Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-12-14


acre for water rights. That may
serve to keep the rush down to rea-
sonable proportions. Rutland News.
J. A. DeBoer for President u. VI
The name of Hon. Joseph A. DeBoer
has been suggested by many to sue
coed the late resident Buckham. We
only wish this university had an en-
dowment which would warrant pay
ing Mr. DeBoer what his services would
be worth to the institution. Water
bury Record.
Charles A. Prouty.
There is no doubt that Charles A.
Prouty of Vermont is fitted for a posi-
ton on the new national court of COM
merce provided President Taft should
see fit to appoint him to the place,
says the Barre Times. And that is
true. But there would be considerable
regret that such an appointment would
remove Mr.. Prouty from the Inter
state Commerce commission, where
he has occupied prominent position
for some years. In fact. there are
those who have gone so far as to state
that Commissioner Prouty has fur
nished large share of the brains for
that commission.-Rutland News.
Calling Ferguson to Account.
The Anti-Saloon league, C. J. Fer
guson. major domo, will. as usual, &C.
complish nothing at the capital this
fall. A referendum on the liquor law
is out OF the question, and even minor
amendments fathered by Fergus on
get the ready-go-by. This mans ut
-,
Of facts to suit his purpose have thor
oughly discredited him and will have
the same effect on his organization as
statement that the Mortified saloons
took in $75. 900 the last year of license
in that town has been investigated by
the Mortified News ard fixed at just
three times too much. For man who
according to Ferguson. took in $685.
900 year at his second-class store.
the Braintree licensee very successful
ly conceals the fact of his tremendous
prosperity from his neighbors. 1t
seems to be Ferguson's idea that mas
much as license is wrong he is justi-
fed in lying as much as he pleases
about it, and that good people will
think no less of him or his cause for
his mendacity. Randolph Herald
People Like to Be Humbugged.
1.-The American people like to be
humbugged. When the manipula-
tions of the New York sharpers be-
come better known through the move
mad by Postmaster-genera Hitch
cock, this expression will show founda-
ton of truth Thousands and thou
sands of letters of complaint have
reached him since the investigation
began from people who invested mon
ey in the get rich quick concerns.
whose alluring announcements and
promise of large dividends. have Gre
ated values of business Even to such
proportions through Uncle Sans mail
that the matter was taken up by the
government, and now the post office
department is doing it's best to drive
these concerns out of business. The
Postmaster-genera makes the state
ment that many of the letters contain
the stocks and bonds issued which are
worth no more than the paper they are
printed on and are only mocking evil
dence of the misplaced confidence the
gullible public had in these fellows
Some day law will be made which
will make the business far more haz-
ardous, and some day people will learn
to realize tina. wealth is not always
gained quickly in these schemes with
a nice story-Hardwick Gazette.
Ten Mighty Senators.
The republican senators at Mont
pelier have repudiated the pledges
of both political parties and have voted
in favor of keeping the cumbersome
no CT 70 f,1t a
two thirds vote was necessary for the
| adoption of the proposal, and it was
rejected by narrow margin, Is sena.
tors voting in favor of the change and
! lOsenators being recorded in the mega
tive, according to our legislative re-
port. The proposal provided that the
senate at any session might, by ma
! iority vote of its members, make pro-
posals of amendment to the constitu-
| ton. This would allow proposals tC
be presented as contingencies arose in
stead of requiring the state to wait 1(
years no matter how pressing the de-
sired changes might be. Under the
plan proposed changes could not be
made except after consideration By
two legislatures and acceptance of the
people. These 10 senators. in ad
dition to trampling the party platform
under foot. have virtually said tina
the people are not to be trusted will
their own business. The situation
from the standpoint of progressiv,
Vermonters is discouraging and EN-
phasizes again the need of care in thu
selection of members of the stat
senate. Senator Adams OF Windhan
county voted in favor of the propose
but we regret to say that Senator
! Butler voted against it.-Brattlebor
Phoenix.
Local Sentiment Should Rule.
The Brighton-Guidhall contest i
l the Legislature for the county seat o
: Essex county has been allowed to pre-
=, gress further than the Lamoile count
contest between Morrisville and Hyd
S Park but the decision in the case i
= likely to be influenced by the sam
8 thing that maintained the county sea
! of Lamoille in Hyde Park. In tn
consideration of the Morrisville-Hyd
s Fark contention, it was pointed GU
d that the advantages of location wer