbury. desire
TO place before the voters OF Vermont the
private and civil record OF their candidate
in fair ana legitimate comparison with that
of MIR. Page. By such comparison Col
| Woodbury. will not suffer and he has one
grand advantage over the Lamoille county
man, which the Phoenix unwlttlngly made
prominent, and that Is the fact that 1t Is
the friends of Col Woodbury. who are
pushing MIN Tor the goVernorshIp' On
the other hand the whole State is witness TO
the TACT that MIR. Page Is pushing himself
! Tor the Office and that no spontaneous cal
| from MS fellow ciNlens Drought MN INTO
| public notice as Il candidate or ever gave
nm WORD Oh unsolicited announcement
aIter he had galnei this pubic notice ny MS
| own eXertions. w no llrst mentioned T. -
rage Tor the governorshlp [. >. Iage,
Who wrote to Tom, Dick and Harry, whose
! post once addresses may be Hound IN every
school district in Vermont, asking If they
dld not think there was popular 1eeilns III
favor OF I. >. rage Tor governor; I. .
Rage. VINO intlmated to every man OF reaI
or supposed influence IN the state That II
would be pleasure to count them as friends
OF {. ,. rage Tor governor {. :. Fage
no told the secret 10 thousands OF 0spl'
ing citizens, who are hoping for their own
political preierment at some future time
that {. >. Iage never forSets friend T.
>. rage. In word, VINO Is pushing I. D
rage Tor the SoVernorshlp: |. ,. rage.
Does the tnuniX mean to say that MI
rage would have been chosen among al
other men IN the state because OF ms supe
rior fitness hat peculiar qualifications,
pray, uoes thaU gentleman possess III
marked degree higher than those OF score