Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-04-29


And the printed reports don't begin t,
give an idea of its force, pungency ant
convincing strength. learned Q
whole lot about the why and where
fore OF various administrative acts. AS
the senator presented the case, 1t was
not a question of whether we ought
to keep the Philippines, but of how
we could in decency do anything else.
And so 1t was with other public ques-
tlons. A great speech delivered IN
direct man-fashion that took hold
of one irresistibly.
l told you what l didn't know about
the governorship last week The stu
alton hasn't cleared up greatly since
then. Party men were doing the en-
bracing act all over the city when 1t
was demonstrated that Judge Mer-
rill could not be elected in district con-
vention Thursday. element is licked
to n standstill" was the gleeful boot.
And he was, for the time being. He
was outgeneraHed and caught mapping
in his home caucus came to Burling-
ton without a delegation--a man with
out a eountry-and very properly re-
fused TO try his strength in conven-
ton under such a severe handicap.
Does it follow that everything is all
off?
The most melancholy thing in poll !
zeal history is a Sure Thing gone
wrong.
Over-confidence plunged Vermont
nto a three cornered fight two years
so, Over-confdenoe gave Clement a
and menacing political
machine that's working yet And
'lement is never licked till he's licked.
he republican machine Is beautiful
iece of mechanism, but 1t won't run
lone. There must be a fair scatter
lg of brains distributed about its
lterior or II won't work. And the
rains have got to be 997s proof at
nat.
It's about time some one did a !
orse- sense reflection act for the Z
enefit of the republican party of
ermont
Neither Bell nor Stanton have the i
ance of wax doll in n ladle of hot y
nd If il comes TO a stand-up fight. u
$ a solemn fact that in that dizzy +
lirl Of delegates about the Van .
ass l didn't hear Bells name mem h
med once and all the impression "
anton made was when he came into K
2 state committee room and said h
Laar-raar-ra?" and the committee n
ID, Hello, Zed," and kept on figur- Il
!, Is that the kind of magnetic,
te-getting, progressive, man-im-
essing candidate the republican
rty wants You know whole lot
ter.
IN not saying Clement is going TO y,
/. In fact his chances are less to- ".
Z than they have been since 1902,
just as surely as the republican "
" fails TO put up the best man it ~
MS, just as surely will any half -,
rted, mine by right of succession =. -
didate get it where the celluloid =,
ar fits close. Who then? Search "
Pm not in the candidate bust ~ ~
en-
du
t course, it all points toward De 10,
r, and. by the way, if any one yl
! you De Boer doesn't want to be Iii
ernor, tell them to get sagacity. bo,
won't fight and squabble for It; vo,
won't sink any money in it; he ~
t neglect his business for 1t. but. ~,
united call comes from the party 80
he last minute, it's nickels to nub- MI
that De Boer is the next COVER az
eve
-
mn Hays of Syndicate Junction, ~.
: couple of weeks spent in dis
DWELLING a gasoline engine. started n
automatic sparker, pressed the =
er buttons on the foreman and
: to state convention. Here's one T
lie things he saw; "Hindley was crat
gate from Ludlow Clement will
He wore three sheet poster on that
APPEL of his coat declaring the fact" east
itch reminds me of the following
ndrum:
lat is the difference between the Be
VINO dyes the wool on the little that
, and Hays? Give it up? WELL in
lrst IS lamb dyer. and Hays is Hea1
'od newspaper man. natl,
nate
respected friend 10 RatteH Of Mr..
ebury, author of the Battell bill Nelt
: of the Morgan horse and de- eithe
er of the evolution theory had a lars
page in the Boston Globe last if W
~. eulogizing his purchase of prese
mountain in the Warren Lincoln
Dorhood and his intention of Civ Ian
away rs a great public park. 1t
noble and bigminded act, one IF
enects credit on that side of his Jane
given 10 projects for the public land
OF the other side, no human a m,
is versatile enough to follow send
tricate and tortuous scientific imme
rings. But Battell is a charac- son
'rth cuitlvating' still c
{. alway
frogs have croaked and the sap
s are gathered in. The camp R
re dead and the plugs are pulled
he bleeding naples. Those who "a
e needed more snow and those 60
~. Su..es 81, VS. .,,ose stories
-. - -. ed du
!, az ~ -. known
o. 90 ~ -. ~ at a
,,is.o,,- - Ira7. e. years.
; s,,nos.i,.o 80 ao:,. charge
N snot7. ans do,,,or sps,,ti. 'aIu and Il
fact. sugaring is never over
frogs begin to vocalize.
10 povernorsbin so,o,,,,,,a :. New
MAR what shall we Gov, Of ,ha at Blu