The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-11
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FRANK B. HOWE, Editor and Publisher
The Herald Still Suffering


county pups il unusually nasty and
quite naturally possesses little ex-
cuse In fact There was nothing
petty or childish about their conduct
at the district convention in st.
Johnsbury or the state convention at
Montpelier They found that Nessrs.
Fits Gibson and Hooker had allow
ed Orleans county to get away from
them and that the leaders" OF the
Haskins movement in his own coun-
|ty were showing strong signs OF
getting In right" themselves, no
matter what happened to their can
didate. Then the pups began to
bark. II the wiser coun-
sells of Judge Williams and the lieu
tenant-governor himself had prevailed
the bolt" would never have taken
place AS 1t was, 1t simply cut the
vote for Mr.. Prouty down from AIS
or 420 to less than 400 There was
margin enough, but there was a time
when the anxious managers OF the
Prouty faction would have been nigh
ty glad to count on a few more OF
those spanked babies" from Brattle-
boro. BY the way, the Banner Is
quite shameless in placing Messrs
Fits, Gibson and Hooker officially in
control Of the town and county. This
must be highly gratifying to the vot-
ers. They are not, 1t appears, even
to be permitted to select their own
leaders. That is done for them by
that Forepaugh of all band-wagon
artists. the Bennington Banner.
The Herald's prediction holds
Those young dogs who refuse to
wear collars will bark pretty loudly
one of these days and the bullpup,
the spaniel and the dachshund may
as well watch out.-Rutland Herald.
The hot spell and the state conven-
ton together were too much for the
Herald 1t has been suffering from
decisions ever since and its friends
are beginning to fear that the condi-
ton will become chronic. One form
its mania takes impels 1t to imagine
that somebody has said or done some
thing wrong and then work up a
fierce resentment directed at the
specter it has itself imagined.
The Banner has made no fling at
Windham county or any Of its people
The Herald has referred to group
of good citizens over there as cock
ers," pups" and dogs" and then
calmly inverts the microscope 1t uses
In looking at Vermont men and az
fairs and accuses the Banner of max
ing a nasty fling" 1t is a peculiar
and rather interesting form of hot
weather insanity that should be care
fully studied.
Fits, Gibson and Hooker did not
let Orleans get away from them for
| 1t always was away from them on the
Plum1ey-Haskins issue, and il they or
their associates were so badly In
formed as to expect much up there
they were getting themselves In a
condition to be upset by disappoint-
ment when the count came.
By the way too the Banner never
placed Fits, Gibson and Hooker Of
ficially in control OF the town and
county" The Banner stated no
longer ago than this present week
that Vermont is the most thorough
| ly Embossed state in the union" and
there is no county any less bossed
than Windham. Messrs. Fits, Glib
son and Hooker are able and popular
citizens and are often chosen to speak
and act for their associates because
they have shown their capacity to
act wisely and we'll We shouldn't
be surprised II they did again In spite
of the Herald's prediction We note
that the Brattleboro Reformer, the
editor of which is one OF those
cookers" due to bark" whatever
that may mean) referred to the Her
aids remarks as "slush."
AS to the Herald's cheerful refer
ence to the Banner as the "Forepaugh
of band-wagon artists" we duly appre-
ciete it as a fine specimen of trained
insight. During the past three state
campaigns the Banner has succeed
ed in supporting only one winner in
the contests for places on the state
ticket. In this years campaign not
one of the state ticket candidates
actively favored by the Banner land.
ed and In the senatorial contest we
believe that the Banner and the Her
aid are the only Republican papers
in the state not on the Page band
wagon. We may be "Forepaugh Of
band-wagon artists but so far appear
to have made mighty poor connec-
lions.
We trust that the Herald is being
properly cared for in its present un-
fortunate mental condition. If we
can do anything to restore its poise
it is at liberty to call on us at any
hour of day or night. We should be
shocked and grieved beyond measure
IL we thought for an instant that its
case were hopeless. For the sake of
its friends we hope II will keep in out
of the hot sun and be careful what IL
eats until after dog days.