Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-01-12
Col. Dale A Candidate.


Edior 81 The ESSer Countg HeraH:
Ia the matter of the congressional !
campaign in the Second District you |
have authority to state my position aS
follows: The suggestion of my name |
the press comments, and the advice of
good friends have had thoughtful coli !
sidcratiou. and while my business III
tcreSts make it impossible for me to Ell
gage III Il personal canvass. whatever
support for this office may come natur-
ally and heartily to me will he us natur-
ally and heartily appreciated. consider
the ambition honorable, have weighed
the conditions, and you may announce
that am an aspirant for the place, and
a candidate at this time.
PORTER II. DALE.
While We do not quite harmonic with
some in their argument that young men
should be pushed to the front to replace
men of more mature years who have
struggled up the rough and rocky road
before them, and who. physically and
mentally, are still capable of wearing
the armor OF battle, there is no particu-
lar reason, when the office for congress
is open, and the aSpirants for that office
seem to stand almost upon an equal
footing. and an editor has not expressed
an opinion with relation to one of them,
or made choice of candidate, why he
should not sanction and even support II
man for the place who resides almost
within his own borders. especially when
that man, although comparatively Young
in years, is as capable and clean cut a
person as Porter H. Dale of Island Pond.
This man, as we believe. enters the
field of politics with many good points
in his favor. lie is a staunch republic
can. He has never swervcd from his
party. lie is known as a strictly honest
man in his business transactions. What
ever office he has held of public trust, he
has filled that office faithfully and to
the satisfaction of all concerned. He is
a good speaker-not an inspired orator
but one whose arguments are sound
and carry weight with them. He has
many friends throughout his district
throughout the whole state, in fact
who will be pleased to know that he has
entered the field for congressional hon
ors. We believe the people of Orleans
county. knowing as~they must, his I'M
blcmiShcd character, his honesty OF pur-
pose, his qualifications for filling the
position for which he aspires, will III
the aggregate give him their support ::
and we believe those counties outside of
Orleans. or Essex even, will not forget
that he is a man worthy of consideration.
We know there are many in Orleans
county who incline toward Wendell T..
Stafford Of st. Jolnsbury, who aspires
to this same office. While we do not
question his abilities or oratorical pow
erS, we have one strong argument
against him. To explain it, we draw
this comparisons: If we had two bows
and both of those boys aspired to some
high office, and only one of them could
have it, and one of those boys should he
so pivotal as to make us question Just
which way he was liable to turn, or, if
he did settle upon some fixed point, we
still questioned how long his ixidity
would last, and the other boy-not quite
so popular, perhaps should keep NOV
ing along, steadfast and reliable.
neither swerving to the right or left,
holding our utmost confidence and es-
TEEN, and it was in our power to push
one of them into the Office in question,
we know Just which one of those bows
ought to have, and would have, our sup
port.
! This is our argument in favor of
Porter ii. Dale of Island Pond over
Wendell =. Stafford of st. .Johnsbury, if
the comments against him in the papers
are correct and we believe our arg,l-
ment to be a just and honorable one
Against Col. lIaskins, who is another
aspirant for this office, we have nothing
to say. lie is man who is also worthy
of consideration. From statements made
by uf how young men should not super
scde the older who are still capable of
wearing the harness, and which we still
believe in, it is quite natural for us to
feel interested in his case. Our reason
for not advocating him is told in the fol-
towing, which We printed in our issue of
December lst
Among the list of prospective candi-
dates mentioned for congressional hon
ors in the second district is the name of
Porter ii. Dale of Island Pond. Just
how Mr.. Dale looks upon the question
of his candidacy is only matter of con-
lecture, as he has never expressed him