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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-24
A False Impression.

The St. Johnsbury CALIFORNIAN, the
Enosburg Falls Standard and the Mid
dlebury Register are not supporting DR..
Mead for governor. 1t is queer that
these three supporters of high morals
and the prominent leaders of Vermont's
late lamented political machine should
have been seized with no-money-phobia
in the same year and in the same cam
paign.-[ Burlington Clipper.
The effort of the Clipper and few
other Mead papers to credit the bolt
against the sale of Vermont to a wealthy
man ambitious to be governor is Great
ing an entirely false impression. The
CALIFORNIAN can speak authoritatively
about the beginning of the bolt because
it began it. 1t bolted because it believes
the time has come for the people to effec-
lively rebuke the use of money by man
public. At the present time we have a
man and few paid agents claiming that
he is the choice of the people but they do
not dare tell the people how he got them
to choose him. Realizing the weakness
of such position the CALIFORNIAN, with
out consulting any newspaper man or
any politician whatsoever, declared it
would not support DR.. Mead. Since
then other papers have made the same
declaration without consulting this
paper in any way. No machine, not
even Mead's, is running the editorial ex-
pressions of this paper and the effort of a
few contemporaries to create this false
impression shows they are afraid of the
real issue.
We also wonder if they will dare pub
lish this statement in order that their
readers may see the facts.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-24
Former St. Johnsbury People.

Perley E. Pope, formerly employed in
the Berry-Ball dry goods store, later by
the Homer Fits Co., at Barre, and for
the past seven years IN the Perlev E.
Pope Dry Goods Co., at Montpelier, has
gone to Portland to have charge of the
ready to wear department of the F. D.
Folsom store of that city. In speaking
of their residence the Montpelier Journal
says: las business man. Mr.. Pope is
numbered among the 'Progressives,' and
has made good both in the store and
among his friends. Mrs. Pope joins her
husband in Portland in few weeks.
Both are prominent in Bethany church
wer1 and their departure from Montpe-
lier is a matter of regret, although the
new field is responsible one. Benjamin
Strachan of the firm viii remain in
charge of the Pope store. which is man
aged by a stock company. Mr.. Pope
does not sever his connection with the
company"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-24
Remove the Restrictions.

Considerable CONSERVATION has been
spread among the automobile owners
bv the announcement from Albany that
Attorney General Edward K. O'Malley
of New York has given an opinion that
Massachusetts, Vermont and Connect
cut motorists were not entitled to drive
their cars in New York state without
license The ruling was made under
New York law which went into effect
the first of August which exempts nom
residents from a license tax if the state
they come from accords New York mo-
florists reciprocal privileges The result
will be that many New England motor
lists who went into New, York ignorant
of this ruling will be compelled to pay a
license or be fined for operating without
one.
While it may not affect as many from
Vermont as from the other two states it
is evident that such law is unjust.
The only excuse for it must have existed
before the different states had passed
necessary laws for the regulation of
automobile traffic. They have such
laws now and the fact that man has
secured license from his own state and
paid an automobile tax there should en-
title him to run his automobile in any
state The time to mulct automobile
owners on the supposition that they
have plenty of money has passed. They
are generally the best and most progress
be treated fairly. When they have beer
justly taxed they should be allowed to
enjoy all reasonable privileges without
further annoyance. We hope that the
decision of the New York authoritie
will lead to more rational legislation OF
the automobile question.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-24
No Dishonest Expenditures.

