Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-05-22
THE SITUATION IN ADDISON.
Scarcely Any Proctor Sentiment-Clem
ent's Claims Moonshine-County
Canvass.
To the Editor OF the Free Press:

To the Editor OF the Free Press
The most surprising thing in regard to
the county canvass is the small showing
made in favor of Mr.. Proctor. Since the
original meeting in Mlddlebury between
Treasurer Morse Of the Vermont Marble
company and some of the Toms, Dicks and
i1arys, little if any effort seems to have
been made to work Addison county in Mr..
Proctor's interest. Possibly that is owing
to that dirty bad break of the Rutland
Evening News some time ago, which GER
tainly lid Mr.. Proctor not "A little harm
among voters who might otherwise have
felt like supporting him, but who deemed
the SANDER on the republican voters Of
the county promulgated by his daily sup
porter in Rutland too bitter a pill to swal-
low. Hence these tears, and hence the
few or no votes for Proctor in strong,
steady and reliable old Addison.
With all the claims of the Clement OK
petition campaign il IL pretty clear to a
calm, careful and unbiased observer that
they are largely moonshine-not of the
Kentucky or North Carolina brand, but
clean pure moonshne with nothing of the
water of life as foundation. The Glenn
ent workers are building their prophes, 5
mostly OF their hopes, and while it may be
conceded that they may perhaps accident
ally possibly get that will he their limit.
The rest, if not all. go to Gen. McCulloush,
and MddIebury will be the head and front
Of the offending next Friday night, if vot-
Ing for Mccullough strongly may be so
| pictured out.
The three Nililebury caucuses to elect
delegates TO the State district and county
| conventions will all he held on the same
| night or perhaps II might be called a COM
nination caucus. AT any rate II is certain
| that there will be a more than usually hot
| old time in the old town next Friday night.
/ ! l,. Ia t1,..-
ing in the history Of the town, should the
weather not be more than abominably bad,
| II is understood that there will be a iiSht
/ on the outset over the presiding officer.
to be followed clear through to the end
until all delegates are elected for all the
conventions.
Congressman d. j. Fosters course dur
Ing his brief career in Washington has so
| thoroughly commended itself to his con-
etituents down this way that delegates for
him will be chosen with a hurrah, as would
also he the case if any head bohhcd UP n
opposition. Put in regard to the election
or instruction Of delegates to the county
convention, it is another, and as tie man
said, a totally different matter From tina
present outlook there Will be three strcuu-
Gus contests in the coming county couycn-
tior one over the States attorncyship. the
second over the probats judgeship far the
southern or Addison district, and tn third
over the senatorShtp in the Same district.
These matters will be brought up in Fri.
day nights caucus, and interest I'm Thorn
Is second only to that in the State dele
cation matter. The other County Offices, IS
mas been heretofore indicated are likely
to go without contests and by default n
the county convention and so will not be
brought UP in any way before the caucus.
Saturday yesterday (even II IL was SUN
day) and to-day there has be IN more poll
tics to the aero in Mddlebury than prob
ably at any other time since the war, ana
il is measurahly, the same way all over
this part of the county and probably over
the whole of 1t. But Mi1dlehury takes the
lead on Friday night and then you may
listen, for there certainly will be some
bones heard to crack.
OBSERVER.
Middlebury. May 10.