Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-08-18
Tho Governorshlp In 1912

Before the canvass for the republican
nomination for governor begins in
earnest it will be we'll for the voters and
taxpayers of the state to take into &C.
count the considerations they will per-
init to govern them in making selec-
,tiou.
One trouble nth Vermont has been
that it has regarded the governorship as
something of pastime. For decades
the state merely drifted and not few
of our governors, though able men,
simply drifted with it. They attended
to the routine duties of the position,
did well the work which presented it.
self from day to day, tackled the prob
lens that forced themselves to the front,
and depended mostly upon the current
of the streams to move the craft of the
state. There have been exceptions, but
not many.
| To-day the people of Vermont are in
no mood to drift. A new and noble
impulse of life has seized upon all sec
tions of our grand Green Mountain
state. If you have not felt it, you need
to rub your eyes. Start in at Brattle
boro and you see that people are doing
things as never before. Jump over into
Bennington county, and you find new
impetus has been impaired to progress
in that section. Go over the whole
state, not forgetting to stop at Burling
ton on the way, and you will discover
that the day of old things has passed
and things are becoming new. Tn,
governorship has ceased to be snecure
1t must be made still less of an "eas,
chair.
The people of Vermont are today
) running big business concern, anc
they want a general manager who cal
hustle. But that is not all. Ray Col
Inns can hustle on the baseball diamond
but nobody would think of makiug hin
governor on that account. We want
man who can not only hustle but whit
can also accomplish broad results, a
shown by his management of his OWL
and other affairs.
Now what would great bushes
3 concern do under these circumstances
What did the trustees of the Universit
, OF Vermont do when they needed new
: general manager3 They did not sto1
! to try any experiments. They did no
? merely take the man who "wanted tn
job. They hunted until they found
man who had demonstrated his abilit,
to do just what they wanted done her
in Vermont, and they selected Presiden
Benton, who has already impaired
3 new and marked impetus to the stat
' university.
! 1t is to be noted in this connection
+ that the successful business concern an
J, the great educational institution do NO
! change general managers every tw
9 years. Some time Vermont will sto
g this foolishness and insist upon retain
d ing for reasonable time the services
}, the captain who is not content to drift
r but who when necessary insists upo
8 driving the craft full speed up stream
y For the present, however, we believ
= geographical precedents, and the "mour
u tain line" does not worry us, for if thel
Is is any man on either side of it VII
IS ought to be governor for his two-ye.
'e term will not long be postponed.
% According to precedent the governo
In ship goes to the second COMPRESSION
Is district next time. If you will run ov'
Is the list Of men who have demonstrate
ry their capacity to manage their own a
fairs as we would want to have the sta
IT. managed, and who at the same tin
VI have shown to the world that they a
nd big, broad men, who could make VI
to mont edo things, you will soon d
Dr. covere that their name is not legie
by The moment you drop below Il
OF class you find hundred men in vario