The ST. Johnsburv Caledonian still in
sists that John A. Mead conducted a
money campaign and won his nomina-
ton by methods he dare not make pub
lic Is this because DR.. Mead refuses
to print long string of accounts simply
to satisfy public curiosity? Is it because
he dared run on an independent ticket,
dared fight his own battle without con-
sulting party factions, dared place his
own record before the public as reasons
for his election. dared use his money to
defrav expenses which no man can prove
or conscientiously believe was dishon-
estly expended? Out upon all this riff
raft of imaginary insinuations. If DR..
Mead has run dishonest campaign, dis
rupted the republican party and raised
the devil generally in ways that are dark
and unlawful, bring it all to the front
and win the $1,000 reward. There was
a reward for this. wasn't there?-[ Ex-
press andsStandard.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-24

that the country is much more densely
settled than ours and said that Vermont
should adopt methods that would give
the same results. another subject that
will doubtless receive more attention is
his statement that while fish ard game
wardens are given greater power than a
sheriff all the pay the state allows is So
day for a warden and $1.50 for deputy
wardens, and you can never get efficient
officers at that price. The hunters
license tax has placed a large sum of
money at the disposal of the fish and
game commissioner but it seems poor
policy to pay part or all oft to incom-
petent men because they cannot give
adequate return for it. The hunters
license law will never be endorsed until
the officers have the power to employ a
more competent lot of wardens that it
does now and competent men cannot be
secured unless they receive proper COM
pensation. This is a matter that should
receive serious thought by all interested
in the proper protection and develop
ment of the states fish and game inter
eSfS
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-24
Congressman Foster Right.

In his able address before the Gale
donia Forest and Stream Club last We'd
nesday, Congressman D. ]. Foster asked
the newspapers to make known their at
titude on the matter of reducing the war
and naval expenses of the federal govern
ment. He argued that great reductions
might be made and the money now used
for those purposes used as federal aid for
schools in the various states of the
union. We heartily endorse Congress
man Fosters stand for reduction OF
war and naval expenses by reducing the
size of the army and the navy. There is
no sense in trying to keep our army and
navy up to a war standard. The rights
of all powers large enough to threaten
the United States are SO well established
that we shall never have war with them.
No neof the smaller nations need to be so
heavily guarded against The real work
for the army is police duty at home and
in the Philippines and for the navy inter-
national police duty. and it seems foolish
to expend so much money for the old
custom of arrning to the teeth. Ii we
will spend tenth of the money we are
now spending on our army and navy
teaching our people how to mind their
own business at home and abroad we
will have less trouble and fewer war
scares than we get while training our
men to cuff somebody else's ears.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-24
Boiling DR.. Mead.

All the Republican newspapers of YER
mont are giving loyal support to the
party platform and all the nominees on
the state ticket with the exception of
the head of the ticket. The St. Johns
bury Caledonian advises Republicans not
only to refrain from voting for DR.. Mead
while voting the remainder OF the ticket,
but to vote for the Democratic candidate,
and thus rebuke the doctors preconven-
ton methods with greater emphasis.
The Mortified News seconds most of the
suggestions made by the Caledonian.
The Middlebury Register prints the en-
tire state ticket at the head of it's edito-
rial columns with the exception of DR..
Mead's name and adds: 1--WE will give
the nomination for governor as soon as
the nominee publishes statement of his
expenses in the campaign, as the other
candidates have done" Most of the
other papers which opposed Mead before
the convention which nominated him for
governor have fallen into line and are
urging his election by the usual maj ority,
although several of them are not over
enthusiastic.
The Times did not accuse Dr. Mead of
using an unwarranted amount of money
in his campaign and so has nothing to
retract in that connection. 1t would,
however, welcome an itemized statement
of expenses as a contribution to pure
politics. The Times opposed DR.. Mead's
aspiration to become governor solely on
the ground that he was opposed by
man in most respects better qualified to
perform the duties of the executive office.
Dr. Mead won the nomination and we
believe Republicans generally should sup
port him at the polls. If there are news
papers or individuals, however, who
have evidence of the corrupting use Of
| money or promise of preferment, either
evidence which would be sufficient in a
court of law, or evidence which creates in
the mind of the individual strong pre-
sumption, these newspapers and individ-
| uals cannot be blamed for refusing to
vote for the doctor. No man Eemember-
| ing his freeman's oath can conscientious
| ~ vote for any man for any office when
he believes that the candidate has been
| guilty of practices which undermine the
foundation of our governmental system.
Il Bellows Falls Times.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-24
PRESS COMMENT.
Some Changes In The Fish Laws Suggested
BY Mr., Howe.

