St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-10

Waterbury Record.
When there is apathy in the ranks
of a political party after the nominal
ing convention has been held and the
standard bearer chosen, it is often too
late to begin to manufacture enthusi-
asm. Indeed, political enthusiasm, the
kind that signifies the Viri1ity and
power of public sentiment, is not to be
manufactured out of hand, anyway. If
the voters know what the party rep
resentatives have done in their name
and are not SO well pleased with it
that they show any enthusiasm, then
how is enthusiasm to be had through
advertising or any other arts of per-
suasion?
The time to develop enthusiasm is
the other side of the convention by
leaving the field open to men whose
records and personalities awaken
popular interest and admiration, by
conducting canVaSSeS along the line of
a policy that invites hearty public
commentator, and by advocating
principles that the people cordially ap-
prove.
There is need of an awakening in
the republican ranks Of the state -
True.-[St. Adams Messenger.
Republican Revolt.
The newspaper rebellion against DR..
Mead is spreading. Last week the
Enosburg Standard was added to the
the ST. Johnsbury Caledonian in not
urging the election of the Rutland
candidate, Hkening the CalenOnian'S
protest to a voice crying in the wild
erneSS. The Randolph Herald spoke
of the Caledonian's bolt in a tone
that contained no censure and on that
account received cenSure from the
Rutland News for not promoting party
harmony. 1t is evident that DR.. Mead'S
particular friends and members of the
state republican organization view
with alarm this independent tend
able work done between now and
September with a view to maintain
ing the usual majority. Spellbinders
will doubtless eXpatiate on the i'm
portance of Vermont's vote from the
viewpoint of the rest of the country.
This argument is absurd. AS the st.
Adams Messenger well says
THE September election in Vermont
is contested along purely local lines
and will be this year. Any national
authority that attempts to read into
the figures of the vote this fall some
direful prophecy of republican dis
affection, failure to support the adj
ministration, or reputation OF the
party organization generally, will be
mistaken. The voters in this state are
not thinking about the tariff just now;
they are thinking about some mighty
serious questions right at home. They
are going to vote as they please on
them and their vote will be significant
only as it reflects the opinion of our
home people about their own home
affairs. 1t may not be a bad idea
for the country generally to be pre-
pared to understand this when the
time comes and read the election re-
turns from Vermont in their true
m meaning
The foregoing paragraph would
n a
of the Messenger that the republican
majority this fall will be much
smaller than usual and there are
many good reasons for this belief.
questions that confront Vermonters
at present is that of cleanliness in
politics. It is just as serious ques-
ton now as it was previous to the
republican state convention. No per-
son who diSapprOVeS the methods used
by DR.. Mead previous to the conven-
ton can vote for him at the election
without subscribing to the Ubiquitous
doctrine that nomination is equiva-
lent to absolution from all political
SIM Brattleboro Reformer.
Making Agriculture More Popular.
New York City is getting ahead of
Vermont by establishing the study of
agriculture in some of the public
schools, the move being made in the
hopes that the field of agriculture
shall become so attractive to the city
children that they will desire to take
up their life in the country and thus
relieve some of the congestion of the
great city. Meanwhile Vermont child
rem are getting practical demonstra-
ton of the agricultural life, whether
they will or not The only advance
which we do need in Vernon is the
chance to teach them, not agriculture,
but scientific agriculture. If the young
er generation can be taught to see that
agriculture is not merely a drudgery,
they will be induced to take up their
lot in their native state and thus retain
for the old state much of its rightful
sturdy blood. The new courses just
being arranged for the Lyndon insti-
tute through the generosity of TheO-
dore N. Vail, the telephone man, con-
stitute the first move for popular
izing the study of agriculture. Of
course, the state has had the Vermont
agricultural college, with it's excel
lent experiment station, at Burling-
ton for some time; but it is not pos
sible for any considerable percentage
to take advantage of the opportunities
offered there. That the new courses
will prove popular is shown by the
following statement from the Ludlow
Tribune:
Word from Lyndonvil1e is to the
effect that many inquiries have been
as result OF the newspaper
talk about the proposed agricultural
department in connection
with the Lyndon institute, made pos
sible by T. n. Wallis thoughtful gener-
osity. The work of preparing suitable
quarters for the new students is
being hurried, and it is planned to
have everything in readiness by the
opening of the fall term. Many a
Vermont boy should avail himself of
this splendid chance for practical
training
Other schools in Vermont may be
expected to follow the same lines, as
soon as the funds for the new work
are forthcoming. Vermont will find
it to her distinct advantage to in
crease schools of this sort Barre
Times.