The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1908-07-10

to leave Congress at the end of his
present term, that his record would
be taken up for criticism, that he
was only an average" Congress
man, that he was not cup to the
Vermont standard" etc., a man
with Col. Haskins' spirit naturally
refused to lie down under fire. He
welcomed a discussion of his work
in Congress, and his friends have
the satisfaction of knowing that the
campaign has given the opportunity
to present to the people Of the dis
trict a record of rarely faithful and
efficient service, of important &C
complishments, and of a place of
power and influence won in the most
representative legislative body in
the world. The past, at least, is
secure, and when an impartial judg-
ment of the history of the last four
Congresses is given the name of
Kittredge Haskins will be placed
high on the rolls of the honorable
and able men who have represented
Vermont in national legislative halls.
(St. Adams Messenger.)
The ticket for state officers nomi-
mated by the Republican state con-
vention at Montpelier will generally
commend itself to the party, and
that means most of the voters of
Vermont, as a combination of truly
representative, capable, and de-
serving men, fit to be entrusted
with the government and in all
respects likely to administer it for
the next two years with credit to
the state and themselves.
1t was a happy feature of the
recent canvass for these nominal
lions that the issue in ali cases
never was made to involve the ques-
ton of the moral or mental capacity
Of any of the candidates. 1t was
conceded from the outset that the
real choice should be, after all,
simply a selection of favorites for
the time in a field of generally good
and approved men. To be sure, the
instinct of American politics dragged
other matters into play and en-
gineered this and that influence or
suggestion to bear for or against
various ambitious men in the can
vass itself was pretty clean and the
public confidence was at no time in
jeopardy of abuse by serious mis-
representations of men or motives.
The ticket is satisfactory and,
generally speaking, as strong as the
party can be expected to produce
year after year while it remains
to such a folly as the
mountain rule" ar takes its
chances under the present caucus
law and convention system. The
Messenger, as one of the supporters
of Prouty in the recent canvass, has
many times expressed its senti-
ments in regard to the personal
character and business ability of
the head of the ticket, and it can
only repeat now, with most cordial
at his victory, that it
believes the people of Vermont will
have no occasion to repent of NC
choice. He is a thoroughly p ac-
teal man of business habits and
training, and he is imbued with the
spirit of the generation
and heartily in sympathy with the
tendencies for good that are grad
ually evolving better government
here in Vermont as elsewhere in the
nation. With Prouty as governor,
the state will continue to go for
ward.
The platform upon which he has
been nominated will appeal to the
judgment of the voters
as a safely conservative declaration
If progressive principles. Much may,
md will be said upon its various
blanks in detail as the campaign
1t recedes from no
position of advantage the party
las already taken and it points the
way for more achievements still.