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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30
HENRY G. THOMAS.
(St. Adams Messenger

In the resignation of Henry G.
Thomas, of Stowe, as State Commits
sioner of Fish and Game the public
services loses a very useful and a
very faithful agent. 1t hardly needs
to be explained that the post is one
requiring a considerable variety of
more or less technical knowledge that
comparatively few available men pos
sess or are willing to put to just
that employment Notwithstanding
oil this, however, the incumbent of
the office is brought into immediatee
relationship with several thousand
amateur sportsmen with almost as
many different minds as to just how
the fish and game should be protect
ed" And anybody that has listened
for while to the good natured dis
pute OF two fishermen as to the best
way to take this or that fish can cas-
lily understand how they might disa-
gree as to the best way not to take
them, and that the multiplication of
| CuOSe ulntIeuCtS many lluleS among
many men is no particular help to
the incumbent of an Office that has
to stop these men from doing what
they want to do and encourage them
| TO do what they don't want to do in
the interest of preserving game for
sport" Never since the days of our
sires in the British isles has the
''poacher" been regarded as the
greatest rogue in the kingdom. His
crime was not wrong IN and of itself;
it was wrong because it was prohib-
| tied. And today the Vermonters are
| legion that are afraid of the ganis
warden and not their own conscience
when they break the fish and game
laws right and left. 1t has been
slow and sometimes discouraging
task to educate the average person to
a higher idea of our duty in the mat
| ter of the conservation of all these
wild creatures for other reasons than
for sport" Henry G.. Thomas did
great deal for the protection of fish
and game and did it because he
wanted to serve the public interest.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30
Mr.. DEBOER'S STAND.
(Northfeld News.

Hon. Joseph A. DeBoer of Mont
pelier, is entitled to good deal Of
credit for his position in the govern
ship contest in his own city. He had
been chosen by the Republican State
committee TO preside at the coming
State convention. This required that
he be a delegate i'll the convention.
When the contest between the Mead
and an anti-Mead men began to as
sumo the proportions of a civil war;
the former faction very magnami.
ously" offered TO allow Mr.. DeBoer
to head its ticket although it was
known that he was opposed to Mead's
candidacy. His name at the head Of
the ticket would undoubtedly have
assured a Mead victory in the cap
ital city. Mr.. DeBoer had served in
the Legislature with Dr.. Mead and
knew that the Rutland man was not
desirable candidate for the high
office of chief executive. He there
fore would not yield his conviction,
even though it involved to him the
loss of the honor of serving as chair
man of the Republican State conven-
ton. Mr.. DeBoer's manly stand and
independence in the matter, however,
resulted in the withdrawal of the
Mead ticket and the unanimous selec-
ton of an anti-Mead delegation with
biS OF .rin-
tory for higher political principles.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30

any trade or arrangement for the pur.
pose Of securing it. He does not mean
by this that he expects any nomination
to be banded to him, but that he be-
lieves it is the duty of the delegates
in convention assembled to select the
man who will best serve the party as
q candidate, and the State as a public
Official, and with the good Judgment
of the convention he will be perfectly
satisfied.
He FULLY realizes the disadvan-
tages under which he labors in not
putting up the kind of a campaign
which has been necessary heretofore
to insure success He feels that it is,
time for the people of the State to con-
slider carefully the qualifications of the
men who are selected to serve the par
ty as candidates for office, and to Sc
lect those candidates solely upon their
merits, without regard to the personal
ambitions of any man.
Mr.. Gibson was president pro tenn
pore of the State Senate of 1908, often
presided over the deliberations of that
body, and is therefore more familiar
with the duties of the Leutenant-G Gov
ernorship than any of the other can
didates. ...
Mr. Gibson has taken a manly, SELF
respecting attitude in his candidacy,
in refreshing contrast to the usual
campaign of solicitation and bargain
ing.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30

