Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-03-11


Ex- Senator Edmunds was asked in
Washington, SAYS dispatch to the St.
Adams Messenger, about the governor
ship for which he has been mentioned by
some Vermont papers, and he facetiousiy
disposed of the matter by saying that
he might accept the nomination on the
condition that he should be allowed to
spend the term of office IN Europe and
have all his expenses paid. Mr.. Edmunds
would make an excellent governor any
where, but there will probably be no
difficulty in finding candidate who will
be willing to stay at home for the honor.
[From the RichfOrd Gazette.l
Wouldn't it be a good thing IN this year
of grace to drop all the eI-governors and
other eI S from the list of candidates and
elect as delegates TO Minneapolis some of
the bright young republicans who have
never got any of the loaves and fishes,
and who will have to bear the brunt of
the fighting?
[From the st. Johnsbury Republican,
Candidates for the lieutenant governor
ship are cropping out. The names are
mentioned OF Elhu B. Taft of Burlington,
c. p. Hogan of Sheldon +. S Stranahan
of St. Albaps, and l.. d. Elbridge of Mid
dlebury. And there are still few more
counties to hear from.
Secretary of State Brownell Of Bur
lington and State Treasurer Field OF
Rutland will OF course be renominated,
as they ought to he.
Auditor Powell will not ask for n re-
election, probably. and the field is rea-
sonably clear for Frank D. Hale OF Lunen-
burgh, who came so near beating Mr..
Powell two years ago. Mr.. Hale is
square, honorable and capable man, and
we hope that he will receive the nomina
ton. His only opponent, up to date, is
| Norman Paul Of Woodstock. who cannot
be regarded as a formidable antagonist.
| From the Rutland Herald
The newspaper governorship booms
show the effect OF an extremely cold wave.
OF the four or FIVE newspapers enlisted for
Col. Fuller not one except the Brattle-
boro Phenix found a word to say about
him last week, and the Fairbanks sheets
were nearly as silent. 1t is not pleasant
to think that an unfortunate tempera-
ture may have nipped these tender things
in the bud. But il they really arc nippcd
will some political naturalist please tell
us whether such things have roots or
bulbs or tubers-or even rootlcts-able
to sprout second time.
From the White River Junction Landmark. ]
The people themselves have had little ii
any opportunity to express their opinions
in the matter. Public opinion to some
extent is moulded by the press, but the
republicans of Vermont are too intelligent
not to discern the motives that move a
partisan sheet. There was, for example,
nothing III tho Rutland Herald demands
for stronger, ADLER men to fill the gov
ernor's chair to have provoked the at
tacks made upon that Journal. There is
no reason why Col, Fairbanks merits
should not be recognized even il he docs
belong to a family prominent i'll political
life And is it not unjust to Col. Fuller to
assert-as has a prominent paper
that the chief comment upon his candi.
dacy is to the effect that the governorship
f OF Vermont has fallen pretty low when Sc
| small a man can aspire to it "?
Let this sort of hostility continue, and
the republican party of the state will bt
in a very demoralizcd condition next
September.