Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-05-26

think that an injustice, for, so FAR as
know Gen'l Mccullough has always
been liberal giver to worthy objects
/ am interested in an organization
here (Y. M. G. A. }, to which the Gen
eral has given regularly and gener-
ously each year since its organization
some twelve years ago. His contribu-
ton has been the same each year.
That is just one instance. He votes
in Vermont and can vote in no other
state. If I can answer any further
questions or if you wish more infor-
nation l will try and give it.
Hon HOMER Il WEBSTER.
The above letter was received by
resident of Orleans county in reply to
a letter of inquiry which had been
sent to Mr.. Webster, and we publish it
by request. In stating that he
docs not know Mr.. Mccullough the
writer has brought out a fact
establishing the claim that while.
M cCullough has maintained his
legal residence at Bennington he is at
heart New Yorker and in sym
patty with New York ideas and GUS
toms. Gen. Mccullough has, ac-
cording to the claims of his sup
porters, been resident of Bloomington
for nearly thirty years. He is reputed
to be many times millionaire, and if
he is doing business in Vermont in
stead of New York it is only natural
to expect that he would be known by
the officials of the banks of his town.
Mr.. Webster has been identified with
the first national bank of Bennington
durin g the past five or six years, and
at present fills an important position
in the bank, but during the time he
has been in Bennington it has never
been his fortune to meet Gen. McUul-
Tough. Bennington is not New York
city an d in the towns and villages of
Vermont the men who take prom
inent part in the affairs of the COM
munity are known personally by
every man who holds a position of
trust in the place. Gen. Mccullough
not man of ,the people and is not
in close touch or sympathy within them.
Vermont has never asked that the
men whom she is to honor should be
Vermonters by birth, but it has been
the custom to select mon who have
been in sympathy with Vermont insti-
tutions and identified with the inter-
ests of the town. county and state.
Is Gen. Mccullough such a man?
Most certainly he is not. His bust
ness has been transacted in New York
and he has never identified himself
with Vermont affairs to the extent
that he has become known to the peo-
pie of the state or even of his town.
Early in the campaign before Col.
Pro ctor became a candidate the pub
Usher of this paper wrote to two
pro minent men in Bennington asking
for information regarding Gen. Nc
Cullough's standing on the temper
ance question. While both men
thought he would be all right, neither
of the m were able to give definite in
formation, as the General had never
bee n sufficiently outspoken to enable
the people to determine his position
Can anyone believe that if Gen. Nc
Cullough had been resident of Ben
niDgton for the past thirty years and
had been as closely identified with
the interests of the community as his
supporters claim, expressin his opin-
ion freely on the topics of the day,
interested in the welfare of the peo-
pie and considered by all as a true
representative of the people that he
would not be known by his towns
people, and that they would not be
easily able to determine which way
his influence is thrown on the
temperance question. His towns
men have never called him to
fill town offices and his work for
the county as senator certa My de-
serves no reward. He presented no
bills and on three different occasions
when he had an opportunity to repre-
sent his county on the temt erance
question he lodged the issue and
failed to vote. Mr.. Webster further
states that Gen. Mccullough is not a
"rummy." No one has claimed that
he was, but his record on the temper
ance question has been given, and