The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-03

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SOME OF TEE REASONS UI1Y.
1t has been said that the truth shoult
not be spoken at all lines. We do moi
take 1t That the M ming of this saving i.
that it is ever better TO tell Il falsehood thar
the truth. but rather, that certain ends ma,
he subserved, policy may dictate the W til.
holding of the truth, where 1t can be done
without violation of principle. There is
somewhat of force in the maxim when an.
piled to the ordinary affairs Of life; hut it is
acowardly and dangerous one if 10 is allow
ed to enter into the consideration of public
events. When, therefore. the question is
asked, why did liutidnd elect democratic
representative, Tuesday, an answer might
be given which would be in strict accord
ance with the lesson OF the maxim and, at
the same time there would be n strict adj
hercnce to truth. That answer would be,
- because he received the most votes. s.
Blu, while this would he strictly true, would
it contain the whole truth? Let us look at
the causes of this result. We presume
that no one will be wild enough to claim it
as a democratic victory, because it is not as
the figures will show, indeed if the cleo
ton shows anything about majorites. it is
that there is an increased republican ma
al
claim Rutland as anti-repubican, We will
give some OF these figures. In 1879. the
republican majority on the state tick ct was
a15, out of an aggregate vote of 1888. Two
years ago, the year of the presidential cleo
ton, the majority was only 1874. ir a vote
l406; while this year the majority was
200 and the whole vote on the state ticket
1151. Yet on each of the three ballots for
town representative there was an apparent
anti-repubican majority, ranging from
twenty-five to sixty.
Rutland then having proved herself a
republican town by two hundred and five
majority-the vote on the state ticket being
the only sure political indcation-whv was
not a republican town representative elect
ed? The answer to this may be given in
one reason, which involves three or more
reasons the right man was not placed in
nomination. There are three or more
reasons why he was not the right man, and
the matter might as well be met in the face
and the truth spoken without any attempt at
disguise. The first objection was the candi-
dates real or supposed attitude in reference
to what is known as the Temperance move
ment." We refer to the course which has
been pursued in reference to the search for
and seizure Of liquor, the prosecution of
individuals for excepting liquor with intent
to sell, " the action of the so-called 'cti-
zen's committee" etc. AT the commence.
ment of these proceedings, we took occa.
sion to say that we did not believe there
would be any difficulty in executing the
law or any fault found, If the law was exc
cuted, no matter how strictly, through the
regular officers, and that, IN any event, we
could not believe that the citizens of Rut-
land would knowingly resist the enforce
ment of any law. Time has proved that
we only spoke the truth. The enforce.
ment or the law was not resisted, but
there has been, no matter now whether
the feeling was right or wrong, Il growing
feeling against the manner in which tie
law was executed. Even temperance men
OF the straightest sect, when the town and
state was grooming under the burthens of
taxations they have been compelled to bear
for years past, could not stand calmly by
and see special officers seize couple of
table spoontuls of liquor for the purpose
of securing their fees So far as the public
knew, this was the work of only handful
of men, and they were putting this ad-
ditional tax upon the people, without ap-
parently accomplishing anything. For
they would ask, how is the cause of tenn
perance subserved by the SEIZURE and spill.
ing OF that quantity of whiskey that could
be contained in a two ounce vial? WHY
should we be taxed from four to twelve
dollars for the pay of special officers for
such duty? They would, also, look over
their morning paper and, under the ''police
court reports, would find that as many
men were arrested for intoxicaton throu III
The " crusade as before. The fact was
mus forced home upon the minds of the
thinking temperance men that they were
being laxei for nothing ,sthat the " citizens
committee and the crusade was doing |
more harm than good We have not in
IN what we have said EXPRESSED
our own opinion so much as
That of honest, active, earnest temper
ince men as they have talked
10 us in private. We wish that
we were at liberty to give their names, as
hey would carry great weight with them,
rot only among temperance men, but with
III classes of the community.
This was not all. When the country
vas stirred up with Indignation upon the
ubject of "spies, moietes and informers,"
he employment of "spies and informers"
vas advocated, day after day, for the
vowed object of increasing the number of