The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-02-07
From Dor Exchanges.
burlington Free Press.

House agricultural committee has
taken part in the consideration of
bills to protect the interests of the
dairymen by preventing the substi-
tuition of o1eomargarine for the gem
uine article, and if a measure passes
the House, as is generally admitted
will be the case, he will deserve
credit for his part in its promotion.
Under, these circumstances the
efforts of ex-Congressman w. w.
Grout in connection with reports
sent from Washington for pub1ica-
tion in Vermont to make it appear
that he is the chief spoke in the an
ti-o1eomargarine wheel, while the
reports in question ignore Congress-
man Haskins, are not regarded as
fair to Mr.. Haskins by some of the
1atter's friends. The aim of these
reports is made all the more evident
by the fact that they are still being
printed and circulated in the second
congressional district, asserting that
SCl- OlOul DCIlCNCS MS Oil Will
go through the House with a rush.
in spite of the fact that more
stringent bill than the one favored
by Gen. Grout was adopted last week
by the committee for favorable re-
port, a fact which must be known to
every well posted newspaper man in
Vermont.
While Congressman Haskins has
been doing his duty as a member of
the committee, and has notified his
constituents that no more petitions
would be needed, it is stated on the
authority of one of the leading farm
ers of the country working at Wash
ington to protect his own interests
as we'll as those of other farmers
that Gen. CIRCUITS chief desire has
appeared to be to have his name con-
nected with the bill to gosbefore the
House although he is no longer a
member of the House, and that his
recent efforts to accomplish this
end seriously handicapped the work
of those engaged in framing the
best possible measure to protect our
dairy interests.
No one can reasonably object to
Gen. CIRCUITS advocacy of any meas
ure that he favors, but when he or a
coterie of his friends for him seeks
to make capital at the expense of
Vermont's congressman who is Off
cially representing the people of
Vermont in Washington, it is alto
gether another matter. The people
of Vermont gave Gen. Grout re-
markably long period of service in
the House, covering not quite two
decades, all told, during no small
part of which he was agitating the
question of o1eomargarine, and that
we gave him full credit for his efforts
in that direction our columns will
fully demonstrate. He voluntarily
retired from the House without hav-
ing placed on the national statutes
measures that would protect the
farmer from o1eomargarine, AS ex-
listing Legislative efforts prove con-
clusively, and he owes it to Con-
gresham Haskins to now give the
latter opportunity to show what he
can do for the protection of the farm
ers and to gain whatever glory is to
be gained from the promotion of
this measure in the House.
When the bill reaches the Senate
and goes to Senator Proctor's COM
mittee on agriculture, we believe
Senator Proctor will be found to
have as much influence with his col
leagues in promoting the chances of
the measures passage as ex-Con-
gresham Grout would have with
senator's, to say the least, not to
the aid which Senator Dill
ingham can be depended upon to
give his colleague.
(St. Johnsbury Republican,
DR.. Webb and Gen. Mccullough
will draw a long breath of relief for
Rev. George W. Morrow says, "my
-l1eged candidacy for governor is
lot to be seriously considered"
(Ludl ow Tribune.
If DR.. Seward Webb keeps on buy
ng new railroads with such alarm
ng frequency, he will wake some
me morning and find himself in the
Unfortunate situation of our late la
1ented friend, Alexander the Great,
rho wept because natural laws lin
ted his military conquests to one
mall world.
montpelier Argus.)
DIR. w. Seward Webb is acquiring
D much railroad property in Canada
nat if he should fail to be nominat-
d for governor in Vermont he
light seek political honors in the
ominion.
(Mor Vile News and Citizen
Gen IcCullough is very genial
an, everybody who knows him
i'll amt. He is also a man of
road intellect and everyone-and
lat includes the friends of DR..
'ebb-admits that he would make
most excellent governor of Yer
ont.