The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-02-26
WHO SHALL BE GOVERNOR?

in the Impending contest Tor the gov
ernorship of this State. Close inquiry
might also develop the fact that the
political engineers had been looking
over the ground on which the battle
is to be fought, arranging the lines
and selecting the points of advantage
the field of action presents.
The identity of the leaders, on the
part of the Republican party, i'll this
contest has been evolved from the
multitude of the mentioned. " Bar
ring circumstances not now inven-
toried among the events of the future,
Gen. John G. Mccullough of Ben
nington and DR.. W. Seward Webb of
Shelburne will be the rival candidates
in the party's convention cam
paign.
In the coming canvass for the gov
ernorship the Waterman and Journal
will maintain the candidature of
Gen. Mccullough, and "a decent re-
spect to the opinions of mankind re-
quiros that we should declare the
causes which impel'' the paper to
make this selection.
And, to this end, what manner of
man is this Mccullough that he
should be preferred for the govern
orship of this State? Answer to this
query will disclose the fact-to the
men of Vermont who have not known
him personally-that he is a "good
enough Morgan, not only until, but
also after election even for the all
wool, deepest dyed Vermonter to the
manner born. Gen. Mccullough is a
native of Delaware, smaller State
than the one of his final adoption.
His birth dates in 1885. He was not
born to riches or greatness. What of
either he has gained in his career he
has acquired by his own efforts,
through his own native abilities. At
the age of seven years he was an or
phan, with only such weapons for the
battle of life as nature had equipped
him with. The blood of the Welsh
and the Scotch Irish mingled in his
veins-adequate endowment for adop-
tion into Vermont citizenship, in the
foremost rank. With the spunk and
gumption of boy of the Green Noun
tains he applied himself to the bust
ness of obtaining an education, gradu-
ating from Delaware College at the
head of his class at the age of twenty
years. He studied law in Philadel-
phia and at the age of twenty four
was admitted to practice in the Su-
preme Court of the Quaker State
Like many another youth fighting his
way to the front single handed, he
found himself ON the threshold of his
profession in impaired health In the
climate of California he sought to re-
supply his vital energies.
Survivors of the troublous times of the
early sixties remember the solicitude
throughout the North as to the course
of the people of California in the
civil war then impending. Its citi-
zens Of southern birth were making
mighty efforts to detach the State, and
the whole Pacific coast, from the
Union. In this emergency McCul-
Tough discovered something of the
stuff of which Green Mountain boys
are made. In California at that time
were Vermonters of the stamp of
Trenor W. Park, Oscar l.. Shat
ter, and Frederick Billings, some of
the brightest names on the roll of the
mountain States famous sons. With
these men Mccullough entered with
ardor into the battle for the rescue of
California. In him the fiery parti-
sans of secession found sturdy and
forceful opponent. Mccullough was
at this time only about twenty five
years of age, but his appeals from the
stump, by their power and eloquence,
were largely instrumental in bringing
Californians to their senses. The
State was saved and with it's salvation
an element of greatest danger elm
mated from the titanic task confront
ing the government at Washington.
The flames of rebellion were sweep
ing over the South the fires were
smothered on the Pacific shore and in
their extinguishment the young at
torney, John g. Mccullough, played a
part in Importance vastly out of pro-
portion to his years and experience.
In recognition of his splendid SER
vices, though he had hardly become
legal citizen of the State, young Nc
Cullough was elected to the lower
House of the Legislature in 1861, to
the Senate in 1862 and to the office
of attorney general in 1863 In these
offices he was not negative or an Or
namental factor. Gin this position"
of attorney general-says compe-
tent authority, she labored with sig
nal skill and success in the interests
of and for the honor of the State. "
And this was not the ephemeral i'm
preston of the times. After the passage