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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-07
TWENTY HORSEMEN
JOIN In PURSUIT
First Hunt Day at Chevy
Chase a Real Success.
EIGHT RIDE TO THE FINISH
Hunting season Opens AuSpieiOuHIy
with Many Wen-known Whips Fol
Weakens Scent-Run Covers seven
Miles, Ending at Chevy Chase.

Blaring horns. baying hounds. and the
galloping thud of horses hoofs yesterday
told that the autumn sport OF the Chevy
Chase Club had begun again. and that
from now on the gentle anise-seed bag
and the active fox will be hotly pursued.
Yesterday was first hunt" day for the
Chevy Chase Club. In the language of
the horsey. it was a drag affair in
which some twenty-odd horsemen rode
until dusk on the almost scentless trail
OF an anise-seed bag. Eight members
were IN at the finish. the others not caring
to endure with stolcal disregard that con-
tlnuous humping which is the portion
Of the effective fox hunter.
BY far the largest field so far brought
out on a fox hunt was present IN spite
Of the ominous prediction Of Clarence
Moore. NJ. F. II. (meaning master OF fox
hounds). that the continuous dryness Of
the past month would probably make the
scent fainter than the present clews TO
the whereabouts Of Dorsey Foultz.
Automobiles Not Ashamed.
Stretched along the roadside were car
riages, buggies, and automobiles. the lat
ter apparently not the least ashamed Of
being in attendance at a horse function.
Here and there were riders who did not
crowd, but merely wanted a little gentle
diversion and a subsequent cup of tea.
Many of the prominent riders We're
there. among them being S. 2. Knutt.
Jack Palmer. jr., Capt Sowerby, naval
attache of the British Embassy; Michael
Innes. Of the British Embassy; Alex
Legare, J. II. Johnson, Frederick Huide-
koper Rear Admiral Brownson, and Miss
Brownson. With the exception OF two,
all of the above-named riders finished
Shortly after o'clock the bugle an
nounced the starting of the hounds.
Twenty pairs of young dogs recently I'M
ported from England by Mr.. Moore yeIp-
ed IN joyous unison and started away at
a mad gallop.
Closely following came the six riders.
who. with Mr.. Palmer, had started at the
beginning.
Course Lay Due East
The course taken by the drag was due
east for several miles, whence Il turned
TO the north. At the end Of a short. quick
run the muslin-shrouded imitation OF a
fox doubled its trail. thereby losing many
of the riders.
BY this time none but the "old guard'
remained on the firing line and looked
as II they enjoyed It. Most OF
the riders. red-faced. shaken, and putting.
were appealing to their nervous steeds.
!n the name of kindness, to pause and
retreat gently to the club.
The hardened riders completed the
course, turning south on the doubled
trail and ending the ride near Chevy
Chase circle. The ride covered seven
miles approximately. and lasted an hour
and a half
The day was fairly good, except for the
weak scent. caused by the lack OF rain.
This threw the dogs off their course sew
eral times. The next hunt OF the club
viii be held tomorrow II rain falls be-
tween now and then.
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NORTH DAKOTA PUTS TO SEA.
New Turbine Battle ship May Re
peat Trial MARRIED by Explosion.

Portsmouth. \. H., Nov. 6-At daylight
this morning the turbine battle ship North
Dakota put 10 sea. and for twenty-four
hours viii be run at a twelve-knot speed.
She stood of shore in a southeasterly d.
rection as soon as she left port. and when
last seen was heading straight for the
rising sun with dense smoke rolling from
her tunnels.
No definite course was selected for the
trial to-day. but il was believed that
Capt. Thomas f. Evans would head his
ship of shore thirty or forty miles and
then take a run up TO the northeast for
ten or eleven hours before heading back
for Boston. During the run the officers
Of the ship viii decide whether yester-
days trial, at which the blowing UP of a
boiler tube cut down her speed in the last
hour. shall be repeated.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-07
DEFINES GERMANY'S POLICY.
AmbassndorNyOn Bernston Speaks at
ScseJuists' Banquet.

Philadelphia. &ov. e.-The German Am
bassador. Counf Johann Heinrich Won
Bernstorff. eklivered an address here to-
night on "GeASnany as a world power"
before the ASnerican Academy OF Politi-
cal and Social Science. There was a large
attendance. Charlemagne Tower. exam
bassador to Germany. presided
Ambassador ron Bernstorfr referred 10
a book by A c. Coolidge, OF Harvard. on
THE United States as a world power"
and said erroneous ideas about Ger
many's foreign policy were "a cent gen
orally and that even his I'D. Air. Coo
Hdge, was not free s,rom tnefn
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SPANISH OCCUPY HIDINI.
Troops Seize Town without Firing
ShOt-TrIbesmen Retire.

