Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-04-15
Martin VS.. Clement.

A Rutland despatch to a Burlington
paper In regard to the candidacy OF
Percival w. Clement for the govern
orship says that 1t Is impossible to
secure a positive statement on the
! question from any of Mr.. Clements
closest political associates and 1t is
now thought this reticence on the
subject is due to the attitude Of James
L. Martin of Brattleboro on the gov
ernorship question. Word has reached
Rutland that Mr.. Martin has recently
said that he would not enter the con-
test unless Mr.. Clement did SO. In
which event he would Immediately
take off his coat and work tooth and
nail to defeat the Rutland man. 1t is
| believed that Mr.. Clements plan Is to
work quietly until so close to the time
of the convention that Mr.. Martin
would not have time enough left to
get in any very effective work.
William Winslow, for over 30 years
identified with the business interests
OF Bennington, died Wednesday.
April 10. He had been in poor health
several weeks. the result of amputa-
ttion of part of one foot. Mr.. Winslow
was born in Bennington. and passed
his 73d birthday Sunday. For 81
years he was superintendent for
Graves & Root, for IA years was head
Of the firm of Winslow & Potter.
The state republican league will
meet at the Van Ness house, in Bur-
lington, Wednesday evening, April TO-
the evening of the republican state
convention. to elect officers and or
ganize for the assistance of the state
committee in the coming campaign.
The league has done this each presi
Dental year since its organization In
1888.
Gov. Mccullough has asked the
United States geological survey for
an examination of the waters Of Lake
Champaign. with special reference to
the effect of polluting materials turn
ed into the lake. The facilities of the
state laboratory at Burlington are Of
fered for purposes of the investiga-
ton. and photographic experts will
begin the investigation as soon as
possible. Lake Champlain is an In
terstate body of waters. and its re-
sources are of great Importance to
the states of Vermont and New York.
In county court at Montpelier Mon
day. April II, Everett Morse Of Calais
pleaded guilty to the forgery of a $500
note. He forged the names of Allen
Morse his father, and H. A. Morse
last fall. The states attor-
ney recommended a lenient sentence
on the ground that the punishment
would fall to a large extent on the
family. He was sentenced to not less
than two years nor more than three
years in states prison at Windsor.
To IL, nh Q Of hoo
wife and three children. Morse was
brought from Waterbury only short
time ago where he was under obser-
vation as to his sanity. He was adj
Judged criminally responsible but was
said to be subject to epileptic fits.
Every stone shed in Barre. Mont
oelier and Mortified shut down Mon
lay, April II. pending settlement OF
he difficulties caused by the strike of
he blacksmiths at Barclay Bros
she'd April s. A joint meeting of COM
nittees from the Granite Manufac-
urers association and the Granite
Cutters National union held meet
ng Saturday evening, April 9, in an
,ndeavor to have the difficulty set
led, but failed Monday the manu-
acturers decided that until the mat
er was settled all the plants in the
association should suspend work
About $500 men are out of work. The
difficulty to be settled is the disagree
nent over the division Of work be-
ween the hand sharpeners and Prize
machine. The national
.ranite cutters union did not sane
ion the strike of the 125 granite cut
ers from the sheds of Barclay Bros,
BARRE, and advised them to return to
york The strikers decided Tuesday.
.pril IL. to go back to work on form
r agreement. Imperative orders came
rom headquarters that If the union
id not fix UP the trouble. its charter
rould be taken away.