The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1893-07-28
A Final Word About the Wilmington Post
Office.

A Final Word About the Wilmington Post
Office.
Editor Davenport of The REroRMER, one OF
the persistent champions OF the (Windham
County, plan. has repeatedly declare that the
postoni1es belonged tc all the people. VIII
com@ittee kipIly " ioformed tte neon reu"e o;
Wilmington what they have done with their
jewel Of consistency?
r. s. CHILDs.
The RErORMER columns have furnished
the answer to the query, so far as editor
DayenpOrt"is concerned for Ill who have read
them attentively and will represent them
candidly. We have repeatedly stated our
opinion that If Miss Dix's friends wanted
caucus of all the patrons. and made any
reasonable showing or such desire on the
part OF the people, they ought to have It. II
they cho to proceed the other way and
seek the appointment by petition, we fail
to see how they can blame anybody but them
selves that they got left. And we believe,
from all the evidence that has come TO us,
that vote OF the patrons would have re-
suited In the same way.
As to the County Committee "Rollln"
They have done nothing Inconsistent because
they have done nothing at all. they have had
no opportunity to do anything and no5ody
has asked them to do any thing. Mr.. Porter,
who Is the chairman, naturally would not
ask, and ha1 no need to. and as the other
side did not ask 1t would have been simply
an impertintnce for the committee to take
any action. Rolln is not so simple as not TO
understand this fully.
''The Windham County Plan" 10 simply
method Of determining whom to
recommend for an appointment by the gentle.
men whose recOmme ndations are apt to be
accepted az final. These gentleman regard
themselves as public as well as party servants
and want to do what the public wants. But
In the Wilmington case they never had .
chance to know except from the newspapers,
that any body wanted any ONE else but Mr.
Porter for postmaster. They were never
asked by anybody to give their recommends |
tions to anybody else or to walt for any other |
expression. Absolutely all they knew or lad |
. chance 10 know definitely about any move
ment for Miss Dix was when they received
the written statement of 81 Democrats that |
their signatures for her had been procured bv
sentat'ou. Under such circumstaI-
,es talk about ''inconsistency" on their rart
s too thin to be dlgniied with the title OF
childish.
Perhaps word should be given to Truth
md Justice" the Wilmington CORE spondent
Who has been writing letters abcut the matter
o the Phoenix aud the Wilmington Times,
nd he shall be tenderly dealt With because
10 appears to be young. IN printed argument
t least. As he grows in experif nee
not In grace be will learn that It Is never
SMART 10 misrepreseut his opponents po.i.
on-in fact, 1t 10 the verv cheapest subsi'-
ute for argument. But this Il what he did
Then be represented the REFORMER as a
artipg that there were only 2S patrons of
he " ilmir pton flee In favor of Miss Dix.
he REFOEMER did nothing of the Kind. Ii
mDly took his figures of the rumber nj sign.
re- for her, and subtracted from this those
no had declared In writing that their signs
Tres were dishonorahly procured, and that
IT Is. Whether there were OIL ers, or bow
ANY that CT uld have been got to sign for her
le REFoRNER did not undertake 10 say. IL
light have said the re were none .and it would
I've been NJ ridiculous as bis statement that
eTe are 800, because II Is mstier that no
he can krow very much about until II s
led. The point In the REFoRMER's figuring
ID the one for him 10 have INIT. was that
claratiop OF the "a Democrats that their
ynaiures had been procured by false misrep- u
sebtation. Ii was q e decisive point In The 81
hole ease. Ii be could not meet IL or ex- tC
sin Il, he had better left Il alone. Il
or IKE chsrsc'tr was bis attempt TO mske q;
{ ga fling at Editor Jones truth and verac- :;
- in our showing Of the atienusted =
surdlty Of bis claim that Mr..
mes was not Miss Dix's .'assfst-
l." He snows that there was no .uch
ing.r and so does evs.y h0dy else. Very A
' people In t5is iBtelllgtn aye are fooled =
such tactics. ana With age he will learn
u they hurt more than they help.