Melilla, Nov. 6.-The Spanish troops
yesterday occupied Hidini. position be-
tween Taxdir and Sockelhad, without fir
ing a shot The tribesmen retired at once
upon the Spanish advance.
The place will DO fortified and eouipped
to insure complete command Of the other
Spanish positions in this region.
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GERMAN COMMISSION SAILS.
Kaiserin Gives Audience to Ameri-
can Missionary Worker.

Berlin, Nov. "a German commission
of four members has sailed for New York
to investigate immigration conditions in
America. The commission will return by
way of Italy, where 1t expects to get
pointers for improving transportation
methods.
The Kaiserin has given audience TO Miss
Maria Lydia winkler. the American d.
rectress Of the German-American Young
Women's Friendly Union. Her majesty
presented to the union. through Miss
Wfnkler. several beautiful pieces Of por-
celain from the Kaiser's manufactorv
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.REFUTES COOK
Admiral Chester Severely
ArraignS Polar Explorer.
DECLARES HIM FAKER
Makes Startling Statement in
Lecture Last Night.
DECLARES HIM FAKER
REFERS TO A CONFESSION

Repeats Conversation in Which DR..
Cook Told Him Two Years Ago in
Washington that He Had Shown
Bogus Photographs of Mount Nc
Kinley to Audience Here-Says
He Is Positive the Explorer Was
Not Within 654 Miles of the Pole.
Could Prepare Data in New York.
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FATALLY HURT IN GAME.
Football Player mt Hamilton Has
Spinal Column Fractured.

Football Player mt Hamilton Has
Spinal Column Fractured.
Utica, Nov. 6.-Half Back Joseph Pick
ering. aged seventeen, OF the Cazenovla
Seminary football team. suffered what
are believed to be fatal injuries in the
football game played at Hamilton this
afternoon.
His team was pitted against the Col
gate Academy eleven. and in a scrim-
mage. Pickering was buried under a mass
Of struggling players, and his spine sub
1ected TO terrific pressure. fracturing one
OF the vetebra.
Tonight the young man is IN ,Faxton
Hospital In this city, and DR.. Glass. the
chief surgeon, holds out no hope for his
recovery.
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FORMAL CHARGES MADE
DepOsed Treasurer DiselOses Method
of Robbing Railroad office.

DeDOSed Treasurer DtEcioses methOo
of RObbing Railroad office.
Cincinnati Nov. 6.-Charles l.. War
riner, depOsed treasurer OF the Big -Four
Railroad. was arrested at noon to-day
on the formal charge Of enbezzling S54.-
OOO OF the funds Of the railroad A few
hours later he was released on bond OF
S2J,0o0 signed by four OF his neighbors
OF the suburb OF Wyoming, the four men
being among the richest in that place.
Warriner, with considerable frankness.
has admitted the Irregularities I'm his ac-
counts He has disclosed that the method
employed was by extracting funds from
remittances Of agents and others and
charging them against the money in
transit" account.
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OPERATION FOR WILSON.
Surgeons TO Decide To-day whether
He Can Endure Anesthetic.

SURGEONS 10 Oeclue AO-uAE W neAnGE
He Can Endure Anesthetic.
Annapolis. Nov. GA consultation 10
determine the advisabillty OF an opera
ton upon Earl d. Wilson. the Navy quar-
ter back, who was injured in a football
game three weeks ago, win take place
tomorrow. The consulting surgeons win
be Surgeon Charles F. Stokes. Of Wash
ington. and Surgeons Anderson. Iden.
Cottle. and Woods, of the Naval Hospital
here
Both Midshipman Wilson and his faith
er. West B. Wilson, Of Covington. KY.
are willing that the operation should
take place. 1t is believed that an opera
ton Will remove the pressure OF the
fractured veterbra Of the neck from the
spinal cord and bring about a recovery.
The chief question IS whether Wilson
could stand the effects OF the anesthetic.
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JURY GETS AUTO RIDE.
Members Then Refuse TO Return Yer
diet, but Judge Converts Them

diet, but Judge Converts Them
Asheville, n. c., Nov. 6.-The jury in
the case OF Grant Brigham. charged with
the murder OF his uncle. John W. Brig
man. demanded to-day to be taken on an
eighteen-mile automobile ride, and then
refused to return a verdict formally
agreed 10 by both sides
The Jurors said they would not enter
this verdict unless the court would agree
to give the minimum punishment The
judge told them he would not barter with
them, and was about TO order a mistrial
when the jury hastily returned the YER
dict requested, whereupon the court sen
tenced the defendant 10 four and one
half years Imprisonment
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-07
SOCIAL GUIDES FOR LONDON.
New Attraction VIII Aid American
and Colonial Visitors.

