The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-05-08
THE ousTING PROCESS. i"
Up State Editors Strong Plea for the
Retention OF Congressman Haskins.

We s,ill fail 10 SEQ any consistency ia
the policy 0i nu-tng gDoi and tried man
Oui II oiiice. a. j. being tired "a the case
Of Congressman llaskins. for the sake OF
satisfying the ambitions 81 some other
man, no matter how popular he may he.
The act seems unwarranicd. II T. harmful
10 the state. discspccilul 60 tie man IN
office. and wholly out 81 harmony with
the ethics NJ true politics. Not one "a
lional argument can he advanced N its
favor. There j. litlcncss about II that
almost sayors II contempt, That cracked
slogan. "le ha. had the office long
enough give another man a chance. Is
a. trail as the holes IN rlsicd out skim
mer. Common sense teaches ~ there j.
no argument IN such a statement. The
adoption Of the plan rob, a man OF the
rewards OF the injthtulncss 60 Office. II y
death "a promotion. II produces a retro
grading cifeci-se the man back who
should bc advanced; handicaps him, and
gives the wisdom Of politics a kind OF
black eye Politicians cannot see this, or
will they see H. because all are looking Tor
place. But the conservative voter should
see il. and. with the freedom Of vote
which is his indisputable right, should
stand 10y the man whom he has already
upheld. and against whom no criticism
can be found.
We do not slur the ambitions OF the
Hon. Frank Plumlcy for aspiring TO con.
gressional honors, provided Colonel Has
kins OF his own account withdraws IRON
the field His abilities would recommend
him for the place. But we do dcn0unce
the ambition that tends TO Gust a good
man out OF office for the sake OF crowd
ing another in. Neither can we see how
any rational voter. not preiudiced or
bound by family ties, can be influenced by
such a course.
Congressman lla-kns as yet may not
have reached the high standard or pm
naele Of other congressman before him. He
may not h. without inhntesimal faults
lik, all men. Nevertheless, he has been
Of sufficient calibre TO be reelected to the
office Of congressman several times, has
continued to improve in the service, and
i, certainly better qualified than any green
hand TO continue in IT, All efforts to dis
credit his work have fallen as fiat as
modern aeroplane attempting TO iis. Ey-
cry voter must see this because his record
of eight years stands out in an unclouded
light 1t is like picture upon canvas,
clear and defined, and OF such superior
character that all criticism against 1t tails
to the ground. This being the case. and
every conscientious voter knows II Is the
office for the sake of new and untried
man. Wherein will il improve public al
fairs. How will it benefit the state or
the nation at large? What can it do but
crafty the ambition of one man and his
coterie of followers? These ambitions
should not be the governor by which the
voters OF Vermont should be controlled. :.
A deeper. underlying sense of honor, con
servative thought. of business principles
should rest behind it. Always places are
opening to admit intelligent and ambitious
men without soiling the way with the
sulied marks of usurpation. To Gust Has
kins for the sake of putting Plumley IN
does SAVIOR of usurpation, and the voters
Of Vermont cannot fail but see 1t IN this
light.
We stand by Haskins because he has
not lowered the standard OF his office.
He is neither senile nor superannuated;
adverse to labor or unfit; lacking in intel
ligence or simple figurehsad in his
place. The congressional or senatorial OF
fees are not honorary ones wherein tig-
lreheads can be introduced and snapped
around without deleterious effects, It
needs powerful magnets to knit and hold
the nation together Men of intellect. OF
power, of practical knowledge OF service,
If all the essentials that 90 to the making
IL leaders III lluullC iiei
men have been introduced and have work
ID themselves up to the point of par ex-
,ellence, or. in other words, so they are
really useful in their sphere, they should
not be retired without some cause more
ustifable than the mere fact that it IS
o satisfy the ambitions of another man.
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