The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-01-04
The MeddLer
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Men may come and men may 90 bu
il 5 little that their arrival or departure
can affect the progress of events II i
not vet week since the clerk OF Wind
ham county met Destiny but the scram,
BILE for the position he occupied already
has been In progress several days. Thu'
is the political ball set in motion again
and its revolutions are furnishing enter
tainment for those whose livelihood de-
ponds on goddess less tickle than she
who Presides over this particular sphere
How soon the result of the contest will
be made known cannot be foretold
but by next week things ought to shape
themselves SO that the outcome can be
announced. Meanwhile we onlookers
must amusc ourselves by locking at the
strife from some safe coign of vantage.
I II 5 not too early, however. TO men.
{ in connection with the Office Mr.,
Stowe, the deputy clerk, who is attend
/ ing to the duties of the Office pending
the choice of Mr.. Mortified S success.
sor, is looked upon by many as the
[ logical man for the position, and there
seems TO be general belief about
town that the assistant judges could do
no better than to appoint him. His
experience In the work is one strong
point in his favor and there are many
others that could be named. But the
trouble is that "there are others who
think their qualifications Just as good
or little better. Mr.. Chase of Whit.
ingham, il is said, would dearly like
TO be the chosen one, while Mr.. Cud-
worth Of Londonderry has been look
ing round for something of late. And
there s Mr.. Butler of Jamaica whose
candidacy was announced day or two
ago, and Mr.. Bacon, too, who is will.
ing, as the story goes, to give up his
recently hard earned title of state 5 at
torney for that of county clerk.
That makes the list, so far as the
Meddler knows il, list at once COM
monplace and unusual. Commonplace
in that so many lawyers are included,
and unusual because no layman is num-
bered among the candidates. The office
is not one that requires an attorney
and vet no one else seems TO have the
hardihOod TO aspire to it. In fact, there
are probably many people who are I'M
der the impression that "A certificate of
admission to the bar is one of the re-
quirements. Only yesterday a man was /
heard to inquire: ''Does person have |
to be a lawyer to hold the office of |
clerkl' And the answer he re-
ceived was this: "Well. if I'm any |
Judge. he II have to be a lawyer to get |
the office and he can t very well hold
it until he gets it. ="
Teamsters have asked The Meddler
to "iump on the electric road opera
tors for using so much salt in keeping
the tracks clear. The compliments
lllege that this salt so acts upon the
,now as to spoil it for shedding pur-
POSES and they say that the going in
Main street particularly has been ruin
ID in consequence The electric road
leople. on the other hand, claim that
use of salt is absolutely neces-
arv to keep their ears going through /.
his season of the year when storms Of
leet and ice cover the rails with coat
ng that effectively breaks the electric
urrent and cannot be removed by the
rdinary methods. There $ both sides
f the argument as fairly as The Med
Ter can put them. Within few days
referee will be appointed to take tes-
imony and report his findings where9
Ito the board of trade perhaps. That
rganization if always ready to solve
roblems