Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-06-02
MALICIOUS FALSEHOODS.
TriCksry of the Mccullough Supporters
Exposed.

tempt to find something against
Fletcher ID. Proctor on which to base
an argument against his candidacy
the MoCullo ugh camraigrers are now
sending out false and malicious
articles with the hope of their being
of assistance in helping at their snap
caucuses before the state ments can
be refuted. These scurriluus attacks
will rot ipjuIe Col. Proctor but will be
found to serve a different purpose
than was interded as they will help
to awaken the people of Vermont to
the touIrilous New York methods
which are beirg introduced into this
state and which will be stamped with
the disapproval of cur voters. An
attempt is now being made to show
that the employees of the Proctor
Marble Company are beirg i'll treated.
No stronger proof of the falsity of this
statement could be desired than that
given by the people of Proctor when
at two different times they elected
Fletcher ID. Proctor to the Cffice of
town re preventative without dissent
ing vote. When it is considered that
the town contains employ ees of an
other marble &C mpanY, entirely inGe-
pendent of the Proctor company, it
will be readily understood that Col.
Proctor must be highly RESP ected in
his town to receive two unanimous
elections at the hands of bis townsmen.
The Proctor Marble Company main
tains a hospital for the use of its en-
ployees, which is free to all except
the unmarried men, and to the m if
their condition is such that they are
not able to pay. The Company also
maintains insurance at it's own ex-
pense covering its employees for their
assistance in case of accidents. The
Rutland NelCs has replied to the M ali
cious statements and we give below a
part of their article.
These articles have all emanated
from one source, and that is the Nc
Cullough headquarters at Bebnir gton.
In vary ing form they have arpeared d
in different pspers. Take for example
the leading editorial in the Be Dning-
ton Banner, McCul!ough's home organ,
for May %, with which the state is
being flooded. Omitting every refer
ence to its dc magogic pbras es, it's cpl
thets of abuse, its false inielences and
malicious inuendoes, let us consider a
few only of its explicit staten ants
and compare them with the real facts.
The Banner says:
l. proctor, or the VermC Mt Mar
ble CO npany, owrs every tt OF OF lard
in that village (of Pre- octor) suitable
for building purposes, ano no one
other than an employe of the Yer
mont Marble company, of which com
paDy Fletcher D. Proctor is pre- sident,
can buy a building lot thtre."
AaslCer. There is plenty of land for
building purposes in the village of
Proctor that does not belo ng 10 Proc
tor or the Vermont Marble company,
and others than employees of the COM
paDy can buy building lots there, ard
in fact do so.
2. "Sale of lots is made to the SO
employees only upon the condition
that any building erected thereon
shall be re movable at the will OF Proc
tor in the event of marble deposits
being found on such land"
A. Neither its employees nor any other
person owns a lot in the village Of
Proctor to which either the Vermont
Marble &C mpaDy or MIR. Proctor has
marble rights whatsoever. There are
some lots in one part of the vii age
of Proctor, to which the mar ble , ig hts
belong to the Colombian marble COM
pany, which operates large quarry
in that village, and has its mill ard
office in this city. Neither the V,r-
mont Marble company nor MIR. Proc
tor, directly or indirectly, has any
come ction with or interest in the
Columbian Marble company.
3. "Another condition incorr grated
in the deeds OF such lands provides
that the purchaser shall not erect
thereon any building to be used for
conducting a store or for business
purposes of any description"
A. There is not foot of land held by
private owners in the village of Proc
tor under any such condition. The
Vermont Marble company OF Mr..
Proctor has never sold a lot in the
village of Proctor to any one at any
time with any restrictions against its
being used for a store or for any other
lawful business purpose. 1t has given
land as q free gift to the four churches
in the village of Proctor, and to other
public and society uses, and has at
tached to the gift restrictions limiting
the property to the use for. which it
was given.
4. That houses are being built in
Proctor by Mr.. Proctor, but ''not one
by the rest of the world"
"a. There have been a number of
houses built by individuals in that vii
|age during the last year. and two are at
he present time being so tuilt.
5. 1.-THE Vermont Marble company
bwnh and conducts a large store in
h he village of Proctor. No other ex-