St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-05-29


officials whereby he should not be
required to make out an inventory
of his personal property, that there
was an understanding as to the
amount that would be satisfactory to
Mr.. Fletcher, that later on about the
year 1906 certain of the CaVendish
listers demanded that Mr.. Fletch-
er make out an inventory of his per-
sonal estate for the purpose of tax
alton in said town; that Mr.. Fletch-
er deliberately refused so to do on
the ground that he had an arrange
ment with the town; that for ten
years at least this condition existed;
that the present year said Fletcher
had made out an inventory and has
grand list far greater than under
the so-called arrangement" that
said Fletcher is reputed to be worth
many millions of dollars; that said
Fletcher early in February came out
den Of the inequalities of taxation
and that on his own record he stands
before the state of Vermont as an
insiacere man.
We further charge that said
Fletcher is directly or indirectly the
owner of thousands of acres of YER
mont timberland farm lands where
in the policy has been to abandon
farming operations and in fact all
systems of improvements and that
in the towns of Plymouth, Reading,
! Bridgewater and Woodstock can be
seen a vast region wide, desolate
and dreary by his influence where
the chief sign that the hand of man
controls is the sign prohibiting fish
ing or hunting.
Fletcher also came out as as fav-
oring 1.-The uplift of the rural COM
munities," we further state that soon
after said coming OUT nearly all
the voters of the town of Plymouth
| in Windsor county signed petition
wherein they begged Leighton P.
| Slack to become candidate for
governor and that as a result Of said
canvass there were found in all OF
the town of Plymouth but two men
who said they would vote for Fletch-
er and in respect of his treatment OF
the small towns we again charge Mr..
Fletcher with insincerity.
| 1t is further believed that Mr..
Fletcher"s record in the legislature
showed him a weak man and many
believed him a dodger, that at one
| of the sessions at mock session he
was elected president of the duck
er's club" And we further state
that the measures that he has been
most STRONGLY identified with have
been in the interest of the few. We
further state that we believe the
common voters of Vermont are go-
! ing to run things this year and that
ring rule and the intricate system
of wire pulling and covert intimida-
ton are to receive a death blow at
their hands.
And agan we assert that Joseph
! A. DeBoer is the logical man of the
hour. That he has been charged by
papers in which it is suspected that
Mr.. Fletcher has a financial inter
est with not being popular man
and not having strength, as though
failure to run an auto up and
down the state for months seeing
the people I'D and a failure to go
in for a selfish scramble for Office
were things against a man.
Mr. Fletcher's candidacy is fail
ure in his own county, and if so why
should the other counties think of
his candidacy? This tax record alone
bespeaks the futility of his candi-
dacy. Is it fair as it is just treat
ment of those less fortunate in this
WOIlQ SOOQS LndA lie d40 w liz NoA-
not by reason of their lack of mill
lions make arrangements" with the
listers in utter disregard of the spirit
of the law and of justice, herself?-
montpelier Argus.
Senators by Popular Vote.
1t is perhaps too much to ask any
sincere disciple of the government
by emotion to burden his intellect
with facts, but there remain some
citizens who are not adverse to
calm consideration of conditions as
they exist and have existed over a
considerable period of time. To
these we suggest an excursion into
history, certainly amusing and pos
sibly instructive.
Let the names of all the men who
have represented in the senate of
the United States any state of the
Union be written on slips of paper,
one slip to each name. Let these
slips be shaken in a hat and let some
innocent and disinterested person
draw from the hat a number of
names equal to the number of men
who have held the Office of governor
in the state selected for the expert
ment While the drawing is in pro-
gress have the names of the gov
ernors written on a sheet of paper.
When the drawing of the names
is finished transcribe them from the
slips to the paper on which the
names of the governors are written,
putting the name of a senator OPP
posite each name of the governor.
This double list having been made
up, let the records and deeds of the
senators be compared dispassionate
ly with the records and deeds of the
governors, that the praiseworthy
contributions of each and all to the
public welfare and the public ras-
calities of each and all, may be APP
praised.
This having been done, let the ex-
perimenter write the names of the
present members of the Senate in
two columns, one senator from each
state in each column and compare
the public performances of the men