Some Changes In The Fish Laws Suggested
By Mr., Howe.
Fishermen on the streams the last days
of the open season were shocked to note
the tremendous amount of spawn de-
stoyed by the late fishing. The trout
were full of spawn and in many cases it
seemed almost ready for deposit 1t is
only one more proof of what the Banner
has long contended that the open season
should begin earlier and close earlier.
The changes needed in the trout law this
year are first this change in season; sec
ond, permanently close the head streams
and small tributaries where trout practi-
cally never grow to a six inch size, leav-
ing these streams for breeding places and
nurseries and then allowing the taking
and saving of trout above FIVE inches in
the main streams; third the trout Matched
under state directions should be raised to
| lingering size before being put into the
streams, as lingering trout will live until
caught while trout fry mostly perish after
being put into the stream.-[ Bennington
Banner.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-24
Fish and Game Interests.

The meeting of the Caledonia Forest
and Stream Club at West Barnet last
week was a very encouraging DEM
onstration of an awakened interest in
fish and game matters. With such a
representative body of men organized
to look after these interests right at
home and build up new respect for the
various laws the development of fish
and game interests assumes increased
importance. The speeches from men OF
such prominence and on practical sub
jects before the people cannot fail to
have an educational result that will be
valuable to all who heard them.
The speech of ]. w. Titcomb, the new
" appointed fish and game commits
sioner. was also an indication of a new
spirit at the head of this important
work. All realized that he brought to
that Office more valuable and useful in
formation than any other man in Amer
lea possesses. But his statement that
he believed some OF the present laws
were too strict shows that he desires
more rational legislation on this subject,
and the more rational the laws can be
made the stronger will be their popular
support. He referred to the good supply
of game in England, despite the fact
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-24
REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN.
Candidates Mead and Slack to Visit all
Parts of the State.

The first heart to heart talk between
the candidates for State Office and the
county and town committees took place
at Montpelier Saturday, when DR.. John
Abner Mead, republican candidate for
governor, L. P Slack, of St. Johnsbury,
candidate for lieutenant governor, Con-
gresham Frank Plu1nley and some of
the candidates for the county offices,
passed few hot ones over the plate,
and urged a goose-egg victory over the
Democrats at the September election.
The meeting was in charge of n. D..
Phelps, of Barre, county committeeman
and the subjects assigned by him were;
National Issues" by Congressman
Frank Plumlev; The State Platform
and the Best Methods of Obtaining an
average Republican Majority" by John
Abner Mead; Progressive legislation
by L. P. Slack; Labor Legislation" by
John w. Gordon, of Barre.
The meetings slated for this week are:
Tuesday afternoon at Manchester,
where DR.. Mead speaks at a Grand Army
meeting.
Wednesday, 1 p. M, at Middlebury
county meeting, DIR. Mead and Mr.. Slack
speakers. M. F. Barber in charge.
Thursday, 2 P. m. at Burlington. Con
gresham Foster, DIR. Mead and Mr..
Slack, speakers. County meeting in city
hall.
Friday. at ST. Adams at 10 in the fore
noon. DIR. Mead and Mr.. Slack speakers
J. G. Norton, county committeeman. in
charge.
Friday at p. m. at Richford, DIR.
Mead and Mr.. Slack speakers. Mr.. Nor
ton in charge.
The programme for the week following
has not been arranged yet, but will be
confined to counties on the east side
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-24
win Not Regulate Itself.