London. Nov. GA new attraction for
American and Colonial visitors next sea-
son will be an organization known as
London Social Guides" Its mission
Will be to provide people OF culture and
social standing to act as guides to all
that is worth seeing and doing in London
and to initiate rich Americans into the
mysteries Of the etiquette of English
society.
There will be men guides speaking
numerous languages. and experts In all
sports, and lady guides who dress we'll
and know the best places to shop, and
who Will also give lessons in bridge. SO
that Americans going TO country house
parties may face card-crazy downger
duchess with equanimity.
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SPORTING SECTION.

All the News OF the Day.
4-Dr. T. J. Jones Passes Away.
EFamily Driven Out by Flames.
EWestern Victor on Range.
4-Driven From Home BY Fire.
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Clergyman Arrested I'm Indiana Has
Three Wives Living.

clergyman Arrested I'm Indiana Has
Three Wives Living.
Marion. Ind, Nov. 6-The Rev. Harlan
White. aged nfty-siT. confessed biganist.
with three wives living, was arrested
here to-day by the Marion police at the
Snstigatlon OK Mrs. Jennie Fifeld Vbite
wifo No. 3, who followed him from Hew-
age, Mich, where he deserted her two
weeks ago.
After leaving Michigan. White went 10
osgood TO endeavor to make peace with
wife No. 2, Mrs. Rosa Hudson-White but
was unsuccessful. He then came 10 this
city.
When confronted with wife No. 5 at the
police station this morning. White admit
ted he was blgamist. and is now held in
custody. to be returned to Michigan
White admitted he was not divorced from
wife No. 2 but insists he was divorced
from wife No. l.
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WEATHER FORECAST.

For the District of Columbia
Fair to-day and tomorrow, with
slowly rising temperature; light
east to southeast winds.
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IoCAI

admiral Chester Refutes Cook.
2-Joy Riding in Air Stopped.
2-Woman Hints Suicide and Disappears.
Swimming Widow Enthralls Police.
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EIGHTY-FoUR DIE IN ALPS.
Statistics Prove Climbing without
Guides Is False Economy.

Guides Is False Economy.
Berlin. Nov. G.-Statistics show that dur
ing the year from October 10, 1903. to
October l5, 1909. the deaths due 20 mis-
adventures in the Alps were eighty-four.
The greatest number of casualties oc-
CURED TO Swiss and Germans.
The primary cause OF the fatalities must
again be pointed out: 1t is. in nearly
every case. the false economy which dis
penses with a guide. The next IS fool
hardness in attempting to secure flowers
and mineralogical specimens on the brink
OF abysses
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EXPLOSIONS WRECK FACTORY
Ono Girl Killed and Twenty Injured
at Wilkesbarre.

Wilkesbarre. Pa, Nov ga series OF
small explosions destroyed the Powell
powder squib factory. near Plymouth.
this afternoon, killing one girl, Minnie
Picton. seriously injuring the owner, John
r. Powell. and severely wounding twenty
girl employees. The building, factory. sew
eral outbuildings, and PowelPs residence
were destroyed. One hundred and forty
girls were employed in the factory.
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ROOSEVELT THOUGHT SAFE.
Telegram from Africa Discredits
RunOrs OF His Death.

Rome, Nov. 6.--Mr. Garrett, the Amer
lean charge d'anaires, has just received
the following telegram from NaIrobi,
sent by Leslie TarltOn:
Nothing known here. Reports prob
ably false. Making further inquiries. Ac-
cording to kilograms yesterday, Col.
Roosevelt was well. He was staying with
Lord Delemere at NjOrd"
Leslie TarltOn has been mentioned as
a companion Of Kermit Roosevelt in his
hunting vpeditiOns
This sgram was Immediately com
muni, - to Mrs. Roosevelt. who was
somewl reassured. She has received no
reply to her kilograms Of inquiry sent
to Africa
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HERALD NEWS SUMMARY.
TEIECR8PUIC

