Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-07-31

is still further strengthened by the
denomination to that body of the
Hon. Porter II. Dale of Island Pond.
Rutland News.
Help Direct to the Farmer.
The cooperation of the next govern
or of Vermont and the state. Leglsla.
ture ought to be assured by Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson, who proposes
that IN Vermont as in other states
practical and scientific instruction in
agriculture should be taken to the
farmer under his own vine and fig
tree or in his own field or upland as
the case may be. An agricultural
college cannot always carry on extern
sion work to an advantage through
lack of facilities and money. The
Burlington Free Press in this connec-
ton adverts to Mr.. Allen M. Fetch
er's long continued interest in this
movement and bespeaks his sincere
cooperation in the plan.-Rutland
Herald.
Roosevelt on Vermonters.
Ex-President Theodore Roosevelt,
in q recent issue of The Outlook, pays
his respects to the Vermont delegates
to the Republican national convention
in Chicago last month. and also to
Senator Dillingham; for his position
on the Lorimer case. Mr.. Roosevelt,
among other things. said:
1.-The big powerful leaders in the
movement which was crowned with
infamous success at Chicago are men
who are rather flattered by having
their names associated with success
ful political fraud. with the thwarting
of the peoples will and the upsetting
of honest principles of government.
They utterly disbelieve in the people
and most of them regard with suspic-
ion as a hypocrite any man who in
profession or practice adheres to rules
of decency and morality in public life.
The majority of the followers of these
men were hand picked delegates of
the usual cheap politician type, men
chosen by the bosses to do their bust
| ness and incapable of doing anything
except take orders. But associated
with them were some delegates-not
very large number, but still some
who unquestionably felt uncomfort-
able about certain of the things that
they were required to do. These men
men who in private life were doubt
less citizens of good repute-never
would have dreamed of acting toward
neighbor or business associate In
accordance with the standards to
which they adhered in the Chicago
convention.
"Some of these respectable dele
gates who by their votes crowned
with success the Infamous proceed
ings of their leaders were doubtless
influenced merely by the curious
weakness which seems to come over
some men when they touch political
matters.
"Take the case of the Vermont
men. for instance. There is no state
in the union with higher average OF
citizenship than Vermont. It's people
represent to a peculiar degree the
old-time American traditions. The
public life Of the state is honest.
The average Vermonter. wherever he
is met, is apt to be guided by an un.
usually high standard of personal &C.
ton. Yet six of the delegates from
Vermont supported by their votes the
national committee in stealing from
the people the delegates whom the
people had honestly elected and ir
seating fraudulent delegates in their
places. I do not believe that these
men would have countenanced such
action at home. But apparently they
felt toward it when committed out
side their home state as Senator Dill
ingham, of Vermont. felt toward the
Lorimer case. ! do not believe Sena
tor Dillingham; would have counte
nanced-certainly he would not have
openly countenanced-any Vernon
politician doing in Vermont the things
that were done in Illinois. and which
resulted in the election of Mr.. Lori
mer to the United States Senate
Yet, as senator, Mr.. Dillingham; de-
Tended Mr.. Lorimer. In the same
way, as delegates, these Vernon
men voted for conduct which they
could not defend before any hones
and well-informed audience of the
people of their own state.
Sin their fundamentals the tive
cases were on par. The men WHIT
support Mr.. Lorimer are naturally
and inevitably the men who supper
Mr.. Taft. The Lorlmer delegates al
Chicago all voted for Mr.. Taft
Every Roosevelt man at Chicago
like every Roosevelt man at Washing
ton, was an opponent of Mr.. Lorimer
Every man who condones or approves
the action taken at Chicago is doinf
his part to spread practices which, i
successful, would mean the inevitable
and certain triumph throughout thu
entire Union of the kind of politician
which has found its highest expires
sion in Mr.. Lorimer himself and O.
the kind of political practice which
found its expression in the election
: of Mr.. Lorimer to the United State
Senate. Then men of Vermont, o
Massachusetts or of other state
who profess hostility in only one real
ly effective way and that is by re
pudiating the action taken at Chi