The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-06-24

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votes than Sickney aud eight were
doubtful. What did the ballot declarep
"1n the exuberance of its joy at hav-
ing for once named winning man." as
the Messenger puts it, the venerable
dame forgets all her frailties and makes
a spectacle of herself. How size i'm
pressed her "views" upon the COM
munities within the radius of her in
fuence is shown by the issue in Bur-
lington; by the vote of Chittenden
county, a majority of whose delegates
she was herself copceding to Mr.. Stick
ney; by the vote of the neighboring
county of Addison within which the
estimable lady disports herself to a con-
siderable extent. The Free Press is
indeed power, but a combination of
state and federal patronage, with
"qujet work and judicious employ
ment of the "sinews of war" sue
ceeded where her eloquent and pious
ministrations had utterly failed.
WE have seen some exhibitions of
pure gall during the canvass and since
the action of the convention. The SUBJ
Joined from the Farmers Advocate, a
newspaper property of Major Grout, is
presented without comment, as curl
GUS illustration of the demoralizing in
fuences of Groutism
There Is no question Of Mr.. Stickney's
ability and his qualification for the office,
but the fact that he was put forward by a
ring, composed Of lawyers, legislators, rail-
road uen and high license advocates settled
the question with the honest farmers and
voters In the convention. Now that the
nomination has been made unanimous, it
only remains for all hands to pull together
and roll up one OF the old-time republican
majorities in this state, and Mr.. stickney's
chances will be all the better when he as
pires to the Office again"
Sometimes there are things that are
more desirable than unanimity. The
Advocate, and others of the late sub
sidized Grout organs, are contributing
to negative kind of unanimity.
"The effort of the Vermont Watchman to
defeat Major Grout by methods condemned
by many of its readers, unworthy decent
journalism, and deplored by many OF the
friends of Mr.. Stickney comes to naught as
it should"
The efforts of the VERMONT WATCH
MAN to defeat Josiah Grout, in the re-
gion within which its influence was
Immediately exerted, resulted in the
choice of delegates, five-sixths of whom
were hostile to his candidacy. In the
adjacent county of Orange the
WATCHMAN points to twenty delegates
added to the Stickney column in the
towns in which it circulates, and in La.
noble county the two towns abutting
on Washin gton in which the WATCH
MAN circulates were the only ones that
turned down the Derby statesman. So
much for the immediate efforts of the
WATERMAN. In the state at large a
fair majority of all the delegates, as
chosen at the caucus, was unquestion.
ably for Mr.. Stickney, despite the loss
of delegates elected by democratic
votes and by the Intervention of dem
ocratic boss at Randolph. By what
INSCRIPTIONS means this majority was
destroyed we have briefly told and can
60 into details if the Monitor is disposed
to use the prod. "Decent journalism"
The Monitor has no more idea of de-
cent journalism than harlot has of
virtue. Stickney defeated? Stickney
triumphant! Triumphant, as Lincoln
was the real victor in his contest with
Douglas; the real hero of the fight, as
Billings bore away the only honors from
the convention hall of 1872. Who
knows who was governor in 1922
Who will remember who was governor
in 1896, except through the infamy of
the means by which he triumphed in
the nominating convention?