The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-09
1.-THE VERMONT IDEE"

ceived from Mr.. II. b. Howard deal
er in groceries, agricultural nipple
ments and related wares and mer-
chandise at West Randolph, formerly
at East Braintree, the renewal of his
subscription for the paper, which he
says is the first newspaper he remem-
bers reading, though we regret to
read also that this circumstance is the
reason why he continues to take the
paper, complaining that the price is
too high. Well, our friend, who is
a dealer in feed, does not expect to
buy corn meal at the price of mid
dlings, Ell? But the reason for in
Producing this subject is because Mr..
Howard asks certain questions, for
which we thank him. Subjoined are
the queries with Mr.. Howards COM
ments. That the editor - of whom
the correspondent seems to be little
suspicious-may not be charged with
garbling the correspondents COM
munication, or seeking to break the
force of his arguments it is presented
without editing or abridgment:
"Questions about your candidate for
Governor
LIST Has he any children If so where
has educated them
2nd Has he since he became a voter
lived continuously in the State or has
he or does he have residence in some
other State where he spends his win
n n of hfc 60,
his actual residence. If he lives in
the State all the time it is well but
if his residence is in N Y City and
he keeps his family there 2 months
or more in the winter months he is
not a man that is fit to be Governor
of Vermont as no man is fit whose
home and family are out of the State
for 2, or more months of the year is
fit for Governor of Vermont No mat
ter what he has done for Vt We don't
want the Gentleman from New York
in the Governor Chair any more than
Randolph or Orange county wanted
the Gentleman from New York to
represent them in the Legislature
Robert j Kimball would have had a
far different ending to his quest for
the Senatorship from Orange County
had he made his residence heer lac
tual not constructive and educated
his children here instead of having
them here only during the summer
vacation Had he lived here and been
identified with us Old Orange would
Gladly have honored him by the SEN
torsbip but if man uses us only as a
stepping stone to office Vermonters
should spurn him and turn to one of
their own. | am not for Webb and
never was and am not for Mccullough
and if nominated shall not vote for
him unless it can be made perfectly
clear that his residence has been in
Vermont winter and summer he must
have wintered as well as summered in
Vermont and been here 365 days in
the year. An OCCASIONAL absence on
business is not counted but if he has
gone out of the State for g. 3, or
months and educated Educated his
children if any in other schools than
Vermonts, Vermont should step ON
him and step hard so that he would
know that they did not and would not
tolerate man for Governor who was
an alien for part Of the year Your
abuse of w w Grout in the Senatorial
campaign was simply scandalous and
you are following in the same path in
decent and Gentlemanly and your ar
gument would be more effective.
H. B. Howard :"
We are pleased with the frankness
of the correspondent and admire the
courage which does not skulk behind
" Pro Bono Publico," or any other
fiction, but attaches his own proper
name to his communication Answer
ing his inquiries to the best of it's
knowledge, the Waterman and Jour-
nal would say:
1. General Mccullough has several
children. They were all educated at
the little red school house in North
Bennington, the place of his resi-
dence, or elsewhere within the bound
aries of Vermont. The boys worked
on their fathers farm and went to |
the district school during the win
ter, in the grandly good" old Yer
mont fashion, as Josiah puts it. The |
girls taught schools in the neighbor-
ing districts in the good old days of the |
district system, before the time of the |
adoption of the unjust and Ubiquitous
town system of school administra-
ton. They have since married farm
ers in the old battle county and are
models of thrifty Vermont housewives.
The Journal, however, does not attach
greater Importance to this matter of
schooling than to the other circum-
stance that the candidate, who, it
assumes, the correspondent favors for
Governor was educated, not at Mid
1lebury College, or at the University
If Vermont, but at Amherst college
IN Massachusetts. The Journal hopes
hat, neither on this account nor be-
cause of the further circumstance that
Mr.. Proctor's abode is not in Yer
mont 1866 days in the year." but is
occasionally in New York-and not
always for business was recently
here that he might assist in put.
ing up job on ''the plain people"
If Vermont-the Journal trusts, it