Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-17

cratic) and the object (dsruption) this is
very good advice. If the Japs wanted adj
vice at the present time. for instance,
they would probably go to the Russians
for it,"
This being a presidential year, the OPP
position will naturally do everything
within its power to disrupt rerubicanism
in Vermont. Some interested individuals
will assert that vermont's September YER
dict has no influence whatever on the
national campaign. Our election Of a
governor perhaps ought not to be taken
us an index of the drift Of public senti-
ment on national issues.
In politics We are forced to deal. not
with what ought to he true, but with
what is true regarding past events and
future probabilities
What are the facts in the case?
1t is on record that in 1876 the managers
of the democratic national campaign
flooded certain sections of the country
with literature, quoting the largely de-
creased republican vote in Vermont as
proof that public sentiment was setting
against the administration party. In 1854
and again in 1892 similar use was made
of the result in Vermont to promote the
election of Grover Cleveland. In other
national elections managers of the re-
publican campaign have used the results
of the September elections in Vermont
and later il Maine as campaign arEu-
ments. 1t is not necessary therefore,
to argue what will rnducstionably be
done with Nermcnt's verdict the coming
September. by orc side or tho other.
This being the situation, the course
of the Vermont republicans is plain.
We must nominate n candidate for the
govornorship ombodyng an unusual COM
lination Of qualifications.
Tho republican candidate should, first
of all. be q man Of recognized executive
ability. aud able to give State affairs
that thorough as well as efficient admin
istration that the times demand
the republican candidate should he Il
man who VIII command the utmost conf
dence Of thu people.
Tho republican candidate should be a
man VINO can acauit himself we'll on pubic
The republican candidate should he q
man on whom all factions OF the party
eau most thoroughly unite.
The republican candidate should be n
man who can take the stump during
tn, coming campaign and make a vigor-
Gus canvass
The republican candidate should be a
man who Will bc able to arouse enthus-
iasm and thus ensure the largest pos
sible majority in :, September.
Can any sincere republican object to any
one of these propositions, other qualiilca-
tons being equal?
These are some If the principal ,ests
that are Icing used to measure different
candidates in private conversation and
to certain extent in public discussion
through the press. Thes- tests are reason
able and their application Is to be ex-
pected. The disc ussion Is serving an OK
cc!lent PURPOSE. and if allowed to work
itself out. the republican candidate will
be another illustration Of the survival OF
the titteSt.
1t goes without saving that ms a simple
political proposition one of these tests
will at once eliminate any man who
aroused great bitterness on either side
in the recent referendum contest. In the
same way any candidate who has rem
dcroi himself obnoxious &C. any consider
able body Of people could not reasonably
expect to unto his party or secure tho
largest vote