The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-25
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
Mortified News

his list birthday last week. FL
is a man of excellent ability, ha
lived in Washington most of tn
time for 40 years and has MAJ
aged to hold down some kind of
public Office all of that time,
years of which he was a U. S. ser
ator. Senator Proctor is credite
with saying some years ago, whe
asked how he got along so wei
with the waspish senator iron
New Hampshire, that Chandle
was an acquired taste. 1t is be
lieved that no one more, than tol
crates him at first sight.
Barton MonitOr.)
'Look twice before you spit"
The following law was passed
at the recent legislature:
1t is hereby enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State o.
Vermont:
Section 1. A person who ex
pectorates on public Sidewalk
or in a public building except in
receptacles provided for that pur
pose shall be fined not more than
ten dollars for each offense.
Sec. 2. A suitable notice con
tanning copy of this act shall be
posted in all public buildings.
montpelier Journal
A deposit of S. in the name of
Eugene Field, the journalist and
poet who has made the world
laugh and cry, was made in 1854
in the Windham County Savings
Bank at Newfane. The account
has never been disturbed and now
amounts to nearly $40. Probably
if Eugene Field had known of this
account about the time he was
describing his beautiful residence
in Chicago fitted up with all the
modern conveniences and sur
rounded by heavy mortgage" as
he said, he called the account in
His big legacies to The country
have not been in gold, but they
will live and multiply as the little
deposit resting in Vermont
bank.
(BrattlebOrO RefOrmer.)
The Burlington News comes to
the defense of the printers of the
law supplements which have been
severely criticized by certain of
the state press, including the Re
former, because of the extremely
poor workmanship. The substance
of the apology made by the News
for the Roscoe printing house is
that this concern is not a member
of the so-called printers trust,
and that the work was done as
we'll as it could be done under
the specifications and time limit
set by the state. We are told that
Mr.. Roscoe carried his contract
out on time and to the satisfac-
ton of the commissioners. We can
only rejoin that the commission
ers are easily satisfied; but when
it is stated that the work is as
good as that for any session I'M
der the present system, we must
disagree. We have watched the
printing of the session laws for
many years and do not remember
that we ever saw lot of supple
ments so poorly printed and fold
ed as this lot, nor can we admit
that the presswork compares fav-
orably with similar work on great
We have no desire
to discredit Mr.. Roscoe, but some
body is to blame for what we con-
slider a disgraceful publication
under the authority of the state
and no amount of excuses will
cause any competent judge to
change his opinion in this respect.
If Mr.. Roscoe's plant was not
competent to turn out the job IN
a specified time, he should not
have attempted to break into the
sO-called printers trust, and If
the specifications furnished by the
the printing commissioners should
that decent work could not be
done except at pecuniary loss
the printing commissioners should
learn that the people of Vermont,
as represented by the state press
are not prepared to accept such
services. A competition solely
on the question of price is not de-
sirable for state work. Some con-
should be given to
quality.
(St. Adams Messenger
It is not easy to understand
what The Rutland News actually
means when it says:
at ought not to be difficult for
Atty Gen. Clarke G. Fits to col
Iect from ex-RailrOad Commission
er George T. Howard, of Crafts
1ry, the money the latter improp- I
erly drew from the state treasury.
Mr.. Howard is perfectly able to
pay and will doubtless be disposed :
20 avoid further disgrace and pub ]
lefty which are bound to follow ;
'efusal to pay"
Is the contemporary to be I'M
lerstoOd as implying that George
7. Howard can buy himself off I
rom punishment, if guilty, by re- |
money obtained under
alse Dretenses?