Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-02-06
THE LICENSE LAW VICTORY,
And How 1t Is Regarded by Some Of the
Leading Newspapers.

Somehow it looks queer to see Yer
mont classed as doubtful. Rum did IT..
Boston Herald
The majority is not as deep as well
nor as wide as a church door, but IT
will serve. Rutland Herald.
1t is all over now, and each com
munity must turn to the task OF sup
porting the law by the moral influences
which are potent factor In bracing
up the backs of prosecuting officers -
Rutland Herald.
In a total vote larger than that cast
for president in 1900 Vermont yesterday
gave majority of accout LOCO in favor
~ n high license law. This in a state
where prohibition has held the fort for
over 80 wears is revolution. Such vic
tory for honesty and common sense
over hypocrisy and the impracticable
is a gratifying sign of progress. N. L.
World.
A victory for prohibition in Vermont
will be a victory for the worst and most
lawless element in the state, working,
for a time and as matter of eXpedl-
ency, with a good and law abiding eie,
ment. mistaken only in the belief that
the liquor business can be annihiiatea
by legislation. \ victory for local OPP
ton will be victory for the more re-
spectacle saloon keepers, and another
good law abiding element which be
lieves that the liquor business can be
controlled but not entirely suppressed
by legislation. Manchester Union.
We are all interested in the promo
ton of Vermont's best interests, and
while some people may be tempted TO
give the new law the same kind OF
support that the prohibitory law re-
ceiyed from its critics, it is the duty
of all good citizens to make the best
of the situation and support the en-
forcement of the law so long as 1t re-
mains on the statute books, working
faithfully with every means at hand
to promote the cause of sobriety, tenn
perance and good citizenship. Bur
iington Free Press.
The dark night of prohibition is
over. Vermont, this morning, is a
part of the great world of intelligence,
commerce and wealth. We are no
longer peculiar people. We would
he foolish to anticipate an easy road
at first. The transition from one sys-
TEN to another is always attended by
friction. You cannot right a
wrong without disturbance. But we
believe that there is stamina enough
in the Vermont character to meet the
RESPONSIBILITIES of new duties to which
il is called with wisdom and self-re-
straint. Rutland Herald.
Aud the pleasure of 1T is to-day,
that certain political LEADERS" have
made their last fight and lost. They
have failed to grasp the significance
of the new era dawning upon Vermont,
TO realize the purpose of the younger
generations. and to put themselves in
sympathetic touch with the spirit of
evolution that is to cut Vermont loose
from her traditional moorings and
swing her out into the stream of prog
ress where she belongs. The battle OF
Feb. 3 not only decided vital ques-
tion of legislative policy, but it was
the turning point in the political life
of the state. We may now prepare to
see new order of things come into be-
ing in Vermont's political world,
new idea of political management ano
of political politics, and little by little
new men to put them into operation.
st. Albans Messenger.