Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-04-18
THE GOVERNOR QUESTION IN THE
NORTHEAST CORNER.
Something About "Rings" and Wire
Pulling.

Pulling.
To the Editor of the Free Press:
ORLEANS COUNTY, April 70, 1890.
As an old soldier | have watched the
progress of the gubernatorial canvass with
considerable interest. see the Barton
Monitor is for c. S. Page, and is employing
Page tactics to further its candidates in
terests, and like some other papers it is try
ing by unfair means to prejudice the peo-
pie against Col. Woodbury. and so it tries to
have the good people believe that there is
State House ring, and that as long ago as
the session of the Legislature OF 1888, 1t was
all cut and dried by this supposed ring that
Col Woodbury. should be their candidate
Now, Mr.. Editor, | have very good
friend who was in that Legislature, and |
know he would not lie or misreprosent; he
says not one word so far as he heard, was
said by Col. Woodbury. or anyone else about
Woodbury's being candidnte--and my
friend was in position to have heard it if
there had been any such thing going on.
But he says he cannot say as much for the
other candidate, who was there looking af-
ter his interest and had men there VINO were
trying to lay the wires for him. The
Monitors article made me think of the
rickpocket's cry of stop thief. >
| see the Argus and Patriot is up to its
old tricks of setting up dummy for the
sake of knocking IT down. Hiram Is sharp
er than the editor of the Monitor. lie
knows the cry about state House ring is
stale, so he shouts custom house ring, be
cause it is a mower device to catch voters
with, to help Page. II is amusing to see
lliram's frantic efforts to make the
people believe that he is not working for c.
:. Page If he is not why does he
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