Pages. TELEGRAPHIC.
Augusta en- Fete for Taft.
1-Another Battle in Nicaragua.
British Slay Crew of Eighteen.
1-Aldrich Invades Enemy's Country.
3-Forest Fires in Virginia.
6-Witnesses Favor Mime. Steinheil.
6-News Of Alexandra.
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Special Train to MetropOlltan Opern at

byAAS AMONAChs DuALmOres friday,
November II, will leave Union Station 7IO
p m. via Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
running through to Mt. Royal Sta. on
posite theater. Returning, special train
will leave Mt. Royal Sta. after the per-
formance.
For tickets and full information call on
I. Arthur Smith, 1411 st. NV
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ALDRICH INVADES
ENEMY'5 COUNTRY
Senator Asks Cooperation
i'll Monetary Plan.
CONFERS WITH CUMMINS
Each Delivers a Notable Ad-
dress in Chicago.

IOwnn Speaks Before the Marquette
Club, and Criticises Payne Tariff
Measure-RhOde Island Senator, he
fore the Commercial Club, Appeals
to Bankers and Business Men-WiH
Also Speak in Cities Farther West.
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AUGUSTA EN- FBTB
TO WELCOME TAFT
Citizens Greet President as a
FellOW-tOWnSman.
TILLMAN JOINS THE PARTY
senator Declines 60 Ride in Autos
with other Guests-ChIef Executive
Encounters the First Harsh Note
Against His Speeches in an Edi-
torial of Columbia Newspaper.

Augusta. Ga. Nov. 6--Augusta says.
President Taft has gotten back home"
The President himself when he arrived
here AT $50 o'clock this evening admitted
it felt that way TO him. There has been
no stop on his long trip to which Mr..
Taft has looked forward with greater
pleasure
Augusta claimed him as one OF her own
when he spent two months here. follow
ing his election. and tonight she greeted
him as a feIlow-townsman. The streets
were strung with japanese lanterns and
there was a big parade.
Serious in Claim.
Augusta is serious in claiming Mr.. Taft
for a resident. They have included him
in the city directory. Il reads ike this
in big. black type:
William H. Taft. President OF the
United States, Terrett Cottage, High
street. Summerville"
But Augusta is prepared 20 so a step
further II has approached Thomas w
Hariwick, its Representative in Congress,
and asked him 10 have bill passed pro-
viGiEg for an appropriation TO build a
winter residence for the President in this
city. The Representative isn't enthuslas-
tisfover the prospect Of getting the bill
through.
President Taft seems perfectly willing
to encourage Augusta in the idea that
she Is sharing Presidential honors with
Cincinnati.
The President. Immediately upon his
arrival here. was driven 20 the home OF
Mai Joseph B. Cummings. whose guest
he will be until Monday afternoon. when
he will resume his journey toward Wash
ingtOn.
TIlIman Il Guest.
United States Senator Benjamin r.
Tnman. Of South Carolina, was travel
ing with the President as his guest most
OF the day. At Columbia, the principal
stop in South Carolina, the Senator de-
clined to attend the luncheon given in
the Presidents honor, or take any part
in the reception rendered by that city.
The Senator was peeved at the city Of
Columbia, not at President Taft
Columbia never has been warm toward
Tnlman. It is the home OF the Gonzales
IatOllyt between WnOlu ana lNe lLlIndnS
there was a bitter feud. that resulted in
the killing Of n. G. Gonzales, editor OF
the State. by Lieut. Gov Jim Tillman.
the Senator's nephew, few years ago.
Tillman was acquitted. but the citizens
of Columbia raised a monument TO Con
zales' memory The Senator's spurning
OF the Columbia invitation has revived the
bitterness against the Tlllmans in that
city.
When the train pulled into Columbia
early In the afternoon the Senator de-
clined an offer Of an automobile, turned
his back on the reception committee. and
started on up town." while the Presi-
dent. with Senator Smith and Gov. Ansel
who also had accompanied the President
from Charleston. headed for the State
Fair grounds.
Nothing more was seen OF the Senator
by members Of the Taft party until
o'clock In the afternoon when he again
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That DR.. Frederick A. Cook, of
polar fame, is a "faker" is the con
cluSion at which Rear Admiral Col
by NJ. Chester, retired, has arrived
after an investigation of the polar
explorers available records.
He made this assertion last even
ing in an address before the Uni
versity Club. Nor did the ad-
miral stop with the statement that
Cook IS unreliable. He publicly
and without reserve declared the
Brooklyn explorer did not get with
in 654 miles of the north pole.
The assertion has added weight
by reason Of Admiral Chester's
high standing as a naval officer
and navigator Of wide experience.
The question at issue, according to
Admiral Chester, is not to be de-
termined by astronomical inveStiga-
ton. 1t is purely matter of navi-
CATION. Such being the case, few
are in a position to speak more au-
thoritatively than the one who de
livered himself so frankly last even
ing
NO FAITH IN COOK.
Admiral Chester is a member OF the
board OF managers OF the National Geo
graphic Society, and is one or the com
mlttee appointed by that board 10 ex-
anime the records Of both Peary and
Cook. In the preface TO his remarks,
Admiral Chester gave his hearers 10 un-
derstand he had little faith in Cooks
personal word. by asserting that Cook
had admitted 20 him and TO others in
Washington that photograph represent
ing himself on the top Of Mount McKin-
ley was devised in the laboratory Ad-
miral Chester said this admission on
Cooks part had led him 70 scrutinize
more carefully the explorers subsequent
claims as 20 his polar achievement.
Admiral Chester laid bare his conclu-
siOns in n lecture before about 400 men,
bers OF the University Club, an assem-
blage representative OF the leading pro-
fessional men or the Capital.
From a careful personal study OF this
problem. Independent OF anything that
Commander Peary has stated" said Ad-
miral Chester, II am led TO the reluctant
but positive conclusion that DR.. Cook is
a faker. We have seen Commander
Peary's records. but we have not yet
seen any of DIT. Cooks records. EXCEPT
his copyrighted statement And I think
We shall not see any OF his records. and
that he is now about to present data. that
might Just as well have been prepared
in New York.
Admiral Chester astonished his audi
ence at the start by declaring that Dr.
Cook had admitted TO him and several
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Fred NtbIo's Best for Last-aAfrf
Tonight, Columbia Theater, $50 to Sl.0O
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Southern Railway train % leaves WASH
ington Ais 2. m. arrive Augusta 1910
n. M. Pullman drawing-room sleeping
car. Beginning Monday. November Is.
1909. drawing-room stateroom car will be
inaugurated TO Aiken, arriving Aiken
1905 a. m. Southern Railway dining cars.
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Southern RAILWAY Improved Service 70
.I0CLgOuvfIie

