Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-01-26

ne Is gong 10 get the support Oh many
who believe that the control of polit-
ical affairs III the state has been held
by one group of men plenty long
enough. The candidacy of Frederick
G. Fleetwood has not yet reached
sufficient proportions to threaten
Mead's eventual success and there
are no indications at present that
Charles w. Gates will enter the field,
while Col. o. Merrill, we learn from
reliable sources. would have an ex-
tremely difficult time in carrying his
own county where he is known best.
That certainly is handicap for any
aspirant. -Brattleboro Reformer.
Dairying and Politics.
The after prattle of the State
dairymen's convention is that it was
one of the most notable gatherings
of politicians ever assembled in Yer
mont. not barring the Fish and Game
League outings and the dinners of the
Lake Mansfield Trout Club.
1t resolved itself in the end into a
more or less determined attempt to
precipitate a little anti Mead senti.
ment, with a somewhat notifying re-
suit.
who will undertake to beat
Mead!' was the despairing cry,
voiced particularly by the friends of
Fletcher d. Proctor, who apparently,
have never forgiven the doctor for
permitting himself to be doormat
for the august Proctor feet.
In the end, Fleetwood alone devel
oped any serious opposition strength,
and The Herald is bound to say that
his candidacy is shaping itself into a
pletty and gratifying Success Dies
time" as the critics say of, a show
that won't draw.
Eventually, it looked as though the
astute and willy doctor had about
every visible avenue buttoned up,
with plenty of buttons and button
holes to spare.
The Herald regrets to see himgthus
taking advantage of his benefactor
CD and turning well known machine
methods against their creator, but it
submits that occasionally the most
unkempt political situation develops
elements of public justice.
Among the exhibits Il Burling ton
not necessarily dairying or sugar
making in it's character was deplor-
able bit of doggerel, which The Her
aid cannot too Indignantly reprehend
Here lie the bones of Fletcher Proc
tor,
Who tried in vain to stop the doctor,
He tried his best,
He had to go.
Praise God from Whom all blessings
f1ow.-Rutland Herald.
Times Have Not Changed.
The dairymen of the state held
their annual convention at Burling tor
last week. AS usual Governor Wood
bury's hostelry was the central point
{ f interest. The dairymen's Associa
ton was form I'd primarily for the
purpose of Improving the dairyine
conditions of the state. The objt CT
is most laudable and worthy of un.
selfish work.
It is reportd upon reliable authority
that one entering the Van Ness lob.
by on any evening of the days when
the association was in session could
see there as many politicians as dairy.
men. The candidates were there and
it is rumored that more than one
brought to the meeting an organiza
ton of workers and conducted a sys.
tematic canvass. 1t is rumored also
that meetings of political workers
were held, on the side, and that one
such meeting is worthy of mention,
at which about thirty assembled with
plenty of the wherein ithal to arouse
and maintain unbounded enthusiasm
for would-be patriotic servant OF
the people.
Not very many years ago it was not
thought possible by the ordinary citi
zen that any we'll balanced man with
sense of propriety would label him.
self as a candidate for public office,
attend association gatherings, ask
those assembled to support him fol
Office, put himself In the same class
with an ordinary book agent or insur
ance solicitor and thereby rob the high
Office to which he aspires of whatever
dignity attaches to it. In that same
connection let US ask if any consid
cradle number of citizens regard it a.
proper for a man capable of filling thu
high office of chief executive of tn,
state to write letters soliciting vote
for that Office? Do not our thinking
people regard such solicitation NOR
as an insult to their independence o
thought than an honor to be thus i'm
posed upon, months in advance of tn
convention, when no issues have beel
framed and the citizen knows nothin,
of the questions to be decided throug
the nomination? Such gatherings a
those of the dairymen for the purpos
of improving local conditions ar
good meetings for the politicians t
honor by their absence. People by ez
perience have come to take the tru
measure of the election year solicit
tude on the part of the politicians an
Office seekers and have come to RI
. gard the political game somewhat
the light of a confidence game.-Wi
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