Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-09-29


not bo taken to market in their green state,
there is no reason why any industrious and
intelligent man could not be able to make
fair living and lay by something for the
time when crops fall This is not "truck"
gardening, but what ought to be cnlod
vegetable farming. As is now the practice,
nothing is harder to buy in any ordinary
! agricultural section than vegetables, such
as onions, potatoes and cabbage, and other
products which will readily suggest them
selves.
Daryug and sheep raising are still prof
liable and can be made much more so by
! the uso of modern methods. These branches
OF farming are open to the farmers of Yer
mont and great progress is being made in
many cases. There are numerous farmers
who are still pursuing the mothods in vogue
u quarter OF Il century ago, however, aud
! these need TO learn from their more enter
| pri5ins ANA progressive ueighbors in order
! 10 demonstrate the fact that farming pays.
| One orthc Uumors OF the Campaign.
That tho exactug duties at the national
democratic headquarters in New York city
do not mouopoli2o all of Col. b. L. Smalleys
time 7ey lent from tho following Associated
Press despatch sent out from the metropolis
on Sunday evening:
"EraIlgy j.. Smalley, member OF the
democratic national committee and late
candidate for governor Of Vermont, is re-
ported as saying tonight that he had made
q discovery which if the election were con
| tested might give to Allen, the prohibitions
! ist candidate, the Office of governor OF Yer
! mont. The constitution of Vermont, it is
said, provides that no man WEo holds
position OF trust or profit under any Of the
acts Of Congress, shall be eligible fer
| State office. Gov.-clect Fuller, Lieut.. -tIov.-
| Stranahan and the democratic candidates
for governor and lieutensut-gove oil
! hold positions directors or other officials
Of national banks. Mr. Smalley is also n
vor.a' ; lcir commissioner. Under strict
Interpretation of the Vermont constitution
! it Is maintained by some that none Of these
gentlemen would lie entitled to the COVER
norship. Many members of the Vermont
Legislature are also said to be directors
Of national banks"
This despatch will pass for one Of the
humors Of the campaign. The representa-
tive Of the Associated Press in New York
was evidently not we'll acquainted with the
witty secretary of the democratic national
campaign committee, or this statement would
not have been taken seriously. There is q
basis for Col. Smalley's statements, how
ever rs the following extract from the con
sttution Of ermout viii show:
Section 20. No person in this State shall
DO capable Of holding or exercising more
thnu 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
tie General Ass mbly, surveyor general, or
sheriff. Nor stall any person holding any
office Of profit or trust under the authority
of Congress. be eligible TO any appointment
in the Legislature. or OF holding any execu-
tive or judiciary Office under this State.
A strict Interpretation of this section of
the State constitution would undou btedly
preclude Coz. Smaey's inauguration "a
governor OF Vermont, so that it is fortunate
tor the State that he vas not elected as mar
row rs was the escape. Assuming that he
woull not resign his position as commits
sioner for Vermont OF the Columbian eX-
position, Col. Smaliey could not by any
possibility havo Ioen installed at the head
of our State government even if he had
been elected governor. There are very few
men, however, who would not resign an
Office Of this sort to become governor, no
matter how much they might need money
tho salary of governor not being an alto
gether lavish sum
A. a serious matter of fact, however, Gov.
elect Levi X. Fuller is fully eligible to the
high office to which he has been elected by
the people Of Vermont. JIG does not now
hold and never has hold amy Office in ma
tonal bank or any other office created by
act of Congress Consequently ii is safe to
say that there is no immediate or prospec-
tive danger Of Col. Fullet's election as gov
ernor being contested. Col. Smalley can
therefore, oOntiuu. to discharge his dual
duties as democratic manager and world :
fair commissioner AS long us ho Gun keep hi.
grip, and Nr. Allen viii no, he in danger Of
becoming ineligible for the prohibition
nomination for governor under the single
term rule for many deca les to come.
ItcstriCt Immigration.
II the cholera scare ienis the America
government to adort more stringent meas
urcs in relation to immigration, some good
will grow out of tho approach Of the cpl
donnie to our very shores That this result
may follow is not only possible, but ex
tremely probable. The American people
have discovered shat it i4 for their interest
to exclude immigrants whose physical con