St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-04-08
0UBERNATORIAL GOSSIP.
Various Comments ON Judge Tde and
Others.

Various comments on judge Fhe mn
Others.
The suggestion in the last CALEDONIA
-. that Judge Henry c. Ide might be availa
BILE for the republican candidate for COY
.s ernor in 1904 has called out these com
ments from our exchanges:
Mr.. lde has an international reputa
ton. AS chief justice OF Samoa and com
- missioner In the Philippines he has per
0 formed important work without seriou.
0 criticism. In strictly state campaign
like that OF last year, Judge Ide might
d not be a strong candidate, as he has
II been away from Vermont so much in
. recent years. With a Presidential con.
/. test pending, as will be the case next
year, and national principles and poll
cies under discussion, such a man as he
t might prove the strongest candidate
that could be named. A Samoan and
Phlllppine reputation is not necessary
In candidate for governor of Vermont
but both may help him. MONTPELIER
Argus.
In the meantime be it remembered that
the opening moves in the next political
contest Will come soon. From the east
SIDE OF the state the candidate for cover.
nor will be taken. A man above sus.
picion, one who in his past lie or present
circumstances shall not be open, by any
| possibility, to charges of vote buying.
must be chosen. The canvass for him
ought to be conducted solely on the basis
OF his known qualifications for the Office
Montpelier Journal.
The Montpelier Journal is on the right
tack. Let the office seek the man next
time. Let the honor fall to man simplv
as recognition of his honesty, his sin
cerlty, his unquestioned worth of char
acter, his fitness for office Some of the
socalIed political leaders were in the
storm cellar during the last campaign.
Woud1t not be good plan to keep them
there, TO have an innovation in politics.
and to have the plain people" express
their choice?
AS the Journal says, think it over"
Inc Phoenix is not in the mind reading
business. 1t can think of two or three
men on whom the spotless coat cut bv c
the Journal would fit. It can think of $
one man on whom it would fit more per- I
iectiy than on any one else. Will your d
answer, gentle readers and fellow voters q
De the same as that of the Phoenix when o
YOU have answered the question, "Who v
IS the man !'- Brattleboro Phoenix. n
If Judge H. c. Ide, returning from work ,
well done IN the far East, may be hailed ~
as candidate for the governorship of -
Vermont IN 1904, the business should be r
considered as good as settled. The least .
sac may be relied upon to dispose of its :,
1urslng boomlets, il Judge Ide is avaa- 81
l nle' his measure is something more 9;
nan the standard of country VILLAGE 81
squire" and like Gov Mccullough, he a
would represent progressive" YER ="
mont Morrisville Messenger. ".
Although Vermont's next election does n,
Iot occur for nearly a wear and a haT n,
ne republican politicians are already le
uSy laying plans and making prepara- d;
IONS tor what is generally believed will m
'e serious fight. Under the long OF
stabhshed mountain rule" the nomi- o.,
ation tor governor belongs on the east
zoe OF the state next year. Three candi- in
ates nave already been suggested-C. I. I'll
zen OF Walden, prominent in the grange. til
mo mas been tor many years a member d,
the board OF agriculture and the cattle a,
Robert ]. kimbaIl, banker m
New York, who spends his summers in r
and has recently given library m
that town; and Henry c. Ide OF St. a,
ohnsbury, now on his way home from III
he Philippines. Bell is strong with the
'rmlng element, Kimball stands we'll ne
Win the machine, and it was expected w
nat he would have the support of the Ia,
Id organization; Ide in point of eouin. N
lent tor the place is far ahead OF the -
Tiers He has been a prominent LAWYER HI;
Vermont, has served with distinction b.
chiet justice of Samoa, and has done ~
satisfactory work as a member of the ~
hlllpplne commission. A tropical eli. III
late does not agree with his health and 81
IS understood that he will not 90 hack 80
he plan to make him the nominee oroi. 80
ated in st. Johnsbury, and will be lad w w
eiore him as soon as he reaches home ~
idge lde is able but austere, not the ~
ma OF man to arouse enthusiasm 10 ~
montpelier Letter in the Springfield e.,
publican. o ''~'0 loi