The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-06-29
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The plucky Democratic minority has
again come TO the front with ticket
for state officers. 1t is actually too bad
for the healthy condition OF Vermont
politics that there is absolutely no
chance for the success of its ticket at
the polls and that very serious con.
sideration of its makeup by the Re-.
publican party and press is thereby
made unnecessary. 1t is too bad that
this Is so. The Messenger says, not
only for the state at large that cannot
fail to profit by the honest, hearty,
healthy rivalry Of two gerat parties Of
stIf-respecting citizens, but because the
Democratic party itself, realizing the
aelplessness of its campaign, has given
no serious thought to the selection Of
the ticket either. If it had given the
matter the sober reflection it deserves,
it never would have put before the
voters Of Vermont such ticket for
state officers as it evovled out of the
tlroes Of its organized tumult yester-
day. Read over the list of names and
then ask your Democratic friend and
neighbor whose opinion you highly re
speet and esteem in most of the af-
fairs of this life outside Of politics, if
Re actually believes, way down deep
in his heart, that, all in all, that ticket
is made up of men whose public record
and private character are such as to
cordially invite the confidence Of the
voters of this state to the point of en-
trusting this government to them. Ask
him if he himself considers it through
cut ticket truly representative of the
best available citizenship in the ranks
Of Democracy And he viii tell you No,
Let the Messenger be plainly under
stood in this business. 1t is not
bringing a wholesale ohhrge of per
sonal unftness, either in character or
ability, against every man on that
ticket. 1t suggests simply, that SEINE
of the undoubtedly good citizens named
on it are not known TO the voters of
Vermont at all; at least one other ia
conspicuously unfit for the high Office
for which he is named, however honest
and useful man he may be elsewhere;
and still another is altogether too well
known to command public or profession
al respect in the Office for which he is
nominated.
The Democratic party Of Vermont has
not done itself justice in the makeup
Of that ticket. And just so long as il
persists in appealing to the voters Of
Vermont in such ridiculousTy unrep-
resentative way, its hopes to exercise
q healthy influence for clean govern
ment in the state become more gro
tesque than ever. The Messenger has
always had great deal of sympathy
for the Vermont Democracy and has
pot hesitated to give ii credit for its
:aerits on occasion. 1t is a we'll known
believer in the benefits of maintaining
two well balanced political parties here
in Vermont that would accomplish more
for good government between them than
can ever be expected Of any one-sided
monopoly Of public office, however high
minded its origin and intentions. But
the Vermont Democracy will have to
rcorganize for the purpose Of no Longer
incorporating itself before it can
expect to gain the ear or win the con
fltience Of sober-minded men with any
such absurdity as was concocted IN
that Donnybrook fair at Burlington
yesterday. Adams Messenger