Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-01-21


the labor difficuty could he eliminated.
the farming situation at present would be
encouraging in almost every aspect and
prospects for the future furnish good
grounds to hope for greater prosperity.
GOT THEM ALL PACK IN THE END.
From the Hardwick Gaxette)
Talk about enterprise! Comes a "repu-
table citizen to inform us that one Hard
wick liquor seller gives trading stamps
with every glass OF .timulant sold!
POPULAR REvUI.sIoN AND LAWS.
From the Barre Times)
The Burlington Free Press tells a good
deal Of truth in tho following: Some Of
the advocates OF the ahoshment OF cap
ital punishment are taking the ground
that legislative clemency is granted in
these DAYS because there Is a revulsion In
popular feelings against execution. There
fore capital punishment should 20. Fur
suing the same line Of argument, Grimm
ala enjoy executive clemcncy. backed by
widely signed petitions. because there is
popular revulsion against prolonged i'm
pri.onmcnt and prolonged imprisonment
should n. And tho argument is as good
in one case a. in tho other
II popular revulsion continues We may
yet have no sentence at ALL imposed on the
guilty criminal. Instead. we shall take
the criminal by thu hand and say. We
ere all glad to sec you: you arc just
good Il member Of society as the best.
Continue your wrong doing as much and
as long YOU wish This popular re-
vulsion idea can bc stretched almost 70
!nterr,inahlc limits and result DISASTROUS
" to the effectiveness ~ law. The feel
ing Of the reoplc are not always safe
10
TOO MUCH ROTATION IN Law
| MAKERS.
(rrom tho Barre TeleSram)
OF recent years it has bccn the Gus
tom to have a rotation OF senators so
that the Sreat ma iority Of tho upper
house. rs we'll a. Of the lower. are now
mon. This il. is in our opinion. Eri"v-
Gus mistake. Take Orange county. Tor
instance. What better could the vot
er. there Do for themselves in rarticu-
lar. ana for tho state in general than
10 re-elect tho Hon. Curtis s. Emery
Of Chelsea - the senior senator. with
Editor Johnson a. junior. Then two
wears hence let it he Mr.. Joh1 son for
tho senior and new man FOR tho other.
ana 50 on. Statesmen can be never he
made in sixty days it takes at least
one term for n man to become accus-
toned - the duties OF either branch Of
the legislature. and the reelection Of
sood mon means better service and fewer
mistakes.
FAMILIES ALSO DESERVE PROTEC-
TON.
(r'rom the Brattlcboro Roformer)
Tho Tiarre Telegram believes that short
shrift il sometimes greater mercy than
unwise lenency" in tho case OF the drink
ing man. and calls on the officials Of
Earre to arrest drunIs on the street.
and IN public places as soon a. It i
plainly apparent that they are under the
influence Of liquor" II holds that such
men are dangerous to the general public
and 10 their wives and children 1T home
and should ho safely secured until thny
arc sober The Tclogranl's opinion Will
not bc popular one but It i nevertheless
right.
National Legislation and the Needs Of
New Roads far Vermont.
GTrom tho Montpelier Journal)
There /. hill now pending in Congress
which is ~ considerable interest to Yer
monters because II has to do with the
permanent roads idea, which is becoming
moro firmly fxed in Vermont every year
The bill probably ha. no likelihood Of
over h~cemine a law ard probably ough'
rot 70. hut. nevertheless, IL il interestin
To see how the agitation for good roads
has at last secured something Of hold
on Congress. The measure Is known rs
the Prownlow bill in the House. having
been presented by the gentleman fror
Tennessee. and was introduced in the
Senate hy Senator GallinEer ~ New
Hampshire II aprropriat~s $.4 nr 40 q.
. national aid for the building OF perman
ent Wagon roads. The money is appro
pristod only upon the condition that each
1T
It 10 to receive under tho bill, money
from the tTo sources to be- put together
and expended for building permanent
! roads
II Is claimed that the bill would result
in the building OF from 100 to zoo miles Of
the best road in each State. Ver,nen
would receive under the act $3.50 oD pro
vided she raised a ike sum TO put with II
That Is large Sum to think OF a. soira
into permanent roads In Vermont, hut un
douhtedly, II the state could have thu
roads the money would build. It would b'
! great bsneht. There Il enough need OF
new roads in Vermont 1t would be Z
great thing to have better. But without
= going into the question very deeply few
questions might be asked that would have
some bearing on the advisability OF the
per-sgc or defeat OF the above bill
Would 1t Re possible to get Vermont
Legislature to provide FOR the raising
with the government appropriations How
I much az the whole sum woull actually
| come to Vermont after the mnltitudinoui
/, Cfretals strung along the line ~ its
, course had each taken their slice. in
J. cluSine the bureau Of public roads ~hicr
the hi'l creates. Which method ~ dis
= trihu,ion Is hest, government or state
Who would pay for the roads under the
United States revenue laws
h The Demand for the Adjustment Of tho
single Term Legislative Custom.
(From the St. Adams Mcsscnger)
This is good doctrine and The Free
Press ably cxpounds II, This doctrine
has been preached before, In 1898 thu
Vermont Waterman published the orin
ions Of eminent Vermonters to the same
erect, and November Is OF that yea
said among other things editorially:
ut seems to us clearer than eve
that the remedy for the evil OF which
Governor Stewart complains cannot b.
n found IN any change OF popular custom
e The custom which began in 1874 hai
. dened every appeal for reform, and hal
7 been growing In strength and force III
e sxprriencs and continuity In legislativ,
: service In the House OF Representatives
y have shrunk almost to u vanishing point
/ II constitutional amendment providin,
= for Aouss OF Representatives Of Q "a
Z tiOnal number OF members with popula