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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-03
Another Point of View.

AS a rule the republicans of this
state are content to support the candi-
dates nominated by the majority of
the party and the republican press is
equally loyal. But there are times
when no such unanimity is apparent.
and this is one of them. 1t is not true
that DR.. Mead has the united support
of the state press. The ST. Johnsbury
Ca1edonian refuses to urge his cleo
ton and says in it's columns cit will be
more creditable to the republicans of
Vermont to so reduce the republican
vote for governor that the people at
home and in other states will under
stand that the citizenship of this state
is not to be sold even if a man can by
questionable methods secure the re-
publican nomination for Office In
other words the Caledonian
thinks Mead's defeat would be
more creditable to the repub-
Iicans of the state than his election.
openly in opposition to the convention
winner but it has indicated that it
thinks little better of DR.. Mead since
his nomination than before. Several
other papers in the state, after taking
a perfunctory stand in favor of the
frayed-out principle of party regulari-
ty, have drawn comparisons in which
DR.. Mead appeared to much less ad-
vantage than his democratic COM
petitOr, Mr.. Watson.
Hopeful indeed are these signs.
They indicate a growing spirit of poll
teal independence on the part of the
newspapers of Vermont and a CORES
ponding broadening of thought among
the people of the state. The i'm
portance of partizanship is still great
ly oVerrated by some very good papers
and many very good men, but more of
both are coming to realize that there
are other considerations.
We heartily agree with the Gale
DOMAIN that the republicans of Yer
mont would score a notable moral
victory by defeating John A. Mead in
September. 1t would show the whole
country that we place principle
ahead of party and are still too proud
of our reputation for integrity to al
low such methods as those which
characterized the pre-cOnvention can
vass to go unrebuked. Outside the
state DR.. Mead is now known as rich
man who secured the gubernatorial
nomination by the use of such methods
as only rich men can afford. After
election he ought to be known as a
rich man who failed in his ambition
to be governor because the Intelligent
people of the state would not tolerate
the methods he used.-[ BrattleborO
RefOrmer.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-03
Consistency Toward Mead.

In the course of a letter to the ST.
Johnsbury CALIFORNIAN, CORES
pendent has this to say: cit is
mighty queer that the papers like the
ST. Adams Messenger, Burlington
Free Press Montpelier Journal,
Barre Times, and the leading week
lies, having denounced Mead as a
law violater before the convention,
should accept him as a good citizen
after the convention Without at
tempting to speak for any of it's con-
temporaries mentioned above, The
Times may perhaps be permitted to
state in brief what its position was
before the convention and after
wards. This paper did not denounce
Mead as a claw vioIator," as the
writer of the communication de-
clares; but it did decry the excessive
expenditure of money in the course of
the pre-convention campaign, as
clearly indicated by full-page adver-
the establishment of political
bureau, the faWning for public favor
through other means and a general
lowering of the tone of the governor
ship through unSeemly graSping for
the office. Never at any time did The
Times assert that the expenditure of
money, while too large, was beyond
the bounds of the law. Therefore, in
stating that this paper was one of
those to denOunce Mead as law ViO-
later, the writer OIL In6 communities
ton to the st. Johnsbury paper is in
accurate, having been led into the
inaccuracy perhaps by his own con-
ceptiOn as to what constituted the
OPPOSITION to DR.. Mead Nor did The
Times base it's opposition solely on
the ground of the excessive use of
money as it seemed; it endeavored
to reach an unbiased judgment of the
personal qualifications of the two real
candidates for the office, with the re-
suit that DR.. Mead seemed to be a far
less acceptable candidate than Mr..
Fleetwood.
Furthermore, as for this papers
acceptance of DR.. Mead as good
citizen after the convention, our
readers will doubtless bear US out
when we state that the day following
the convention we declared that in
the usual course of events DR.. Mead
would be governor of Vermont and
that his recent legislative experience
and his wide acquaintance about the
state should serve him well in the eX-
ecutive career of two years which
was evidently before him. There was
no recall of anything said prior to the
convention and no desire to change
the former estimate of the man who
had been selected by the republican
convention The writer of the COM
R1unication to the ST. Johnsbury Gale
DOMAIN will fail to find any consist
ency in the attitude of this newspaper
toward DR.. Mead.-[ Barre Times.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-03
Not a Postage Stamp Expended.

