Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-04-17
ANOTHER FRANKLIN COUNTY Man
SPEAKS.
To the Editor of the Free Press:

Dear Sir In the MESSENGERS daily issue
of the 3rl Instant appears an article
signed M. L" relating to the candidacy
of Fletcher D. Proctor for governor of
Vermont. Permit me as an earnest adj
mrer of Gen. John c. Mccullough to reply
to d few staten Is therein contained is
any one unacquainted with the peculiar
tactics sometimes employed in politi' al
warfare might get the impression tpat
there was NJ other aVailatle CO mediate FOG
governor in the whole state but the bust
ness manager OF the Proctor marble quar-
r,cs. This verbose spondont of the
Messenger Is seeking to tell the people of
facts about Mr.. Proctor that are as well
known outside the political chickering's and
SO Cthsayipgs as any fact or statement
might be assumed to be about George
Washington, General Grant or Napoleon
Bonaparte.
No enc questions but Mr.. Proctor
is G, Oh governor timber. His anteCe
dents would assuredly indicate that
and his abilities are at least
mediocre. No one for a moment denies
but that he is a resident of Vermont the
year around unless he happens to take a
vacation to Florida or some other point
for "A few weeks, which is a private affair
of his own. Mr. Editor we read of The
Eternal Fitness of Things" and we as
sumo briefly to draw the line of compari-
son between the two gentlemen.
Mr.. Mccullough entered the gubornator-
ial contest early enough &c aNcid any COM
plication arising from tardy and some
what oquvooal entry Mr.. Proctor ut
first stated he was emphatically not can
didate for governor, but this statement
was made when Col, Webb was an open an
avowed candidate, Is it not plain as rea-
soning can make II that Mr.. Proctor had
no intention or running for governor this
year had Mr.. Webb remained in the can
vas.
They were net to be opr osirg candidate
in any event. Did Mr., webb withdraw
from the field before there was complete
and certain understanding TINT Mr.. Proc
tor should enter? any one 10 ignore that
/ act would undertake to declare that Chris
torher Columbus did not discover Americ
or that Gen. Robert T.. Lee did not sur
render to Gen. L. >. Grant at AppomattoN
Court house In regard to the age limit
which the correspondent M. L" (Which
ongnomen might stand for Member Par
lament" or Much Proctor" II makes I
little difference parties before the readers
of the Messenger In extreme gusto as the
PREREQUISITES qualification or Mr.. Proctor
contrasting by inuendo, II not by parable
the difference in age of the two aspirants
MI. Mccullough is by no means youn-
man being g. yea": of age. Neither
can Mr. Proctor be called an old man with
his torty-one years of busy life. Both
have lived long enough in Vermont tc
know her people and her laws.
Mr. Mccullough has been longer resi-
dent of the state than has Mr. Proctor i
we take into consideration the qualitca
lion, necessary and the cath of allegiance
| which constitute e. freeman. Let ~
bear in mind one fact above all others anc
that Is that four years ago Mr.. Mccullough
1 withdrew in the interest of harmony iron
the eubernaiorial race at the behest o.