Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-04-08
FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1910.
Under the heading,
DIR. Mead and His Methods,

DR.. Mead's candidacy, and says:
Perhaps it is not to much to hope that
before the campaign goes very much
further some one, at least, of the news
papers that are opposed to the nomina
ton of DIR. Mead will come out and give
some adequate reason for its opposition.
Up to the present they are all pursuing
an evidently well laid out course, the
principal effort in which is to attack DIR.
Mead's so called Literary bureau" and
the newspapers that are extending him
support.
The Clipper follows this with an ex-
tended defense of the doctor and the
way he is seeking the nomination and
concludes:
He is proceeding in just that way,
despite the feeble and futile efforts of
those who, yellow dog like, are barking
at his heels.
The Standard thinks that the Clippers
proposition. that the papers opposed to
Dr. Mead should have the courage of
specifically the reasons for their opposi-
ton to Dr. Mead and his methods, is
fair one. The Standard, certainly pro-
poses to continue its formerly announc-
ed purpose to treat DR.. Mead fairly and
continue its opposition along the lines as
first announced. We believe we can do
this without calling those who differ
with us, yellow dogs and the like.
Briefly, then, here are some of the
reasons that have influenced our judg-
ment:
First. From the very beginning there
has been no spontaneous support of Dr.
Mead's candidacy by any of the sub
stantial and prominent citizens of the
state. In former gubernatorial cam
paigns, as far as our knowledge thereof
extends, every candidate for this high
office has had support from greater or
less number of prominent republicans
throughout Vermont, the voluntary and
spontaneous character of whose support
was evidenced by their clearly express
ed and substantial reasons for their at
titude.
Any one who travels upon
the trains going from one town to an
other in the country will we think, YER
ify the statement that to-day there is
no pronounced sentiment among the
substantial citizenship of Franklin
county in favor of DIR. Mead. From in
formation in our possession we believe
this condition obtains very largely in
other counties in the state.
Second. From our observations and
the information that has drifted into the
Standard Office from various sources we
are compelled to believe that the demon
strations made in favor of Dr. Mead at
different times during the past six
months have not been genuine evidences
of friendship and esteem, but almost
wholly artificial To illustrate: There
was large contigent of DIR. Mead's
supporters at the dairymen's meeting
in Burlington in January. They came
from different sections of the state and
the leadership was composed quite
largely of attorneys of more or less pro-
minence in their respective counties.
There were several from Franklin
county. Now we have been told by
some of the men who went to that meet
ing that their expenses were paid by
DR.. Mead's lieutenants. We do not
claim to have positive knowledge on
this point, but taking human nature as
it exists, it certainly was most pc
culiar, to say the least, to see men com
ing from remote sections of the state,
aggregating so it was said some forty
or fifty, the greater bulk of them hav-
ing no interest whatever in the dairying
business, while there was not single
prominent man from Dr. Mead's own
county there in his interest as far as we
know. We believe this is a fair esti-
mate of the fictitions nature of the
Mead demonstration, as we know of no
reason why DR.. Mead should have had
any more support at that meeting than
Mr. Fleetwood, Mr. Gates, or Mr., Mer-
rill, then in the public eye as prospect
i've candidates.
Fourth. We do not believe it should
be necessary for any candidate to es-
tablsh publicity bureau or engage a
general manager to conduct the cam
paign. General Manager John l..
Lewis, who is a native of Franklin
county and has many friends in this
section, is keen and alert lawyer who
works generally for money. That he
s giving six months of his time and