Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-07-22

can IlOIlliNdC ZION III eTINO1lL IIedliS eleC-
ton by large majority. The people
of the Eastern Townships take a pecu
liar interest in the Hon. Mr.. Prouty
because they consider him almost one
of their own. AS member Of the firm
of Prouty and Miller, the big Newport
lumbermen, he has had business rela-
lions in the Township for quarter Of
a century or more. For six or seven
years he lived as q young man at
knowlton. The firm for time had
large mill at Roxton Falls.
| (Que.,) Advertiser.
F. C. Williams, the new chairman
of3the state republican committee, will
open headquarters at Newport about
! August first and wage vigorous cam
paign until the election in September.
The committee expect to do good
deal of newspaper advertising, and in
this they show their good sense, as
more people will be reached in this
way than by circulars. 1t is quite
likely that Secretary Taft will be in
Vermont for at least two speeches,
and other speakers of national reputa-
ton will probably be drafted. New
port is not a very central point in the
state but the new chairman can be
relied upon to do good work for the
party wherever the headquarters
are located. -Vergennes Vermonter.
The selection of Judge F. C. Will
liams of Newport as chairman Of the
republican state committee will I'M
doubtedly prove a wise choice. He is
man of progressive ideas with the
energy to carry them out. He has had
experience in politics ana as the mana
ger of Lieut.. Gov. Prouty's recent
canvass showed that he was a syste-
matte and effective worker. Judge
Williams undoubtedly recognizes the
desirability of big republican vote
in September to lead off in this presi-
Dental year, and he no doubt we'll un-
derstands the task before him to
arouse the republican vote in the few
weeks now remaining before the state
election, where the party opposition is
merely nominal. The News can think
of no man in the state better able to
accomplish the desired result than
Judge Williams. Mortified News.
The Rutland Herald wants to abolish
the office of Encouragement, on the
ground of economy, contendlng that
the office is unnecessary and unprof.
liable to the state. This view is not
entertained by a large number, we
imagine. The place was created only
after long consideration, and several
successive trials at different legisla.
tive sessions. Figured on any fair
basis, it has proved an actual money
saver to say nothing of the indirect
benefits of having constantly the ad,
vice and services of an able lawyer al
the disposal of the executive and leg.
islative branches. Clarke G. Fits is
of that Rooseveltian type that will
: create antagonists, but, notwithstand
, ing, he has made the office a necessity
by the skill industry and ability with
which the work of the state has beer
performed. Randolph Herald,
: The Springfield, Mass, Republican
i wealth, along with Mr.. Prouty, in dis
E cussing the campaign for the republl
!, can nomination which closed las
I week. The Republican ought to bt
: more specific so that the fact coul(
be communicated to the Roxbury as
:. SCISSORS. The fact is that Zed's barre
is not the size of an ordinary nail kes
and it came through the canvass I'm
scathed. Montpelier Argus.
t The fact is that IN campaign Xix,
: that which took place in Vermont Thu
n year money cuts little or no figure
! This money talk of the losing contin
S gent is merely the vail of the defeat
g ed that always arises over departe'
hopes. If PrOuty had been the poOre
S man the cry would have been raiset
o just the same only some other excus
e would have been invoked.
:. Stanton is not so poor but that h
as Prouty did and never have felt it
s and If he had been too poor he ha
- friends who would have provided tn
r funds. He and his friends thought
y however, that an appeal to the voter
n as poor man would be more effectiv
% than to use the comparatively SINAI
sum of money necessary for legitimat
IS organization. The appeal worked pref
t. ty well but not quite we'll enough t
land Uncle Zed.
lie In the opinion of the Banner tn
J., Stanton campaign stripped of it's vari
- GUS masks and DISCUSSES, was a cor
'o test of the outs to see if they coul
20 down the Proctor crowd. The section
:. from which the candidates came stoo
n Loyalty by them and gave each of thel
about $50 votes for a starter. In tn
g other sections it was the Procto
t. crowd backing the Proctor theorie
e and getting good deal of impetu
% from the record of Governor Proctor
- administration against all those VIII
e seek some other leadership in Vel
) mont.
v The Proctor crowd won but thei
% margin was so small that they canno
~ feel any too secure and if they had ha
IL a strong candidate like DeBoer agains
ID them they would have lost Also ha
Is the Proctor crowd had stronger ma
% like Fits as their candidate the
'e would have had walkover as agains
e Stanton.
s. On the whole the Banner believe
" that the campaign and it's outcome ar
:, rather encouraging to the honest an
y public spirited voter interested solel
r IN the welfare of the state, as it ind
r Gates that there is no machine in Vel
% mont powerful enough to dictate non
! nations or control elections. Th