Of oxen or steers, as the debtor may
select two horses kept and used for
team work, and such as the debtor
may select in lieu of oxen or steers,
but not exceeding in value the sum
of 5000; one two-horse wagon with
w'Iiffletrees and neckyoke, or one one
horse wagon used for teaming, or one
ox-cart, as the debtor may choose;
one sled or one set of traverse sleds,
either for oxen or horses, as the deb
tor may select; two harnesses, two
halters, two chains. one pillow, and one
oX-yoke, which, with the oxen or
steers, or horses which the debtor
may select for team work shall not
exceed in value $3.50"
The farmer, the lawyer, the doctor,
the skilled mechanic are protected so
that they may not be deprived en-
tirely of their domestic animals, their
tools, their books--in general thei!
means of gaining q livelihood fos
themselves and their families. Where
is the justice in granting this exemp-
ton and denying to the man whose
of his small wage? There are many
instances in which sickness and mis-
fortune prevent a man from meeting
his obligations when they become due
1t is possible for an unsympathetiC
creditor, or an overZealous claim
agent to trustee the wages of an un-
fortunate laborer and strip him of the
means of providing his family with
the necessities of life. 1t is to guard
against such hardship that the pro.
posed law is aimed.
| But some merchants assert that il
is an encouragement to dead beats. /.
the day laiborer any more likely Il
evade the payment of his just debts
than the farmer, or the doctor, or the
lawyer, or the skilled mechanic? L
the principle is right in the case.
| Enumerated it is right that Shout,
not be denied to the wage Garner. Tn,
system of weekly payments makes i
much easier for the merchant to re
fuse credit than in the days of the ole
monthly wage payments.
In former days the lot of the debtor
was a hard one, and long prison sen
fences were imposed Modern though
has recognized the justice of temper
ing the severity of ancient statutes
1t is now considered unjust to TAX,
for debt everything a man owns an,
the unskilled laborer ought to have
right to reserve the small sum of 81,
as nucleus for a fresh start, or TO
I the protection of his family from ac
tual suffering. The labor plank O
the platform is merely a demand TO
justice. 1t should be adopted by tn
convention and enacted into law b,
the next Legislature
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30
THE LlEUTENANT-GOVE
(Brattleboro PhoeniX.l

Announcement was made yesterday
that the name of E. w. Gibson of
Brattleboro will be presented to the
Republican State Convention as a can
didate for Lieutenant-Governor In
connection with the announcement
Mr., Gibson states that he would be
deeply apprecative of the honor if the
delegates believe he is the one who
ought to be nominated; that his can
d'dacy is not against or connected in
any way, shape or manner with the
candidacy of any man for Governor
and must not be used in any manner
10 the disadvantage of any candidate
for that office
he will not make personal solicita-
ton for the office. and will not enter
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30
THE GOVERNORSHIP.

A short time before the caucuses
for the election of delegates to the
State Republican Convention were
held two newspaper men from differ
ent cities sat down in the Free Press
office and made an estimate of the
strength OF the candidates on advices
they could gain from the different
counties. Upon adding up the col
umns for the various counties it was
found that the number of delegates
DR.. Mead would secure according to
the estimate was 307, while the 9th
er candidates had 391.
The last table of actual returns pub
iished by the Free Press showed that
at that time DR.. Mead had 311. Mr..
Fleetwood 27S, Mr.. Batchelder, so. Mr..
Hapgood 3, Mr.. Gates 6, with only
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30
Londonderry Sifter.)

Johnnie-"Say pa, is paying men
to help him get votes enough to be
Governor, is that against the law?'
Pa-"Yes, my SON."
Johnne-"Ain't the Governor the
one to see that the laws are obeyed ?"
Pa-"Yes, he is at the head of that
department"
Johnnie-"If one should break the
law and then be Governor. would he
punish himself?"
Doubtful, my SON"
Funny mess, amt it?"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30
PRESS COMMENT
What the Newspapers Of Vermont
and Other States Are Saying
About Topics of Interest to
journal Readers.
THE GOVERNORSHIP.
(Randolph Herald.)

