The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-21
THE GOVERNORSHIP.
(St. Adams Messenger.)


reprinted without comment the fol-
lowing editorial from the Rutland
News in accordance with its we'll
known policy of keeping its readers
Informed of what both sides are say
ing. But argument is scarce on the
nead side in this canvass and the
something to print that may help his
canvass along have begun to display
this editorial as an apparent clinch-
er. Here it is again with no charge
to the Mead Publicity Bureau" for
advertising.)
THE st. Adams Messenger has
found new cause for worry. 1t now
fears the influence of the Vermont
governorship campaign on the rest of
New England. Just think of it,
After Massachusetts has beome
habituated to governorship contests
wherein the sum total of candidates
expenses reported under the law (and
in Massachusetts candidates reports
about half their actual eXpense) run
into dollar numbers of six places;
after Massachusetts has seen mayor
atty fights in Boston wherein four
candidates have spent approximately
quarter of million; after Massa-
chusetts has had a congressional
special election wherein the spend
ing of more than 100000 is consid-
cred fairly good election economy;
again, after New Hampshire has
danced attendance under railroad
domination for years and after Maine
has struggled long and Intellectually
against a constitutional incubus that
puts a premium on contrabrand
whiskey, bootlegging of the most VIC
ious type and general debauching
of the drug business of the State;
and, still again, after Connecticut has
worn around its neck for years a rail-
road collar of thraldom and after that
there has not been a Republican
Governor in Rhode Island for gen.
Grafton who did not first deal with
Blind Boss Brayton; after all these
things, it would be shameful thing
indeed, to have Vermont set a bad
example to her sister States!
THE Messengers cant in this cam
paign is becoming actually absurd.
1t is on par with Hapgood's vaude-
vile. 1t has not sufficient strategic
quality to serve Fleetwood. 1t is not
even good enough for the Burlington
Free Press to use secondhand for
Smith.
IN all it's governofship i1imfam,
the Messenger directly attacks the
Northumberland of Vermont and
seeks to impress it's readers at home
and abroad that through him the
pie.
Better take another tack! The
Messenger is capable of more credit
able service to-its master, for in
stance"
Our good friends do not explain to
their readers, as they reprint this
editorial from the News, that when
the Messenger itself reprinted it there
was published along with 1t comment
from three of the best known news
papers in New England, representing
two of the most populous States,
Massachusetts and Connecticut, and
all rejecting the interest and on
Germ with which people of New Eng
land that thought seriously at all
about such matters were watching the
political canvass in Vermont in the
desire to see it kept clean!
Will you tell your readers that.
Brother News?
Now, let us take your first para
graph. The Messenger ignored your
before, because it has
learned by experience that any at
tempt to follow up every instance of
Misrepresentation of its editorial ut
terances in political campaigns would
be simply out of the question. But
you are deserving of serious atten-
ton, even II you do use some rather