Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-08-14

est voter a Candldate VINO mas purcnaSeu
lying afndavits and purchased them to the
hurt of an honorable opponent Is no leader
for an honest Ncrmontcr. A leader who
thinly DISCUSSES Free Rum under a hy-
pocrtical local option campaign is not the
sort of citizen Vermont can afford to
make her governor.
And So trusting in the promises Of a
party that has never broken a political
pledge; relying on the honor of man who
has never betrayed friend or a sacred
trust let us go forward to victory for Gen.
eral j. G.. Mccullough and the Republican
party OF Vermont, one indivisabe and SUI
preme.
1T WILL ALL DEPEND.
(From the Landmark)
on general principles it may be said that
the adoption of a high license system by
the voters of Vermont. If passed by the
Legislature and referred to them. will de-
pend entirely upon the measure There
are certain features of the present prohi-
bitory law that ought to be repealed or. at
least modified. But no high license law
that will admit the establishment OF open
saloons upon street corners. or in business
blocks will, we believe ever be en-
dorscd by the voters of Vermont. Some
thing like the dispensary system Of South
Carolina which puts the whole traffic un-
der State control. provides for the sale of
iutoxicants in sealed packages from a
half pint upwards, and guarantees the pur-
ity of all liquors sold will meet every
legitimate demand In this state. Apart
from all moral considerations the business
interests of every community must not be
endangered by any law that will encour-
age intemperance
A SMALL VOTE FOR THE "BOLTER."
(t'rom the Brattleboro Reformer)
Here's a big red apple that Clement does
not poll 1000 votes In Windham county.
THE BOLTER'S TOM-TOM.
(From the Hardwick Gazette)
Here Is an example Of the sort of tom
tom L. W. Clement Is spoutine to his audi
ences: Rather let us men CT the Repub-
LENA party, turn out the corrupt ring. the
guilty men who have disgraced themselves
and who are trying to evolve the whole
party in their dishonor. Let us turn them
out in order that the eternal principles of
truth and honor may live here in Yer
mont" Percy is demagogue-nothing
more. lie unblushngly accuses the ma
iorty of Vermont republicans with dis
honor and assumes to himself mantle
Of righteousness. Percy protests too
much.
AS SEEN FROM THE OUTSIDE.
F'rom the New York SUM
It Is satisfactory to study the opening
campaign speech of Mr.. Percival w. Glenn
cnt. who, after turning out an unsuccess-
full candidate for the republican nominal
ton for governor OF Vermont. has bolted
to run Independent in behalf of local op-
ton. The speech az we get 1t In various
New England abrdgements is devoted al
most wholly to charges of bribery ana
corruption" and suppression at the
election of delegates to the republican
State convention and in the convention it.
self. Mr. Clements candidacy is plainly
one of personal disappointment and crank
mess and consequently cannot be likely
to disturb seriously the Republican party
in Vermont
Benefits to be Derived from the Attrac-
ton Of Summer Visitors to Vermo Mt.
(F'rom the ST. Adams Messenger)
1t is probably safe to say that Vermont
and New Hampshire are the two New Eng
land States that are most rairly To DC COM
pared with each other in point OF attrac-
tions for summer visitors, and that II
there Is a little shade of difference between
them, II is In favor of Vermont as possess
ing with the Green Mountains, the lake,
and the Champain Valley, greater diver
sity Of scenery than New Hampshire
whose VIZ mountains loTIH Hci
pal stock in trade for tourists And yet
New Hampshire has far more visitors tnan
Vermont and always has had. Here. Tor
instance. are some figures printed In The
World Work for August as a part or an
article on "One State and the summer feo-
pie industry. by Lindsay Denison. they
show the volume of the summer tourist
business in New Hampshire in 1895.
| Capital invested in summer
|
Number of summer guests at
farmhouses, boarding
| houses. and hotels .......... l5S,92S
Number of persons occupying
cottages for the summer
only ..,.... ................... O,S-
Total summer recreation
population; ;..... ...... ya,sso
Persons employed by summer
people and for their enter
| talnment .........,.. ........ 12,SA
| Wages paid to persons thus
| employed ............ $o39, Wi "
Cash received from summer
people .......... .............. As47, 1886. ot
| Estimate of cash received for
| railroad fares ................ 600, 900. N
| Cash received for stage
| fares ............ .............. g., 2lS. 81
Cash received for lake steam
| er fares ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. SO, 369. 2
| Invested in cottages and
hotels and other buildings
for summer use .............. s37,7S5o
| Total volume OF summer
/ business and investment for
1889 .,................ ........ Sc, co., 1854. Z
What is the reason Vermont does no
make such showing this? There is M
doubt whatever that the summer tourist
business in Vermont has increased many
fold in the past ten years, but, aside from
the systematic efforts of the railroads t
induce summer travel, there appears L
be no organized effort put forth in thi!
direction. Thus far most of the work o
exploiting Vermont as A tourist State ha!
consisted of newspaper talk and In Yer
4 mont newspapers at that, so that II did no
get circulation of any consequence OUTSIDE
of the State.
There is dollar in this business II tn,
90 of I,x,a !, !,