Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-05-16
VERMONT POLITICS
ley, brown, Dcavitt. Graham with
second Place in Doubt.

Since the finish of the Taft Roosevelt
scrap in this State there has been com.
laratively no discussion of political mat
ters-at least. no discussion that has re-
ceived any considerable amount of atten-
ton from the newspapers Of the State.
Immediately after the April conventions
some OF tho Roosevelt leaders announced
that their fight would be continued to the
extent of naming progressive" candi-
dates for State, district and county
offices, but no organized move In this d.
rection has yet made It's appearance. As
far as state offices are concerned the
likelihood of any new candidates Is as
remote as their chances OF success should
they enter the lists. Those who have
been over the ground carefuly-and
there has been considerable ploughins In
sheltered places-say that the DeBoer
boom began TO dsntegrate about the
time the Montpelier candidate began to
get "pccvcd" at the attitude Of certain
newspapers which had the hardihood to
assert that other men were as we'll quail
fled for the lovernorship as the president
of the National Life Insurance company.
Now even the wreckage has disappeared.
and the furnishings in the DeBoor club
headquarters are used only as abutments
for spider-wcbs This disinteeration ap-
parcntly leaves Allen NJ. Fletcher of Cav
endlsh n clear field. and what has been a
foregonc conclusion for months now
seems to be n certainty.
Surprisingly little has appeared in the
papers lately concerning the progress OF
the various eutenant-governorshp cam
didacics hut it is to be presumed that
this lack of publicity indicates no lack of
momentum. Friends of Frank L. Howe
assert that his chances are better than
those of Willard F. Barnes of Addison or
Max l.. Powell of Burlington although
this open to denial by the Barnes and
| Powell forces. Nothing about the candi-
dacy of Chauncey Browell OF Burlington
for the same Office would seem to indi-
cate that 1t is intended to be anything
| more than an annoyance to Mr.. Powell.
and almost the same thing might he said
of the candidacy of Frank Archibald of
Manchester for encouragement with re-
/ lation to that of Mr.. Howe In fact. it is
generally believed that the man most
likely to succeed Attorney General Sar-
gent. other than himself. Is Rufus Il.
Brown Of burlington. Now that the
f.. H. Deavitt of Montpelier seems tc
have clear sailing and no breath Of op-
position has been heard to Guy w
Bailey, secretary of state. or Auditor II
f. Graham.
Second distric, politics are IN wha
might be termed a seidlitz powder state
that is little mixing might result II
much effervescence. Although nothing II
the form of open opposition to Represen
tative Plumley has appeared. quiet dis
satisfaction has developed in variou
places. This, of course. may he due II
large measure to local disappointment
ove- the distribution of petty patronage
but its existence is nevertheless likely 4
; quicken various latent aspirations an
lead the possessors thereof to heiieV
that this year of 1872 is the psychological
time to start something. 1t wouldn't b
the strangest thing in the world If III
perennial Porter Dale of Island Pom
should appear on the northern horizon !
. the role of political Aurora Boreali'
while the name of Horace Graham an
1 ex-Gov W. W. Stickney of Ludlow hav
been mentioned in the same connection
. These candidates would not have tn
popular advantage that would come I
Judge Frank Thompson Of Barton. Wa
lace ~ BatchelGer of Bethel, F.. w. Gil
son of this town or some other T. X. SUI
porter who might enter the race, a
though a a matter OF fact the Rooseve
sentiment as an aid to individual asplr;
lions IS greatly overrated. In the la
- unplca santness the issue had nothing
do with the individual fitness of any We
| %, a
l. date for PRESIDENT A great many me
. who are qualified to serve as INSTRUCT
- delegates are not of congress sional tin
Der.
There isn't a great deal that can
sa id against the record of Representa-
Plumey for the reason that it doesT
" stand out in bold relief He has been {
- earnest, conscientious worker witho
. doubt. hut his service lacks force
doesn't appear to he a positive, co
- structive quantity. However, in fairne
J. to him it should he said that this stat
: ment IS the result of no careful analys
of what he has accomplished If n
:" Plumley would come home Gas he Dug
" to do If he expects to go hack) and L
his constituents what valiant servi
10 he has been rendering the chances
that no opposing candidate can "a
- enough momentum between now a
convention time to give him trouble.
;" over in the first district the fight
)" the seat of the late Congressman Fost
10 is between two St Adams men. both
- them young and able, and active and al
bilious. From this viewpoint II wol
seem as II Frank l.. Greene ought to
~ an easy winner over Warren Austin. T
- former Is said to be practically assur
vi Of the support of his home city. Addis'
'e Chittenden, Bennington, Rutland and l
:" noble counties. 1t is inconceivahle II
e Mr.. Greene's exceptional fitness for
TO place should not he recognized.
81 Getting down 10 county politics,
We most recent development is the candida