Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-09-29

The idea Of a National Celebration
OF Columbus Day was grand in #,
conception, and grander still in its
elaboration.
From its inception the movement.
led by the Youths Companion. has
Oroadened aud widened until it will
fall little short of literal fulflment.
1t is proposed, as our readers are A.
ware to celebrate the day by appro-
pirate exercises in every school district.
town and city in this broad land.
The idea of using the public school.
the bed rock of American progress as
the pucleus around which to gather and
form the outlines of each district, town
or city celebration was the best that
could have been devised. 1t awaken
ed an interest in American History in
the schools such as was never before
known and it enlisted an army of en-
thusiastic, tireless, ambitious and pa
triotic workers in favor of the celebra-
tion such as the world has never be-
fore seen.
Nearly all Of the towns in this part
OF the state are proposing to observe
the day appropriately and we earnestly
hope every town that has not already
done so viii have a meeting Of the
teachers and prominent men called at
once that there may be not only appro-
pirate exercises in each school but that
the people of each town in the state
will join with the pupils of all the
schools for grand town celebration.
We devote much space to the sub
ject this week believing that it is of
general interest and that it viii result
in much good to the whole community.
The Boston journal of Monday
gave great prominence to an absurd
yarn telegraphed from New York, Of
which Hon. b. b. Smalley of the DEM
ocratie national committee was the au-
thor, to the effect that all Of the repub-
lican and democratic candidates for
governor and lieutenant governor in
this state were ineligible to the office
because of the following section of the
state constitution:
Section 26. No person in this State
shall be capable of holding or exercising
more than one of the following offices at
the same time, viz: Governor, lieutenant
governor, Judge OF the supreme court,
treasurer OF the State, member OF the
Council. member of the General Assembly
surveyor general, or sheriff. Nor shaii
any person holding any office OF profit or
trust under the authority OF Congress, be
eligible to any appointment in the Legls-
Iature, or OF holding any executive or lu-
dietary office under this state.
II further stated that this would, It
literally construed elect Allen, the
prohibition candidate, governor. lhe
Ground taken was that the republican
candidates were all directors or officers
in National Banks, created by act oil
Congress. To show how little there Is
10 this it need but be said that such Of
dcers have sat in the Legislature every
year since the national banking act
was passed and Hon. W. IL. Dubois
was for eight years state treasurer
while holding theotlice of president OF
the Randolph National Bank and his
successor is to-day bank oiilcer'
Furthermore we have it ON reliable a"-
tbor,ty that Col. /. X. Fuller Is not
an officer in any National Bank Inc
political campaign must be daii ,ndeeu
hat such stories need be started by the
democrats to enliven it.
But to remove all doubt the following
amendment was adopted in 1881
..rbe words office OF profit or trust trust uhe Ne
a. he authority OF Congress snali a AZ
Construed TO mean any Once crea.od ~ Tor
roa,Iv or Indirectly by Congress, anu The
luS;s ist.;,.h smoIument is provided ir""i
TIassnrv TnaSn of the United States.