St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-03-19
THE GOVERNORSHiP.
Some Comments on the Present si'""-
ton

1t SlTlkSS US that lllClC 10 " =
of cant about the talk said by the Brat
tleboro Phoenix to be current IN Vermont
concerning the candidacy OF DR.. Webo |
and General Mccullough for the govern
orshlp Of the state. Tie BrattleDoro
paper saws the universal complaint 10
IL wish we had some good Nermonter 10
vote tor" General Mccullough has oeen
an actual resident OF Vermont Tor more
than thirty years and has been constant
" and consp cuously ideluhed Win the
affairs OF the state, having been Tor hitee'i
years the manager Of one OF the Prin'1pal
railway lines of Vermont. He was one
of the most eminent and successful law
1ers of San Francisco before coming 10
Vermont to live. To speak OF MN as
anything but Vermonter at the present
time is in the nature of an insult. Dr.
Webb has made his actual home and resi-
denCe in Vermont, and has done more TO
add to the railway facilities OF the YER
monters than any other ten men IN the
state. Such men may proptrly aspire 10
public office in any state III when they
reside. In the Tar West reputable man
who takes up his residence IN a state IS
considered eligible for the highest pubic
office within halt dozen years after his
arrival, but in Vermont, we Judge, man
not born in the state is considered an H.
terloper il he ever aspires to be elected 10
any office, no matter how great his pup
lie service or his capacity for 1t may be,
nor how long he may have lived In the
state Hartford (Conu.) Times.
General Mccullough is a good Yer
monter, in spirit and by adoption. We
have, however, no thought OF inter
fering with the preference OF our Bra'tle-
boro friend, either as between or outside
of the leading candidates, He will give
his support where he thinks it best des
erved. We are only sorry that IN some
OF the sentences above quoted he should
do so much less than justice to high
minded. public spirited, and esttmable
citizen of Vermont, who is before the peo-
pie in response to quite general demand
and on his personal merits, and not by
virtue OF any accidents of property or
position Burlington Free Press.
The preliminary skirmish in the contest
for the governorship between Gen Nc
Cullough and DR.. Webb, has taken place
and proceedings are now at standstlll.
The messengers, aides and heralds have
proclaimed altar the result OF the score,
but all to no purpose. The earnest,
thinking leaders OF the party, as well as
| the rank and file, fail to enthuse over the
prospect Of elevating a quasi-resldent oil
| Vermont to the governorship. That
such is the situation in state politics is a
bald, bare fact, and one that is causing
considerable sober ref elton. The neceS
sity for going to an adjoining or neigh
boring state Tor our political timber has
at no tins ia this canvass been apparent
and the more the proposition is consider
| ed, the more one is convince OF the absO'
lutte folly it. This state is not lacking
in bona 6de resident citizens who are
eligible to the governorship. The one
man, however, who stands out pre-
eminently and logically the ideal candl
date in the mind OF the public is Col
Fletcher D. Proctor. Whether Col
Proctor can be prevailed upon to become
a candidate is not known, but we th1nl
he should respond to the wishes OF thu
public and devote part OF his time ant
talent to promoting the political weltar
of his fellow Vermonters.- North Tro,
Palladium.
The people are masters, and he wouI'
be craven and unworthy citizen, who
being called by his fellows to the head c
the state should deny them and deCin
the tender. If the people OF Vernon
want Fletcher D. Proctor-and he seem
to be the logical leader at this juncture-
let them manifest their desire now an
hereafter. 1t will not be in vain.- Raj
dolph Herald.
Indications are, the more is the pit,
that by far the greater part of the new
) papers have been committed" in a.
vance to one candidate or the other. tt
plain people" of which Abraham Ii
coin used to like to speak, don't enjC
this. 1t goes against the grain of Il
sturdy Vermont independence and Sc
# reliance, and that is why they say amt
G to the call to cut loose from Dol
self-nomnated candidates, take a me
of our own, and nominate him and eIe
II him. That is Just what we mean
do Brattleboro Phoenix.
-, There is plenty OF good stock th
=. should be drafted into service because
their capabilities, because Of their bell
Vermonters, and resolutesy inclined to
u for her as they would be done by. T
y Vermont Journal advocates Fletcher
Proctor. the Brattleboro Phoenix al
IL advocates Mr.. Proctor, or any 9th
equally good man. Fletcher Proctor is
~ Vermonter, first, last and all the tin
lie His Iabors are in Vermont, his interes
at are in Vermont, and his friends are
III Vermont. And these friends should p
d. vail upon him to allow bis name to
IN presented at the June convention. v
n they DO it?- Poullney Journal.
a. The undercurrent of true feeling
e beginning to come to the surface, a
IL manifest itself 1t is beginning to {
~ pear that no candidacy yet announc
,o1 for the governorship of the state is rea
os acceptable to the great mass OF the
~, pubicaus of the state. A straig
Nv out, thorough-gong, every day int
~ year Vermontcr is wanted. AS the 10
nal has said before, if Fletcher Procl
or some other live, wide-awake V
monter from the west side Of the state
nc not prepared to Voluntarily answer ST