The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-23
FRANK E. HOWE. Editor and Pub'r
us SPARTA pEAp?D

newspaper printed in the north shire
of Bennington county Among the
towns in the north shire are Manches-
ter and Arlington. Hon. James X.
Batchelder lives at Arlington and Mr.
Batchelder is a candidate for COVER
nor. 1t is admitted by every man in
Vermont that Mr.. Batchelder is at
least the equal of the other candidates
in ability yet here comes the Man
chester Journal of last weeks issue
and makes the following cunning ar
gument to the voters of Bennington
county:
Several of the antiMead papers
are trying to make political capital
out of the entrance of Hon. James X.
Batchelder into the canvass for gov
ernor, by claiming that Mr. Batchel-
der will have his own county practic-
ally solid This is shooting into the
air. Those in Bennington county who
are thoroughly conversant with the
trend of affairs know that Mr.. Bat
chelder will not have the unanimous
support of this county. With two
avowed candidates from Bennington
county in the persons of Mr.. Hapgood
and Mr. Batchelder both Of them
men of ability and friends of the
Journal we feel that the voters of
the county should not throw away
their strength in the coming conven-
ton by supporting a candidate from
sentimental reasons. The two gen.
tlemen from this county have no more
show of getting the nomination than
a child unborn so why should this
county throw away its prestige in
helping to support either.
THE greater portion Of the voters
Of this state have been crying for
years for the administration OF bus
mess man. We have had good exam
pies of them in the last four years and
continuance of these policies will
certainly follow the selecting OF Lieut..
Gov. Mead for the nomination for
governor at the convention to be held
in Montpelier on June Goth.
THE majority OF Bennington coun-
~ republicans are not supporting the
candidacy Of either OF the aspirants
who live in this county Many Of
them have declared themselves in IA
vor Of lir John A Mead AMI they will,
II named rs delegates from their res
pectiye toYcs to the Republican State
convention vo @ for his nomination.
be,ieying that the best interests both
nf me- and CT nail 10 att1 s..A
by his ele;1Jn to the Office OF chief
executive.
Has plblic spirit, county pride and
common Lecercy wholly deserted the
people Of the north shire? We DO not
think so aad so are not particularly
disturbed by the surprising attitude
of Mr. Bat.hclders home newspaper.
In the FIRST place the Jnurua' has
ingeniously triel to conceal the lr,..h.
That Mr. batchecer has ~ least a
show Of securing the nomination is
admitted even by the other candi.
dates Anybody a. all convcrsant
with political an ligs In Vermont will
say that neither Fleetwood nor Mead
can be nominated IN the dfst ballot.
With such a situation no ore can tell
where the nomination Will go. Mr..
Batchelder, because Of his recognized
ability may be the winning candi-
date. The Journal itself does not be-
lIeye what II says. II Is merely try.
ing to lead the voters away from Mr..
Batchelder because II is anchored to
the Mead derelict
Now We realize that there are a
number Of men In Bennington county
who do not like Mr.. Batchelder. IL
has practiced law In this county for
40 years. He has been In politics a
good share Of that time. No MAJ can
be IN hard-fought legal and political
battles for 40 years and not make en-.
emies. Mr. Batchelder has made
some
But there Is another side to this
story which the Journal has not told
Bennington county is second to no
other In public spirit and county
pride. Bennington county men made
Vermont In the old days and their
grandsons will not prove traitors to
their county now. The Journal may
think that It represents the voters OF
this county but Il does not
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