The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-16


The Herald appeared this evening
as an eight page paper, arrangements
having been made with the Gazette
to continue its publication until new
quarters can be secured
This is the sixth time in the last
thirty-two years in which the Her
aid has been burned out.
Gibson of Brattleboro, lawyer;
Leighton p. Slack OF st. Johnsbury,
lawyer; George F. Leland of SPRING
field, a manufacturer; DR.. F. T. Kid
der of Woodstock, physician. There
has been little canvass made for the
second place, and the choice is quite
as apt to fall on some new man as on
janyone thus far mentioned. The pres
ent Secretary of State, Guy w. Bailey
of Essex Junction; the State Treas
urer, Edward H. Deavitt of Montpel-
Ter; the State Auditor, Horace W.
Graham of Craftsbuly, and the Attor-
Iney-General, John G. Sargent of Lud-
low, will all undoubtedly be renomi-
mated, probably without opposition.
The main interest-and that less
keen than usual-centers over the
nominee for Governor. DR.. Mead was
first in the field; in fact, his boom
was launched at the legislative ses-
| sion two years ago. From this early
l., of ~
present office bringing him as it has
into some measure of prominence, Dr..
Mead has profited. He has plowed
the field diligently. Through his con-
nection with the G. A. r., the medical
fraternity and other orders, he has
managed to put some added support
to his credit.
DR.. Mead established several
months ago a Literary Bureau with
Senator John l.. Lewis at its head,
later reinforced by eXEditor D. H.
| Lamberton as publicity agent, and
I others This bureau has issued ap-
peals for support through the press
and otherwise and waged an active
warfare for its chief. There have also
from town to town, besides those lc-
cally interested. In short, DR.. Mead
has played the game in the old way, so
familiar in Vermont, without much
regard to any possible change in no
litical ethics to conform to an altered
vision.
Those who oppose DR.. Mead in this
canvass object mainly to these meth
DDS, introducing as they do the i'm
proper use of money, and the bizarre
exploiting of a man who should not
require full-sheet posters to introduce
his merits, if he has them. That DR.
Mead has not opened his barrel wider
has been due largely to the attention
already drawn to the matter by the
opposition press. The caucuses are
yet to be held, and it is very likely
that under the final stress, when it
is too late to cry out against it, we
shall see more fragrant abuses than
is apparent TO win-by fair means il
possible-but win,
The part that DR.. Mead anticipated
his money would play in this canvass,
and his anxiety to safeguard himself,
were apparent when, alone among the
announced candidates, he declined to
make public his campaign expendi-
lures. In the face of prevalent SEM
timent, no other construction can ben
put upon this refusal 1t ought to
be sufficient, in and of itself, to de-
feat him.
For some years we have heard gen.
eral criticism of the undue and eX-
cessive use of money in Vermont cam
paigns We have heard it said that
no man could hope to win the nomi-
nation against an opponent willing
to use money in large sums unless he,
too, would loosen up The results
in several instances have seemed to
bear this out. Now we have the is
sue squarely presented once more.
ARE We W lel Jue HOlnludliOH ~ u a
man whose chief asset is his wealth,
boldly proclaimed, with the well-un-
derstood inference that in such
contest as this money counts? There
are other men in the field as worthy
as DR.. Mead, who have pursued
methods above question, who have
little money to expend in promoting
their political ambitions or in cor
rupting the electorate. There is the
possibility of selecting anybody still
more worthy by real demand from
the ranks for his services. 1t does
seem as though, with the country
wide awakening in civic righteous
ness and political morality that has
taken place in the past few years, the
ringing answer of Vermont Republic
cans next Tuesday would be, mol" to
THE man who expects his money to land
him in the Governors seat