Effective Sunday, Nov mber Il. 1909
train % viii leave Washington Ais p. m.
arrive Columbia 6:35 a. m. Savannah 9.45
a. m. and Jacksonville p m.
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S1.25 To baltimore and Return
To-day via Baltimore and Ohio r. r.
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Mantela Neat, Pretty, S2.5O Apiece.
Frank Ldbbey & Co., 9Th & N. Y. Ave
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j. IL. Small & Sons. Florists,
18th and G sts. Washington: Waldorf-
Astoria and 1l53 Broadway. New York.
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s1.25 to BnItImorc nnd Retnn
baltimore a Ohio n. r.

~ OtAO IL H.,
Every Saturday and Sunday. All traIns
both ways, poth days, except Royal Lin
tied. City Offices 14l7 G. st. and SIG Pa ave
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Choice Flowers for weddings
Blackstone. the Floral Arbiter. I4th & II
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Mantels, Colonial Style, $3.50 Apiece.
Frank Libbey & Co., 9Th s. n. Y. Ave.
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We Keep Any Kind OF Door You Want.
Frank Libbey < Co. 9Th s. y. Y. Ave-
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Doors, Any size, Any Kind OF Wood.
Frank Libbey & Co.. 9Th & n. Y. Ave.
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DOOrs-Best-Finest, S2.2S ADIece
Frank Libbey & Co.. 9Th & N. Y. Ave.
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Doors, Ordinary Kind, S1-5O Apiece.
Frank Libhey & Co.. 9th & n. Y. Ave.
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MINISTER CONFEsSES BIGAMY.

Continued on Page :, Column 3.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-19

If any argument was needed to con-
vince the voters that the present board
.of selectmen ought to be reelected,
the argument is furnished in the most
conclusive form by the report of the
town auditors showing that the town
debt has been reduced over $4,000 in
the five years that the present board
.of selectmen has been in charge Of
the town affairs. When there is no
issue the voters are just as likely to
elect one good citizen as another but
when it is a matter of protecting their
own interests and the interests of the
town they are not likely to try exper-
lments. No citizen of Bennington has
anything but personal regard for the
candidates for selectmen in opposition
to the present board but when the vo-
ters have a sure thing, tried for five
years and found the best that the town
ever had, they are not likely to take
chance. Bennington is gradually
getting out of debt and the people are
more interested in continuing the pro.
cess than in any partisan strife in
own affairs where politics never ought
to figure.