Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-06-21

At the regular meeting of Evening Star Grange,
bummeistun, held ON Wednesday evening Of last
week, tins resolution was unanimously adopted
Whereas, il appears that The Vermont Phoenix
has lao room for the grange. therefore he 1t re
solved that this grange has no room for The Phu--
mis-
This resolution was adopted at the meeting of
the Windham County Pomona Grange, held at
immersion on Thursday of last week "Resoly-
ed that il is the sense OF this grange that patrons
should give their support to those papers that
friendly To their interests, regardless OF politics.
The above resolutions passed by the DUN
merston grange and the Windham county
grange, last week as stated seem to call
for few words of explanation and com
ment. Three weeks ago j. c. Newton of
Dummerston, who, we believe, is the mas
ter Of the Brattleboro grange, came into
this office and said the grangers wanted
column in The Phoenix to fill with grange
news and other grange matter Accompa-
nving this request, or demand, the state
ment was made that the grange was grow
ing rapidly, it was the coming thing among
the farmers, and was entitled to this repre-
sentation In answer TO this we said that The
Phoenix was already devoting department
especially TO the farmers, our space did not
permit us to give up column to whomever
asked it, and moreover it was not our pol
icy to surrender space in our paper to be used
independently of our own supervision and
control To this Mr. Newton said if sub
stance that our farmers department did
not meet the case that what was wanted
was a grange column, and, he added, 1.-THE
Reformer is going 10 give US a column, and
Won can do as you are a mind to about it. 80
We explained 10 him why on general
business principles, it was inexpedient to
surrender space as he proposed, mentioning
the fact that only a few days before ii
Grand Army man had asked for "a column
for that order, that the Womans Christian
Temperance Union wanted column, that
within a year a minister had informed us
that he had been appointed 10 edit mis-
sionary column, and so ON with a list that
might he indefinitely extended We said
that We had always printed all grange
items sent us, that we were in sympathy
with the purposes of the order, and meant
to extend to it the same privileges and at
tention which were given TO all other organ
izations supposed to be for the public good
We added, moreover, that if any reasons
existed why special privileges should be eN
tended 10 the grange we were open 20 con
victiun aud ready TO consider the subject
We asked what arrangement was had in
view, and who would edit the proposed col
umn and he responsible for it, 20 which the
very indefinite answer was given, go, we
will take care of 1t and see that it is filled %
81 do not pretend 20 say, " Mr. Newton
added, that we want this space entirely
for grange news We want 10 push the
grange and get it before the people '" The
time was the afternoon of publication day -,
the busiest of the whole week, and we sug
eested that We would think the matter over
more at leisure, 10 which answer was made
uu can think 1t over and it was left, as
we surpassed with the implied understand
my that further consultation might be had
in regard % IT, The next heard from il
was the publication of the above resolu-
lions
We have since learned that Mr. Newton
acted entirely ON ms own personal respon
sihility ga making this demand for space
and without any action having been taken
an this direction by the oranges themselves