There is something refreshing in
situation which enables candidate
for governor of Vermont to make the
unchaIlenged assertion that he has not
spent as much as a postage stamp to
secure the nomination of a great
party. OF course, we all know that
the first position on the democratic
state ticket is not the cynosure that
the republican nomination is, because
the holder of it inevitably goes down
to defeat. However, it is defeat not
without honor, since the candidate is
oftentimeS able to say, as did Mr..
Watson, that he came by the nomi-
nation in a normal procedure, that is
with the office seeking the man, in
stead of the man seeking the Office.
So, though he will in all proba bility
go down in defeat, he will have no
regrets, and he will be in a position to
win the plaudits of the people by
saying:
THAT there may be no misunder-
standing, [ now voluntarily announce
that I have not expended any money,
not even SO much as a postage stamp,
to secure this nomination.; nor have [
authorized another to eXpend any
money for me. To the truth of that
statement, I am ready to give OATH .
Spend the day when nominations by
the republican party shall be obtained
in an equally refreshing manner, or
when each candidate shall be held to
a strict accounting of all his eXpendi-
tures.-[ Barre Times.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-03
A Consistent Position.

The st. Johnsbury Caledonian- bolts
the nomination of Doctor Mead, hold
ing consistently to the objections
against him that it urged in the pre-
convention canvass. Other anti Mead
papers have failed to come into line
with the usual spirit There is no
denying that many of the republican
rank and file are extremely displeased
over the choice for head of the ticket
made at Montpelier and will make
their sentiment known at the
September election. 1t is talked open
Iy, not by the element that is loosely
attached to the party but by good,
strong, substantial citizens who have
never scratched or bolted a republican
ticket before. They do not hesitate to
give their reasons, which are that
with little at stake as between the
parties this year, they feel free to
register once more their disapprOval of
the head of the party ticket, and the
methods by which he won narrow
victory in the convention. How wide
spread this feeling is or whether it
will increase or fade with the ap
proach of election day, is yet too early
to Herald and News.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-03
The Political Bolt.

In this issue THE CALIFORNIAN
completes the publication of the first
remarks of it's contemporaries re-
garding the appeal of this paper to
the people to refuse to vote for John
A. Mead for governor because he Sc
cured the republican nomination by
means that he dare not make public.
AS expected, this appeal is not un-
animously endorsed because it
threatens party regularity. In this
matter there is a difference OF opinion
between US and our contemporaries
regarding what constitutes the best in
terests of the party. Some of the edi-
tors evidently think one can not serve
his party we'll unless he endorses in
it's entirety the action of the party in
convention. We agree with them on
this whenever the verdict of con-
vention has been honOrably secured.
We should never let our personal
choice between candidates who have
contested fairly influence our alleg1-
ance to the party, but when candl-
date for office is openly reported to be
conducting a money campaign, when
the public press repeatedly says that
he has won his nomination by
methods lie dares not make public,
and the candidate refuses to take the
public into his confidence and tell how
he won his fight, when a mans vic
tory is recognized at home and abroad
as a victory for money in politics we
cannot consider his victory as bind
ing on any citizen who believes in
pure politics.
This we believe is more loyal ser
vice to the party than to simply ac-
quiesce in something people know to
be wrong and ask them to accept it as
right Such acquiescence never brings
strength to a party because the
people do not believe such things are
right On the other hand an indie
pendence that will teach the party
that it will be supported only so far
as it stands for honorable methods
will speedily bring the party up to a
standard that will attract full popular
strength. For these reasons we be-
lieve that every man who would have
the republican party stand for things
politically righteous should not vote
for John A. Mead for governor. We
advocate this not because it is Mead
but because it would be a defeat of
corrupting political influence.
We advocate further that people
should not only refuse to vote for him
but they should vote for somebody else
for governor. To refuse to vote for
anybody for governor would not re-
duce Mead's majority bat simply the
total vote for governor. To vote for
someone else will reduce the majority
of Mr.. Mead and make the rebuke
to undesirable campaign methods the
more effective.
All the other candidates on the re
publican ticket stand there without
challenge of the legitimacy of the
methods they adopted to get their
position and they are entitled to full
party support Aside from the weak
plank on primary elections the re-
publican party we believe has the
most desirable platform and should be
endorsed by the voters. But when
voting for governor remember the
Australian ballot offers you the op-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-03

portunity to mark or write upon it
your honest conviction. If you do so.
it is possible to elect a governor at the
polls and not by delegates to party
convention that was captured by the
hired agents of a man who used
money to an extent that he dares not
tell.
= We have not been dangerously
damned by the crowd focking to our
standard but we have received enough
written and spoken endorsements to
make us believe a rebuke will be made
when the voters reach the polls.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-03

The Littleton Courier announces
that Gen. D. c. Remich, of that city,
will be a candidate for representative
whether endorsed by the republican
organization or not. It adds: Mr..
Remich will rely on his past legis
lative record, and his activities gen
orally for the public welfare. AS
usual, he may be expected to be a
radical candidate, and will at least
make things interesting in the cam
paign, and later in the legislature if
he should be successful at the pri-
maries and the polls
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-03
The More Consistent.

