News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-05-05
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The st. Albans Messenger is at
present booming the cause Of Lieut.. -
Gov. Fletcher for the Republican
nomination for Governor. Two years
ago Lieut.. Gov. Woodbury. was set
aside from his candidateship, because
he at that time held the office Of
eut.-Governor, and twas the wish,
as expressed in the convention, 60
break up the promotion practice.
We thought it was an injudicious act
at the time, and would like to know
if the party desired to break up the
old custom when Col. Woodbury. was
running, why do we make this year
an exception of the new rule in the
nomination of Col. Fletcher? Why
does the party seek TO ignore this
year the rule made two years ago?
| Col. Fletcher is a good all-around
man. yet we are still Of the belief that
Fuller and Stranahan will have the
nomination.
lI'rom the Boiiows Salis Times
/ We express definitely this week n
preferences, which we have quite clear.
ly indicated in the past, relative TO
| the selection of "A Governor of Yer
mont who will be nominated next
June and elected next September.
What we have TO say on the subject
hereafter, will include no word of
abuse or malicious ridicule of any
candidate in the field, for however
forcibly such methods may demon
strate the fitness of combatants for
municipal or "ward" politics, with
attendant dirt and slime, they should
have no part in the filling of Yer
mont's offices, and they must surely
nauseate and disgust the fair-minded
and intelligent voters who elect
The honor OF the State. the honor
of the Republican party, and the hon
or Of the men concerned, should, we
submit, keep heated controversy and
personal bitterness in the back
ground
Holding the idea that the voters of
Vermont, and not her newspapers,
will elect this Governor, we argue
that that journal which most faith
fully represents the best public senti-
ments of its territory, honestly and
without prejudice presentingit its ideas
o! the best, yet respecting difference
of opinion, is most perfectly filling its
mission. And so, while giving our
own ideas on this, as on other sub
iects, We submit to the good sense of
editorial brethren. who have shown
symptoms of biliousness and acidi-
ty of the stomach, the proposition
that, after all, this is the peoples
question, to be settled "by the peo-
pie and for the people"
Readers of The Times have known
quite well that we favor the nomina-
tion of Levi X. Fuller, ,ofBrattleboro,
for the next Governor of Vermont.
If any are in doubt on this point. we
are pleased TO reiterate the state
ment, and To give our reasons there
for. We believe Col. Fuller TO be "A
gentlemen Of strict aud clean honor.
both in business and personal life. We
/ believe that in public spirit and it's
/ exercise. in the turtherance OF meas
ures calculated co advance the inter
ests OF the people who knew him best
and among whom he is most direct
ly thrown in contact, ne has proved
title to broad and progressiy,
views and practice through a long
course of years; We believe that any
man who has from a boyhood of du-
bious outlook, evolved a manhood
of sigma! success i'm business, and that, f,
without contamination or hint Of re-
proach personally orsocially, possess
qualities which fit him for any office
i'm the gift of Vermont citizenship.
We believe that large acquaintance
at home and abroad, together with
the advantages Of extensive travel
and study, favor his full capacity TO
handle the affairs of Vermont intelli-
gently and with credit TO the State.
And last, but by no means least, we
believe that the voters of Windham
county (where the nomination prop
erly belongs this year,, knowing Col.
Fuller more or less intimately, and
fully cognizant ofhis work and worth,
favor his nomination, and the same
is true of Windsor county, where the
Times is well in touch with the peo-
pie.
For these reasons, briefly given,
with full remembrance of other aspir-
ants in the field; without acrimony
or double leads, we favor the nomi-
nation of Levi X. Fuller. of Brattle-
boro, for Governor. We present in
another column, extracts from the
State press so far as noted which we
shall continue to give from time to
time as the campaign progresses, and
we invite correspondence on the sub
ject from voters with whom we may
agree or disagree.