St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-08-09
PRESS COMMENT.
Vermont Bids Him Welcome.


Club in Sharon of Elmer A. Darling
of New York city and East Burke,
in Caledonia county. AS man of
affairs, and one of varied attain
ments and interests, Mr.. Darling has
country wide reputation. AS a
long time president of the American
Jersey Cattle association he has done
invaluable service for the better
ment of American rural economy,
and his efforts along this line have
been further emphasized by the own
ership Of his valued country estate
"Burklyn'' in East Burke. That
Mr.. Darling now still further identi-
fies himself with Vermont life by
membership in the Lake Mitchell as
ISOLATION, is matter for statewide
congratulation, for it is the identi-
f1cation with and participation in
its social and material life of such
men that will make for the good of
all, for the very existence of the
Lake Mitchell organization is illus
trative of the opportunities that are
of and in Vermont White River
Junction Landmark.
He Was Paired
Senator Dillingham; is not com
manding an ever-increasing conf
dence by the stand he has taken on
several matters that have come be-
fore the Senate recently. The Lori
mer investigation is still fresh in
mind; and the attitude taken by him
in the Canadian reciprocity matter
was not very courageous one.
When the latter bill was voted upon,
Senator Dillingham; is reported as
present but not voting To be sure,
his vote would have made no differ
ence in the outcome, but the princi-
pie is there just the same. We like
to see Vermont congressman vote on
the important measures, at least.
That is what they are in Washington
for. II Londonderry Sitter.
Fairness to Senator Dillingham; in
the reciprocity matter demands that
it be publicly understood that he did
not vote because he was paired
with Senator Tillman of South Caro-
lima. He could not have been pre-
sent but not voting" under ordinary
circumstances, no matter how much
he might have wanted to dodge the
issue, because the Senate rules would
not permit him to do it. However,
Senator Dillingham; was opposed to
the reciprocity, measure and printed
and distributed to his Vermont con-
stituents his arguments against it.
or in the Senate.
Incidentally, and regardless of
Senator Dillingham's action in this
case, the Senate pairing" business
is getting to be of doubtful benefit
to the public service.-[St Adams
Messenger.
Senator Dillingham; has register
ed no vote in the Senate, so far as
we have observed, for two years or
moreover since the Illness of SEN
ator Tillman. No matter what ques-
ton came up the senior senator
from Vermont was absolutely gag
ged. He has been dumb while
other states had voice. He gave no
indication in the Senate that Yer
mont had any interest in the ma
tional government. On every roll
call he gave the stereotyped ans
wer: PAIRED with Senator Tillman."
A photograph could have done that.
If a pair" is so sacred, so binding
upon senators that they cannot visi-
bly, represent their state in the SEN
ate for years, the device should be
abandoned. Mr.. Tillman may live
between life and death for many
months. Shall Vermont remain
is broken by death?-[ Burlington
Daily News.
Becoming Educated.
Theodore N Vail, president of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
company, hits the bull s-eye of truth
by saying:
It is largely the abuse of profess
sional speculative promoters and
swindling security vendors, mostly
on a comparatively small scale, not
in any way associated with or con-
nected with the general business or
CARNATIONS or systems, that has been
the cause of most of the odium sur
rounding the machinery of business.
A pure food law for securities, en-
acted in a spirit of friendship for
rather than hostility toward corpor-
ate organizations-this is one of the
things this country must some day
have, and the sooner the better. 1t
is a good thing that men like Mr..
Vail are getting their eyes opened.
Not all the ignorance in this coun-
try has been with the demagogues
and the agitators. Men who should
have known better have stood in the
way of reasonable supervision over
security issues. Every country in
the world except our own has such
supervision and receives reasonable
assurance that stocks and bonds
when they are put on the market
represent honest value.
If the members of the stock ex-
changes and men interested in the
large corporations had taken the
leadership of the reforming move
ment instead of blindly opposing it,
much unfortunate history in this
country would never have been
made. By fighting reasonable reg
ulation men in charge of large pro-
perties have broken that relation of
confidence that should exist between
the people at large and their bust
ness and industrial leaders. This
confidence can be restored in but one
way, and that is by avoiding the con-
duct that has weakened it, Mr..
Vail can do no better work than to
continue to educate his business as
sociates and to advise them to be
controlled by their heads rather than