Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-02-06


great numbcc of people who came to at
tend the banquet of the Fish and Game
league, though the Legislature was in ses-
sion at the -ime.-Mc ntrelier Argus.
There is no danger Of Montpelier's hotel
ever being crowdcd-if there's bare ground
anywhere. Rutland News.
NON-PARTISAN OFFICERS
From the Waterbury Record)
We like the way in which both the vii
lage and town have in the past elected
their officers which has been non-partisan
in every respect thus 10th town and viii
lagc have had excellent men in Office and
elected to such Offices with no party feel
ing. As the tim. for clectinC annual oTIl-
GERS draws lear we hope to see this good
feeling carried out in the future as it has
been in the past which means good officers
elected with little friction.
A Demand for Reform in Caucus Meth
DDS in Vermont
From the Barre Times)
The Telegram is pleased to SEQ that tho
burlington News il agitating a question
that has been continually brought to the
attention of the people through the
columns of this paper. That is the urgent
need of a caucus reform in Vermont to
prevent the corruption and force that now
stuffing of the caucus ballot box with
votes that never did and probably never
will belong to the party holding the cau-
Gus. Thu Vows calls attention TO the new
law just gone into effect in Connecticut
and says: The Nutmeg State provides
that the registrars shall meet on the first
and second Fridays of February and Au-
gust and at other times If deemed ncceS-
sary to make an enrolment of legal vot-
crs. That they shall compile separate
lists of all electors making application for
enrolment according to the declared poll
teal preference of said electors, cause n
sufficient number of copies Of said lists
to be printed, file % copies with the town
clerk and deliver to the chairman of town
committees such number of copies as may
be needed to supply the officers of each
primary or caucus to be held Within year
That any electOr may make personal or
written application for enrolment to either
of the registrars. declaring the polite al
party in the primaries or caucuSes of
which said elector desires TO participate,
and his name shall thereupon he entcrel
upon the list Of that party That upon
the oral or written application Of any
clector. his name shall be transferred to
any other party list, and that upon arpli-
cation or written notice the name Of an
olector may be transferred to the district
to which said elector shall remove. That
HI any caucus OF HTlHldTN LOT inc IOHliild
ton of candidates or the election of dele
gates ballots shall. upon the petition of
Il enrolled voters, be taken, and such bal
loting shall be done upon the primary
lists. That after March /, 1902 no person
shall vote or participate in any political
caucus or primary except those enrolled
az above provided, and any person voting
or attempting to vote in the caucus or
primary of any other party than that in
which he has been enrolled. shall be fined
not more than 800. or Imprisonment not
more than 60 days or both. That this law
shall not apply to any party casting less
than 10 per cent of the total vote of tn
town or city. This seems like II pretty
good model for Vermont. They DO say that
it las sometimes happened that men of
contrary politics have voted at primaries
and nominations have been made that
were not always representative OF party
sentiment. The proposed bin would rem
der this pretty hard to do.
GOLD IN ORLEANS COUNTY.
(From the St. Johnsbury Caledonian)
The people of Barton and vicinity--or
at least a good many of them-havc the
gold mining fever Just now, and are max
ing arrangements to get rich fast by sub
scrbing to stock of Il mining company in
the PARKWAY somewhere. 1t IL said that
quite bit of money from that section is
already invested in a venture of this sort.
There are lots of big, deep holes in the
West into which a great deal Of hard
earned Vermont money has been put to
the sorrow of the putt'rs, Maybe our or
leans county friends have struck some
thing genuinely rich. We hope so.
THE PENALTY OF POLITICAL IN
FANNY.
CFrom the Bellows Falls Tmcs)
Hayes Of the burlington Clipper sug-
Fests that every Vermont newspaper cut
LivinGston's name from the exchange list.
The Messenger (MorrisVille) can not.
Thank God, we never had his name on our
list" Whew Won't somebody please
lead in prayer, start a hymn or some
thing? The Livngston-Page suit il pro
ductive of nothing else, has been the
means OF exciting a sort of revival move
mcut among the brethren Of the state
rcss, whose expressions Of conscious viz
tue as they testify one after arothcr.
turns a previous haunting suspicion Of
their surprising excellence into positive
certainty. Those who do not feel impell-
ed to bear witness in their own behAli
still let us know that they are on praying
ground by swelling the chorus of amens
at the pious utteranCea of the others.
However Editor ilildrcth, of the Now
port Express and STANDARD, rises, quite
a ways back from the anxious seat 10 an
ncunce that III any one desires our papers
on account Of the editorial expressions
therein contained they can be had Tor
five cents a copy, and IL we ever know
Mgly or Willingly wrote an editorial hat
vas worth selling, We would be mighty
glad to dispose of # at falf price
EDUCATE PUBLIC SENTIMENT.
From the Montpelier Argusr
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