The ST. Johnsbury Caledonian is
irreconcilable but more consistent
than some of it's contemporaries 1t
refuses to urge the election of DR..
Mead. 1t moralizes at some length on
the charges of misuse of money in
elections in Vermont and adds:
1.-The result is that Vermont is
looked upon by other states as a
pocket borough to be bought up
whenever any rich man desires to be
governor The Caledonian (rep.)
has long been voting for the party
and the politicians responsible for
these conditions in Vermont. Why
not vote against them ?-[ Spirit Of the
Age
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-03
NO CASE AGAINST ROAD.
The Hardwick and Woodbury. Rail-
road Did Not Receive Rebates.

A hearing was held before Inter
state Commerce Commissioner c. A
Prouty. of Newport, in Hardwick,
Tuesday in which the Hardwick &,
Woodbury. Railroad Co, and E. r.
Fletcher were charged with rebating.
No case was found against the
railroad. 1t had been made to appear
that Mr.. Fletcher had received money
but the question is whether he receiv-
ed it as rebates or not. This is now
under consideration by the commits
sion.
The government was represented
at the hearing by James H. Marble, of
Washington. D. c.; the railroad by
W. B. c. Stickney, of Bethel, and W.
A. Dutton, of Hardwick; and Mr..
Fletcher represented himself.
George w. Cree. of Lyndonville, an
official of the st. Johnsbury & Lake
Champlain railroad, was the principal
witness in the case.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-03
Coming Home to Roost.

In another column we publish the
editorial comment of The Pittsburgh
Press on the result of the republican
state convention at which DR.. Mead
was nominated for the goVernorship.
The remarks made in that editorial
show how the verdict is being receiv-
ed outside of the state of Vermont and
this outside, judgment is most humili-
ating to all anxious to preserve the
good name of Vermont. 1t brings with
new emphasis to the mind of every
man who believes that Verm ont
should have not simply a, good gov
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-03
An Unkind Act.

What is the matter with the ST.
Johnsbury Caledonian that it virtu-
ally bolts the republican party ticket?
This is very unkind at least after it's
town has been given the second place
upon the ticket Enterprise and
VermOnter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-03

Entered at the St. Johnsbury post office as
Recoud-cla mail matter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-03
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-03

The Enosburg Standard has Joined
the ST. Johnsbury Cadedonian in bolt
ing the head of the republican ticket
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-03

next fall. One thing is certain. That
these papers will be in line to get
aboard Colonel Roosevelt and Clifford
Pinchot's new party when it is
launched.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-03

Regarding the st. Adams editorial
headed Locking Stable Doors" in
reply to a Monitor editorial squib,
copied elsewhere, the Monitor wishes
to say that it is in hearty accord
with the desires for better politics.
The Monitor believes the campaign
recently under discussion is an inn
provement over many in the past, and
hopes for and is willing to aid in a
fight for still better things in the
future.-[ Orleans County Monitor.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-03

This paper is entitled to a place on the
Printers Ink Roll of Honor.
THE CALIFORNIAN CO.
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the search Of Crippens house and told Of
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PHILADELPHIA, Sept. s.-Testimony of
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Mr.. Munyon further said that Crippen
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Nebraska News Notes.

KEARNEY-The Norris Brown guards
are planning big dance for the eighteenth
Of this month Senator Norris Brown Will
be present, also a number OF army and
militia officers from various parts of the
state.
KEARNEY-Frank f. Roby % the Kear-
ney flour mills has presented the Kearney
fire department with a check in appreci-
alton of the work the boys did when the
elevator adjacent to the mill was burned
last week.
the Broken Bow Library association II was
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wnen completed and dispose of the old
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PENDER-Part of the west wall Of the
Palace hotel, which was damaged by fire
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LYONS-The usual annual reception by
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| Omaha, principal; Miss May Dion of NORTH
Bend, assistant principal; and Miss Bessie
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KEARNEY-Th county supervisors n,
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The present conference year will be tn
second year of Mr. Gettys' stay here TSh
contractor expects TO have the basement O
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This was the day when many awards
were made at the fair. Douglas county
again won the prize for the best collective
exhibit in the eastern division; Franklin in
the central and Brown in the western divi-
sion The awards were as follows:
Eastern Section-Douglas, first; Pawnee,
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Central Secton-FranlSin, first; Kearney,
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-09
More Pay for Custer Officials.

BROKEN BOW. Neb.. Sept. S-(Special.)
Most of the court house officials are look
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cial salaries increased accordingly. In the
county clerks office the increase Is $500,
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