Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-07-25
LIVE STATE TOPICS.
Note and Comment About Men and Matters in
Vermont,

band is practising new music and the
second spasm in the political life Of
Percival w. Clement is about to take
place. Well, it's all very amusing, but
the result is as clear as an autumnaI
sunset on Lake Champlain. jericho
Reporter.
The Montpelier Democracy has re
fused to participate in the resuscita-
| ton ceremonies which have been in.
augurated over the political cadaver OF
the Hon. =. W. Clement, and, not
only refusing to act the part of the
Good Samaritan, they add insult to in
! jury by branding that gentleman a
thief by alleging that he stole from the
Democratic party of Vermont the only
asset he has in his political stock in
trade.-what they see fit to term as the
rum issue. Montpelier journal,
At any rate, the Clement bolt on
two very live questions of state inter
est--the regulation of the liquor traffic
and corruption in the processes of the
gubernatorial succession-cannot but
stir up and improve the political at
mosphere of the state, and this will not
be without helpful effect upon the So
cial and material life and growth of the
state. 1t may or may not be indicative
of breaking up, from other causes, of
the deadening stagnancy ofpublic life in
that section, but in any case it will be
helpful to that end, to the end of Gre
ating broader and more active and
progressive civic spirit. Odious as
Mr.. Clements course may seem to be
to the average Nermonter who has
made the regular support of his party
condition almost of spiritual saliva
ton, it will prove to be one of the best
things that ever happened to the life of
the state. Springfield Republican.
The nomination of Mr. Clement and
his boilers ticket will be certified to
the secretary of state for printing on
the official ballot under the provisions
of section 81, chapter ,, of the Yer
mont Statutes which reads: "Nomi-
nations to public offices may also be
made by a certificate of nomination
signed by voters residing in the state
or If the office is to be filled by the
voters of "A subdivision of the state then
signed by voters residing in such sub
division, to the number of at least one
per cent. of the entire vote cast in the
state or in such subdivision at the last
preceding election. - The vote for gov
ernor in 1900 was Republican, Is, l4l
Democratic, II, l29; Prohibition. $50:
Social Democratic, 90 scattering. y
a total vote of 81, 0gy Mr.
Clements nomination must, therefore,
be certified to the secretary of state by
GIL legal voters. st, Adams Messen-
ger.
1t is asserted that the oleomargarine
dealers have way invented to avoid /
the tax. 1t is proposed to send out the /
product in large packages, and box
of coloring matter with them 50 that T
each landlord and restaurant keeper /
can color it as butter to suit the taste 4
Of his customers. This reminds Us Of /
the Windham county hotel Keeper
old Dick, as he was familiarly 1
called, in the times before the prohib- /
tory law, when license prevailed in |
the state. Dick had his bar. and IL /
Iuors, but he did not sell " After a
customer had offered to pay, the foxy /
would inform his guest ~ I
haven t any license and | don t sell Ii
Iuor, but it cost me several hundred I
dollars to put water into this hotel.
md if you wish to contribute you may
10 so. - The contributions went on for
several years. And this is the way Ii
,ense worked in spots when Vermont
vas a license state. Bennington Ban
Ter.
1t is not true that the selection of
len. Mccullough as the nominee for
governor did not represent the fair and
ctual preference of majority of the
he Republicans of Vermont. He was
learly the choice of the majority of
lis party and his nomination was made
unanimous which would
AVE been impossible if it had not been
fair and square nomination. The
certificate of nomination which Mr.
'lement declares to be counterfeit is
5 genuine certificate as any nominee
or governor ever received. 1t is not
rue that the call for caucus law was
consequence of Gen. Mccullough
Methods in the recent canvass. The
all for a caucus law was loud and long
To years ago, as everybody knows. and
was renewed this year quite as much
S consequence of Mr.. Clements
lethods as of those of any other can
idate. 1t is not true that the adop-
on of the high license-local option
nd referendum plank by the Republi
an state convention was a dishonest
roceeding. 1t is not true that many
)unties,' or any counties, have in
repudiated the Montpelier
or that any conventions be
IRE this have bolted the ticket. Mr.
lement's charge that good share of
lie money raised for state expenses
oes into the pockets of the Republi-
IN machine is contradicted by him
If before he gets through. for he says
ter in his speech that no one. not
zen those who receive it, profits 10y
e waste of state money. In short,
r. Clements arraignment of the party
which he once belonged is so rabid
i'd reckless of truth that it must de-
at its own object. Mr.. Clement can
It successfully pose as the one noble
ID virtuous Roman in corrupt state.
e is too well known in Vermont He
not the material of which reformers
e made. His convention in this city
sterday was not composed of the kind
material With inaugurates great
d useful reforms in any community.
? has sown to the wind and he will
d when the votes are counted that he
5 reaped the whirlwind. Burlington
ee Press.