Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-07-17
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
Young Men Recognized.

Young Men Recognized.
Had you noticed that the republican
state ticket, ide from the head, is
They are good ones too. Morrisville
Mess enger.
Need No Third Party Here.
There is no excuse for third party
in Vermont this year. Anyone who
will not support Taft can vote for
Wilson with a clean conscience, as he
is a clean, able man. Morrisville
| Messenger.
Out of Balance.
The fact that Vermont spends
$4,000 on hedgehogs and $4,000 on
publicity indicates that she is still
looking at needed legislation through
the wrong end of the telescope
Burlington Clipper.
Where was Judge F. D. Thompson
of Barton when the new" declara-
tion of independence" was signed?
Doesn't he realize that the congress
sional campaign was over in this dis
trict two weeks ago?-Brattleboro
Reformer.
Are You Sure?
In their recent convent ton, Orleans
county republicans adopted a string
of resolutions that required nearly
three columns of the Newport Ex-
press and Standard to print. In a
somewhat hasty reading We noted but
one important omission-there was
no remedy suggested for "pip" in
| aE nd
CIRCUIT Good Fighter.
Aaron Grout defeated Harry Black
by a vote of fifty to twenty three in
the contest for the states attorney
ship in Orleans county. This is not
the first hot political contest to be
won by GrOut and indicates that the
family characteristic is strong in the
younger generations of a family long
prominent in VermOnt's political his
tory.-St. Johnsbury Caledonian.
Bosses Become Leaders"
T. r. brings out his Bull Moose
party, regardless of the outcome al
Baltimore. He finds both the ole
parties firm in the clutches of crook ee
politicians and predatory interests
with himself the only means of saliva
ton. Many of his former follower
have left him, some for one party
some for another but others still
e cleave to him enough to form a nu
= cleus. With Perkins, Munsey anc
Il others to finance it and EXPOSES
Finn and Woodruff to pilot it's des
TIMES, the new party may create g
n good deal of commotion. By tn
# way, it is noticeable how quickly "in
fcSt fo ho do
"bosses" become Headers" whe
'e they espouse T. R.-Rau1olph Her
r. aid and News.
y Free Trade Ruinous.
'e Woodrow Wilson has before hir
the Herculean task of defending
free trade tariff plank written by
q Bryan. "-Rutland News
After many years the free trader
Il have gained complete control of tn
7r Democratic party and named one O
m the most violent of free traders fo
w president. Skilled wOrkmen of ever
:, trade and farmers should not alloy
le the dust raised by other issues t
ar blind their eyes to these facts Ere
m trade is beautiful in theory, but ruin
Gus in practice. 1t means inevitabI
lower wages and less money in circu
lation. Read the history of airy man
70 ufacturing nation which has trie
lie both free trade and protection durin
20 the past 100 years, or ask any ma
who worked for a living during tn
lie great depression of 20 years age
a Wilson is fine type of manhood an
r. his platform contains many splendi
things. but his free trade advocacy
a a fatal weakness. -Bennington. Bar
~ ner.
es Come into the Oper.
nd Senator Robert M. LaFollette, g
he original Republican Progressive, wi
feels that his patent was infringe
and his thunder stolen by Colon
Roosevelt, and that the latter ust
n him unfairly in the presidential ca
m vass, in an utterance last week, put
he it up to T, r. as follows :-Theodo
- Roosevelt entered the contest for Il
III presidential nomination as tProgre
en- sive.' He made a strenuous campaie
'ty for votes and a noisy scramble
tv delegates on the ground that he re
~ resented progressive doctrines.
ey this fight he had the backing of tt
:" Steel Trust and the Harvest
ma Trust Financial giants like Pc
l. kins, Eanna and Munsey contrib1t
to his case. His campaign was cha
'ou acterized bv a riotous expenditure
the money. Yet he has made no publ
S. accounting He has not taken t
80 American people into his confidenc