News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1904-03-30
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
Hon. Charles II. Stearns Named for the
Office of Lieutenant Governor.

Hon. Charles H.. Stearns Named for the
Office of Lieutenant Governor.
The Burlington Free Press of We'd
nesday last has the following inter
esting communication from a party
who signs himself as "Citlz9n" re-
garding Hon. G. Ell. Stearns of John
son and the Lieutenant Governor
ship:
Among the men prominently mentioned for
the Office of lieutenant governor the name OF
the Hon. Charles II. Stearns of johnson IS re-
peated in many quarters with such frequency
and approval as to evidence general &C
acknowledgements of his sterling merit and lit
ness for the Office
Every part of Mr.. Stearns' record OF public
service reveals good Judgment strong etfici-
ency and sound integrity His strong per-
sonality has made him power in all his pub
lie relations. In 1886 he was a member OF
the House. serving on the general committee,
and in 1898 he was in the Senate, in which he
served on the railroad and other committees.
His associates in both branches of the gener-
al assembly will vouch for his fair-mnded-
ness, breadth Of view, capacity for work and
the service that counts. and bear witness to
the fact that important public interests were
promoted by his influence
leadership and business capacity. Among
other official positions be was formerly for
many years town treasurer, and to his long
service as moderator is LARGELY due the good
Judgment with which the affairs of his town
have been managed. Every movement for
public Improvement has received the generous
support of bis purse and person. Largely
through his leadership and inspiration his
native village, with it's water system electric
lights and severe ge system, owned and CON
trollad bv the vilag, with it's excellent public
buildings and recent improvements, has be-
come q modern municipality.
His business career of thirty years is dis
tnctively a cnmmendable record of a self
made man. typical Vermonter, he has
shown the possibility of successful working
and living in Vermont. Beginning by MAX
ing butter tubs and selling them in Lamole
and Franklin counties, he has by thrift, in
6ustry and honesty, step by step attained to
a position of large interests in industrial and
financial operations. such as numbering.
quarrying, mining and banking, in which he
is owner partner or director.
For many years be has been prominent in
the councils OF the Republican party and a
real factor in IFS work and achievements. He
has served his party in many relations, has
been chairman of his county committee, has
frequently been a delegate to district and
state conventions, in which his influence has
peen leit, auu is dO preHeub CuP preslueuu vi
the State Republican League. He has always
been loyal to the best interests of his party
and state His inexhaustible energy has
made him an active worker everywhere. He
hasnever sought state office for himself. but
has frequently been found husting for Others,
whom he believed worthy of preferment.
Although Mr.. Stearns has not declared his
candidacy, his eminent fitness. past service
and popular esteem make him a logical can
didate through the voluntary choice of many
citizens in many parts of the state.