St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-08
STATE POLITICS
What Some of Our Exchanges Say About
Candidates and the Platform.

Democratic parties will publish their
platforms before the conventions are
held. This is a proper move and shows
that platforms" this year are to be
something more than mere perfunctory
affairs. NJ orrisville News and Citizen.
There's Difference
1t is expected there will be some Greene
timber in the republican state platform
this year; but we are promised that the
planks will be put into the linelight long
enough before the convention date to get
some seasoning.
The public is to be given look at the
democratic party's platform the week
previous to the meeting OF the state con-
vention. So we shall have fine chance
to read both platforms and make up our
minds which we prefer Ludlow Tri-
bune.
Waiting for Mead.
Messrs Batchelder, Hapgood and
Fleetwood, in the order named, promptly
notified The Phoenix of their willingness
to come to Brattleboro to discuss state
issues in the proposed joint meeting OF
all the gubernatorial candidates. DR..
Mead has made no reply to the PROPOSE
ton. Will you kindly say yes or no.
Doctor, at once ? meeting, il arranged,
should be held before June IA, the date of
the caucuses to elected delegates to the
state convention.-f Brattleboro Phoenix.
An Earnest and Clean Canvass.
Fleetwood is making as earnest and as
clean a canvass in his desire to be gov
ernor of Vermont as has ever beer made
by any candidate for office in this state.
He is doing a mighty good thing for
clean, honest politics and should be given
credit for it. In his fight against Mead
he deserves to win and we believe that it
is for the best good of Vermont that he
be chosen in preference to his Rutland
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Journal.
Fair Comparison.
An exchange says New Hampshire
must feel proud of Ex-Governor Rollins,
convicted of trying to cheat Uncle Sam
by smuggling. Just as Vermont would
be proud of a governor convicted OF
violating the corrupt practices law in
connection with the present campaign
burlington Free Press.
A Remarkably Lame Defense.
Candidate Mead's mode of conducting
his canvass has certainly been severely
criticised and the main defense put up
against this criticism is that it doesn't
differ materially from number of others
that have gone before it. That is surely
a remarkable defense. II your neighbor
does wrong and avoids the law go and
do likewise. If all should contract this
habit the world would advance rapidly
toward the mplishment of better
things. wouldn't it !? If a better defense
of method that is generally admitted
to be wrong cannot be advanced better
not try anv-just simply keep STILL
[Lyndonville Journal.
Travelling Mead Boom"
Ifyou look sharply from now on, you
may discover the Mead boom going
about from town to town, concealed in
the hand bag of some we'll dressed real
estate or insurance agent, smoking and
handing out nice lot of cigars. Watch
for it, along with Halley's comet.-[Ran-
dolph Herald.
Mr.. S1ack's Candidacy.
The Hardwick Gazette announces that
the candidacy of L. P. Slack for the
lieutenant governorship is gaining
strength right along and that he will
probably go into the convention a
winner. How will that strike them
down in Windsor county?-[ Montpelier
Argus.
Mr.. Plum1ey's Excellent Prospects.
Congressman Plu1nley is able to view
the calling of the Congressional conven-
ton in this district without anxiety.
His constituents know that he has given
good service and that he will be able to
do better service next term as he becomes
more familiar with his duties, therefore
they will renominate him without
questionable ntpelier Journal.
Another Paper for Fleetwood.
In an editorial ringing with sincerity,
the White River Junction Landmark
came out this week in support of Fred
erick G. Fleetwood for governor of Yer
mont, ending with the following para
graph:
The Landmark sees in Mr. Fleetwood
that all around equipment that warrants
the conclusion that he will make a sue
cessful governor and give the state
service that will result in an enhanced
progress and prosperity, and because of
this pledges him its support in the pres
ent campaign
That counts, Mr. Fleetwood, very
strongly in your favor and gives earnest
of more support to follow from Windsor
county, Barre Times.
Skunk Journalism.
The Mead literary bureau is engaged in
dishing out tor the publication in some of
its newspapers most discreditable class
of editorials, because they are based on
misrepresentation and are calculated to
prejudice people who do not know the
facts. Two Illustrations. A number of
newspapers criticized Mead for sending
out through his literary bureau an alb
stract OF a talk delivered by him before a
religious body. The bureau took this as
a text upon which to claim that these
newspapers were making light of sacred
things and had leanings toward Ingerson
doctrines. The insinuation was absolute
ly false. There has been some deserved
criticism OF letter sent out by Mead to
Grand Army men. many of the names of
veterans being obtained from State
roster. This the bureau has taken up
and attempted to make the old soldiers
believe that the opposition to Mead is
unfriendly to the 6. A. R., and the men
who wear the little bronze button"
This was another deliberate attempt to
excite prejudice with the hope that
Mead's candidacy would profit thereby.