The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-27

W u6COne VI Iue Ou-pTOmOIlOu RUE
that barred Fuller out four years ago
and defeated Woodbury. two years ago.
1t was good enough rule then, what
is the matter with it now2-MdncheSter
Journal.
NEITHER the Republican (St. Johns
bury) or any other paper which sup
ported Colonel Fairbanks has reason
for disparagug Colonel Fuller, and
when it is done there is bias of some
sort that the editor does not reveal.
To our personal knowledge many of
the best republicans of st. Johnsbury
give, and will give, hearty support to
Colonel Fuller, while they regret the
foolish and unjust course of the Re.
publican. Barton Monitor.
A wEATHER-BEATEN American cltl-
zen stood on the platform of a railroad
coach while the train was speeding
along at the rate of fifty miles per hour.
Can't stand on the platform" shouted
the conductor. "What in hades are
platforms for, anyhow" asked the
man. platforms are not made to
stand on; they are made to get in on"
replied the conductor. This is the
story with which Representative Allen
of Missouri illustrates the frailty of
political platforms.
THERE is no mystery about the APP
pearance of Mr.. Cleveland as the most
available candidate of the democratic
party-no more mystery than there is
about stone pier. When you are ten
miles off shore, sailing in a thick fog,
you don't see the pier. When you get
closer in, and the fog lifts, you see the
pier-if you have kept your course
straight by the compass. There is all
the difference in the world in seeing a
pier and not seeing pier; but the diff
ference is in you, not in the pier. The
pier was there, whether you saw it or
whether you did not.-Puck.
THE report is again in circulation
that Senator Hill will go to Chicago and
place Cleveland in nomination before
the democratic convention. There is a
good deal of reason for believing this
persistently circulated report. Mr.. Hill
is very shrewd politician, and no one
likes to be " in the swim" better than
he. He sees that Cleveland's nominal
ton is inevitable and he wishes to place
himself where he will have some infu-
ence with the administration. He also
sees the advantage to come four years
hence in having been en- rapport with
the dominant element of the party at
the present time. In other words,
Senator Hill knows when it rains and is
wise enough to get in out of the wet
Indianapolis Sentinel.
THE st. Adams Messenger is anxious
that Lieutenant Governor Fletcher
should be nominated for the governor
ship. True, this would be contrary to
republican sentiment, which is not only
averse to the promotion theory but
looks upon it as settled. We venture
the opinion that the Messenger is far
more anxious tohave Stranahan elected
acknowledgement than to see any
representative farmer" in the gov
ernor's chair. If Fletcher and Strana-
han should be the nominees, their cleo
ton would be assured, but what next?
Fletcher having been promoted" in
the following campaign Stranahan
would claim the succession, and thus
in all probability capture the governor
ship. The St. Adams woodpile is nicely
arranged by the Messenger, but through
the chinks we can see the burly form
hidden there, and the mans name i:
Stranahan!-Ldndmark.
WE believe Colonel Fuller to be q
gentleman of strict and clean honor,
both in business and personal life; We
believe that in public spirit and it's ex
ercise; in the furtherance of measures
calculated to advance the interests OF
the people who know him best and
among whom he is most directly
thrown in contact, he has proved title
to broad and progressive views and
practice through long course of years
we believe that man who has from q
boyhood of dubious outlook evolved q
manhood of signal success in business
and that without contamination or hint
of reproach personally or socially, pos
sesses qualities which fit him for any
office in the gift of Vermont's citizen
ship. We believe that large acquaint
ance at home and abroad, together
with the advantages of extensive trave
and study, favor his full capacity tc
handle the affairs of Vermont intelli
gently and with credit to the state
Aud last, but by no means least, we be-
lieve that the voters of Windhan
county (where the nomination properly
belongs this Year,, knowing Colone
Fuller more or less intimately, anC
fullyscognizant of his work and worth
favor his nomination, and the same il
true of Windsor county where the
Times is we'll in touch with the peO
ple.-Bello,rS Falls Times.