The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-05-25
VermOnt's Next Governor.

Windsor county had the floor last
week on the governor question. Henry
M. Arms of Springfield, president of
the Vermont Dairymen's Association
and one of the representative far
mers" of the state, writes to the Wind
sor Journal the following emphatic en-
dorsement of Colonel Fuller's candi-
dacy:
The time is coming very soon when the
republicans OF Vermont must nominate
some one for our next governor, and there
seems to be an unusually large number this
year who are willing to be nominated All
of the prominently named candidates are
good men, and each might make good gov
ernor; but, beg to suggest, it seems very
important, this year, that we nominate the
one man who of all others will bring out the
full republican vote of the state, and also
the very best man for the position, which
for the next two years will be no sinecure.
1t has been in the line Of duty that / have
been over the state during the last few
weeks, and to me the preference has seemed
to be for the Windham county candidate,
Colonel l.. X. Fuller; and my personal &C
quaintance with him, as well as the often
expressed opinion Of better men, who know
him most thoroughly, leads me to believe
nently mentioned candidates, will fill the
position and honor our state. Those who
know him best recognize in him a large
hearted, generous, broad-minded man,
thorough untiring scholar, and one whose
sterling qualities will recommend him to
the voters of Vermont, and perhaps to no
class more favorably than the farmers. L
most sincerely hope his nomination will be
unanimous, and that he will be supported
by the voters in September by such major
ity that we may in good measure redeem
our state, and make long stride towards
the majority we gave in 1888.
A Windsor county man, writing to the
Bellows Falls Times, says:
/ am in favor OF Hon. Levi X. Fuller for
the next governor of Vermont, and while
favor him, do not lose sight of the many
good qualities of the other candidates Now
we have an honorable man in our county
who aspires to be governor. That's nothing
against him. but he would not have thought
of the thing If he was not at the present
time lieutenant-governor That id ea would
not have crept in under his hat. n ow, don't
think, Mr.. Editor, that because / play with
words little bit do not fully appreciate
the character and ability of Hon. Henry A.
Fletcher. do. He is good citizen and
an honorable man, and man whom any
community may be proud of; but / don't
want to see man use the lieutenant
governorship as lever to hoist himself
into the governors chair. We have, at the
last two conventions, said as plainly as
could be said that because a man was
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS it did not follow as a
matter of course that he must be made gov
ernor, and we are not going back on that
doctrine now When the time comes that
the governorship should as matter of right
come to Windsor county, we have many
honorable citizens who are well qualified to
| fill the executive chair. Hon. Fred G.
| Field, the present inspector of finance, and
Hon. Henry M. Arms would make good gov
ernors. So would Hon. William X. johnson
of Woodstock, Hon. Gilbert A. Davis of
| Windsor, Hon. James j. Wilson of Bethel,
and many others. AS a citizen of Windsor
county, / say let the best man and the
choice of the county win; not because he is
a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS or justice of the
peace, but because he is the best man and
the favored candidate OF the proper time. L
| will now give you my reasons, Mr.. Editor,
| for favoring Colonel Fuller. believe that
he is the choice OF a majority of Windham
! county voters, and feel that in all fairness
| this year the governorship belongs to that
county il it presents with practical unanim-
| ity, to the convention, a suitable candidate,
and from what know OF Colonel Fuller 1
am able to say that morally and intellectu-
ally he is a suitable candidate. "By their
fruits We shall know Them" and If he has
not shown by his works that he possesses
Industry, perseverance and good executive
ability, then no man in the state has.
"Yours for Fletcher for governor,
but not this year. No promotion for
me-" writes a correspondent of the
WATCHMAN, also Windsor county
man and representative farmer