News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-03-26
THE GOVERNORSHIP.
A Very Great Uprising for Fair Play.
lamOiIle County Strong for
Gen. Mccullough.

point of ability, experience and cul-
ture, he would bring to the office
those qualities that make a model
executive, in greater measure than
any other available candidate on the
west side of the state. The four
years that have interviewed have en-
phasized rather than weakened our
estimation of Gen. Mccullough and
his fitness for the office.
In the interest of harmony, he
withdrew from the contest in 1898.
While it is we'll known that that
withdrawal was after consultation
with many leading Republicans of
Vermont, it may not be as generally
known that among the most prom
inent of those who urged his with
drawal, in the interest of party har-
mony, was Senator Redfeld Proctor.
Since 1898, Gen. Mccullough has
been for two years a member of the
Vermont Senate. He has in many
ways come in contact with our
people and has become quite gener-
ally and favorably known to the
great majority of the active, leading
Republicans of the state.
At the meeting of the Fish and
Game League last summer, at the
time Roosevelt was our honored
guest, Col. Fletcher D. Proctor took
occasion to ascertain public senti-
ment with reference to his own can,
diiidacy for the Governorship, and
after carefully weighing the matter,
announced that he would not be
candidate. This announcement was
made verbally and in letters to prom
inent Republicans of the state, two of
whom, at least, are residents of this
county. Gen. Mccullough was then
led to believe that his candidacy was
favorably approved of by Col. Proc
tor. Collector DIN Merrill-who is
supposed more than any other person
on the west side of the state to stand
near the Proctors-openlv and with
considerable activity advocated Nc
Cullough's nomination. The same
is true of Collector Mansur, whose
relations to the Proctor family are
perhaps more intimate than those of
any other person on the east side of
the state. The contest went on till
it became perfectly evident that Gen.
Mccullough was to be the nominee
of the party-his lead over DR.. Webb
having increased to such an extent
that the latter withdrew from the
canvass.
And now what happens? We find
the Treasurer of the Vermont Marble
Co., E. r. Morse, visiting at Windsor
and at Randolph, and with stimuli
taneousness that cain hardly be called
a coincidence, the Windsor Journal
and Randolph Herald, with the Brat
tleboro Phoenix, in long and labored
editorials, announce to the public
that there has arisen a large and
spontaneous demand that Col. Proc
tor allow his name to be used as a
candidate for the Governorship, and
that this pressure is so strong that
the Colonel probably cannot resist
it. Following closely upon these
editorials comes the announcement
from Treasurer Morse in the Boston
Globe that the terrible pressure
brought to bear upon Speaker Proc
tor has finally had its effect and that
he (Morse) speaks with authority
from Col. Proctor when he announces
that the Colonel will allow the use
of his name.
We recite these facts. Our readers
can draw their own conclusions as
to what they mean. But so far as
we are able to ascertain-and we
have taken considerable pains to in
terview leading citizens of Lamoille
county-the feeling is very general
that Gen. Mccullough has not been
shown fair play; that in view of the
honors that have come with multi
piled rapidity to the Proctor family
during the past twelve years, it is
asking too much that a man of
recognized ability like Gen. McCul-