Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-15

purposes and ideals by bad men anC
: bad interests that had got control o
= it. II had, in short been in power too
= long Just as the Republican party il
, Vermont has. Democrats then in large
masses to administer the needed dis
cipline and punishment joined the
other party. and that is what Vernon
Republicans must do if they want any
wholesome and permanent reform in
stead of seeing things constantly grow
worse
Mr.. McGettrick frankly did full jus
tice to the honest men and women who
believe in prohibition as the best way
te deal with the most difficult question
Of the liquor traffic: he respected their
sincerity and courage. but he believed
and proceeded TO show that it is only
because they have no idea of the ini-
quities that are perpetrated under the
guise OF that law that they tolerate it :
in Windham county he admitted they
have no chance 10 know them a. they
are Known in his part Of the state {:
but even there small was the cUncep-
tiOn Of The truth until he uncovered
it, after hard fight 10 get at the rec
ords which il was tried To be kept a.
"rrivate files. " These records showed
Il regular system Of marching up of 20
rumse ellerS Of the place-under any rea-
SOnable license system there would be
only seven or eight-or rather their
dummies or tinetakers. instead Of
the rumsellers themselves-Wh regu-
larlY month after month. year after
year under the same Justices and the
same officers all round. had appeared.
plead guilty and paid fines for first
ra,l.a fha nsnnftia- for later ones ra-
(,,,;ra5 ~ tbe law ,,,ir,bf s+n, the traf-
A. and Tho f.es-an3 The huIl. az tho
eases ..anneaIed" and later diScontin.
ned for tba same reason thai Il he
rnr,.allar. ,aaiiv Maid IN rba stat
tha-a ,r,,,,la no las IN d;yvv', among
,ba oainiai- ybile the zoos vara ni1a3
,,I,,,,,ta;n bi,,b for tba st,ta ~ ,,,v
Tn. ie how hy tba sworn cerri4irafe
s,r ort.lf ,ba rat,,Iar davs fbst nn tbat
aav ~ Sta,a's a+tnrney had travelled
- ,,1ira1 gnd ,,roSal1It.d ana convict
al s,3 r,,,nsaIler- for which he rnrket.
ed ayar zoo
In his Ii-r If naorla WIN had every
p,anth haan mt +hrough the mill he
fc,,r,d an. ,,a,na tbat he bad raver heard
~ hafora thnrcb "a iono a resident NJ
- AIbars Rn+ an the inouirv he
fonrj there had hsan .uch a man a,n-
,,llyaa a. a sort of sTittoon.rlpaner ar
n Itt,le r,la,.,. called a hotel and al the
uar,e ri,ps fonnJ he bad hean 3as9 and
bur;eJ for three vears during which he
a,.,r,, month annaarad in thar roIrt
which rnbodv outside the RING of Of
tc;aIs md thair yictims. ever knew of
Eainr bsI5 -sa,Iarlv rlaad guilrv and
.oni, a., a,rss7 nnt oilv tbst mi The /
at,iaar r.,,ii,tarI,, bar,,aj - fnr a.sist
80. ;r errasfirr, him ana tho ;aiIer
~ u "a ~ % snr l,aa,1;nn him
acnr+ar ;Iinsirafinn Mr. Nc
cattr;'1. +oId - ,,nor wi5ny r.. whom .
har bnshan5 bad Isfr -mall drnr .
- ,,.b" Ia 40 i;o,nr as he ha7
I;a,.oi Ln+ mon ,,,b6n tba ntfcar. /
th's,',s', ,ra n;,,bt md ionrd small inc
20 - nf,1t|I - a1l 5rnT,,,isrs IIse in
w ,,.be sba W.. +r;aj tho
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Di'eN ,.i, ' '' az e.. e. lnftn;,it.5
t,.;,'' tniaI Er NV i, tbis ,,racan3ing !. de-,
Ia Ia =! .Iif H. '',1 ,riaS .l o,,,,aaI
- fr;,,,d ,bat too u,a. Iepisi +La
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dsmnation. and She had to nav the fees
~ ..cnst.', in srifa NJ the iurv i
Surb instances are not pxceptional
br+ could he multirlie5 indefinitsly.
,nd are moi mere abuses. such as may +.
nncnr urdar any law. but the natural
md vaII-nigh inevitable fruits NJ a
systa,, that urocae8s on wrong rrin-
cinlas in denial of individual liberty I
AND evasion of the only safe urincipIe +
- uorna PI,la and Home Pasnnnsihil- +,
itv' which evasion i tbe sonrce and
lscrat of aII Governmental evils that af
AZ vermont
Win return IN RIGHT nrinciples.
viii hagin IN nrosner and
t,1nssnr, as She onebt. This section of
he sta1a wbich tho sneaker described
as ~ hs.,Itv and charm havond wbat
he baG aver seem in his nxtended tray.
als wnnId he overrun with summer
,.ig;+ors Hat ,ro,1Id never come nnder
,rob it;+;nn. +bs Isst water nowar of
be stata would he ur;lized by busy
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