News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-04-07
Press Comments on State Politics.
[From the Hardwick Gazette.

and Bennington Banner A very re-
spectacle array OF friends.
[From the st. Johnsbury Republican,
The Burlington Free Press has ac-
quired its second wind and comes
poses, for Col. Fuller
Nevertheless, please paste this pre-
dlctlon in your hat
Col. Fuller will never be Governor
of Vermont.
[From the Express and Standard
In Orleans county Josiah Grout,
of Derby, and Charles A. Prouty, of
Newport, have been spoken of by
many of the leading papers of the
state, and either of them would fill
the bill. Hon. Franklin Fairbanks
of st. Johnsbury is named by Gale
donia county. He is a gentleman. of
culture and refinement, one of the
best business men in New England, |
and would make Governor of which |
the state would be proud. Orange !
county names Hon. Victor l. Spear
of Braintree; Washington county, |
Hon. VIM. Chaplin, of MidGlesex; |
Windsor county, Hon. Henry A.
Fletcher, of Cavendish-all farmers. |
| These three gentlemen were all men, |
bers of the House of Representatives |
in 1880; and as we had the pleasure |
OF being a member of the same body, |
we can personally bear witness that |
they are clean men, of large legisla-
tive experience, and should the Guber-
material lightning strike either of !
| thnr1 in hIc ho ~ =
state would be well and ably cared !
tor. Last, but not least, Windham
county puts forth the name of Hon.
Levi K. Fuller, of Brattleboro. Mr..
Fuller is at the head of the Estpy or
gan factory, famous the world over.
lie is gentleman whose reputation
is without spot, has large experience
as q legislator and business man.
having been State Senator and
ut.-GOvernOr, and would be an
honor to the state in the Governors
chair.
From the Manchester Journal
There seems to be lulI in the Full
Ter boom for the Governorship. We
see no reason why he would not
make a good Governor. Some pa
pers have intimated that he is of
small calibre. He is a thorough bust
ness man and would give his best at
tention to his official duties, and the
present Governor has done no more
than this. The opposition to Col
Fuller has not yet united on any par
ticular candidate, though there is ,,
considerable talk of taking up a
farmer. There is no objection to a
farmer provided that a fit man is {
chosen. Very few farmers have the I
requisite education and experience, |
though they may have native ability {
and integrity. Among those of this
class named are Spear of Braintree. l
Chaplin of Middlesex, and Fletcher of [
All these gentlemen have {
had more or less legislative expert
ence, and neither of them would be {
likely to dishonor the state if elected. I
Fairbanks and Grout are not max
ing a push for the nomination, v
though each of them has friends who l
would be glad of their advancement. I
circuit has made a good record as a
speaker during two sessions and, q
but for the fact that his brother is
~ llC NOul1 Ilb dCtiNGIN
in the race, with good chance for n
winning. He may come in strong at !.
the last end as a compromise candi-
date. I
From the Hardwick Gazette J.
The Governor question has already !
resolved itself into this: Will the 6
of Vermont continue !
to be driven to the support of a self :
nominated candidate whose ability 7
is OF the most mediocre order and !
whose only qualification is money, .
or will they prefer clean, unassum- I
ing man of the people, thoroughly
equipped for the position, who has Z
not forced himself into public notice? i,
This is plain question of yes or no, =
and will soon have to be decided.
[From the Barton Montor.l
During the session of the Legisla- a
ture of 1886, when Col. Levi X. Full
Ter was Lieutenant Governor, and T
by virtue of his office, President of II
the Senate, a great hue and cry was S
made against the Board of Agricul- "
ture, and bill, having been passed r
by the House, to abolish the same. a
came before the Senate The discus d
sion i'll that body was brief, and the C,
vote upon the bill d tie Col. Fuller
cast his vote against the bill and the a
board was saved. We have heard h
from time to time some criticism W
the board, which have been n
made for the greater part by those n
who have prejudice against "book fe
farming, or more particularly, per- v
haps, against anything that another b
man knows on the subject of agricul- tt
ture. The board is in being; and u
the two men, William Chaplin and G
Victor |. Spear, both prominently h;
as fit Governor candidates.
are on that board, doing useful work OIL
.or the business and farming inter- ht
asts OF the State. If Col. Fuller had ca
asst his vote the other way, we hi
imagine himself and candidates Cha. tt
Din and Spear would have been very til
y abolished when the law ri
vent under. CIV
From the Ludlow Tribune. ca
The people of Vermont are SUD- C'
POSED to do the nominating and not Ge
he various candidates in the field In
md If, without personal activity on III
us part, the people should express a 70
ecided preference for Mr.. Fletcher as Ur
he standard bearer, he would be a I'll
'oor patriot should he refuse to az
erve. In the sense of pushing his Id
'wn canvass Mr.. Fletcher is out of er
he field. This is in his favor and =.
ommends him to the people of Yer u,
mont, who are getting heartily sick 81 81
If the persistency of some men to vi
'ush themselves into public notice 81 81
nd gobble all of the offices in the vi
lift of the people. The most emphat- W.
; statement of the non-promotion VI VI
ress in the last campaign is not VI
pen to the Interpretation that in no Vi
ase is a Lieutenant Governor to be re
lected Governor. 1t was a protest "a "a
gaint any claim to the office and Ul'
gainst the establishment of a prece- en-
ent which made the nomination of ~
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS equivalent to III
he nomination of a Governor two
ears later. Mr. Fletcher and Mr.. -,
letcher's friends stand by that same
rinciple to-day. He makes no claim pa
the office and has done nothing he
D pre-empt the ground. If now the sti
oters III this state want Lieutenant ia
-oVernor Fletcher there is no reason his