News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1908-04-15
The Senatorial Situation

| ton ana we nau pretty inuch ueSiueo
to drop the subject for week, much
as our readers desire that we give
them everything pertaining to the
subject.
But our much esteemed brother
Auld in the last evenings Burlington
News devotes nearly column to an
editorial, the caption OF which is
"Foster and the Pack"
/ Coming to hand, as it does, just as
we go to press, we cannot give it in
full, but the gist of it is that there is
an unfair and probably inspir d criti-
cism on Congressman Fosters double
aspiration for the House and Senate
at the same time. We quote:
1--WE have observed with some in
terest the avalanche of opinion, ad.
vice and criticism leveled by certain
newspapers at Congressman Foster
for his audacitv in being candidate
to succeed himself in the First District
and promising at later period to
be a candidate before the Legislature
to succeed Senator Stewart"
Now we confess that tt e press are
making the genial Congressman S
pathway somewhat rough and
thorny in what they are pleased to
call his attempt to "rid, NO horses
at the same time" but when the News
intimates that anybody inspires the
editorial utterances of such papers as
the Brattleboro Phoenix, the Ran
doiph Herald and News, the St. AL
bans Messenger, the Rutland Her aid
and the Barre Times, it simply stultifes
itself, for everybody knows that if
there is absolute independence and
fearlessness in the editorials of anv
apers published in Vermont, it is in
these.
But perhaps the best solution OF
the whole matter is to quote
the editorial rtterances which have
caused the shedding of such sympa-
thetic tears by the News, that our
readers may judge for themselves,
and we will commence first with the
Randolph Herald because alongside
the News, Poster and the Pack"
editorial, the Pack" being OF
course, the Randolph Herald, the
Phoenix, the Rutland tlerald, the
St. Adams Messenger and the Barre
Times, the News quotes from the
Randolph Herald an editorial which
never appeared in that paper, the
gist of which is contained in the fol- /!
lowing Ines
Next to Governor Proctor, probably |
no man stands higher in the estimation |
of the people than Governor Page today. |
Other names have been mentioned for |
Senator, foremost among which is Con /
gresham David ]. Foster who has made
record during the past eight years in |
the House that eminently fits him to go |
to the Senate and at once take high |
position there"
Ofcourse the News never intended
to make the Randolph Herald appear
iii the false position of advocating
Congressman Foster for the Senate.
1t must have made mistake for no
man better than editor Auld knows
that the Randolph Herald never fay.
ored Foster for that position. Here
is what the Herald really did say:
Mr.. Fosters position is peculiar and
must be embarrassing. He can undoubt-
edly return as representative from his
district without trouble, but by this time
he must be convinced that he is a poor
second to Carroll S. Page in the race for
the Senatorship. Page has canvass
well begun now, with plenty of support
in all directions, notably On this side of
the state, where Fosters strength at
present appears to be lacking. Page has
a wide acquaintanceship, through his
business dealings and correspondence, in
the small towns of the state that furnish
the bulk of the representatives who
choose the Senator. The feeling expressed
for Page is quite pronounced, and if there
should be no material change in senti-
ment he would easily beat Foster, who,
if he sees it this way, may decide to con
tent himself with the substance of a seat
in the House, rather than dive after a
shadow. Instead of life-and- death
struggle over the Senatorship, things
may smooth out nicely and but single
name be presented in October for Repub-
ican support"
Another member of the News
u Pack" is the Brattleboro Phoenix.
Here is what it says:
"Ex-Gov. Page is an active, aggressive
and confident aspirant for the place and
he will make canvass which will be
mighty Interesting for all the other
Representative David 7.
Foster lost no time in getting into the
held after Senator Proctor's death and ,
the Burlington Free Press cut loose at ,
the very start by declaring its support
Of him. There are candidates for other
political honors who think that Mr..
Foster ought either to fish or cut bait. {
They think he has no business to try to [
ride two horses at the same time and 4,