The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-04-12
The eOvernorship Situation.

The Free Press while having its
own preference regarding the Cover
norship, seeks to keep its readers
posted regarding developments in
connection with the canvass. The
latest developments involve the
names of Hon. james X. Batchelder
of Bennington county and Editor
Frank " Greene of the ST. Adams
Messenger. 1t is stated that the
friends OF Mr. Batchelder are urging
him TO enter the field with the assur-
ance that IL he yields to their solicita-
ton he will be sure Of support In his
own and Windham counties as well
as elsewhere, and that he is inclined
to regard the proposition favorably
. The situation In relation to Mr.
Greene is told by the Bennington
Banner as follows;
The Albnay. n. Y. Press-Knicker-
bocker.Express is slightly mixed In
talking of Frank l.. Greene, editor Of
the st. Adams Messenger na q candi-
date for governor. hut what that pa
per says of him as man and a citi-
zen is fully deserved and had II &C
claimed him as the future congress
man from the first Vermont district
when Mr.. Foster gets ready to retire
lit would In all probability have told
the exact truth. The following is
from the April issue Of the Albany
Press Observation-Disclosures:
up In the little city of st. Adams,
/ VT, there Is newspaperman who
has been getting out a. newspaper
that many large city might envy.
Clean in its tone, up-to-date In its
makeup and alive in its every detail
the st. Adams Messenger is pointed
to with pride by the whole northern
section OF the Green Mountain State
Its editor Frank l.. Greene. Is a
self-made man, and mighty good
job he has made OF II.
For years, although he is still on
the sunny side OF 40 years. Mr.
Greene has steadily worked to make
State paper OF the Messenger, ar
guing with uncommon common-sense
that his location forbade any attempt
to try to compete with the dailies oil
the larger cities. The paper is q
Vermont paper par excellence, as its
] editor is Vermont editor par excel
lence.
And now they are going to make
him governor OF the State. Despit,
the fact that he doesn't want to b.
governor, he probably will have to be
as vermonters, Statewide, are insist
ing on his candidacy on the republi
can ticket, which is, OF course. equiv
alent to election.
1T is an honor he can IN afford
newspapermen as rule have to tent
pretty strictly to their trade TO earl
a living In these days OF inflated
prices-but apparently Il is one h
must AFFORD.
Here is an instance OF the wa,
things should be-the Office In realtl
seeking the man."
On the other hand there IL n mark
ed movement In favor OF the selec
ton of unpledged delegates 10 IN
} State convention, and Judging iron
: the number OF papers which hay'
advocated the adoption OF this sug
! gestion, the chances are that the un
pledged delegates will hold the bal
ance OF power In the gathering mex
June which will In effect select IN
next governor Of Vermont. In thi
connection the Randolph Heral
says:
''The talk Is quite general tina
many unpledged and uninstructe
delegations will be sent TO the col
; ventlon for the express purpose q
acting together in the selection Q
some candidates Of their choice. III
der such circumstances, the best tina
the State affords would be avallabl
for material No man could fairl
say nay to movement OF this kin'