The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-03-16
The GOverDOrship.
There are two candidates in the field

There are two candidates in the field
and with no likelihood of any others.
These are Col. E. G. Smith of 81.
Adams and Gen. j. G. Mccullough of
Bennington. Between these a choice
must be made. Both have qualifica-
tions fitting for the high position; each
is identified with interests of Vermont
and directly interested with the States
prosperity and DEVELOPMENT. Upon
the surface, then, there appears but
little TO choose from. Outward all is
fair, and if there is anything of a con-
trary nature, any "dead mems bones,"
they are hidden, and one needs to look,
and keenly too, beneath the fair exteri-
or. That state of facts not always
taken into account by the people ex-
lists, admits of no doubt. A full and
candid consideration of these ought to
convince the honest voter that the in
terests of the party and State would be
best conserved by the nomination of
Gen. j. G.. McCullough.-Sifter, Lon
donderry.
Hugh Henry, writing in the Wood
stock Standard for General McCul-
Tough, says: "In 1872, blinded of it's
better purpose by the puerile cry that a
man who had resided in Vermont for
five years was not really Vermonter,
because he had business interests in
New York, in her state convention, by
a majority of one vote, the Green
Mountain commonwealth turned down
one of the greatest men her borders
ever held-Frederick Billings-and has
ever after repented in sackcoth and
ashes the folly of her deed. Gladly la
ter would she have atoned for her blum
der; but men of that caliber seldom
submit the second time to the chances
of modification in defeat. In the COM
ing gubernatorial contest, Vermont is
asked by some to repeat her error of
1872 by the same assinine plea, raised
against a man who for twenty-five
years has been resident in and voter
in the state; who in business affairs is
connected with very many of her finan-
cial, manufacturing and railroad inter-
ests; who has in the last quarter of a
century paid no taxes on personal prop
erty otherwise than in Vermont; who
has twice represented her in national
conventions; who is more familiar
with her State history, early and late,
her varied resources, interests and pos
sibilities, than almost any other man
within her borders. Will she repeat
her blunder of 1872 and turn him down
to please the ambition of other men?
The coming State convention will de-
termine that question, and will deter.
mine it as the people by their interest
and attendance at the caucuses for del
egates give or withhold honest expires.
sion of her thought. For the primaries
in Vermont really constitute the cleo.
ton.
x-Governor Samuel E. Pingree, in
the Herald and Ne,os, says: "Whatever
can be said in favor of the distinguished
candidate of Bennington county can
also be said in favor of Edward g.
Smith of st. Adams, with this addition,
that he is a native-born son of Yer
mont, as faithful to her interests and az
loyal to her traditions as any one who
could be honered by her people by
selection to serve as their chief magis-
trate. A man of great executive abil.
ity, urbane and courteous, with heart
beating warmly with love for his fel.
lowmen, Mr.. Smith will, when the right
time comes, touch responsive chord
in the hearts of his fellow Vermonters
of the dominant political party of the
State"
Colonel e. G. Smith will in all prob
ability get the Republican nomination
for Governor. There are candidates
enough for the lieutenant governorshiI
for dozen campaigns, while the multi
plicity of candidates for State treasurer
makes, as one paper remarks, the nomi
nation of the present incumbhnt prac
tically a certainty, il he desires to re-
tain the office. The changes among
: officeholders will be few. The making
of new governor before Thanksgiving
time is the most important job, and il
is question if the Republican candi
date mentioned doesn't have less trouble
at the convention than did the present
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