Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-02-09
The SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
The Drift of Politics as Reflected by
the Newspapers of the State.

people of Vermont are not Dragging
very much on the fact that Senator
Richard +. Petit (fogger grew OF
South Dakota is Il native of Vermont.
The country will have to bear with
him, however. until March 3, 1901,
and the people of South Dakota can
be depended upon then to rectlfy their
great mistake as far as possible, by al
lowing him to return to his law prac-
tice.'
The st. Adams Messenger in up
holding the policy of the administra-
ton in the Philippine discussion says:
CHOW and then a pathetic little wall
about the gross Immortality of ma
ton outgrowing It's swaddling clothes
arises from some parts of Vermont,
but as a general thing the people Of
this state appear to be willing to ac-
cept the laws of nature and make the
best of them. Occasionally, however,
stray communication to newspaper
gives Il faint echo of the woe that
fills some desparing heart at the aw-
full possibility Of this country sacquir-
ing more territory than George Wash
ington could see from his back stOop
at Mount Vernon. 1t would be such a
fearful thing, you know, if we should
ever do anything that had not been
foreseen by some ancient parsonage
who could not possibly nave forseen
it. If Moses had written the Ten
Commandments with typewriter, for
instance, or if the battle of ThermOp-
yln had been fought with lyddte or
canned beef, why, then, there might
be some precedent for our mad career.
But we are frantcally rushing into
the future. We are actually tossing
day by day into the yesterday heap
and reaching out for the tomorrows.
We are making bricks without straw,
"iron" car wheels of pressed paper,
governors without "sand," and there
is no health in us"
The Mortified News says: "The
inability of the state to compel rail
roads to sell mileage books at two
cents per mile has led to the suggcs-
ton that the next Legislature take W
the matter and pass law compelling
railroads to sell local tickets at two
cent rate, thus dong away with any
discrimination. The two cent rate
for all tickets prevails to quite al
extent in New York, but it seems t.
us very doubtful if railroads in less
populous states could maintain such ;
rate without actual loss. This would
| of course mean Il decrease of service
and that would be altogether I'm
| satisfactory. Again. it would seen
| that the large consumer Of mileage
ought to have a wholesale rate
which is represented in the mile
age book. 1T is Il we'll founded
business principlS in trade that The
consumer who makes only small in.
vestments at remote periods must
pay more accordingly for his pur
chaseS than the larger buyers. The
person who does not buy mileage at
this wholesale rate is Il very limiteC
traveller and individually the differ.
ence between the local ticket rate and
the mileage price represents very
small sum to him: certainly not
enough to warrant reduction of the
passenger service on any of our rail
road lines. We should say that if
any railroad legislation is to be at
tempted it would be more satisfactory
to the general public to insist upon a
better passenger service on some of
our railroads."