The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-11-25
WILL 1T BE JUDGE
KITTREDGE HASKINS
Rumor Saith Tia, the Tx Congress
man VIII Succeed Col. Glib
son as Head Of MUM
cipal Court.

With al. return Of the legislature 10
Noutpelier after the lhahkselNihg ie
GEES there will dcyolye upon Governor
Mead the appointment OF muhlci pAI
indp. for BTaitlebofo. Braitleboro mas
y mis-, now in the person Of Ernest W
1,,h.on. hut the TumoIs that duit up
from the boiler room at the capitol 90
moi mention him AS his own successor,
tbouph il il understood that Judge
Gibson is not only ready and wiillhs
hut extremely anxious 10 succeed hlih
self. With the amount OF energy re-
guired To deal out such justice a. ~
needed here. the compensation OF 49,
i mol "A negligible quantity a. salaries
30 Ia Vermont II Is said by those VINO
follow things political ia Vermont ihat
Judge Gibson failed 10 lift sufficiently
hard when the Mead machine was
mircd in the ditch and ~ the time
when the Judge ! assistance would
have ben welcome. Not doing tins good
samaritan act i aseTibed by many a
the reason that Governor Mead y
casting about for q successor Tor Judge
Gibson.
While Col. Kitircdge llaskin pro.
fesses 10 know nothing about what
Governor Mead will DO he saws that ne
won't lift "a finger Ia secure endorse.
mput IRON MS liituhN. iAt say 'hht
considers il highly incompatible WITH
the hest interests Of the state for
municipal Judges to become beholdon 10
politicians. lie will not permit his
friends 10 circulate petition IN MS
behalf. and is not inclined TO think
that Governor Mead will be influenced
10 any great extent by petition from
politicians asking for the appointment
of any man to any position. Though
Colonel Haskins saws that he has made
no move to secure the appointment of
municipal Judge in Brattlcboro u Is an
open secret that Governor Mead would
like very much TO appoint HIM 70 that
position. II Governor Mead insists on
naming Colonel liaskins for the place
the colonel will accept and will en-
deavor TO give the people of Brattleboro
the benefit of his long service in the
profession of the law
As Colonel llaskins finds himself
agreeing to the fact that he Is not as
spry as he was 90 years ago he is also
ready TO agree that iudgeship would
not be aIstasteful to him as he is so
situated in his law practice as 10 give
municipal court matters his undivided
attention whenever il might become
necessary. Then since Colonel Has
kins left congress his income has been
materially cut down and he would not
be averse to adding 81 1000 n wear In
| fact. Colonel Haskins would accept the
| iudgeship even nj reduction in sal.
arv as it would be side line that hc
could carry along as easily as the pro.
/ bate iudpeShip is carried hy his law
/ partner. Judge A. +. Schwenk While
Colonel Haskins SAYS that he has heard
/ nothing about such n thing as a posi-
| bility of change in the Brattleboro
iudgeship he would not be surprised t.
| hear that Governor Mead had made m
appointment most any time after the
Thanksgiving adjournment. There are
many politicians about the state who
say that il is Colonel Haskins rather
! than Judge Gibson who had reason YES
terdav to be thankful for what Gov
ernor Mead will do.