Whether Doctor Mead, who I'M
doubtedly leads in the number of del
egates chosen at last weeks caucuses,
has or will have on the showdown
enough votes to win him the nomina-
ton for the Governorship at Montpel-
Ter next week, we believe, quite uncer-
tain. The Doctor claims he has votes
plenty, 1888 or so, when it re-
quires but 34S to nominate, but the
Doctor may be poorly advised, being
an interested party. Then there is, 1t
appears, ground for suspicion that his
claim, growing day by day since the
primaries, is not wholly without pur-
pose, The Doctor gives hint of this
when he says in a statement that del
egates will prefer ito mount the band
wagon instead of the hearse." Claim
everything" was old Zach Chandler
advice in the Tilden-Hayes mixup and
to his astuteness the ultimate result
was to be traced.
LIE ldSJ DulleLlH lTOlD Medu 0edu-
quarters states that reliable returns
give DR.. John A. Mead 3S3 instructed
or pledged delegates Fleetwood
claims as high as 800, based on equal
ly reliable returns, letters and en-
pressions Of preference, and says tn
outlook is pleasing. Besides these
are something over 100 scattered be-
tween Batchelder, Hapgood, Gates ant
unreported, which is 90 more in al
than the membership of the conven
| ton. So somebody is 'stretchin' it.
J In general we have found the Stat'
election returns of the Burlington Free
Press accurate and dependable, what
ever it's stand with regard to candi
dates. That paper has made care
full canvass since the caucuses, GOV
ering the entire State. 1t submits tn,
following returns:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30

State, and in this beautiful and eIo-
quent tribute still further enriches
Vermont literature.
One Of the best stanzas is The fol-
lowing:
And they are still thy children,
though their feet
Follow hard trails in the tumultu-
Gus town,
Or to the mighty waters have gone
down;
And though they long have heard the
surges beat
On alien shores and alien tongues
repeat
Their names, and of new men have
earned renown,
They are thy children still, and every
crown
They win is thine, and makes the
dream more sweet.
| Probably the strength of the ties
which bind former Vermonters to the
State which gave them birth has new
er been expressed more felicitously
than in Judge Stafford's noble poem.
There is something about a small
State in a mountainous region that
evokes a passionate loyalty and devo-
ton unknown to the jewellers of the
great cities of the plain. The pride
which Vermont takes in her children's
successes, and the warmth of anec-
ton which they feel, in return, are
very real manifestations OF the heart.
States do not wean their children
like beasts of the field, to forget them
as soon as they are able to care for
themselves, and to fail to recognize
them from others in the common herd.
Although many sons of Vermont have
left her borders to win fame and for
tune elsewhere, and are no longer
identified with her daily life, still she
watches over them like a tender
mother, taking pride in their achieve
ments or sorrowing in their misfor-
tunes. Not all the story of a State can
be told in tables of statistics. Often
the poet is the truer historian.
In another stanza Judge Stafford
pictures in stirring phrases the stor-
my days when the new commonwealth
was battling desperately for it's life,
and every hand seemed turned against
it, saying:
Sometimes with it's old scorn thy
lip is curled-
Thinking how on thy borders, east
and west
And south and north, thy foes around
thee pressed,
And all their bolts upon thy head
were hurled
When thy young flag was suddenly
unfurled
And thy lone eagle left his stormy
nest,
Soaring above grim Mansfield
darkening crest,
And screamed defiance to the whole
armed world"
These lines do justice to Ethan
Aliens sentiment, expressed in a let
ter to the President of Congress, in
which he said: Il am as resolutely de-
termined to defend the independence
of Vermont as Congress are, that OF
the United States; and rather than
fail will retire with the hardy Green
Mountain Boys into the desolate cav
ems of the mountains, and wage wal
with human nature at large"
AS an eloquent orator and learned
Judge, Wendell p Stafford has won
deserved renown, but his fame as a
poet promises to equal that in other
fields of endeavor. Vermont is for
tunate, indeed in having son who
is able to celebrate the great deeds
Of her history in such melodious verse
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30
MEAD'S GENEROSITY,

