Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-08-26
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.

J. A. DeBoer, inraccepting the nom
ination as candidate for representative
of Montpelier, said he opposed double
taxation and favored taxing people on
what they had accumulated. This
would indicate belief that a persons
owings should be deducted from his
ownings, and that he should be taxed
on his net holdings, or what he actual
ly has above his debts. This would
seem to be the righteous way, and can
there not be found some method of
applying it? Perhaps Mr.. DeBoer can
find it. -RandoIph Herald and News.
In laying emphasis on state issues in
his campaign speeches candidate
George II. Prouty IS doing just the
right thing at the right time. He is
talking good hard business sense to
sensible people and it will do more
good at the polls election day than all
the prospects of "barometing" that
the most imprisoned spellbinders can
hold out to US. We Vermonters live in
Vermont, our government begins in
vermont, its improvement must begin
IN Vermont or we shall never feel it.
Let US talk about our own business
irsI. After September there will be
Two Whole months in which to help
senger. ~
Hon. John W. Redmond Of New
port, is doubtless an efficient supreme
court reporter. He is unouestionahly
splendid chairman of the state board
OF rallroad commissioners. But he is
and has been both for two years past,
One man-two good state salaries-too
much. "-Randolph Herald and News,
Give the place to Brer. Johnson
Vergennes Enterprise.
That's it; if decent man gets in+o
position. or two ordinary positions
ana does ms duty, then let somebody
pegln TO klck. No question but that
ne ooes Els duty, but that doesn't
count. He is depriving someone else
from position. This is Vermont
logIc, tnln as dIshWater, and compares
wen with turning good and true men
out OF the office for/~the sake of put
Ing some new man in.-Express and
Standard. anu
papers: '' vi news
newspapers are sheets of manor
on winch stuff to read is printed. The
men look 1T over and see their names
in it l don think God does The
Bible says nothing about editors. and 7
never heard Of one being in heaven
The first editor heard of was a fel.
low who wrote up the flood. He has
Deen here ever since. Some editors
belong TO the church and some trv to
raise whiskers. All of them raise Cain
IN their neighborhood. Sometimes
the papers dies and then the Deonle
feel glad, but some one starts if m
again. Editors never went to school
because editors don't get licked. Our
paper is a mighty poor one but we
take it so ma can use it on her pantry
shelves. Our editor don't amount to
much, but pa says he had poor
chance when boy. He goes without
underclothes IN winter, wears no socks
and has wife to support him. Pa has
not paid his subscription in five wears
and don't intend to. ATLANTA Con-
stitution.
The flag raising last Friday evening
was a pronounced success. Neither
was there undue excitement or an over
abundant expression Of sentiment as
1t is sometimes manifested in such
cases. In this connection it might be
we'll to add that Newport is a temper
ance town and those closely connected
with the flag raising so far as we know
were full fiedged and bonafide TEMPER
ance men. Therefore how it could
possibly happen that the pleasant pro-
file of our forthcoming governor, Geo.
Ell. Prouty, could be inserted on the
flag and hung up, and waved the whole
evening as Taft, the forthcoming
president of the United States, and no
one noticed the difference, seems hard
to understand. Yet such was the case.
For three-quarters of a::day our coming
governor waved as the candidate for
the president before it was discovered
that he must be governor first, and so