The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-08-14

CANDIDATES
Comparison Made Between
Holden and Blackmer.
BY A LOCAL POLITICIAN
lie Urges That II Will Be
Much Wiser To Elect
Mr.. Holden.
BY A LOCAL POLITICIAN

Much Wiser To Elect
Mr.. Holden.
Editor Of the Banner:-l desire 10
direct the attention OF the voters OF
Bennington to the relative merits OF
the two candidates for State Senator
from the South Shire OF this county
IL Is said that comparisons are
odious, " but we cannot vote for more
than one candidate for a given public
office, and unless we 90 IL blind and
vote the party ticket straight, we must
choose between the candidates. To
choose, unless We accept or reject for
political or personal reasons, Is to
compare.
Tho patriot always sinks his per-
soual, and in politics also his politi-
cal, preferences In the common veal.
The local patriot will ask, "What is
best for BennlngtonYn aud the larger
I NhiilhA viii ASH Whuh - b'at iDl
Nermontyn The greater patriot OF all
will ask, "What is best for both Ben
nington and NermontY" We know
what the partizan will ask, II he asks
at all, land TO Harlem with all other
considerations.
But TO our mutton. Mr. S. Hull ng
Blackmer is candidate for State
Senator on the Clement Democratic
ticket sometimes called the fusion, or
Independents Democratic ticket MIR
John 5. Holden is a candidate for the
same Office on the Republican ticket.
Personally. | am an independent
voter, aud shall this year take pride
as well as pleasure in casting my bal
lot for the entire list Of Independent
Democratic nominees on the state
ticket. But there ! shall stop and split
the county ticket shall do as have
indicated for patriotic rather than
political reasons My duty to my
state and to my town as | see my duty
impels me To this course. ! have no
personal love or admiration for either
gubernatorial candidate. believe If
you should split either one of them in
two halves with a cleaver, neither
would shed a drop Of blood. But
there are certain principles involved
in this election, and II any state in the
union needs or ever needed thorough
cleaning it is Vermont Every politi-
cally ridden state, more especially IL
saddled and bridled and booted and
spurred for a long service OF years by
a single political organization of any
name whatsoever, needs to be pitied,
and so / pity Vermont.
or the town let us say that other con-
diious obtain, and other considera-
tions prevail Mr. Backmer is
young man Of exceptionally clean
parts. lie was born in Bennington,
the son Of an old-time leading and re-
spected citizen. No one can doubt his
honesty or integrity, nor yet his ability
to serve the town and state as we'll as
most men sent from here in decade
OF years He is also man of wealth
the owner OF riches reaching into six
/ figures. He has no enemies, because
he is not Enthusiastically calculated
to breed emnity, hence he is popular
] ttft,n him
Mr. Holden is OF Massachusetts ORR
I gin. Also he is a man, which is OF
greater moment-a man, big, sur g,
confident, equal, more apt to render
help than need it. Mr. Holden is man
of wealth, like Mr. Blackmer, bu un-
like Mr. Blackmer, who inherited every
dollar that he owns, Mr. Holden him
self made every cent that stands to his
credit today, and his success is due to
very high order of financial and exc
cutve ability and strict business in
tegrity.
Mr. Blackmer was born in Benning-
ton, and has done practically nothing
since his eyes first opened on the light
( of day to benefit his native town. Mr.
Holden came to Bennington less than
twenty years ago, acquired with the
help of outside capital the ownership
of an idle and wrecked industry that
stood worse than discredted, and built
up an enterprise that gives employ
ment to between four and five hundred
hands, and distributes semi-monthly
among this people thous ands upon
thousands of dollars. In addition to
that, by the gift of $500 and the in
vestment of several thousand, he made
possible the thrifty industry that is
now owned and operated with such
signal success by Bottum & Torrance,
an industry that gives employment
to several hundred other hands.
And here let me add that Mr. Holden
has constantly in mind still another
industry for Bennington-th man
ufacture of Belgian blocks-that will
give employment to several hundred
high-priced granite cutters, if freight
rate can possibly be arranged that
will leave even a small margin of pro-