In an editorial utterance on the
result Of the caucuses, delightfully."- OPP
timistic from the Mead standpoint
and breathing forth scoln upon the
political dictators of the past" who
have dared to oppose the ambitions
Of the Rutland county candidate. the
Vergennes Enterprise says:
DR. Mead carried st. Adams Rur-
ilhgton Barre and other large places.
/ He would have carried Montpelier
had not the Mead men been generous
enough to concede the delegation ia
! the opposition that Hon. John ca A
DeBoer might be the presiding officer
of the convention.
Mead carried Barre by decisive
majority and could have carried
Montpelier by just as decisive a vote.
At ST. Adams the anti-Mead ticket
was buried by great majority but
Editor +. l.. Greene, an avowed
Fleetwood man was given q place on
the delegation because he had been
chosen chairman of the Committee
on Resolutions. There We're other
acts of generosity on the part of DR.
generous to friend and foe alike and
Iif elected Governor, as we believe he
will be, he will be Governor of the
whole people of the State and his ad-
ministratiOn will be conducted for the
best interests of Vermont
The Journal has no disposition to
deny to Doctor Mead any good quail
ties that he may possess, but it does
not consider it fair or right to allow
such statements to go unchallenged.
The anti-Mead forces in this city were
well organized and ready for contest
in the caucus, and We're confident of
victory. The Mead forces decided not
to file ticket in opposition, purely
of their own volition The journal
recognized at the time that in avoid
ing a bitter local contest the Mead
leaders did graceful thing, but the
word generous" seems hardly the
proper one to use. The Enterprise
makes the bold statement that Mead
could have carried Montpelier by
decisive vote. The journal conside IS
that its sources of information ere
as reliable as those possessed by the
contemporary on the banks of the OF
ter, and it challenges the accuracy of
that statement. The decisive major
ity by which Mead carried Barre was
nine votes.
1t is only just to Frank l.. Greene
to explain how he happens to be
chairman of the Committee on Resolu-
tons. He was chosen for this respon-
sible position by the Republican State
committee at time when he was alb
sent from home, and learned of the
choice several days after he was cho-
sen, and at time when a declination
might have embarrassed the commit |
tee, 1t was no honor sought by him. |
He has never sailed under false col
ors, but has been an outspoken Fleet |
wood man and headed his local Fleet |
wood ticket. When his name was
placed at the head of the Mead dele |
gate ticket in St. Adams he informed
the caucus that if he was voted for
on that ticket he wished it clearly
that he was a Fleetwood
man. If Doctor Mead had anything
TO do with this the Journal under
stands that Mr.. Greene was not in
formed of the fact. Moreover it is
understood that after the considera-
ton OF the platform is concluded Mr.
Greene will withdraw from the con-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30

Assuming this to be accurate and
giving every one of the "unreported'
to Mead would assure him 331, or II
less than enough to nominate. 1t is
not likely that he will get all of these,
so it would appear that the Rutland
man lacks % votes or so.
Where are these coming from? Not
from Fleetwood, assuredly. Probably
not from Batchelder, Gates or Hap
good, or to any great extent from
those grouped by the Free Press as
"unreported." In almost every town
! in Vermont the issue was Meadisn
and, in one form or another. the dele
gates were so chosen. If for Mead they
jbore that label. If not they may have
been for any of the other candidates
or unpledged or uninstructed What
ever their preference they reach COM
mon ground in one respect, they are
anti-Mead. That they are scattered
doesn't signify that they are less hos
tile or more likely to be gathered in
by the Mead forces. Every man who
is not for Mead is against him to the
bitter end. If Doctor Mead is not a
winner on the first ballot or within
dozen votes of it at most he will
never get it. If, as balloting pro-
ceeds, this appears, the opposition
Will finally settle on the most avail
able man and nominate him, as the
Blaine and Sherman men did over
Grant in the Chicago convention of
1880, when Garfield was named.
All this supposes, of course. that
Mead's claims are far astray, and that
he hasn't majority at the outset.
From his advices, as reported from
this locality, we believe his strength
is exaggerated. Orange and Windsor
counties will not give him anywhere
near the votes he claims, and if the
same situation exists elsewhere it will
be found that he is far short of his
stated strength. We shall see, of
course, at Montpelier next week.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30
MR.. PLUMLEY MAKING GOOD.
(Northfield News.)

