The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-18

If DR.. Worthen shall be made the can
didate of his town, the convention will
have before it the name of a layman
entirely worthy of its consideration.
There is no division in Mr.. Plunley's
town on the question of the office that
will be sought at the hands of the con-
vention. His was one of the first names
publicly mentioned in the senatorial
canvass. His ability as lawyer has
been proved in the successful practice
of his profession in the state courts,
and as district attorney in the courts of
the United States. AS the represen-
tative of his town in the house, he has
shown bis quality as a legislator, and,
on the stump in three notable presi-
idential campaigns, he has done yeo-
mans service and won national dis
tinction.
Here are the men who have been
entered in the race for the senatorship.
Throughout all the towns of Washing
ton county each is we'll known. All are
good and competent men. Two only
can be chosen. The duty and task of
making the choice belongs to the del
egates who will constitute the nomi-
mating convention. The WATCHMAN
gives fair publicity impartially to each
known candidacy.
For states attorney, there has come
up from all the towns of the county a
general expression of a desire that
Judge Stanton should stand for another
nomination. With the exception, per-
haps, of Mr.. Hoar of Barre, the names
of other attorneys that have been asso-
ciated with this nomination have been
considered only in the event of Judge
Stanton's refusal to be a candidate.
The states attorney, during the last
four years, has discharged the difficult
duties of his office with rare fidelity,
skill and success. The demand for his
denomination is spontaneous,-it comes
straight from the people, and is a
merited tribute to an officer who, under
trying circumstances, has done his duty
without fear or favor, and yet with
such tact and wisdom that, after four
years of arduous service, he is the re-
cipient of evidence of general good
will that rarely abides with thorough
going public officer to the end of his
official term.
The necessity for an assistant judge
resident at the county seat has often
been felt by the lawyers during the re-
cess of the court. Emergencies often
demand the presence of one of these
officers for fixing bail, or for other
urgent legal business, and the processes
of law, and the lawyers, often have to
wait for the arrival of the judge, very
likely from the outskirts of the county
or from distance of many miles, from
points off the line of railway. AT pres.
ent both assistant judges live some
twenty miles from the county seat.
The desirability of remedying this state
of things is strongly urged, and this has
brought into the lists new candidate
for assistant judge in the person OF
General j. H. Lucia of Montpelier
General Lucia is an able lawyer, vet.
eran with an empty sleeve, and would
abundantly meet all the requirements
of the office in respect of legal ability
experience in general affairs and in the
matter of residence.
Cabot will offer the convention can.
didate for sheriff in the person of o.
r. Collins, for several years deputy
Mr.. Collins is in the prime of life. He
is vouched for as man of high charac.
ter and staunch friend of temperance,
amply qualified in every way for all the
duties and functions of the sheriff's
office. 1t is just and fair that his can.
didacy and the claims made in his sup
port be given the publicity accorded to
other candidates. The candidature OF
Camp of Barre and Heath of Warren,
both deputies of experience and proved
efficiency, has already been announced
The WATCHAIAN has indicated its pref.
erence for Mr.. Heath, but it makes nc
question of the sutiiciency of the quail
fications of either of the other aspirants.
For county commissioner, Albert
Johonnott should be his own successor
and all the indications are that he will
For the official empowered to hang
the sheriff no name has yet appeared
above the horizon, but the Office of high
eXeCutioner, it is not likely, will &C
without an incumbent.
In the various candidates. there are
no bitter rivalries. There is very be
coming spirit of willingness on all sides
without personal canvass or without
any Of the methods of sharp poltica
campaigning, to submit the matter Of
the choice between individual candi