Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-05-30
Tho Republican Committees List.


The Caledonian of last week publishes a
letter from f. W. Baldwin OF Barton sec
rotary of the republican state committee,
in which Mr. Baldwin says:
G. $. Page has not had or used any of the
lists OF tht committee, and they have not been
OUT oi my ollicc In Ba ton soon after the
state convention in 1883 the State committee
arranged to canvass the State 10y school dis
trcts. The matter was talked over among the
committee and it was arranged that Mr.. Page,
the chairman OF the committee, should look
after the speakers throughout the campaign
in the state, and should look after the can
ya~S by school districts. That work was done
from my Office in Barton and know that MIR:
IaSc mover saw the names of the persons of
that canvass and all he ever know was the re-
suit. Mr.. Page has not had or examined amy
of the lists of the republican State committee
since have been its secretary, nor has he
sought 80.
This deprives Mr.. Page of very much of
the praise accorded to him in making the
canvass of the State in 1888. From time
to time it will be remembered, the progress
of the canvass was given by Mr. Page to-
gethcr with the predicted republican ma ior-
ity. 1t now appears that to Mr. Baldwin is
due the credit in question, and which he has
been deprived of, in the estimation of the
public. Heretofore, or as was the case with
two OF MIR. Pages predecessors at least
the canvasses mentioned were made by the
chairmen, who also looked after the
speakers. -
But be that as it may, there are many
other wheels i'm the political machine of
which MIR. PAGE could not have been irnor-
ant in his position and at the same time have
been lifted to have discharged its duties
There are the lists of town and county com
mittees, officers of the campaign clubs, etc.
| For years Mr.. Page had been in correspond
ence with leading republican contributors
to fine funds ,vitll which ia corr,- on nolitical
| -. - l
| Hll'al'il'h "oih' anu "hcu He ColhiheHCcu
| MS canvass Tor the goVernorshlp was douDu-
| less better ncouufnted with the political
| .,,l,i,,... - ~ 60. d., - . a.. -
Hl"cilHc' III tHt NOauo Onuh any OIhei man
| of the period. Without his intimate linOwl-
! edre of the machine in nli probability he
! ,,.,,,,l1 $40, -. 1.,,,,,,l+ li,.,itf e,,,,.,,J
Won" HOU uaFc prOu6iO iiiii'sali Aoi y" ''ru'
Mr.. Page seems to be about as well
equipped politically as Mr. Baldwin, al
tLo,,,th th,i .bI jist.ict li.ts ,,,,,,i,, ,,.itb
to ne ,,o Iitto W. ha'.a
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yyhich il moi ioo'Ioj with tho po,.n rarars
ol1ro.sod 70 ,,no,,lo in tho tov,rs dirncti,,
from fine oIiro If nnLlir,tion Ono Of tbe
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bn l,o,ys lr ,,ai,,bIo,s of HE who o,o ro,oi,-
inc nrcciseI,, tie some rior Tho businese
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tlo., Who l.,,, NIX town rha dol,Iro If
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colled far Inv Mr. pogn nersonolIv 70 Lo
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