The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-18

meet the Indebtedness of the state withou
any promise of reimbursement is certainl!
unique.
Notwithstanding the patent fact thai
the machines official messenger ha'
spoken editorally after this style of think
ing and in terms not at all ambiguous Tho
st. Adams Messenger wastes II pounds o.
linotype metal done into a column o.
verbiage to say that it has mo disposition
to gloss over the situation" The Rutlano
News in referring to the generous act Of
Doctor Mead says:
"Think of the state of Vermont. Dor
rowing money from q private cltlzeI
to tide over its expenses in the JUDI
cial department! The private individual
in this case happens to be the Hon. John
A. Mead, of Rutland, lieutenant-gove
Surprising the state had a lieutenant-gov-
ernor, with gubernatorial aspirations, that
couldn't produce $4,000 or $50, 900 IN cash
to loan to the commonwealth in the time OF
its need? What then? Shall we say to all
prospective Acknowledgements: Have
you few thousands, or few hundreds OF
thousands, that you can let the state
have? And if they haven't got it, and
with it the loyalty that promits them to
let it out for the benefit of our great
state, shall we say to them: You're not
qualified? The state of Vermont may not
have the pride to spurn the offer of pri-
vate fortune to pay its public expenses.
But we doubt it, If it hasn't that pride,
it should ask to be annexed to Central
America"
In the column of space devoted by the
Messenger to embalming the News's re-
marks, the st. Adams paper says among
other things:
1t does not much matter to The Mes,
senger whether Lieutenant-Gov Mead
or any other man makes this advance,
so long as it must be made by some
body. 1t is fortunate for Mr.. Mead
that he has plenty of money and can
make such an advance, which will, in the
end, simply mean that he has put so much
more money out at interest with the very
best of security. There are many men in
Vermont that could do the same thing
and would do the same thing if it reason
ably fell within their constructive duty to
10 it under the circumstances,
No political significance whatsoever
should attach to this affair. No man can
oan the state of Vermont $35, 900 and
AXE the governorship on a chattel mort
rage. If Mr.. Mead shall be so fortunate
Is to realize his ambition to be governor,
t must be, it will be, in spite Of his tran
action and not because of it. And any
nan that employs it as an argument" in
'ehalf of his candidacy will be doing the
tate of Vermont serious injustice and
the self-respect of all its people |
Let us put away this trifing thought at |
he very outset. We have not pledged our
overnorship in any tinancier's pawnshop. |
Perhaps the st. Adams Messenger can
OF attach any political significance to the
fair but we might suggest that when the
overs that pretend to WELD the sceptre
ont mince things there is a slight ground
II attaching Significance" to the matter
nder discussion.
'Tis true that mo man can loan the
ate of Vermont $4,000 and take the
'vernorship on a chattel mortgage" as
e Messenger says. Just why this is so
e Messenger does not state. This was
obably an oversight, for space enough
as taken to have told the story ia
mes, allowing six words a sufficient num-
r to explain why $4,000 loan would
It secure such a mortgage. The editorial
ntained ia lines.
The amount is not enough. The mini
UNI is 100000, or rather it was the last
me a governofship was sold under the