Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-01-12
Letter from One Of the "True Blue,
with the Courage of His Convictions,

Editor Of Ph0nir:
The question of who shall succeed Mr..
Childs as postmaster for the next four
years seems to be the one topic that is alb
sorbing the attention of the good people of
Brattleboro, to the exclusion of all Others.
at the present moment. Knowing some
thing about the history of the Brattleboro
Democracy (being an "Old Liner'0 and
some of its so-called leaders. a few words
from me at the present time NAV not be
amiss. If Mr.. Childs wants a reappoint-
ment at the hands of a Democratic ad-
mnlstration, after holding the office for
eight years, four of which were under the
last hepu0llcan regime, he should be able
10 SHOW that he is deserving of such
appointment by presenting to the Presi-
dent and postmaster-general the unuuali-
ned Endorsement of a majority of the
democrats who are patrons of this Office
Remember, my friends, that this is a
Democratic administration, that the affairs
OF his country today are in the hands of its
friends, that the great Democratic partv
which is suffering from the sins and in
EQUITIES of thirty years of Republican
mlsrule, is not going to appoint men to
important offices upon the recommendation
or petition of Republicans such as have
been working for Mr.. Childs for the mast
TWO days. l say that if Mr.. Childs can Oct
no one to circulate his petition but Repnb-
means and Mugwumps he would better stem
uoWn ana out. | also say to the Repub-
means who have been meddling with
Democratic affairs, that it is high time
they took tumble to themselves and LET
the democrats of Brattleboro cook their
own goose. '''0''
1t seems by the course Mr.. Childs and
ms friends nave taken that they are afraid
" leaVe the choice of a candidate to a
peiloGraVlc caucus, such as will probably
De cailed, and for which petition is now
IN the hands of the teWn committee
The opposition to his reappointment is Jno
wholly to his treatment of the local Den,o-
Gratis. In the first place he has held the
once Tor eight years, which, in nv oninion
Is long enough. After his appointment in
1854 he went out of town and GOT a man n
hll clerkship in the office, when there
were plenty OF capable and deserving vonng
democrats in town who could have filed
Lne place with credit. Every opportunity
ne mas mad he has filled vacancies witI
hepuDIlcans, until there are as many. or
lloIe' hepuOHcans in the office than Demo
Hials' particularly open to criticism is the
i"S' appointment of letter carrier. when
ne gave the Office to a Republican over the
S senior substitute who had been first on the
llst since August, 1883, upon the flimsy ex-
cuse that this substitute was out of town.
Anolher reason is that he accepted the
once from a Republican administrator
winch winch he was not entitled to, and if he had
oeeh good Democrat he never would have
taken 1t. Above all is the last move
where , he has Republicans and Mugwumns
crrtuia'ins his petition instead Of Demo
point looS a.! = President is going to APP
sucb iS. ,b5stmaster at Brattleboro upon
The Endorsement, instead of listening 10
snC voice of the unterrided Democracy as
o5 oxen through Democratic caucus mot
ia the "Windham county plainly, which