Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-18
SOME VIEWS OF CLEMENT.
The Latest Press Comments on Mr.. Clement
Candidacy

er Cduuludle. Inc vermont governor
ship isn't definitely decided yet. =
Hardwick Gazette.
OF course President Clement of the
, Rutland road wants to "help beat
Proctor. Clement and the Proctors
have been enemies ever since Clement
went into state politics. If that move
should help McCullough-"no harm
done. boston Record
With all his failings and utter lack
of qualifications for the high Office of
governor, it cannot be said that Mr..
Clement is hypocrite Although
radical and unreasonable in his advo-
cacy of men or measures, he comes
nearer to being an honest man than
nine-t enths of the leaders of the Ii
cense movement. Wilmington Times.
Mr.. Clements candidacy is likely
to rob Mr.. Proctor of portion of
his home county. Further than that,
it is purely guesswork just now,
and the developments of the campaign
will be watched with interest because
it is the first in which the high-li-
cense partisans have had champion
and a rallying cry. Woodstock Stan
dard.
General Mccullough is not to have
| things all his own way in the matter
of the Republican nomination for gov
ernor of Vermont. Percival w. Glenn
ent, the president of the Rutland rail
road will enter the lists. and he may
have influence enough to prevent the
nomination of General Mccullough,
even if not obtaining the honor for
himself. Hartford, Conn, Times.
4
her governorship-P ercival w. Glen
ent, president of the Rutland railroad /
The object of his candidacy is said to
be to draw enough votes from Fletcher
ID. Proctor, son of United States Sen
ator Proctor, to defeat him The Re .
publican majority in Vermont is large
quarrelling within the party. New
York World
The entrance of Percival W. Glen
ent into the contest for the Republican
nomination for governor this year is an
interesting, though not very impor-
tant, move. A man of remarkable ex-
ecutive ability and in manifold ways
eminently qualified for the governor
ship, his candidacy at this time under
the circumstances will not be regarded
as a serious factor in state politics -
Rutland News. Il
The candidacy of Percival W. Glenn
ent resembles, in some respects, the
entry of young Proctor before the po-
litical footlights. There has been no {
rumbling noise of a landslide. The +,
people remain in normal condition. :
Viewed through glasses recently ,,
cleansed it looks worse for Proctor
than at any previous stage in his i'll
fated draft. So far as affecting Nc d
Cullough's prospects, it would seem to y
have strengthened the Bennington !
mans chances. Burlington Clipper.
The general sentiment in regard to
Mr.. Clements candidacy appears to
be that it is i'll judged, that it will c
lot draw the license vote and will have :
small effect on the canvass now in !
progress. His position has been held :,
90 long for his sincerity to be ques-
Toned, but his antipathy to Proctor
motives. Unless something altogether
Unexpected develops. Mr.. Clements 81
candidacy is not likely to have any i'm b
,ortant effect on this years campaign. p
What it may do for the future of Mr.. a
element and the prohibition il
movement is different matter Mont a
,elier Argus. fl
1t il needless to follow through Mr. !,
Elements letter. As whole it is -
ross Islander of the people of Vermont
What the chances of success are for
nan who commences his canvass by is
uing what amounts to a false and ma
cious statement to the effect that the
ourts of his state are corrupt; its of
GERS blackmailers; its Legislators
ools. and most of its people either ~
odden with bad whiskey, stupetied
18th opium, or idiots pure and simple m
II alike careless of the public good
nd callous to the honor of their state,
e leave it to others to say. Burling- tn
IN Free Press.
While the election of Mr.. Clement ;.
ould not affect legislation only so far H.
precluding the veto of any local OBJ &C
on law that might be passed by the
gislature. nevertheless his election al
Guild be heavy blow at the prohibi- tic
Try law Mr.. Clement is a good Re ,
lblican, his qualifications for the of 49,. :
,e cannot be questioned. he promises ~.
give the state "A business admins ~
alton and Mr.. Clement is counted one 81
the best business men in Vermont. w.
, the advocates of local option have ap
reason to be ashamed of their candi- e.
tie and if they are sincere and rally -
his support Mr.. Clement should go
to the convention in June with dele 4
ties enough to make him an impor-
MT factor. -Swanton Courier. pr
Mr. Clement cannot hope to win. ,e.
lie effect of his candidacy would sim ''~
y be to give black eye to the legit- m
late cause of reform in the liquor -
". There are thousands of men in
,rmont who are working toward the
1dification of Vermont's liquor law +
do away with the Objectionable
ltures of prohibition and substitute
e results of modern experience All
is they hope to bring about decently +
d in order. by the education of pub
sentiment to the point of choosing =
legislature that will make the
ange. The canvass for the govern +
ship has nothing to do with this
estion under the present circum-
noes. Vermont's governor has no
Il power of veto over legislation. be- N
e Men who desire change in the II
uor law can vote for either Proctor II
Mccullough and still vote for their
0ice of representative Oh the liquor L
ne in the fall Adams Messen- -
t is "A pity that a new campaign un-
so vigorous a leader cannot be
de on this issue alone: but what