The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-16
@trmont Matthman.
"a SENSE OF MODESTY."

ial printed last Wednesday, and re-
printed in yesterdays Journal, re-
ferring to Doctor Mead and his rela-
ton to the rather remarkable adver
tisements issued under the label of the
John A. Mead Club, of Rutland, said
"He doctor Mead, as well as Mr..
Fleetwood should be given credit for
sense of modesty.P
Just why this credit should be given
was not made plain. Feeling that the
Herald may desire to make its posi-
ton more explicit, and desiring to
aid the contemporary in gathering the
necessary data for such difficult
task, the Journal suggests that in or
der to gain a more realizing idea
of Doctor Meads sense of modesty it
turn to its own files for Feb 10, 1908.
Under that date it will find an article
on local page under these headlines:
DIR MEAD is A CANDIDATE.
"Modestly Admits the Allegation In a
Personal Interview.
"Autobiographical Sketch of President
of Howe Scale Works Who Con-
sents to Permit His Name to Go Be-
fore the Republican Convention to
End Rutland's Solitude"
Under these headlines appears the
following:
1.-THE policy of the Herald being to
get the news, the whole news, the day
it is news, a reporter was dispatched
early on Monday to the residence Of
Doctor Mead to obtain, if possible,
substantiation of the rumor that he
was about to declare himself can
didate for nomination to be Lieuten-
ant Governor on the Republican tic
ket Doctor Mead informed the re-
porter that he was not ready to talk
for publication, but that on the fol-
lowing day he would have an an
nouncement to make which the Herald
might have if it desired. The Herald
did desire it, it being reckoned as
news, so last evening the following
interesting communication was hand
ed to the reporter for publication.
ut is rather more voluminous than
we had intended giving space to, but
being the Doctors own story of him
self we scarcely felt at liberty to mu-
tilate it, and as a free and voluntary
appreciation of himself by himself it
will probably repay for the space it
occupies in the interest it will afford
to many of our readers. Doctor
Mead's interview with Candidate Mead
is in full as follows"
The interview opens with the state
nent that Rutland never has had a
Lieutenant Governor and relates in
nearly a column of space Doctor
Meads career. The success of the
Howe Scale Works, says the Candi-
date. speaking of the Doctor lis due
to his energy and sagacious manage
ment." all of which may be true, but
is expressed with characteristic mod
esty. He goes on to say of himself:
"a Republican in politics, Doctor
Mead has always been an influential
factor in public affairs" This, too
may be true, but according to the
commonly accepted standards of mod
esty a man who is IAN influential fac
tor in public affairs usually leaves
to some other person the estimate OF
his influence.
This photographed sketch o.
Candidate Mead tells OF his church
membership, his position as superin
tendent of the Sunday School ant
teacher of a Bible class. These are
facts that ordinarily are credit t.
man; but when he includes then
in a sketch which he as candidate
for office, desiring to appear to ad
vantage in the eyes of his fellow men
puts out in his own behalf, and wheI
he permits his piety to be exploited
in political advertising designed Il
win votes, then the voters who have ;
wholesome respect and reverence TO,
church membership and, service, ant
for piety, may be excused if they turf
away with feeling of contempt ant
disgust.
Did the Herald give Doctor Meat
credit for sense OF modesty when j
printed this photographed sketch,
"the Doctors own story of himself,
his voluntary appreciation OF hlmsel
by himself?"
Strange as it may seem in the ligh
of present day charges by Mead paper
regarding machine" opposition to it
candidate, the Herald on Feb. 90, tn
day following the publication of tn
"autobiographical sketch" referred t
Doctor Mead as "the machine candi
date for Lieutenant Governor" Wha
a change can be wrought in two shor
years.
The Herald chdes the Journal for it
"maledictions and accusations" hurle
against Doctor Mead. Does the con
temporary suppose that they are an
more severe than the accusation
against the same man that may b
CLEANED from its own files?
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