Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-06-22
pRATrIEBoRo. FRIDAY, JUNE %. 1905
Not With the People.

Congressman Hasklhs, ioh"h'""'N'
Tuesday ut the second district conven,
tion at Montpelier TO succeed hlmseii
in the important position he holds AZ
Washington. denies that he changed
his nosition in committee on the meat
iuspection amendment, as reported py
the Washington correspondent OF the
Springfield Republican last week. lie
declares that he was for the substitute
for which he voted from the beginning
and he criticises, in no unmeasured
terms. the Beveridge amendment, us
author and sponsor, and the president
of the United States who insisted ON
the adoption of its principles.
On Mr.. Haskins S own authority, we
NAV therefore aequit him, in this IN
stance. of inconsistency or double'deal'
ING. He is merely an out.and-out OPP
moment of measure which the pfesi'
dent and the people of the United
States demand. He is the opponent Oh
a measure favored by his own consult
,ents who suffer along with the rest
of the country, from the indecencies Oh
the Chicago packing houses. 1t VIII be
strange if. even after they have rallied
90 enthusiastically in support OF MS
candidacy and even while acknowledg'
ing his ability and previous good rec
ord. his constituents do not ponder,
with disconcert and doubt, upon the
other candidates for the congressional
nomination from the second district
whom they unceremoniously turned
down for Mr.. Haskins.
The Reformer, quoting the Washing
ton correspondent of the Springfield
Republican on June 5, to the mistaken
effect that Mr.. Haskins was with the
president in support of the principles
Of the Beverage amendment, said:
The offenses of the beef packers
against public health and deceney are
inexcusable. The Beverage amend
ment was adopted by the senate as a
measure the enforcement Oh winch
would make the sale of diseased meat
impossible. Now, even after the sich-
ening disclosures of the Nelll-Reynolas
renoTt. friends of the packers IN the
house are trying to replace this amend
mept with a substitute whose OBJECT Is
ali too plainly apparent. The attempt
;s a diseraee to the representatives OF
American citizenship.
Vermont, in having a Hasklns IN lhe
house and as a member OF the commit
tee on agriculture to which TINS meas
nre has been referred, is fortunate not
only in escaping a share in this DIS,
grace but in furnishing a strong and
Efficient hand to work against IL.
A repetition of this editorial utter
ance shows very plainly what the lie
former and, we may safely add, Yer
mont expected and desired OF Mr.. has
kins in his action, as member Oh the
.o,;cultural committee, on the meat In
spection measure. 1t shows as plainly,
by inference, what they think OF the
position he really took.
Mr.. Haskins may be honest, but he IS
not with the people in this matter ana
he is wrong-in that popular conviction
which. in his peculiar situation, is prac-
teal authority.
Mr.. Haskins is popular among his
Vermont constituents, but by no means
popular enough to buck against the
popularity of Theodore Roosevelt, even
in his own district convention.
That none of the congressman can
successfully do SO IN Washington
seems to be indicated by the result OF
the meat inspection fght-the sharpest
conflict of militant session. Inc
amendment adopted by the house tues
dav was made to meet the president $
demands in every important particular.
His concession that the cost of lnspec-
ton shall be borne by the government
was made in consideration of an IN
creased automatic appropriation Tor the
purpose by means of which the secre-
tary of agriculture could guarantee
thorough and continued inspection. 1t
is generally admitted that TINS cost
would in any event be borne by the
people Of the country.
The National association of manufac-