St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-08-06
STATE POLITICAL NEWS.
"SpOtter" Waite Sues Candidate
Clement

Percival w. Clement, the high licence
local option candidate for governor, is
the defendant in $4,000 Islander suit
brought Wednesday by Samuel D. Will
son, alias "Spotter" Waite, of Cam
bridge, Mass. The suit is returnable at
the October term of the second district
United States court which convenes at
Rutland, October 7. The suit was
brought by Johnson & johnson, Boston
attorneys. The writ was served by
Deputy United States Marshall Frank
H. Chapman of Rutland. 1t is bulky
document, containing several type
written pages. 1t first speaks of Will
sons good character and reputation pre-
vious to the alleged slanderous remarks
and claims that Mr.. Clement has with
false, malicious, scandalous, and defama-
tory words, stated that the plaintiff was
a murderer. 1t allows that Wilson shot
and killed Edward Goshen at White Riv-
er Junction, December 8, 1901, but denies
that he thereby committed murder or
any crime.
The writ states that in various places
in Vermont the defendant maliciously
slandered him by referring to him as a
murderer. 1t concludes by stating that
the plaintiff has thus been publicly and
UNANIMOUSLY disgraced by the spoken and
published remarks, that many people
have thus been made suspicious OF him as
a murderer and have refused to have
anything to do with him socially or in a
business way and finally that the plain
| tiff has thus been injured and damaged
+ha 81 OF 10
fendant's real estate and the appurten-
ances thereof in Rutland have been at
| taChed.
Nomination papers for Percival w.
Clement of Rutland for governor and F.
w. Agan of Ludlow for lieutenant-gov-
ernor, bearing 1929 signatures, were
filed with the secretary of state at Mont.
pelier Thursday by the high license local
option party. A full ticket was filed, the
balance besides Clement and Agan being
the regular republican nominees.
A sensation was sprung at a meeting
of the republican city committee of Barre
last Tuesday evening, when the commit
tee voted to resign because five of thu
seven members were Clement men anC
could not support the regular stat
ticket. Friday evening caucus of voter
was held to consider the designations
and voted more than two to one not tt
accept them, thus showing the tendenc,
of Barre to be Clementward.
= Don't,
, The Island Pond Herald offers the fol
= lowing suggestions concerning the cam
palgn.
+ Don't talk Mccullough or Clement i
y a loud tone OF voice in public places.
q Don't get red and apoplectic over tn
virtues OF your own candidate or til
u failings of either of those opposed t
your candidate.
Don't abuse your opponent when 70
/. get discussing politics with him.
70 Don't fight particularly if !
> looks able to lick YOU
/ Don't bet. Give your wife the none
n you think you can afford tor wagers, ar
h then you will be sure not to lose 1t.
le senIer will Accuse the ''spOuer."
lie ]. II. Senter OF Montpelier said,
:. speaking OF the suit for Islander broug
against Clement by Samuel D. Wilso
d. the "spotter," that it was his opinic
Of that this suit would gain Clement 5 OF
10 republican votes. Mr.. Senter said
was to speak in Middlebury, st. Alba
and St. ohnsbury during the campais
and should make worse statemen
against Wilson than Clement had, al
that il Wilson will sue him tor 5000
- he will divide with him ii he can cole
l., the n,onev