The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-08

More ana more Oh lne sld'e p"lNiS "
coming to realize and admit the crying
need of a reorganization of Nermonts Ju-
dietary system. The Burlington Free fress
is one of the latest converts, and IN wei
coming that paper to the fold the Rutland
Herald recalls some of the things IN great
est need of correction. 1t believes that
the salaries of states attorneys, shenifs
and county clerks are needlessly hlgh,
while the situation in regard to munlclpai
courts is little short of scandalous. FRO
bate court business, the Herald thinks,
costs too much, and it favors the reduc
tion of probate court districts as well as
the curtailment of probate Judges salaries
t. would also do away with side judges
and grand iuries. Here is the great OPP
portunity of the coming campaign. ii
some candidate will come out sincerely III
favor of a complete and effectual reorSan-
ization of the judiciary from top to DOT
tom and make a thorough campaign on
that issue alone he will be astounded at
the raniditv with which his candidacy Will
accumulate popular support. Such a can
didate. to be sure, cannot count on inc
support or even the goodwill OF those VINO
heretofore have been looked upon as petty
political leaders for as rule they are the
ones who benefit from an eXtravagant Ju-
dietary system, but he can collect with
hardly anv effort an array of facts that
will put all of these hangers-on to utter
rout. An analysis of the dockets OF lew
of the municipal courts in the state ana
comnarison of their cost with the cost OF
the old way will furnish any intelligent
candidate with sufficient thunder to make
a boundary-wide reverberatlon.
Tn a GOOD natured way the Burlington
Clipper takes us to task tor Gaining
Charles w. Gates a machine candidate
for governor. The reprimand Is reprinted
in another column 1t is an old dodge
among organization politicians and news
papers to ridicule the idea OF the exist
ence of machine in this state-so old, IN
fact. that it no longer serves Its purpose
1t is common knowledge that a compare
lively few men have controlled the states
political destiny for years, not openly IN
every instance perhaps, but always
through indirect sanction if not outspoken
dictation. These men and the actlVe
friends they have in each town constitute
Vermont's political machine-an organlza-
+;on constructed to benefit the few at the
EXPENSE of the many. The Reformer ha
good reason to believe that Charles W.
Gates is the man whom the machine lead
ers wish to see nominated and that the
Gates sentiment at the Fish and Game
league banquet was manufactured at the
instance of these people. relieving that
no man can give the people his best efforts
when indebted to interests antagonlstc TO
the people, The Reformer cannot consist
emily give its support to Mr.. Gates's can
didacv much as it admires him personally.
The St. Adams Messenger thinks Yer
monters reveal the hayseed in their hair
when they attempt to discredit Fred Fleet
wood George Prouty or any other public
man on the ground that he has taste in
dress and likes to crafty it within reason,
and sagely adds: eff Vermont wants to :
make a spectacle of herself before her ]
neighbors she just wants to object to some
decent man because he wears a plug hat
and does not carry his last breakfast menu
around on the front of his vest" There's
great deal of truth in that statement. I
Horny hands, overalls and leather boots
are not essential requisites of our guber- t
material material, nor are silk hose, fancy /
waistcoats and embroidered linen tokens
that constitute a bar to executive ability. !
On the other hand, people who never have
occasion to don glad rags of their own
can tell at glance whether public off
cial knows how to carry off, the Tugs he
affects, and it is generally the man who t
fails in this that gets the ridicule. 1t t
isn't the clothes themselves that cause the !
but the incongruity. For ex- t
ample, there is nothing foppish or affect t
ed in Governor Prouty's wearing a silk
hat, and yet no one who has seen him in !.
one can refrain from smiling. /
The University of Vermont has held for t
a number of years an enViable position i