Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-04-13

withstanding this the price is SO great
that many not only compla n, but a
large number refuse to take any box.
The fact that many rural people have
their mail del vered at heir doors and
the only expense s the putt ng mp of
a box VIII CHI, as a rule costs not more
than the rent of box in the post-office
for single year, causes some to ask
if that is a square DEAL There
certainly ought to be revision of the
rates, which are decidedly high. Per-
haps our Congressman may get busy
in this direction Hyde Park News
and Citizen.
Campaign Expenses and Sworn State
ments.
Now in view of the success which
has crowned DR.. Mead's efforts to
promote campaign, claimed to be
successful, without the aid of dol
lar and his ability to enlist the SYM
patty of men who go about paying
their expenses will not DR.. Mead join
with other candidates in strengthen
ing clean political methods by agree
ing to file with the secretary of state
a sworn and detailed account of cam.
paign expenses?-The Free Press.
Whether the above question is to be
taken as evidence of innocence, ignor-
ance or political clap-trap We do know
that neither DR.. Mead nor Mr. Fleet
wood nor any other candidate will file
with the secretary of state any sworn
statement of campaign expenses. for
the reason that the present secretary
of state is an excellent lawyer with
proper conception of what can be and
of what cannot lawfully be filed in
his Office ard should such a paper
sworn to as above suggested be
offered for filing Mr.. Bailey would
doubtless direct the attention of those
Immediately interested 10 Section
! 59l7, which reads in part as follows:
"a person who administers to an
other an oath of affirmation or an OBJ
legation in the nature of an oath,
which is not required or authorized by
law, or a person who voluntarily
takes the same, shall be fined not
more than two nundred nor less than
fifty dollars"
In other words whosoever would
undertake either to administer or to
take such an oath would violate the
law. 1t may be that the law is de-
fective in respect of this particular
matter but however that may be. we
have stated the law as it is ard we
had hitherto supposed that everybody
but Hapgood knew of it's existence.
In so assuming we have done an ap-
parent injustice to the Free Press
} and to Mr.. Fleetwood.
While we were prepared for almost
anything after the announced battle
cry of Anything to beat Mead" yet
we had not supposed that Mr.. Mead's
enemies would, in print al least. dare
: to urge anybody to commit an ACT
which would render him liable to in
Observation-Disclosures Reporter.
Second the Motion
The Messenger is glad to see ONT
New England congressman vote agains
the bill giving Theodore Roosevelt the
life-privilege of franking his mail
2 And the Messenger admires T. R., too
p and wishes him an abundance of al
good things. But this is a republi
based upon principles of civic equality
and there is no consistency in deliber
ately creating class with special priv
ileges under the law.-St. Adams Mes
senger.
Well, right now, while we are a.
talking about the Indiana Republica
9 state convention and how it failed t
:, endorse the Aldrich-Payne tariff law
let US take similar proposition straigh
home. AS many of the class as believ
that, if the Vermont Republican stat
t convention were to be held to-day,
q majority of the delegates would vot
: for a plank unqualifedly endorsing tn
a tariff, will stand in Ibis" place an
: be counted. Supposing you were
delegate, now, Mr.. Vermont Republ
can reader, would you vote for such
plank? That's the way to test out thi
criticism of the other fellow.-St. A
e bans Messenger.