News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-05-01
PRESS COMMENTS.

Hon. C. J. Bell is mentioned for
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. We heard on
the quiet once that Mr.. Bell had
something better on his mind. He
would not object to the title of gov
ernor.- Waterbury Record.
The sum mer season at Vermont re-
sort places will soon open. 1t is very
gratifying to known that the pros
poets for this season are even more
f1attering than in the past. For
several years at the height of the
season some of the best hotels have
been filed and prospective guests
have had to be turned away for lack
of accommodations. The desire of
city people to come to Vermont in
the summer is easily understood for
the attractions ofscenery and climate
are unexcelled anywhere.-RHtland
News.
1t is seldom that we hear the gov
ernor topic discussed so far in ad-
vance of an election. So soon four
Republican nominees have been cir
culated for the contest of 1902
Fletcher D. Proctor of Proctor, John
G. Mccullough of Bennington, W.
Seward Webb of Shelburne, and Per-
civaI W. Clement of Rutland. IL is
very early yet to think seriously upon
this question. 1t is safe to say, how
ever, that all four of these gentlemen
will not be elected, and by the time
another year has passed there may
not be single one ofthese candidates
upon the taps. We hope, to say the
least, that there will not be such a
malice as there was over the senator
ial acknowledgements Journal.
The Montpelier Argus says: "The
Miller case brought out a curious CO.
incidence. Frank Plumley, who as
sisted the states attorney in the Mil
Ter case, had the unpleasant duty of
appearing in the prosecution of a
brother of a member of his own Bible
class at Mortified, yet on the whole
Mr. Plumley could not have been
fairer in the matter, and now that
the case has been satisfactorily closed
the coincidence might be termed only
as a 'happenstance.' All this is true
as the Argus has stated, and it may
be added that this is by no means the
FIRST time that Mr.. Plumley has
shown his manly qualities in the way
of doing his duty regardless of per-
sonal feelings orpublic sentiment. He
is one of Vermont's grandest men, as
we'll as one of it's most brilliant sons.
Barre Telegram.
There is plenty of preaching against
the crime of bank wrecking and de-
nunciation of the wrecker. This is
easy. The man is down. he is safe
and proper object to kick. But he is
not the only culpritin the case. There
is gross official derelicton else
where. There is official infidelity to
important trust. While men went
about their daily duties, coniding
in the checks and restraints with
which the government had hedged
their money about and the watch
man it had placed on guard to en-
force obedience to wholesome safe
guards, the Waterman slept, or, what
is worse, according to common re-
port, knowing that confding citiz ms
were being robbed of their money,
gave not the alarm, winked at the
robbery, became the robbers accom-
plice, his accessory, an incident or
subordinate in situation wherein
he should have been chief in the work
of prevention and rescue The dere-
lict official, whether bank examiner,
president or directors, ought to go to
prison with the embtzz'er and shar g
his punishment. The example might
be ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Journal