1t is particularly gratifying to note
the unanimity of the press and voters
for the nomination of Hon. Frank
Plumley for Congress from the sec
ond Vermont district. 1t seems to be
AN agreement on facts" as the law
yers would term it, that in his first
term in Congress, Mr. Plumley is
making good, which is no surprise to
those who have watched his career
in the past and best know of his ma
tural ability, courage and devotion
to any matter that he has ever I'M
dertaken.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30

vention as delegate and give his al
ternate the opportunity of voting for
candidates for office. 1t will be seen,
therefore, that no votes for Mead
were sacrificed by placing Mr.. Greene
on the ticket.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30

Father: Now, Tommy, promise me
that you will always count a hundred
before you hit another boy.
Tommie; Yes, + will if there's any
one around to hold the other boy
while ! count-Harper's.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30
JUDGE STAFFORD'S POEM.

Judge Stafford's poem entitled
Vermont" read at the Middlebury
college commencement exercises, is
one that will bear reading again and
again With an elegance OF diction
and a wealth of imagery, of which he
is master, the poet appeals to the
loyalty and the affection of the sons
and daughters of the Green Mountain
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30

Dyspepsia is our national ailment
Burdock Blood Bitters is the national
cure for it. 1t strengthens stomach
membranes, promotes flow of diees-
tive juices. purifes the blood, builds
you up. ADV.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30

Your breakfast table is not COM
plete without the Morning Journal.
soc a month.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-06-17
EUROPE DID HONOR
TO FAMOUS AMERICAN
Rulers and People of Many Lands
Greeted Him as Most Distinguished
Citizen of United States - His
Lectures in Three Cities.

We'd with each other in doing honor to
the visitor, and for amusement he was
taken to the field of aviation, where
he say some exciting aeroplane
flights.
Travelling n~orthward somewhat leis-
urely, by way of Brussels, Amsterdam
and Copenhagen, Mr.. Roosevelt ar
rived at Christiana and delivered an
address on international peace before
the Nobel prize commission, which had
awarded to him the Nobel peace prize
for his successful efforts to end the
Russian-Japanese
Emperor William had made great
plans for the entertainment Of the tx
president in Berlin, but the death OF
King Edward caused the curtailment
of til program to a considerable ex-
tent. Instead Of being the kaiser's
guest in the palace, Mr.. Roosevelt
stopped at the American embassy,
and though William received him and
dined him and showed him the Ger
nan army in maneuvers. the more
spectacular and public features were
omitted. On May IL Mr.. Roosevelt de-
livered at the University of Berlin an
lOO Oh A1OOS1A SINA41Ao(AOA WAASA
was highly praised for it's scholarly
qualities.
Having been appointed special am
bassador of the United States to at
tend the funeral of King Edward, Col
onel Roosevelt next crossed the chan
mel to England, and When the body of
the dead monarch was carried to the
tomb he was one of the remarkable
crowd Of royal ~personages and dtstin-
guished men that followed the gun
carriage on which Edwards coffin was
borne. After the funeral he was re-
ceived by King George and Queen
Mary and by the widowed queen
mother, and in a quiet a made nee
essary by the mourning of the nation
much attention was shown him This
eliminated, in London, by a reception
in the Guild Hall, at which the free
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-06-17
That Cart-WheeI Hat,

Matinee crowds were making their
way homeward, relates the New York
Globe. Into an already well-flled
Broadway car came a fashionably at
tired young woman Two women, al
ready seated, pushed apart and man
aged to create a limited space between
them-which they motioned to her to
accept. She seated herself-or start
ed to; then rose with a flushed face
and an embarrassed air and seized a
strap. Wonder what's the trouble?'
queried a male passenger of his
neighbor. You didn't notice it, eh?"
was the response. Well, you see both
those women have c~art-wheel hats. So
has the other woman-and when she
tried to sit down there simply wasn't
room for the three wide-spreading
hats all in a row."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-06-17
TRY This. This Summer.

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Send to the Coca-COla Co., Atlanta,
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