St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-10-18
PRESS COMMENT.
CALIFORNIAN List Approved.

/ publican national convention; re-
printed in another column, can hard
ly fail to meet the general approval
of all friends of the party. 1t would
be difficult to pick more satisfact-
DRY list from the many distinguish
ed republicans in this state. The
Brattleboro Phoenix says that Mr.
Fits is too busy with his extensive
low practice to care to go, but in
view of the fact that Windsor coun-
ty had delegate at large four years
ago it thinks that Windham county
is entitled to the honor and makes
the admirable suggestion of Col. j.
Gray Estey of it's town for the posi-
tion.-[Northfield News.
Mr.. DeBoer and the -Governorship.
In all that has been said about
candidates for the governorship next
year, the name of Joseph A. DeBoer
of Montpelier has figured more or
less prominently. With a desire to
learn his position towards such
candidacy, The Times addressed the
following note to Mr.. DeBoer:
1.-THE Times writes to inquire if
you are to be candidate for the re-
publican nomination for governor
next year. Although it is nearly
nine months to convention time, we
believe it none too early for one to
declare his position, and as your
name has been mentioned as a pos
sible candidate, The Times would
like to know if you are to be so con-
sidered."
To this enquiry, Mr.. DeBoer has
replied, as follows:
October Z, 1911.
a p11h1ichor
Barre Daily Times,
Barre, Vermont.
Dear Sir: 1 have your favor of
the 4th instant, asking if l am to be
considered as a candidate for the
nomination of governor in 1912.
''In answer permit me to say that
I have made no campaign and mean
to make no campaign for the nomi-
nation, being prevented from so
doing by the demands upon me Of
/ the business in which l am employ
| ed
''I would like to add, while I do
not expect, as some papers have sug-
gested, to have anything passed up
to me on a plate, that if for any rea-
son the party should see fit to nomi-
nate me, would accept, having new
er declined to do any public duty
with which I have been charged. l
regret that for the reason stated
above I cannot give the time and
energy which usage seems to require
in a campaign for the nomination. |
have been urged thereto by great
many friends in every part of the
state, to all of whom I am most
heartily obliged.
your very truly,
CLOS A. DEBOER' -
To put it even more briefly than
Mr.. DeBoer, he would like to be the
nominee for governor but business
demands, much to his regret, pre-
vent him giving the time necessary
to make a personal canvass for it.
But should it be necessary for a
man to neglect his business affairs to
secure the nomination for governor,
if he is a man well fitted for the
position? Isn't there a growing
sentiment that too much time and
money have been spent in the past
in the scramble to secure the nOmi-
nation for governor? If, then, Mr..
DeBoer is the best man in the field,
why not nominate him? The Times
believes him to be the best man. He
is a progressive citizen, whose activi-
ty in pushing Vermont to the front
| is we'll known. He has Well-dehned
ideas as to the government of the
state and has reached that stage in
, life where he feels he would like to
devote two years to the states SER
vice. What his ideas are as to state
affairs he has already made known
in the speech he made as presiding
, officer at the last state convention.
The Times believes he is the best
man the party can nominate next
year-[Barre Times.
The Quick and the Dead.
Two young men started in bust
ness once with the same amount of
capital. Each opened on the first
day of the month at identically the
, same hour. The first year each was
about equally blessed with trade and
closed his books with fair-sized
. surplus. One put his surplus into
the bank. The other doubled his
advertising outlay and spent a hun
dred dollars or SO for sign that
could be read several blocks away.
Another year rolled around and
when each balanced up his books the
one who put his surplus in the bank
found that he had earned just about
the same surplus he had the year
previous, while the other found that
his had doubled. They were thus
equally well off so far as cash was
concerned-but one had doubled his
business. Seeing the principle of the
thing, the man who had doubled his
advertising appropriation at the end