Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-05-22
For Gen. Mccullough for Governor.

| n Sufficicnt number OF caucuSeS for the
election of delegates to the State republic
can convention have been held in Chitten-
den county to demonstrate the strength of
I popular sentiment in this vicinity in favor
of General Mccullough for the governor
ship. 1t has been evident for some time
that the people Of this county favored the
Bennington candidate and in spite of the
desperate efforts made to draw support
from him on this issue and that, and on
now one candidate and then another the
republican voters are true to their sense
of fair play and their loyalty to that grand
man and worthy citizen. John G. McCul-
Tough.
Laying aside all questions of personal
preference. what do the results of the
caucuses held in Chttenden county thus
far indicate? 1t has been generally recog-
nized that this county was for McCullough.
The republican voters of Bolton, Hunting
ton and Jericho are so unanimous for Cen
eral Mccullough that the few men who
may be supposedly in favor of some other
candidate did not consider it worth while
to make a contest, the delegates being
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first, last and all the time. 1t would be
reasonable to assume that under ordinary
circumstances the considerations that ap-
pealcd to the republicans of Bolton. Hunt
ington and Jericho would also have weight
with the republicans voters of Essex, but
for some mysterious reason. sentiment in
that particular town Is changed in the
-it1I 2 linz Of Ian In
~ and freely and repeatedly stated that
they intended TO vote for General McCul-
Tough suddenly announce that they will
vote against him. and they state their
reasons. In some cases it is misrepresen-
tation of General Mccullough in relation
to the interests of farmers, in other cases
it is some other influence.
But this Is not all. The statement Of the
total vote by the town committee showing
that the whole number of votes cast in the
caucus is larger than the total vote
cast by the republicans and democrats
combined in the State election of 1900 is
its own commentary. IF we are correctly
informed the chairman of the town COM
mittee was absent and of the remaining
two members one was a Mccullough man
and the other a Proctor man. Up to a GER
tain point the arrangements for the eau
Gus We're harmonious, but finally those as
sembled took matters into their own
hands. and to say the least the injunctions
of the State committee do not appear to
have been strictly enforced. a disastrous
mistake was made by somebody, and under
the circumstances there was bound to be
a protest.
\ What the state committee will do with
the Essex delegation is a question but the
chances are that the costly mistake made
in Essex is not likely to be repeated in
other towns, particularly in Chittenden
county.
In the meantime the canvas for General
Mccullough will continue with the assur-
ance on the part of his supporters of q
worthy candidate and a worthy cause
Other candidates may rise and fall as ir
the past since the present campaign be-
ban, but the indications are that he will be
gan, hut the indications are that lie will be
borne onward by his host of enthusiastic
admirers and supporters to a grand vic
tory.