Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-08-25

Times wants to make the prediction
that the process of elimination will
leave but two with wings unclipped to
continue the flight with any prospect
of success. Who are they? One is the
successful roadbuilder from Franklin
county, who futters with such evident
fear at the least mention of the gov
ernorship and his name jointly, and the
other is the man from Bennington who
put in the greater part of year and
half studying tax problems for which
the state hasn't yet even thanked him.
Barre Times.
In the communication in the Gazette
last week arguing against the law of
capital punishment the writer con.
veys the idea that the law tends to
produce rather than prevent the
crime, to which it should be melted
out. The Gazette cannot see along
what line of reasoning this assertion
was prompted. One might argue the
same way in condemning any law.
Murders are committed in states
where the capital penalty is abolished.
The trouble is not the law, it is with
the delayed enforcement, or non-en-
forcement. Not many years ago a
murder even more atrocious than that
of a recent date. if it could be so,
was committed in this town and the
perpetrator now languishes in states
prison for life. when it is no ques-
ton with the Gazette but he should
have suffered the capital penalty. He
had the opportunity of pleading guilty
to manslaughter and getting the SEN
tence he is serving without standing
trial. Just such cases as this is what
Injuries the law, and the effect of the
law if there is deterrent power in it.
-Hardwick Gazette.
Because Lieutenant. Governor Mead
exercised his undoubted right to be-
come a character member Of the Rut.
| land Grange, number of contempo-
raries profess to see in it a move on
| his part to capture the governorship
! next year. The Rutland Herald gen.
| erously points out the fact that Mr..
| Mead owns among his varied interests
one of the largest farms in the Otter
| Creek valley, the property comprising
nearly 500 acres. Under these circum.
stances it is fitting that he should be-
long to the farmers organization and
he ought to be permitted to do so with
cut being accused of doing it for 20.
litical purposes. If the republicans OF
Vermont do their duty next year Mr..
Mead will not get the gubernational
nomination because he is now lieuten.
ant governor, or because he backed the
state for loan, or because he is a
Granger or because he is a Grand
Army man, or because he possesses
wealth, or because he wants the place.
| IL 10 foll I'D Of OF r.
probable candidate than any other
has been lookin' around more than any
one else. 1t is a far call between now
and next June and the News has faith
to believe that the man Tho secures
the nomination for the governorship ir
the republican convention at that time
will have to show by ability and gen
eral fitness that he is entitled to serve
in the honorable position of chief ex
ecutive of Vermont. That's where Mr.
Mead's actual troubles will begin, i,
he really aspires to break into the gov
ernorship. -Northfield News.
Most of US who have reached ma
turity recall that in the days of oul
childhood the only agency tina
sought the evangeiization of tn,
youngsters was the Sunday School
taught in those days, in perfume
tory and far less systemized manner
than now. There was tire weekly
session of the school and dogmatit
theology was strongly insisted on ant
inculcated. Then we recall how, some
quarter of century ago, Rev. Fran
CHS E. Clark now ID. and an LII. D.
founded the Young Peoples Societ,
of Christian Endeavor, having for it
central and essential aim the up
bringing in Christian doctrine, prac
tice and development the youth of al
evangelical denominations.
The Y. P. s. G. E. was started in {
humble way. but has fourished an
thriven like the scriptural grains Q
mustard seed, and this is disclosed b.
the report of William Shaw, mad
Wednesday, July Z, at the bien
NAL convention of the Internations
Society at st. Paul, Mr.. Shaw bein
general Secretary of this great bod
of youthful Christian workers.
Mr.. Shaw shows in his report that q
the Seattle convention of 1907 Their
were reported SO, 1873 societies, havin
; a membership of over 3, 456 900. Sine
then there have been founded 2,35
additional societies, so that the totl
!! is now 81 200, with an aggregate mem
bership of 1851 100. Surely these fie
ures are impressive from any stand
point and when we reflect that the
stand for the future moral and ethic,
welfare of great body of adolescent
of both sexes, it surely augurs muc
of hopefulness for society at large, fc
these young folks not only attend I
their own spiritual advancement, br
take the Samaritan interest in til
: moral progress of their neighbor.
f They know, in the proper Christia
New Testament sense, who is the
neighbor, d nd in it's democracy lie