Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-04-09
A SECOND APPEAL TO FEE PEOPLE

MR. EDIToR:-I have never been
much of politician up to'the present
time, but after seeing Mr.. Prouty's
prayer to the ssVotefs of, Orleans
County," offered with~so much fer
vor and in the plaintive wall of the
professional. beggar, s'Please, sir, give
me a penny" my heart is set on fire
and / long to be senator ofthe United
States, and I take this opportunity of
placing my name before the dear,
dear people, and of urging upon them
the Importance of placing me in that
high position.
General circuit being disposed of by
Mr.. Prouty, the, contest lin Orleans
County lies between the latter and
myself, and that the,veters may in
telligent ly understand the situation,
I give below the merits and dement's
of the two contendipg candidates.
/ must confess that / have never
had any legislative experience.
Neither has Mr.. .Prouty had much,
only one term in the House of
Representative Of the Legislature of
Vermont. But what OF that? We
pride ourselves, not on experience,
but on our brains, our abilities, which
we regret TO say have been sadly over
looked and neglected by our fellow
citizens in the past, to the great
detriment and misfortune Of the pub
lie at large and but for our own I'M
selfish and patriotic devotion to
suffering humanity and it's best
died unknown and unmourned, and
the pubic ave been thus deprived Of
the inestim able advantage of our
eminent abilities.
Unlike Mr.. Prouty, have lived by
the sweat of my own brow, carrying
on the business of making bobbins
and lumber at South Barton, VT, a
little hamlet situated in a pass of the
Green Mountains, through which
pours the pure air of Heaven, ladened
with free dom, honesty and GOOD will
to man, and until two or three years
ago, had prospered in a small way
and had provided myself and family
with a small but co mfortable home.
A dark day, however, cam e TO me.
The Union Bobbin Works, of which
Mr.. Prouty was the head, soul, and
body, and with which L had been
dealing since its organization and
continued existence of about a year,
having contracted debts far exceed
ing the limit fixed by law, failed,
sweeping away all had laid by of the
savings of my hard earnings and
leaving large debt upon me which
will require years to remove.
Now, Mr.. Editor, do not wish to
have you and the voters of Orleans
County overlook the Importance
which 1 place upon my experience in
the bobbin business, for it is upon
this experience that l base my claim
of right to the senate of the United
States. 1t has developed me in brain
and muscle, and has given me some
knowledge of human ma ture, especial
ly that part of it which hobs up Sc
reneiy whenever anything good is
passed around, although it comes up
in the midst of it's victims. Now, 1
have been in that business for years,
while MIR. Prouty has been in it only
one year, and while report says that
he got experience enough in that
short period to last i'm q lifetime, it
only goes to show my superior
capacity. With years of experience
am able to bear up under it and
look an honest man in the face, but
Mr.. Prouty is overwhelmed with that
of single year.
/ also urge as another reason why
the dear people of Orleans County
should support me for the senate.
that l am and have been for years a
resident republican of this county.
Not only have my family lived here
but 1 have also lived with them,
scarcely going out Of the county for
years. This last, however, may not
be a very strong reason in my favor,
dear people, will frankly state that
possibly / might have gone out of the
county more frequently if I had been
the owner of passes over the various
railroads of the state; but it goes TO
show, think, that L am here to stay
and am one of your esteemed fellow
citizens.
While 1 cannot say that l am pro-
fessional man and the retained attor
ney of a railroad company, with a
reputation of having caused more
reversals of judgments for intemper
ate and improper argument in court