The Newport Express says, ''If money
is dishonesty used in canvass the evil
will have to adjust itself" Vermont has
been patiently waiting for such an adj
justment for many years but it has not
come, and beyond very real awakening
to the evil itself there is no indication
that it will come of its own accord. Just
as long as candidates are found with
money bags that they are willing to un-
load in procuring Office, just so long will
men be found ready to serve such candi-
dates for the consideration. The law it.
self must stop the proceeding. An efec-
tive means in other states is by requiring
the publication of campaign expendi-
lures. It is calculated to make the pro-
moters of canvasses modest and careful
in their OUTLAWS. Itemized accounts can
not well be doctored SO as to deceive the
public or suppress heavy and perhaps
questionable disbursements. If not alb
solute assurance, this method is at least
the very best one known thus far. And
1t IS rather late no w to preach against it.
I Herald and News.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-24
THE POLITICAL CONTEST.
The Vote this Year VIII Be Upon Local Issues and Not On National
The Right Of Independence Discussed

Senator Crane of Massachusetts,, the
political roundsman of the TAFT admins
tration, is inspecting Vermont and New
Hampshire from his motor car.
For a Republican such a trip should
be joy-ride. Vermont gave Mr.. Taft
more than three-fourths of its votes in
1908. New Hampshire buried Bryan by
10000. What has happened?
''To Vermont burdened with higher
costs of living is the maple sugar tariff
a benefit forgot? Have the Winston
Churchill insurgents in New Hampshire
got the better of Jethro Bass and the
railroad lobby?
"Whatis the matter? THY is the over
worked Crane automobile roller coasting
up and down the rock-ribbed hills where
in the past Democracy has winter-killed?
Are all the states becoming Ohios?"-
New York World.
Probably Mr.. Crane did not get much
satisfaction out of his trip through YER
mont, unless he saw the right people to
give him the rosy color of the wish that
was father to the thought.
But the World need not anticipate too
extensive significance from the vote in
Vermont next month. The election
here will be decided on local issues, no
matter what may be said to the contrary.
Vermont is Republican on national issues,
but it will improve an of-year in which
to help set its house in order, no matter
what any campaign committee may say.
Probably The Messenger will be ac-
cused of all kinds of things for speaking
so plainly, but part of the mission of a
newspaper is to tell the truth.-[St. AL
bans Messenger.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-24
Settle Home Matters This Time.

The Republican state committee,
through its press agent, is making an
appeal for a big majority next month on
nationalissues especially the tariff. That
was all right, once upon time, but that
time has passed. The state campaign,
particularly in an off year, will be waged
on state issues. And it ought to be-.
There should be opportunity, at least
once in four years, of giving special at
tention to those matters that concern
Vermont itself. Otherwise there would
be little prospect of interesting our peo-
pie in their home matters and taking
Judgment. The committee is adopting a
much wiser policy in depending largely
upon printed appeals to the public in
stead of upon spellbinders.-[He Herald and
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-24
WEST WATERFORD.

Mr.. and Mrs. R. M. Lawrence re-
turned from Old Orchard last We'd
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. Beck and three
children from st. Johnsbury visited
her mother, Mrs. Emily Hovey, and
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Hovey, last Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Pease visited
Mr.. and Mrs. R. M. Lawrence Sun
day.
Wesley Cushman is visiting at his
fathers, Charles Cushman's.
S. F. Cutting and son, Rupert,
went to Concord, August 10, field
day.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-24
Can't Be Rid1culed AWAY.

Under the guise of ridicule several Yer
mont newspapers are trying to shield
DR.. Mead in his attitude towards pub
fishing campaign expenses. Because
there happens to be items in a candi-
dates list showing the expenditure for
postage stamps is no reason for thinking
the principle of filing statement is ridic-
ulous. Indeed, it proves the opposite. by
showing the intention to make the state
ment absolutely correct. 1t would be a
farce if one omitted some of the items on
the ground that they were of little ac-
count anyway. If the statement were
to be of such looseness, any items that
the candidate did not wish to make
known would be omitted; hence the
statement would be utterly worthless as
showing the exact campaign expenses.
Ridicule the filed statements to your
hearts content, dear contemporaries, yet
you know that such a statement ought
to be filed by every candidate for gov
erner.-[ Londonderry Sitter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-24
Spend No Money For Teams.

