The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-04-28

Vermont deserves IN able man for lieu.
tensntgoseipor. She ouxh, 10 have .
mao of Ia q seree ard Of rtcexnIr d ability,
4 mar Of genius $40 speaker, ADD Of tact
and expsrispoe A. . presiding cheer. .
man too that ~osid bring something Of dig
niiy 10 The chair Of The Senate, that the
senators might zeal scme~hst AZ least, the
potency Of biz innsence and the impress
Of his character. He should be . mao, too
selected not 10 satisfy class or section,
DOR 10 q | out The ticket TO complete aim
ply trade alter getting such man 81 tie
head a. 10 desired.
These features ard characteristics spE-
xsstsd are Of weight any year. They are
Of spcclal free this year for they will sp-
peal to the voters conspicuously and gain
votes for the ticket when votes are impor-
tAnt TO send out mex. September, the result
to Indicate that Vermont has get the pace
has blszcd out the way by which the other
sister States may come TO Republican vic
Tory In November.
Henry Ballard has n,vsr been 40 tfiice
seeker. His prominence in politics has
arisen largely In aiding other candidates
In convention and rally and 10 advocacy Of
principles Of party 10 Campaigns tor party
success. Since lsss no presidential cam.
paign has occurred 10 which his voice has
not In this and other States sounded to the
public ear a. republican fr that which
he believed most truly republican.
But public oiilse has claimed him some
times. A delegate TO the national conven-
lions OF 1854 and 1855, . member OF the
State Senate from rs 70 80, q member Of
the lower house from SIS to 80 and for two
years Burlington's city attorney,--to these
one and al, Mr.. Ballard brought
unusual ability and force and genius Of .
high order for construction and execution.
SO well known Ia the work OIL Mr.. Ballard
A. . lawy er that 1t would seem nothing
need be said. For nearly forty years an &C.
tive practitioner At the Vermont bar, this
long record has brought him into the courts
Of every county 10 the State where almost
since the beginning Of his practice he has
been regarded as an attorney dangerous to
the opposing side, His ability on the pub
lie platform has been carried into the court
room and down to aud including his last
case tried at the term Of Chittenden Coun-
ty Court adjourned this week, the argu-
ments Of Henry Ballard have always at.
trsctsd more than the usual number Of
court room spectators.
A man Of scholarly tastes and attain.
menti, ever q discrin mating reader Of
books and man earnest along oil the lines
to better himself, Mr.. Ballard has shown
to advantage that be deserved to be, ~ be
lie, = graduate Of the University Of Vermont
and Of the Albany Law School.
One Of the fast thinning ranks OF the 9
A. r. boyr, Henry Ballard enlisted As a
private month after graduation from col.
|ege, WAS commissioned second lieutenant
aud served with the army Of the Potomac
through the peninsula campaign Of 1862.
A native Of Vermont and life long resi-. |
dent with Us, an upholder and An advocate
ever OF State advancement and State devel- |
opement, he could come to any tfllce with.
10 our Safe or from II admirably ,quipped |
ind fully endowed.
We do not know tina. Mr.. Ballard 10 -
candidate for any office, yet the selection
II lieutenant governor, let 1t fall anywhere
within the cor les OF the State, could
each no more fitting man.
More, there Is something Of obligation
testing upon the party to recognize some.
What, IN )rt so strenuous, so long exerted
Ind 90 conspicuously brought forth.
II the voice Of the party can this year
peak ~ 1t would by representation to put
n nomination Que Of Its best known and
most worthy members, one certainly the
quail Of any, we are convinced II would
lsme Henry Ballard.
Republican.