The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1906-08-24

A LIST OF The RASCALS.
burlington News, Aug. Is, 1906
"The first thing we propose to
do is to turn the rascals out
turn out every mothers son of
them. That is what we will do {:
that is the first thing"
This is Mr.. Clements cure for
the alleged political ills of the
state as he himself expressed it
in his opening campaign speech;
and the "rascals" referred to are
the officials of the state, every
one of them.
So, out goes Chief Judge Rowell
and his "rascally" associates,
Judges Tyler, Munson, Watson,
Haselton, Powers, and Miles, and
with them John w. Redmond, SUI
preme Court reporter.
Out goes William Ell. Gilmore,
adjutant and inspector general !;
Mason S. Stone, superintendent
of education; Luther A Cobb, in
spector of finance, and Charles w.
Gates, highway commissioner.
Out goes George HI. Terrill and
Doctors Rich and Stevens of the
cattle commission John N. Wood
fin, Fred B. Pier, A. E. Cudworth,
directors of the State prison and
house of correction; John e.
Weeks, Joseph w. Fowler and
Roger w. Hulburd, trustees of the
Vermont industrial school; DR..
L. NJ. Greene, DR.. F. E. Steele, and
DR.. G. S. Foster, supervisors of
the insane; Dan D. Burditt, DR..
G. L. Erwin and w. L. Dow,
trustees of the Vermont State hos
pital.
Out with Frank Plumley, F. G..
Williams and Linus Leavens of
the court of claims; F. w. Pierce,
w. E. Howard, o. d. Matthewson,
G. L. Stearns, Albert Edison and
HI. L. Clark, normal school com,
E. NJ. Goddard, Mrs.
G. M. WinslOw, Mrs. W. p. Smith,
Mrs. NJ. H. Buckham and w. Fl.
Dubois, library commissioners.
Out with DR.. Charles S. Caver-
ly, DR.. Henry d. Holton and DR..
Truman r. Stiles of the state
board of health; DR.. E. r. Camp
bell, DR.. w. N. Bryant, DR.. S. E.
Darling and Hon. Henry Ballard
Of the tuberculosis commission.
These gentlemen are all leaders in
their professions and their work
for the state involves a financial
loss to themselves, but they are
Ill rascals. Out with them.
Out with Fuller G. Smith, Hen
" S. Bingham and George 7.
Howard, railroad commissioners
Charles j. Bell, Matthew Ell. Buck
lam, Ernest Hitchcock, George
Aiken and Dana FL. Morse, mem
'ers of the board of agriculture;
Hugh Henry, Ell. w. Spofford, and |
John G. Stearns, trustees of the
oldiers home, not forgetting to
include in the slaughter Thomas
1annon and Mrs. Harmon, the
and matron of |
his expensive" institution.
Out with David L. Morgan,
of the House of
Correction, who found that insti-
utiOn a burden to the state and
as, with the trustees, made it a
Ource of revenue. The investi-
ating committee says, ''he has
managed the affairs of the insti-
ltiOn in an able and acceptable
lanner," and they recommend
hat his salary be increased, but
MS cannot be right. He is a
rascal" Turn him out.
Out with DR.. Don d. GrOut,
of the insane hos
ital; out with Wilson S. Lowell,
Iperintendent of the State pris- :
n; out with L. ingalls,, super
ltendent of the industrial school;
ut with the board of medical reg
tratiOn; out with the board of +
'teOpathic examiners, the board
pharmacy, the dental eXamin-
IS; out with everybody even
own to the bridge commissioners.
Out with them, each and every
lie, for Mr.. Clement says they
'e all "rascals." But wait a
Oment! The people of Vermont
e interested in these things.
ill Mr.. Clement tell them just
hOm he proposes to put in their
aces? 1t may be that the voters
Vermont would like to know
fore they commission him to be-
n the slaughter.