The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-18
Regrets His Words During De-
bate on Stones Election
ALL OFFICERS REELECTED
Only Contest over the Office
Of State Superintendent of
Education.


bers of the house being in their
seats.
In the house Mr. Cook of Lyndon
arose and stated that he was shocked
by the language used by Mr.. Jose of
Johnson yesterday in the debate over
the election of Superintendent Stone.
Mr.. Jose, said Mr.. Cook, also regrett-
ed the occurrence and on Tuesday
would make an apology to the house
and to Speaker Plumley.
Montpelier, Oct 1.-THE legisla-
ture met in joint assembly this after
noon for the election of Supreme
court and county judges, superinten-
dent OF education and several other
state officers whose election is not
provided for otherwise. In all cases
! the present incumbents were elected.
The only contest was that for the
! office of superintendent of education
and Mason S. Stone the present in
| cumbent, won out easily. He received
! 1874 votes. H. ]. Stannard of Barton
/ had 70 and n ]. Whitehall had one.
This was the first time the legisla-
1 tors have had a chance for display
| of oratory, and the afternoon was
largely devoted to eloquence, the
school superintendency being the
magazine for the ammunition of
words and phrases.
The opposition TO Mr.. Stones re-
election came from the normal school
/ interests and members in past legis
latures who have been opposed to
him. Mr.. Jose of Johnson led the
opposition He laid stress on the
paragraph in Gov. Mead's farewell
address in which he made reference
to the normal schools and said that
no state located theirs in such small
towns as is done in Vermont In AN
swer to this Mr. Jose quoted from the
| Maine report to show that one of
| their schools is located in a town
smaller than Johnson. He declared
the normal schools did not have a
fair deal, nor fair chance TO show
what they could do. and he laid a
large part of the blame on the Office
of the superintendent of education
"On the evening of the appointment
OF the committees" said Mr.. Jose, 81
had a talk with the speaker. | had a
talk also with the superintendent of
education.
What is the matter with you,
JOSEF he inquired.
81 told him.
Had | known that you would like
to go on the committee on state
schools he said, you would have
gone there.
Such vas the power that Mr.. Stone
wielced Mr.. Jose continued, that ne
could place men on the committees.
Mr.. Jose said he considered the com
mittee as sanctifed as a jury, but
with committe made up of nine true
/ friends OF Mason S Stone what
could they expect? 1t was not a
trial by jury.
Senator Laird of Montpelier de
Tended Supt Stone He said the OPP
position of the Normal schools came
because of the Teachers Training
courses. but that was the effect of the
law and could not be charged TO the
superintendent The speaker likened
Mr.. Stone to a judge of the Supreme
court who had given the best years of
his life for the state. If they made
change II would take q new man
six years to know as much about the
work as Mr.. Stone knows today.
The election of judges Of the Su-
preme court resulted in the choice of
all the present incumbents as fol.
lows:
John W Rowell Of Randolph. chief
Judge; Loveland Munson of Manches.
ter; John II. Watson of Montpelier
Seneca Hazelton of Burlington; Geo
NJ Powers OF Morrisville.
All the present superior judges OF
the County courts were reelected, as
follows:
Willard W. Miles Of Barton; Flea
ger l.. Waterman Of Brattleboro: vii
liam II. Taylor of Hardwick; Zed S
Stanton of Roxbury; Fred NJ. Butler
OF Rutland. Frank L. Fish of Yer
gennes.
Other state officers elected. in ad
dition to the superintendent of educa
ton, were: Sergeant at arms. Frank
T. Parsons, OF Montpelier; adjutant
and inspector general, Lee s Tillot
son OF St Adams; Judge advocate
general, Aaron II. Grout of Newport
commissioner OF weights and measlr
es, Hugh II. Henry Of Chester, trus
tees OF the University of Vermont
and State Agricultural college. Ebe
nezer J. Ormsbee of Brandon. Nelson
W. Fish OF Isle La Motto and Red
field Proctor Of Proctor
The House committee on elections