Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1890-08-28
PRESS POINTS AND POINTERS.
THardwick Gazette.

case OF JDe Killing OF James ruler, q
reight-brakeman at Newport the 4th of
last April. Miraculously his death did
not result from his being fool enough to
walk on the railroad track or do any
other thing for which the railroad was
mot to blame" The report says;
"The board finds the primary cause of
this accident was the absence of proper
danger signal or a watchman to warn the
train men at work in the vicinity of that
car which Mr.. Fuller was repairing should
not be moved while undergoing repairs,
and said railway company is at fault for
not having made and enforced rule to
such end"
This examination was conducted by
Commissioner Fletcher with no ex-gov-
ernor present, which very likely accounts
for the unusual finding.
Keene Sentinel
The Manchester cleric who breaches
free salvation every Sunday and free
trade all the rest of the week is not the
man to represent the interests and intelli-
gence of New England constituency.
He may get to heaven-as, according to
his theology, everybody will ultimate
ly-in spite of his advocacy of Demo-
cratic doctrines; but the aspirant to
seat in Congress from this latitude must
not be a free trader.
Burlington Clipper.
An exchange speaks of Rev. A. j.
Hough of Montpelier, as Vermont's
coming poet. If he is not ''there' al
ready as a poet, the majority of people
who have read the able pastors writ
ings, are mistaken in their judgment.
He is to-day the poet of the Green Noun
tain state.
From the Woodstock Standard
Abolish double taxation, make the
state taxes needless by rigid economy in
state expenses; reduce town taxes by
putting the management of town affairs
into the hands of practical men in favor
of rigid economy; lower the freight rates
and greater economy in individual eX-
penses. These things will help farmers
little.
Burlington Independent
The legislature of Vermont should at
its next session enact a law making it
punushible by a heavy fine for any cor
poration to pay its help in anything but
the current fund of the United States,
thus forever blotting from the face of
this commonwealth one of the most out
rageous curses with which it is now en-
numbered.
White River Junction Landmark
While the political situation in Ver-
mont is generally quiet, in one or two
counties there are ''bolts" against certain
nominations. Had we the Australian
method of ballot, the sscutting" of OBJ
jectionable candidates would be easily
accomplished without disrupting party
Il frequently occurs that on a county
ticketLand occasionally a state one
some voter secures a nomination whom
many voters consider unworthy. Yet
they will vote for him in preference to an
open revolt against what are termed s're-
gular" nominations. Give every voter a
good opportunity to express his individ-
ual choice and "bolts'' would be un-
necessary. Greater care would be exer-
cised in caucuses and conventions if it
were known that an obnoxious candidate
could be quietly and secretly defeated
without endangering the rest of the ticket.
West Randolph Herald.l
But this is not all. Take the town of
Pomfret for example. 1t is purely a
farming town and we take it as an il
lustration because it is such. In 1880
it had 1139 inhabitants, in 1890, SCI, a
loss of 27S. What did it cost in 1880 to
keep the highways and bridges in re-
pair in that town? What were the town
expenses? Were they any less this year?
No. Yet there were fewer persons in
town to help pay these expenses. Would
it not have been better for Pomfret if she
had gained instead of lost 27S? There is
not farmer in that town but would say
that it would.
Burlington Clipper
If the Rutland Telegram would kind
| ly abstain from its editorial exposures
of Senator Edmunds' ignorance on the
tariff and other important questions un-
til that gentleman has been in Washing
ton sufficient length of time to gain
some general idea of how matters are
conducted there, it would be a great
kindness to the state. There are already
such indications as to warrant Vermont
ers in believing that the Senator may
acquire something of reputation as a
statesman if the Telegram will only give
him fighting chance.
New Hampshire Republican,. .
The Republican is not published for
fun although there is deal of fun in it.
1t is issued to defeat the Democrats in
New Hampshire, and for this purpose to
attack Luther F. Mckinney. We attack
Mr.. Mckinney as a freetrader. He voted
for the deadly Mills bill, which was in
tended by its authors to destroy the in
dustries of Manchester. Dover, Great
Falls, and all other factory towns in the
first district. Mr.. Mckinney knew this,
if he was not an idiot, and yet voted for
it. For doing this he was defeated in
the next canvass, and will be avalanched
again in November.
Rutland Herald.
The newspapers are making altogether
too much of the Connecticut girl who
scared burglar with an empty gun the
other night. An empty gun ought to
scare anybody.