Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-12-20
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
Travelling the Brattleboro Gait.

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Travelling the Brattleboro Gait.
If all towns in Vermont could fol-
ow the lead of Brattleboro there
would be no question of decadence
or any fear of what the census figures
would show. Beside the commercial /
buildings that have gone up there dur
ing the present year, running into
several hundreds of thousands of dol
lars. 38 dwellings have been con-
structed. Where dwellings are going
up will be found growth and pros
perity. Let us all travel the
Brattleboro gait. Huntington Clipper.
Vermonters an Congress.
In the assignment of Senator Dill
bingham TO the foreign relations COM
mittee Vermont gets one of the
most desirable of all the SEN
ate committee assignments. With
Congressman Foster the ranking re-
publican in the House committee and
Senator Dillingham; member of the
Senate committee, Vermont is we'll
represented in the conduct of our for
eign affairs. Senator Page has been
advanced recently TO the Craftsmanship
of the printing committee and it
chairman of the important committee
on agriculture before long by Senator
Proctor -Montpelier Journal.
A Newspaper Reputation.
Says the Montpelier Argus: "The
majority of voters know Mr.. De
Boer." With entire candor we
venture the assertion that the MAORI
| ty of voters do not know Mr.. DeBoer
and never will know him, whether he
be elected governor or not. He is
not that kind. He has peculiarly
large newspaper reputati on within
this state but his personal acquaint-
ance among the people is not
considerable. That he would make
competent governor we are pleased to
J believe That he has the qualities
that would make him a successful
candidate for the nomination or an
especially successful vote-getUer if
nominated, we very much doubt. -
Windsor Journal.
Vermont's Problem.
Vermont's record of twenty MUIR
ders last year is the full quota of our
state in making up percentage of
homicides for the union quite beyond
anything that any other civilized
country can show. We hold human
life cheap here in America, and the
increase in the crime of murder is
horrifying when We stop to think of
it, Scores of causes figure toward it
the pace we live; the high strung
temperament of our people the influx
of undesirable immigrants; the de-
cadence of the native stock in many
localities the use of strong liquors,
etc. We should add also the notoriety
given high crimes in newspapers and
otherwise; the uncertainty of dis
covery; the greater uncertainty of
conviction and ultimate punishment of
whatever form. Crime begets crime.
murder begets murder. The more
prevalent it becomes the more it will
increase, by force of emulation and
suggestion. A Society for the Pre-.
vention of Murder would sound badly
enough in this Christian state and
nation, but it would find plenty to do
from the start.-Randolph Herald and
News
Why Pray for Legislature?
The st. Adams Messenger has been
meditating on religion. The outcom e
> is not conviction of sin. but merely a
few questions. They follow.
"What Vermonter can tell why Yer
mont biennially pays two chaplains to
conduct religious services during the
session of the state legislature, when
: Article of the Declaration of Rights
reads:
THAT all men have natural and in
alienable right, to worship Almighty
God, according to the dictates of their
own conscience and understandings,
as in their opinion shall be regulated
by the word of GOD, and that no man
ought to. or Of right can be compelled
to attend any religious worship, or
erect or supply any place of worship.
: or maintain any minister. contrary to
the dictates of his conscience etc.
''How is the state treasurer author
lied to spend the money of A, and
C, private citizens, to pay Legislative
chaplain who breaches a religion
they do not believe? How can the
state under the national or it's Cwr
, constitution conduct any religious ex-
ercises whatever and do it lawfully?'
The st. Adams contemporary is ar
advocate of broad-minded. liberia
= know that it is only the sectariar
. bigot who has a SILVER when hi
: hears the Bible read and a prayer
. offered by man not of his denomina
tion. No man with soul as large a.
pea bean will have fit when an.
minister or priest, no matter VIVA
p the denomination. leads in simpl
d devotional exercise. Then. too, tn
d average Vermont legislature need
prayers as all good citizens know. :
Bellows Falls Times.
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