News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-10-06
VERDANT MOUNTAIN PATRIOTS
A Real New Vermonter

Back in the autumn of 1904 Just as the
old-timers were beginning to draw long
breathes after Percival had ceased to drop
bricks into the cogs, there blossomed into
notice quite young specimen aged 2s
years and five months. Like many of
the old-timers the quite one made his
initial appearance in Oniontown. That
this one Was different from the rest of
the bunch was evident from the day he
struck the town. Being lawyer he was
assigned to the committee on revision of
bills. The youngster DIDN'T wait for
instructions" from the throne room as
to what bills were to be revised but got
at the task set for him and made noise
like man expecting to earn his salary.
The old guard grinned. TO them it
seemed funny that anyone should take
the matter of revision of bills in legis-
lature seriously. 1t seemed positively
funny to listen to this tedglng as he
argued IN committee meetings. How
ever, this man had developed the idea
that reasonable amount of care
exercised in the making of laws would
| lessen the labor of the supreme court,
and his counsel prevailed in so many in
stances that he got his name in the news
papers.
Though he was handicapped in having
to confess that his postoffice address was
| Essex Junction he made good. Making
good has been the ambition of Guy
Winfred Bailey since he escaped from
H.. 90 lot, fn;1, hlv
charged against him. He isn't one Of the
foxy class. He plays strictly an open
game and no man discounts what he
says. These two striking characteristics
returned him to the legislature in 1906
and again brought him to the front in '0S
when he walked off with the job of
secretary of state while bunch of dry
beaked hawks quit cackling and climbed
onto the roost. AS an organizer Guy will
sometime be good material for the re-
publican state committee to examine
when there's a vacancy in the chairman
ship of the committee.
He is a systematic fellow and his
system isn't one of those elaborate
schems that entails more work to find the
information for you than it's worth. No
red tape for Guy. The secretary of states
Office has been stripped of all of the
schemes of losing track of things and re-
sembles the Office of business concern.
Years sago Bailey distinguished him
self as the president of the village OF
Essex Junction. When the village
fathers voted to do thing Guy made it
a point to see that the thing was done.
He is one man in Vermont that can look
you squarely in the eye and give you his
reason for doing or not doing thing. lt
was amusing to watch a crowd of wise
ones dope out some sort of stunt that
was to 90 through the legislature like
potash through sewer. Then Bailey
would gaze at it in the work of revision
of bills and all that would remain OF the
original measure would be the title.
The wise ones couldn't understand how
he did it. At first they were inclined to
resent such an intrusion on their
. rights" but In the end Guy had EN-
smiling and when he went back to the
place of lost trains after the session OF
1906 it was with bigger bunch of friends
than he had ever hoped to possess. VI
Frame-up artists proceeded to getA9lto '
the line and tried to head off Guy Win
fred, but it didn't take six months for
them to discover that they had struck !
brand new specimen and that the old
of writing few letters and
making call or two would not avail II
G., Winfred was to be put to the bush.
Though he was apparently with the ad-
it became apparent that he
was not of the kind that would trade his
for Job at serving the public.
There has always been a sufficient
amount of litigation going on in and
around Essex Junction to enable Guy to
earn living and he let it become known
that he did not expect the state of YER
mont to act as wet nurse in his behalf.
The fact that Guy Bailey tells man just
what he thinks and doesn't eat out of the
hand of the master herdsman has proven
a valuable asset to him in winning
friends. Some of those who are jealous
of Guy are inclined to hunt an opportun-
ity to criticise him.
Probably the nearest thing to a miscue
upon Winfred's part came when he ac-
cepted an invitation to ride on the Prouty
band wagon. Guy took chance. He
arrived on time but he lost bunch of
friends of the kind who don't let them
selves play with George Il. Prouty.
Bailey won't do so again, but he knew {
that the administration had selected
Prouty and he decided to keep close I'M
til after the votes were counted.
Guy Winfred Bailey was born in Gale q
1onia county. So was Dave Foster.
Guy is wise to Foxy Dawes tricks.
Dave knows that Guy is wise. Dave
doesn't love Guy.
Bailey is one of the best looking men !
IN the states payroll. In fact he is
handsome. But the truly interesting
of Mr.. Bailey is his SQUARE
5oed way of saying and doing things. He '
old the bunch in Montpelier few years .
'go that the state laws ought to be given a.
,alomel treatment. Guy was chosen to :
lssist and when he got through with the
oh it was found that there were several
of debris that didn't belong in N
he original book. That was when it got o
loised around that Bailey would make =
rood successor to Fleety" now "Gov-
rnor" Fleetwood. bob" McCuen 7
wanted to be secretary of state but when !