Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-03-29
FOR j. s. SENATOR
c. A. Prouty of Newport Pre-
sents His Claims to Voters
of Orleans County.
NOVEL CAMPAIGN DOCUMENT
Explains His Lack Of Newspaper Sup
port Shows That Gen. Grout Was
Not Influential in Securing Pas
sage of Oleomargarine Law or
Sugar Bounty Act.

The tight for the sendtorship to succeed
Senator Eoss for the unexpired term Of
the late Justin S. Morrill, will assume a
new interest from this date on account OF
the attitude assumed by Hon. G. A.
Prouty Of Newport. He has issued a cir
Cular to the voters of orleans county set
ting forth his claims AS candidate and
at the same time handling without gloves
the claims Of Congro ssman Grout for te-
Cocnition for greater honors from the Vo-
tors o. Vermont The statement in full
follows:
In tho contest over the United States
senatorship. the three newspapers of this
county al. support Gen Grout. have no
money to establish one which will support
me and am therefore obliged to resort to
some Other method of presenting my
claims to the people. Nor am ! sorry
| that this is 50. without prcsumiug to
critiCse the course Of any other candi-
Idatc, it accords better with my feelings
! to say over my own signature whatever
| ] have to say upon this subject than it
would to hire one or more newspapers to
say 1t impcrsonally for mo.
y good deal OF capital has been made in
other parts of the State out of the fact
I that the newspapers in this county do
support Gen. Grout instead of me. That
circumstance may bc 0r some consequence
none here whore they are known. or the
editors Of our three county papers. one
holds a position in the custom house 10y
arpointmcnt Of Ge1. Grout; another lives
ia Rarton and has always been faithful
to his interests. The Newport paper was
formerly IN the Grout family and did not
leave that family until it was well known
what its political complexion would he
where the irouts were interested. | do
not say that this was a condition Of the
sale, but | do say lha; before the sale
was made il was thoroughly understood
what the attitude Of the paper would bc
and that the sale would NOT otherwise
have C1nsummatcd. What n man writ IS
and prints in "A Newspaper is entitled to
no moro weight than what the same man
says in private. The position of the Bar
ton Monitor the Newport Express and
Standard. and the North Troy Palladium
IS entitled TO no more consideration than
it,. personal preferences Of Mr. Jacobs.
1 Air Hdroth and Mr.. Buttcrheld. What
| weight the opinions Of those gentlemen
| have in the communities whore they To-
side is better known To their nciShhors
| than to me.
Tho question at issue in this section is
! whether the voters OF Orleans county
should support Gen. Grout or myself for
that place. | claim that. other things he
ing equal, they should support me rather
than him for the reason that am and
always have been resident of this Coun-
:! '.'' ''c mas not p,'el' ior S,N 'i"' Hc'' ;
for the purpose of casting his own vote
and Obtaining the votes Of other people.
In suit in which Gen. Grout was a
"''''rSS ana IN "hlch 'roSs-oHdthlilVh
nun ne trS'iI'u t'."' "i,eil ne was III tI1
Slaee ol vermont ne oru'narlN spent o.'-
"i' ""N W" "'ch "' l''' '''' '"''''',
"" lhe noon traln ana returning on 'he al :
tornOpu train. his purpose being 10 attend
hank moetne' rms was the sum TO-
tdl 81 ms Actual IN'hS IN orI,|u9 county
~ II wei Known tha' ms nom" II III az
u'hld county, ms fanny ana ne i've
theIe' MS IeSluchCt III I"'' - 'n'i'
Ten Grout should not nave 'ne ochrh'
OF f'Sldehce uo'h hef" ana IN ,"louo"Id
as ne now seek" to nave NOT lon@ ago
III taking with personal ir'thd III ina
county apout TINS matter ne Sald 10 me-
prefer 10 support YOU. tnllh You are
ietttr Hu'!lh'u lot the poS'ion IMAM h'
II. hut No * a resident OF my county ana
Urdor All the circumstances leci ina
"Neht IN inc trSt instance 10Y ihat f'a-
son alone, to support him'
i non tHc sam" theory orleans county
should support ne. was born and have
always llNed in ms county In 1893 "h'l
member 81 tn" l-telSlatur" eNerl"d my
utmost endeaN"r To prevent IN" u'Sihen-
horment of this county. nave rriuSed
IN recent years many ildllcflhS oftfS to
i'dNc 1t, both to f"Sld" IN other pattS ol
inns state ana TO leave the state altoSolH-
er ! have done so, not because expect
"d political recognition. nut because atlei
4 wears of lite mere, no Other place coulo
ever be home with all that WORD means.
Tho people or TINS county should no.
support an incompetent man because 10
is a resident, but If the qualifications are
equal the preference should be given the
home candidate, This is universally done
80 A.fnasl inn