Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-03-10

YES, "ANYTli,tG-ALMoST'"

very recently maintained an aiHios' ''"'-
like silence toward the ambition OF It's
! townsman. DIR. j. A. Mead mas "'thih
the past fortnight jumped into the arena
with visor that hetolicns an INFUSION OF
new blood. or other circulating meuiun''
bearing the imprint of the Mead literary
bureau, Senator John l.. Lewis. manager
Saturdays issue contained two-coluinh
editorial from the facile pen OF that
stateman--or we are quite mistaken 1t
dealt with an editorial in our last weeks
| Issue captioncd "Anything to Beat
Mead" We reproduce the article on this
page in its entircty-somethlng that the
News. with greater space at its command
did not do with our much shorter article,
but instead picked out certain texts from
It and attacked them by piecernea' leav-
ing IT'S readers under misrepresentation
ns 10 what We really said.
The Mead organ ie profoundly shocked
at the bluntness of the avowa!, Any
thng-alInost-to beat Mead" The au-
thor Is not a novice. and must easily nave
traced the genesis OF our expression THE
Mead forces have recently declared TINT
in tho pre.en, canvass It was anything
to beat Mead We merely accepted
their asser,ion-nnd sought to justify the
situation by advancing certain reasons
whip many voters are earnestly demand
,rr t,r., M all ITO decc,t of Mead Thai
| ,,a. oil 1~ .,ooa ,,,,o and fair fame
=, 1.ar,,o,,,n 90. ,,, concerned furtber
,,,r ,h., T, t., o,,,,a "a. i,pnortant sore-
IT, ,h,, oar.,t, o,,h;,inn. sho,,d y,
thwartcd rs that certain others should
be PROV bed. If the r..ult Is advantage
to the state, all considered. that result
iuSt ifioS the action
| ua 40 No, rrorosa ~ co ovcr in do,,u
lour obloc,iors IN roctor Mead ne gum
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vaha,,o,, do,io, ,,d do,o,co y, the
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