The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-05
An Organ Out Of Tune.

The down street weakly daily has
adopted many of the peculiarities of the
Rural Vermonter, and among them is the
plan OF printing communications which
bear all the ear marks of having been writ
ten by the editor. In its issue of last
Thursday in one of these alleged commune
cations, signed Caledonia, bitter and I'M
Just attack was made upon Speaker Grout
on his official capacity on the committee of
railroads, and n. l.. Boyden, its chairman,
in particular. The trouble seems to be that
some of the impracticable measures in re-
gard to railroads advocated by the Watch
man and daily annex thereof have not been
pushed into such prominence as a few
cranks in the state have desired. Because
the legislature did not proceed to take the
railroads away from their present owners
and donate them to the cranks, the editor
of the Waterman and the weakly daily an
mex has been growing like a bear with a
sore head AT last the libelous article of
last Thursday was published 1t very
pointedly conveys the idea that the speaker
was bought up or in some way unduly in
huenced by the friends of the Central Yer
mont railroad, whom II fiippantly calls 10
Hatch and Chef Writer'S to appoint a
railroad committee that should be entirely
in unison with the Central Vermont man
agement. AS matter of fact neither ex-
Mayor 10 ID. Hatch nor Hon. c. w Wit
tiers were at the capitol from the time of the
opening OF the session until after the com
mittees were all appointed, and therefore
could not have welded any great influence
in the makeup of any of them. Again the
daily through this correspondence de-
clares that Mr.. Boyden is a former attorney
OF the Central Vermont railroad and an
old free rider The cold facts are that
Mr., Boyden never had case for the Cen
trail Vermont railroad, but for years was
the one lawyer in the western portion of
orange county who stood ready to bring
suits against that company. AS to having
at some time carried "A pass, that is no more
than the editor of the Waterman has done,
and probably would do now If the law did
not prevent the railroad from granting such
courtesies Some are so ungenerous to de-
clare that the revocation of his pass was
what caused him to have such very sore
mead. Taken as a whole, the article in
quesuoh was most uncalled for, unjust
ana false piece Of composition. If Speaker
circuit had any care for the buzzing of such
inhnitesimal insects, he has good ground on
which TO base suit for libel, as the article
not only impugns his personal integrity
but attempts to throw discredit on his Of
fetal honesty. There were only expires.
sions OF Indignation on every hand among
the members last Friday, and not a man
was found to uphold such a grossly false
and malicious attack. "-Arglts and Patriot
III the persons referred to in the above can
"stand" this Defense" the WATcHMAN
and the advocates OF the impracticable
measures y can endure with equanimitv the
Argus' whitening sarcasm, and its false
hoods, hoary with age and driveling with
imbecility. The best answer to the Argus
screed is its full publication. 1t is a boom
erang OF the most vicious kind,