Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-02-13
GREEN MOUNTAIN POLITICS.

: guessing about the probable Republi-
can nomination for the Governorship,
and yet hardly a word has been spoken
by the papers of the State. The sur
4 face waters are so calm that an outsid-
: er would not detect the boiling that is
going on below. Things have been
gradually shaping themselves, and to-
day the fight over the gubernatorial
nomination is clearly mapped out and
generally understood. Two men are
{ in the field, and one or the other will
be the next Governor. 1t has been re-
garded as matter of course, that
ut.-Gov. I. A. Woodbury. would
be one of these candidates. He had
his eye on the Governorship when he
put out his hand for the Lieutenant
Governorship. AS matter of fact,
however, about the worst thing that is
said against Lieut.. Gov. Woodbury. is
that he is Lieut.. Governor. He is
soldier and II popular soldier. More
over, 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-
noting Lieutenant-G Governors TO the
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 man as
the present Lieutenant-Governor to
beat down the present prejudice against
promotion. II Mr.. Woodbury. is
nominated for Governor the party
would appear to go back to the old
way if he is not nominated, the new
way will be fairly and permanently
fixed. This is about the condition Of
things as they affect Lieut.. Governor
Woodbury..
The only other name mentioned with
any frequency is that of 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 personally and in his
business life. A visit to his leather !
department at Hyde Park would reveal
an object lesson in business methods ,
that would do every young man in |
this country good The foresight. !
system and thoroughness illustrated on I
every hand are marvellous. The busi- !
ness is unique. Mr.. Pages father
bought and sold calf skins in small
way, but the development of the pres
ent extensive plant is the work Of the +
son. 1t is simply an elaborate assort- !
ing and classifying system, with the
idea OF having on hand in large guam .
titles calf skins in every grade and :
weight, so carefully classified that h
skins IN the same class do not vary in q
weight from each other over half a
pound. There are-or there were, for !,
1t Is possible that new grades have I
been added recently-some 1876 varie- !
ties separate compartments in the i
cellar of the shop, and orders from tan i
neries in any part Of the country can :
be filled in the very shortesG time and !
with tle most exact attention to grade. a
Over 800 buyers Of calf SKINS are in :
all parts of the country purchasing :
skins, which, after they are properly !,
cleaned and classified, are sent, posi- q
bly,, TO the tanneries in the very sec
lions Of the country from which they h
came. The receipts of skins have y
grown from 5000 to over so, 900 in ;,
month, and a yearly business of $780, !,
300 is done. OF course, natural con- i
litions have had much to do with the !
growth of this business, for cool air :,
md pure water in the warm months 4
ire absolutely essential. Yet the cool =
'ir and pure water have always been, i,
ON THESE VERMONT HILLS, II
ret no one but Mr.. Page has seen to 8
What a profitable use they could be :.
'ut. The scientific assortment of " "
kins is not the only interesting feature h,
f the establishment. The system of l.
Bookkeeping, which, il can be seen, +,
) necessarily complicated, is as close h,
D perfection as can well be imagined. NJ
lr. Page has a faculty for putting in ~
} writing the most insignificant de- n,
Ills and of making them tell some- No
hing. r,
So much for Mr.. Pages business. or ~
lie is an active politician, having been h.
&c. Of the Republican State Com. and ter
Dw being its chairman. From 1884 80
1000 n1 was o'a'e inspector Oh III vii
ance, and in this position he distin- or
Iished himself by keeping watchful no,
re open tor banks that show dispo- e.,
ton to step out of the field of legal ~
vestment. Mr.. Page is Vermont na,
in every fibre and every instinct. He a l,
vests his money in the State, and tnr
IS faithIin the future fit. 1t can be sne m
adily inferred that the State will not tare ~
tfer if either of these two men is n :
There will be no hard of @
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