Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-03-27

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regardless of all else. To keep pledges
is honorable, but it would be more in
line with citizens duty to be careful
about making pledges for the advanced
future. The common voter really
cares but little as to how the worker"
are pledged, and their distress, when
distress overtakes them, is no concern
of his.
Now was Mr.. Proctor's candidacy
cooked up?n Some would try TO
make it appear that this talk OF a de-
mand for a ''real Vermonter" is gam
mon, gotten up by few vociterous
partisans and newspapers to afford Mr..
Proctor pretext to enter the field, and
that it was all a deep, dark plot.
Nothing except the primaries will dis
close how strong and sincere this de-
mand was and is. That it exists, no
one who has eyes to see and ears to
hear can question. Naturally it is
stronger among the rank and file than
among the active politicians, who were
pledged one way or the other long ago.
But it is votes that count, and one
mans counts as much as another's.
From all that comes within our per-
sonal knowledge and observation, the
popular demand for Fletcher ID. Proc
tor was sufficient to justify his entrance
as a candidate, and the caucus results
will fully demonstrate this, in spite Of
the admirable machine that his oppo-
nent has in motion. as well as that OPP /.
ponents long priority in the field.
Undoubtedly Mr. Proctor will derive /
some strength from DR.. Webbs with
drawal That there was any deal be-
tween these two is beyond belief The .
most surprised among Webb's adhe-
rents were the active workers for him, I
who would have surely received the .
tip, with advices what to do, if any
trade were made. Nothing Of this
kind has transpired in any quarter. DIR.
Webbs supporters are left free 10 90 TO
any candidate. 1t is admitted that
some have gone to Mccullough, while
many are yet at sea. As TO the reasons
that prompted Webb to withdraw, it is
fair to accept those given, viz, that
his increased business interests would
not allow him to enter into such a con-
test as would have been necessary TO
win, and he became convinced that the
desire of Vermonters was strong for
someone more closely identified with
the state than he.
Mr. Proctor is young, and he can
wait. But he is not too young TO
make good governor, and there is
no reason why he should wait,
If the people want him, until his
older rival is accommodated. Gen.
has no title to the Office by
which he can crowd back a younger
nan until he has served his turn.
Should the state marry Mccullough ito
yet rid of him?n If he is the better
nan and more entitled to it, he
should have the governorship, but not
IN the specious plea that he is an old
nan who has long been after it, and if !
lie doesn't get it now he never will.
Our candidates name is Proctor. It
has not been commonly accounted ,
lame to be ashamed of in Vermont, I
tut to judge from the mean, ugly in !
luendoes and insinuations OF certain
newspapers it is now a brand of dis !
lonor. The candidate who bears it is ,
One who bears it has {
erved his state long with highest hon {
n to that state, but his son ought not !;
o be considered for the governorship !
because -because-he is the son And {
et men who inveigh against 'too 9
much Proctor" are the very men who /
eclaim against the narrow "bigot- !
d" demand for a "real Vermontern a
Dr. governor of Vermont As we have {
aid before, Fletcher d. Proctor doesn't
eed to lean on his father or the family
anne, and none know this better than e
ley who take up this despicable cry r
gainst the ProctoTs,~ when all else :
ills them. n
Right here. at the end Of this defence a
f Mr.. Proctor's candidacy from the a
lallow objections thus far made I
gainst it, let us place one pin and 4
rive it in:-ln all that has appeared. b
e find not one word in depreciation a
Fletcher ID. Proctor as a man highly 4
ualified for the office OF governor of I
ermont. This, from his opponents. Il
peaks far more eloquently for him il
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