Robert c. Bacon and ]. 6. Stafford, of
Brattleboro, candidates for the Republi-
can nomination for representative in the
legislature, have already performed a
public service in signing an agreement
not to use teams or automobiles in bring
ing voters to the polls, and not to expend
money except for personal expenses in
going around to visit the voters. 1t is to
be, hoped that the methods in vogue To-
cally in recent elections of sending work
ers out with all sorts of conveyances. to
search the by-ways and hedges to com
pei the lame the halt and the unwilling
to come in, are gone forever, and that
hereafter a candidate for nomina-
ton will not feel obliged to maintain
headquarters, and to dig deep into his
jeans for hired workers. numerous boxes
of cigars and incidental expenses which
in the aggregate make up a sum which is
a financial burden. We hope the next
representative from Brattleboro will in
troduce bill making compulsory the
methods which Messrs. Bacon aud Stat
ford have voluntarily adopted.-[V Yer
mont Phoenix.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-24
Too Much For The Committee.

Cant Mead's campaigners induce the
Republican candidate to follow progress
sive ideas and announce his campaign
expenses? That should be their first eff
fort."-Barre Times.
We are apt to demand a good deal of
the Republican state committee in its
campaign work, but the absolutely i'm
possible must not be expected. There is
nothing that can induce Doctor Mead to
reveal his political expense account tor
the past year. He is in favor of next
years candidates doing it. but if that lit
tie cur, called campaign expenses, which
has already caused him so much real
trouble, comes to his front door, wag-
ging its tail, simply because he patted it
on the head before the folks in the state
convention, it will get kicked into the
middle OF the street. good and hard; and
then see if he knows enough to keep out
of sight. The doctor is very busy man
with his thoughts and other things and
must not be disturbed.-[N orth6eldN News.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-24
PASSuMPSIC

N J. Rash and wife are visiting in
Stanstead, P. O..
Dick Wright has moved to his
new home he bought of Arthur
Parker.
Isabelle Smith from Littleton is
visiting here
Mrs. Mcbride and son from Mont
real are visiting her sister, Maud
Symes.
Mrs Fred Miles returned from her
New Hampshire trip LAST week.
Marjory Nelson was visiting her
school mates here last week, the Nc
Gill girls.
Mrs. Edward Vigneau1t is visiting
in Littleton.
Mark Carr went to Barnet Satur-
day to visit us folks and will go to
Barre Monday for week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Gray are
rejoicing over the birth of a daugh-
ter, born the 18th.
Mrs. Waldo Reed is on the sick
list.
Clarence Bonette was in Boston
the last of the week on a business
trip.
Mrs Frank Shampany spent day
in Wells River last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Julian Arpin of Nit
chen Station, Can, are visiting re-
latives here. Mrs. Arpin was former
ly Sophia Rash Of this place.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-24

TERMS OF THE CALIFORNIAN.
One year to any address, $1.20
Six months, -
Three months, ~ oO
Ciergymen in Caledonia County, $1.oO
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-24

Commissioner c. J. Driscoll of the New
York bureau of weights and measures
says that eggs in that state mist be sold
by weight, both wholesale and retail
and that if the dealers believe he is
wrong they must appeal to the courts.
He says that in buying eggs by weight
the purchaser can distinguish between
cold storage and fresh eggs as the stor-
age eggs are lighter than the fresh. The
heavier the egg the better its quality.
If these statements are correct it would
seem that eggs by weight come the near
est to a square deal"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-24

No matter how strongly any party
endorses wrong principle or practice it
cannot make it right. If it is not right
it is not desirable. Mr.. Voter do you
believe it is right to spend money as free
ly as has been the custom in securing the
republican nomination for governor If
not, vote as you think and vote for a
man for governor who has the honesty
and courage to tell the people of the
state just how much his nomination
cost him. 1t will be doing your party
and your state the best kind of service.
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