Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-10-19
lready very pretty fight is assured.

already very pretty fight is assured.
Adlutant General Peck will go in for
another term without opposition, as will
the remainder of the military contingent
and the supreme court judges all OF whom
are elected by the joint assembly.
| BY joint resolution our senators and
me mbers OF congress are about to use
every effort to secure the passage of bill
restoring the grade Of admiral Of the navy,
to which the president is required to ap-
point George Dewey.
! Col. Webb, Shelburne's rising young
member, comes here in private train oh
two iuxuriant housekeeping cars in whicd
he stays when not in his seat. He eats anf-
sleeps in the car, which stands on side
track at the station and at moment
notice he orders steam up and whirls away
to New York or Oshkosh. 1t isn't every
man who can take the train-his own train
for anywhere without having to get up
IN the morning.
Charters tor new electric roads in every
direction are being prepared, and if all
those are built, which now exist in the
minds of the incorporators, the state will
look like sieve IN two years.
Wednesday of this week the Joint assem-
bly, will re-elect Senator Proctor by fairly
safe msjority, although the vigorous and
pugnacious democratic min rity have nom
mated and will vote for ex-candidate for
governor Tom Moloney of Rutland for that
fairly good paying office.
The first Wednesday afternoon reception
given by Gov. and Mrs Smith, was given
last week and although quiet and unosten-
tatious was most delightful social event.
bo -. l. r.
ward to with anticipation of rare pleasure
by the many ladies who have invitations.
The elegant rooms of the offitia residence
are beautifully but quietly decorated for
these occasions. Music is furnished by an
orchestra and reshments are served by q
bevy of beautiful young ladies'. The
GROWING series of festivities of this or any
other session, however, are booked for
next week, ladies' week, and the social
swell tere will be something unprecedented.
Seemingly the first argument presenting
Itself to the opponents of the establishment
OF any new office or commission, however
intrinsically meritorious and appar emily
necessary, is that sit is gotten up to give
somebody an office" This statesmanlike
argum ent Is thrust in ones face, with the
triumphant air of conviction that it dis
poses OF the whole matter. But it doesn't.
1t Is simply the mossback stock phrase of
the person who has not discovered that
Vermont has growing needs, that 1t is
keeping up with the professions Of the
states in modern lines and that therefore it
has continually increasing responsibilities
Watch closely the interests of the tax
payers, gentlemen, but remember that the
demand for enlarged facilities and the re-
fu.al to adopt methods which have been
made necessary by the irresistible onward
movement of our state is not economy. 1t
is simply bigoted clinging to aid systems
which strangle and hinder the aspirations
which are feature Of the Almighty plan.
Gentlemen, be true TO your constituents in
the true sense. Be fair, be Just, be rea-
sonable and don't be switched off the line
of sensible investigation of any matter by
any parrot chatter adverse to common
sense. Yours for fun and fact,
j. E. HARRIS.