The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-16
formerly of Cavendish, and chaplain of
tho senate in the leoislature of 1873.

NOW, even III Jnere were uulOerry
trees in Vermont, either in the natural
or political kingdom, it would be re-
markable circumstance that any com
motion, particularly "a slight move
ment, in their tops should be discovered,
and discerned first, from away out in
Chicago. The mulberry trees of Yer
mont, if they exist at all, must grow
exceeding tall to overcome the curva-
ture of the earth between Chicago and
this state. Their tops must sweep the
skies, and the mortal vision that can
span the distance and detect I" a slight
movement" among their aerial branches
would rival the telescope in it's power
to annihilate distance. If this long
distance observer is right in his obser-
vations, the people of Vermont, the
jewellers among these cloud-piercing
mulberry trees, have been strangely
unobservant of the movement up
among their tops, and in discovering
the hubbub Chicago enterprise scores
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We have no aid to mortal vision except
a fieldglass, but neither our natural
sight nor the limited helps Of science de-
tects any movement in the tops of trees
of any species, or at their bases or in the
earth beneath, to preempt claim to
ga dead mans Shoes" "Old Windsor"
may have seen the snow whirling high
above the summit of Cancels Hump
and Old Mansfield, and Imagination, in
tensifed by residence in the " windy
city " and by the glories and wonders
of the late departed White City," has
done the rest
1t may be proper to state in this con-
nection that the mountain rule, in this
senatorial matter, will not be abrogated
in the interest of Governor Stewart,
or any other man on the other side of
the mountain line, however close to it's
eastern limit he may reside. The rea-
sons are not geographical. The east
side has men enough from which to Sc
lCII "a pChhtOL lACoOhb III
cumbent, full of honors and of
distinguished service to his country,
puts off the senatorial robe; and the
man who is chosen to bear Vermonts
commission in the United States SEN
ate in the place of the patriarchal Nor
rill will be at least the peer of any
other man of Vermont and will sustain
the traditions of the Green Mountain
state in the national councils.
cod Windsor's'' letter is pleasantly
reminiscent, but when he ventures
upon political prophecy or opinion, it
is clear that he is influenced by his feel
ings rather than controlled by practical
wisdom. He admired Judge Poland
and pays that eminent Vermonter the
tribute due to his abilities and those
lighter and brilliant qualities of mind
that shone in social intercourse and Of
ten enlivened his public efforts. But
his regret that Judge Poland "died
without having been governor" seems
almost grotesque in its reference to
the object of his grief. He is more
than grieved when he thinks of the
men of ordinary ability and limited
experience whom Vermont has put in
the gubernatorial chair, and contrasts
their services with the able, aggressive
and brilliant administration the ST.
Tohpo tato uO,lI
given" The chief executive Office of
Vermont is something of "pent-up
Utica" Several annexes would have
been required to adapt it to Judge
Poland's stature, latitudinally and longi-
tudinally, and even then there would
have been a need of taking in some of
the outlying regions to have afforded
the Judge elbow room and the oppOr-
tunity for really Gable, aggressive and
brilliant administration" And besides,
Vermont has almost invariably had
governors with ability and experience
very well adapted to all that governor
can do for the state. 1t is sort of a
humdrum office, with now and then an
opportunity for real efficient service,
but with more opportunities for dress
parade and the glories of a highly deco
rated staff exhibition. The historic
blue coat and brass buttons could have
carried away no new renown from the
governors office, and the limitations of
the Office and the nature of many of its
practical duties would have debarred
these vestments from contributing
materially to the advancement of the
state. Judge Poland's name and fame
are secure without the empty honors of
the governorship.
This Picture and That.
The mugwump and certain dem J.