Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-06-18
States Attorney Fight.

Below are given two communications
which bear on the states attorney contest
which is now on in Windsor county. The
legal profession is well represented in
every part of the county and all the
lawyers are good ones too; in fact there
are several who think they are good
enough to be the next states attoryney for
Windsor county and who have friends who
are of the same way of thinking. Fred c..
Davis. Esq, of Springfield is one of the
candidates and his friends say that he
should receive the nomination
LAW AND TEMPERANCE.
EDITOR OF TIMES:
AS the county conventions are close at
hand and politicians begin to cast around
for their share of the political spoils it re-
minds us of certain duties that we owe to
ourselves and our state. The first of these
duties is to see that shrewd politicians with
out moral scruples or fitness d. not step in
ard secure the nomination for Offices that
should go to men that pay more attention
to moral fitness and will not condescend to
the tricks Of the willy politician. The office
of states attorney is too often sought after
by men with little regard for the prohibi-
tory law and make but little attempt to
keep themselves within the provision of it.
1t is too often said that the prohioitory law
is failure, that it does not prohibit. Is
this the fault of the law, or is it the fault
OF the officers that we elect to execute the
Law? II you were looking for man to
preach the gospel you would not choose a
man who goes fishing on Sunday, SO too if
you choose a man to execute the prohibitory
law why should you choose a man that
makes Incorporate use of liquors in his own
case and has no respect for the prohibitory
law except as he can use it for pecuniary
gain. If the churches, temperance organ
izations and lovers of the prohibitory law
would be more careful in whom they advo.
cate to execute the law we would hear lees
complaint; but when we hear that ministers
of the gospel and officers of the churches
are advocating men whose reputation for
sobriety is anything but savory, we can
we'll say that with those people the prohibi-
tory law is failure.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
VOTE FOR FRED c. DAVIS.
Editor of the TINES:
Inasmuch as your paper has an extensive
circulation in the southern part of Wind
sor county, with your permission l take
this opportunity to express my views
regarding the subject of nominating man
for states attorney in Windsor county. l
think it is generally conceded that the
office should go to Springfield as that town
has not held the office since 1856 while
Ludlow and Windsor have each held the
office three times since that date. The
town asked the county convention four
years ago to nominate Fred G.. Davis to
that place but the sentiment of the conven-
| ton seemed to be that there was another
candidate ten years older in practice than
he, but this objection cannot again be
raised against him. Mr.. Davis is a pro-
nounced temperance man, firm believer
in the prohibitory law and practices what
he breaches. Let Us give him our whole
support for the Office and every man that
believes in temperance be out to the eau
Gus on Saturday and see that delegates are
elected that will support him in the con-
vention.
A SUBSCRIBER OF THE TIMES.