Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-07-11
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Note and Comment About Men and Matters in
Vermont

Mr. Clement has been lkened tc
Teddie, the rough rider. The latter
fought to free Cuba while our Percy is
now fighting to free rum. What diff
ference !-Lyndonville Journal.
Candidate Clement may not be chos
en- governor of Vermont, but HIS cam.
paign will make high license iocal
option law altogether probable In the
next legislature. - Boston Record
Is the prevailing weather this sum.
mer an indication that old Vermont is
going wet this fall and that Clement
will be the raining prince?-Spring.
field Reporter.
1t looks a little queer to see the Rev.
G. W. Morrow favoring a referendum
plank for the Republican platform
while the Prohibition party declares
unreservedly against it. Springfield
Reporter,
The enforcement of the Sherman
Antitrust law passed by Congress in
1850 does not seem to be prohibitive.
Al that time the total capitalization
of all the trusts was less than two
billions: now, counting only the great
ones, it is over ten billions.
1t will be a good lesson for the Re
publican party of Vermont to learn
that internal discord in making nom
nations cannot be carried on with i'm
punity. The ''tigurehead" September
election is no more. They are up
against the real thing now. Barre
Telegram.
The local optionists of this state are
forcing a state issue. They are de
nouncing and propose to repeal law
which is in no way republican. There
is no state committees, no editor, no
faction strong enough to snap the par
ty lash over men determined to kick
bribery and prohibition out of the or
ganization. Rutland Herald.
Mr.. Clement proposes to go before
the people of Vermont, if he decides
to run, on the broad ground of politi-
cal honesty. The question, he says,
will be between two Republicans, with
honest political methods on one side
and fraud on the other. In this stu
alton Mr.. Clement proposes to take
the broad legal ground that fraud vi
tiates all contracts or agreements be-
tween men. The question before the
people, then he says, will be whether
they will sustain nomination secured
by fraud or repudiate it and elect
some one else. This is Mr.. Clements
position, as we understand it, and he
proposes, if nominated on the 10th, TO
make bold and aggressive campaign,
showing up the facts on which he
bases his course. There is no ADLER or
better fighter in Vermont than PEREZ
val W. Clement. If the Burlington
convention dominates him the state
will see the liveliest campaign that it
has seen in many a day. burlington
News.
The St, Adams Messenger says; "A
legislator can conscien-
tiously vote in favor of local-option
law to be submitted to
the people, His vote does not put
himself on record as in favor of license
1T records him as willing to give the
people an opportunity to express their
own pleasure in the matter. He may
vote to submit such bill
and then when the bill is voted upon
at the polls he may consistently vote
against it. In the one case he is a leg
slator carrying out the will Of the peo-
Pile as their impersonal instrumental
lty and submitting bill for them to
vote upon-in the other he is in his
private capacity as one of the people
by his ballot the dictates of
ais own individual reason and con-
science. Every Republican candidate
or senator or representative should be
placed upon this platform if the pledge
If the party is to be redeemed and the
will of the people carried into effect
The people demand the opportunity to
'ote upon this question. -