Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-03-27
THE GOVERN0RSHIP.
An Addison County Contemporary Tell
Correspondent What Gen. Nc
Cullough Has Done.
Crrom the Vergennes Enterprise,

rhe p .oplc Of this section know what
Or Webb has done, but they do not know
what General Mccullough has done to adj
vance the material interests of tho State.
Let MS have light uIon this point 50 that
we can vote intelligently.
A VERGEENES NOrEU.
a subscriber to this paper and II near
nciphhor of our home office In Vergenncs.
we'll known to us personally. asks tho
above question in a IL tier published last
week i'll II county paper. He forscts that
we stand at all times ready to print prop
crly signed communications from Our sub
scribcrs, and we are n little sorry that he
saw fit to refer to the editor of this paper
as a school boy. However, his question Is
certainly Il fair one. He ana all readers
of this paper are entitled to know what
General Mccullough has done for Yer
mont. We publish below q detailed sche-
! dulc of his public cnd private services to
| vermont and his home locality:
Bennington free lib AIRY endowed by him o.,
contains 1000 volumes, absolutely free to
all
| Was a member of the Bennington battle
| Munumrnt association; gave literally
| thereto and took an active pert in its
work
Is president of the North Bennington
bank whose stock is unpurchasablc and
whose financial standing is iircproachablc.
Is q stockh)ldec and active factor In the
management of the stark Paper Company
| cf North Bennington. with another mill
near the York state line.
Was an active organizer and contributor
to the monument erected on the sight OF
General Starks camp in Peru.
i Was for 10 years a directing force in the
! management of the Bennington and Rut-
land railroad, making 1t paying and de-
Srable property.
Served as representative to the Lasisla
tir n n ,A6 1
1862 and attorney general in 1888, leaving
an excellent record bsnind him.
4 Moved t, Vermont in 1875, became Ill
rector of the National Life Insurance com
Iany. represented tho State three times il
rational conventions, vas d member OF
the state Senate and president thereof ir
1SoS.
Has taken leep interest in and Contri
butcd heavily 70 the Soldiers Home II
Bennington.
Has contributed to the Vergennes free
| library the Gill Odd Fellows Home anc
has never been called upon in vain to aic
q worthy cause.
Has always been personally idertiGe.
with Vermont interests and Vermont in
uustries since coming to the State.
Has rendered exceptional service to The
Republican party Of Vermont, both b,
q generous contribution and by oxercisin.
his admirable powers of oratory in cam
paiCn work.
/ Has never pestered the people of Yer
: mont with office seeling. but cheerful,
: Withdrew from a bitter contest in 1S)S t,
Insure party harmony.
, 1t will be noted by the discerning tina
. the general : services have never been o
the har-hazard. undisCrin mating charac
ter. lie has new made a show OF nj
: charities and industrial enterprises lie /
Mt heart a modest Christian gentleman
, VINO does not scsk publicity, but who SUI
p tcrs nothing when the searchight of news
I paper criticism is turned uron him. II
is man If the century, walking calnll
among his fellows as an equal and fellow
citizen
In quiet and unassuming way he ha
= become a local power in Bennington coun
$ ty. His administration of the affairs of tn
, Bennington Rutland road was at all time
z for thu public's interest Mile for mile an
G man for man. ii was the equal Of an
u railroad in Vermont. To-day, merged wit
q the greater Rutland, it is an indspensabI
t link in the great Montreal-New Ycr
trunk line.
: And now, after thirty years of standin
= aside and watching the other counties sc
: cure the coveted places on the State ticke
Bennington county presented an undyide
request for the nomination of General No
Cullnugh as republican candidate for III
t governorship of Vermont.
= Is there any good reason why so rca
8 sonahle demand should be denied?
n The entrance of Col. Fletcher D.. Pro,
s tor into the gubern9torial contest has con
= plicated things some what, but will pr ba
h bly, rot change the final result. 1t i
r, surprise To the political managers that NJ
v proctor should enter the contest aftc.
Il plain assertion that he would not be a car
= didatc, but We have too great an adrl.ri
: ton for him as private citizen and pull
u lie character to cast a word of asperei,
/ tod $50.