The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-13
VERMONT POLITICS.
A Few Things the Papers Are Saying
Which May Have Some Point
or Freshness.
THE LAWYERS IN IT.

OF freshness.
THE LAWYERS IN 1T.
Wallace H. Parker, our only law
yer, Is said to be for Powers for
Congress. Practically every business
man in town is said to ne for Page
Why is il? Is here conspiracy among
the lawyers to prevent any but a lawyer
going to Congress? The candidates are
said to be Lawyer Powers, Lawyer
Hall, Lawyer Foster, Lawyer Peck,
Lawyer Batchelder aud more to follow
indeed it is LAWYER "Any body-to
beat-Page.' Why? The farmers and
business men would ike 10 inject lit.
tie of Gov. Pages business ability into
q next Congress- Cambridge Trans
cript.
HE HALLS FROM LUDLOW.
The Rutland Evening NeWs has at
last discovered who it wants TOR gov
ernor. There appesr to be Two rea-
sons for The choice, which falls on
S nator RJs. one is that The NeWs
doesn't want Mr.. S ickney anyway;
the other is that the News can't think
of any other way to get rid of Judge
Ross and make wy for Grout in the
Senate. The Ne,os has happy fac
ulty OF arranging things in a sort of
convenient way, but when the con-
vention comes around we shall see
what we shall see. Senator Ross may
be all right, but not more than one
man can be governor at once, and he
comes from Ludlow.-Ludlow Tribune.
LIGHT WANTED.
Tf ha toL 20 ;,,o
will some kind friend inform us Just
what William w. Grout has done in
past years to entitle him to promotion
or even reelection? We are simply
looking for information, and have no
quarrel with the General. What's
sauce for Powers is sauce for Grout.
A stamped envelope is enclosed for re-
ply.-Ludlow Tribune.
EX-MAYoR PECK.
Hon. II. S. Peck, ex-mayor Of Bur-
lington is liable to work injury to Hon.
d. j. Fosters chances liz securing
delegation to the first district conven-
ton next spring. Mayor Peck seems
to have strong hold upon the Bur-
lington Republicans and we have been
informed by resident of Burlington,
who is we'll up in the ranks of the party
there, that ex Mayor Peck stood the
tion.-Vergennes Vermonter
AN ESTIMATE OF CIRCUIT.
Mr.. A. was we'll known character
in certain town and having "just a
| plenty" of the ardent down, was in a
condition to join in any meeting he
happened to attend, which in this in
stance was class meeting. The lead
er had nearly made his round when he
came to this person, which he interro-
gated with, "Well Brother A., what
has the Lord done for your" The
answer came quickly, Nothing to brag
of, / swear."-Groton Times.
SHAKE OFF YOUR ASHES, PHOENIX.
While no formal declaration has
been made by any Of them, it is we'll
understood that Gen. Grout, ex.Gov.
Dillingham; and G. A. Prouty will be
in the field for election to Senator Nor
rill's place next year. What effect
Senator Ross candidacy will have may
not be foretold, but it is to be said
without prejudice to any of the con-
testants that it is clearly his right to be
a candidate, that his election by the
Legislature might easily prove happy
solution of mixed contest, and it
would be approved by the people,
Brattleboro Phoenix.
AsTo UNCLE JONATHAN.
What the Caledonian says il all we'll
enough, but We are sure that the
mighty army of Uncle Jonathan's
friends have been lying awake without
cause. Nobody doubted that the man
would take the Office if he could get it
nobody in the round world. But why
not give Senator Proctor two votes, let
Uncle Jonathan stay at home and med
itate, and save money for the country?
Rutland Herald.
GOVERNOR ROSS?
The Rutland Nesos brought out Sen.
ator Ross for the governorship next
year, but it is evident that Senator
Ross has his own ideas on the subject,
and that il he remains in public life it
is to be in the United States Senate
and not in the Governors chair.
NERVOUS PROsTRATIoN PENDING.
With Dillingham; place in Congress is
not all question OF loaves or half loaves.
That Is the worldwide difference between
him and some OF her men. His pantry is
well supplied with bread and the baker in
the cerebral story OF his being will never
suffer its tenant to go begging Montpelier
Watchman.
This is rather noury, if not much
kneaded, talk from well.bread news
paper.-Rutland News.