Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-04-10
THE GOVERNORSHlP.
senatorial Suggestion in That Connec-
ton That Will Be OF Particular In
terest to st. Adams.
(From the Manchester Journal.)

after his departure the announcement of
his withdrawal was published. not from
him but from man whose word cannot be
doubted. The reason given. while 1t docs
not impugn the honesty or good intentions
| of DIR. Webb, seems to his friends to be
hardly adequate and shows that he might
have been misinformed in regard to the
sentiment Of the people OF the State. At all
events 1t came as a surprise to nearly all
of them.
| At about the same time the announce
ment was made that Fletcher Proctor was
| to be candidate. 1t did not come from
him out was published simultaneously in
several papers in different parts of the
State. Previously it had been understood
by almost all that Proctor was not to be a
candidate. Now both proceedings may
have been perfectly honest but the people
do not like to be hocdoed and would like to
have the mystery cleared up Who induced
DR.. Webb to withdraw and who drafted
Fletcher Proctor into the service? AS far
as we can learn the people of tho State
had very little to do with either transac-
| ton.
Not being informed in regard to the mat
| ter the people are beginning to form con-
lectures. One man puts 1t in this way:
| "Supposing DR.. Webb has an influential
friend or supposed friend In the State In
whom he places great confidence. and sup
posing this friend or supposed friend had
informed him that he stood no chance of
| getting the nomination and that even his
friends were going back on him. and sup
posing Or. Webb had left the matter in
his hands with permission to withdraw
his name, IL, after consulting with his other
friends in the State he should deem 1t adj
visable. and supposing he did not consult
them but caused the announcement to be
made when it would best serve his own
purpose. And supposing this same man to
have been in conference with other men in
l..
didate and supposing that the announce
ment of his candidacy should be made CO.
incident with the other announcements,
and supposing one of our senator's should
be called to a cabinet position or should
resign on account of i'll health or for other
reasons, who would be likely to be appoint
ed in his place."
OF course the above Is all supposition,
but people will talk and We hardly think
! If the suggestions are true. that the man
who made or caused to be made these an
nouncements will ever be appointd or elect
cd sena tor.
is II DEAD OR ONLY SLEEPING?
Q'rom the Lyndonvile JournaD
Evidently the edict has gone out to sup
press the old political war-cry of Yer
mont for Nermonters.' 1t was proved to
be boomerang. A campaign slogan which
|
one will rot be easily hushed,
| Let us make no mistake about this
| Vermont idea Let there be no false
impression that it is narrow, pro
scriptive tIgotry OF the soil, rural
clannishncss, a hidebOund exclusive
| ness that seeks to masquerade as n
| patriotic sentiment. Let no man be
deceived by the artful cry of politicians
that the so-called Vermont idea is a
| stubborn contentment with Old FASH
toned men and old fashioned methods,
a short-sic GIFTED adherence to traditi1:S
and custom, and an obstinate reJec-
| tion of new men. new measures, now
principles, and new possibilities Let
no man be deuded by the camor that
the so-called Vermont idea recognizes
no men as Ver'nonters but such as were
born upcn the Green Mountain soil, and
withholds all public trust and honor
save to royal line OF descendants of
the original Green Mountain Boys. All
such cries as this ara but campaign
confusion inGenously calculated to
obscure the real issue and divert pop
ular judgment from the main princi-
pie"
We are pleased to note from the above
item published in the St Adams Messou-
ger, that the scope of the present guber-
Material canvass is widening out from that
Of four years ago. The special qualifioa-
ton of General McCullough's opponent at
that time was largely that he was an all
the-year round Vermonter.
| 1t is unfortunate, however for the Mes
senger, in the position 1t now takes, that
1t neglected to edit its special to the
Messenger from Springfield" for In it Col.
II. w. Slack the man who runs the pol
| tiles of that burg and who was a Webb
| supporter, is made to say: Il am free to
| say that the sentiment in this locality is
largely in favor Of Fletcher D. Proctor
| for governor. Personally, ! am glad of
| the opportunity to support a plain, all-the-
ycar-round Vermcnter like Col. Proctor"
A SPECTRAL AFPARITION.
Grom the Montpelier Jourrol)
! Ye gods and little fishes What is this
apparition up in the northeastern corner
| of the State? Verify. the wrath CT Jo-
siah Circuit heaving its mouth above the
oblivious waters in which its mort al owner
sank after his administration of weakness
and disgrace. and investigation thereof by
the legislature of 1898. to call down the
living Governor Stewart for his splendid
support of the candidacy of John G.. McCul-
Tough for governor! And this rhostly app
partition Of him who, when In the flesh, for
more than ter long yesrs-when at home
wandered up and down. hack and forth
through the State. at militia mustcrs, az
meetings of all sorts, in hotel corridors,
in bed rooms. in horsesheds, in the Gene
raj Assembly. in season and out, button
holing, mportuning, caJoling, intriguing
begging. bargaining for the governorship,
has the impudence to suggest that Gen.
Mccullough has been a candidate for
governor for many years. that he has
business interests outside the State and is,
wilhal-this from a Canuck- born ex-gov-
ornor!-a New Yorker! Well when this
foreign born ghostly grout was en- earth
its earthly substance was self-expatriated
for number of years, and It had bushes 80
interests In western city, where II con-
tinued to abide a large part of its time,
particularly In the winter season, from
whence the letters announcing the mat,lr-
ity OF its governorship boom were posted
back to Vermont, and that tho boom would
be put on the Vermont market In the can
Nass of 1896 Well, there's colossal int
rudencr' Verify, the late lamented Rob
Perkins must be murmurirg In his long
sleep, "There's nothing like a Grout." AS
for the rest Of the wraitha scrced, an in.
tcrested public will be pleased to hear
again from Governor Stewart, to whom,
through the Messenger of st. Adams, It
more directly appeals.
CANVASS FOR DII.LINGHAM'S SEAT
F'rom the Lyndonville Journal)
II any OF Senator Dillinghams friends
have been deluded into the belief that
there Is no canvass being made for his
seat In Congress, they can. by spending a
few days In this vicinity, have their hal
lucination dissolved.