The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-05-25
CORRESPONDENCE.

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received too late for publication last
week. However, it is just as good
this week, and is altogether timely
and deserving consideration:
County Nominations.
As the time draws nigh when the Re-
publican county convention will meet to
select candidates for county officers ami
state senators, l desire to make few
suggestions in reference thereto; and,
first, l remark that according to long
usage as well as equity, the two senators
this year should come from the back
towns, the present Senators being resi-
dents of Brattleboro and Rockingham
These two large towns, though containing
less than two-tifth of the population of
the county, have monopolized fully one
half of the senators for many years. and
the small towns have acquiesced not with
out considerable growing, but SO far
without seriously "kicking," though they
will undoubtedly resist firmly any in
crease of greatness. 1t may therefore be
taken for granted that the long standing
rule that the senators shall be taken al
! ternately from the river and back towns
will not now be dishonored, and that the
two new senators will come from towns
other than Brattleboro and Rockingham;
and fortunately the smaller towns can
furnish plenty of good senatorial timber.
In this probate district, for instance,
there are Withheld and Reed of Vernon,
Clark of Halifax, Chase of Nottingham,
Chandler, Mann, Russell, Kidder and
others of Wilmington, Jones of Dover,
Adams and Prouty of Marlboro, DR..
Weston of Newfane and many others
who might be manned. Beyond question
the smaller towns should confer together
and unite their full force on candidates
and thus secure their nomination beyond
a peradventure. The north probate dis
trict has also plenty of good men from
whom to select. The two districts should
act in entire harmony.
Another thing it is whispered about
with bated breath that the old-time bosses
are scheming to make war ON our venera-
BILE probate Judge, Royal Tyler, who has
served the people SO ably and faithfully
these many years, and whose soundness
of mind and judgement was never clearer
than now. In fact our probate court is
now organized, with Hon. E. w. Stod-
dard as Register, may safely challenge
comparison with any similar court in the
state. Why then this secret plotting to
slaughter Judge Tyler? Simply because
there are too few offices to satisfy the ap-
petites of hungry seekers, and another
man wants the place-just this, and moth
ing more. The people may be trusted to
put their brogans down heavily on such
foolishness as this. When, in the natural
course of events, successor to Judge
Tyler must be chosen, Register Stoddard,
a modest, thoroughly honest and compe-
tent man, who never seeks office and who
has the business of the probate office at
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: due regard is had to the public interests,
and not some inexperienced person whose
chief qualifications would very likely be a
lively appetite for the spoils. But Mr..
Stoddard, it is safe to say. will make no
move to supplant his official superior.
Brattleboro, it is said, will be modest
this year, only demanding the Judge of
Probate, the Senator and the High Sheriff,
with, of course liberal share of small
crumbs. She has lots of hungry mouths
to feed, many of them al,cays wide open
for public pap. To be forewarned is to
be forearmed therefore, fellow Repub-
licans of the overshadowed towns, keep
your eyes and ears open, and strike out
manfully from the shoulder at all trading
plots and plotters, whenever found.
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