St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-06-19
PRESS COMMENT
A Decision That VIII Promote the
Development OF Water Power.

A Decision That VIII Promote the
Development OF Water Power.
One of the most far-reaching de-
cisions ever made by the supreme
Court of Vermont was that recently
handed down in the case of light
and power companies taking lands
under "the right of eminent do
main" that has only for years been
invoked for public purposes. In
the case in question a certain COM
any had bought a certain piece OF
land, presumably to block the full
development of the water power of
another and rival company. Under
old decisions this land could not be
taken and must be bought at the
price the company set upon it, which
was prohibitive, and so intended to
be. The land in question was
worth very little intrinsically for
any purpose. The supreme court
now holds that any company de-
veloping power for general use to
sell to anybody at a uniform price
| is a public benefit and entitled to
the right Of eminent domain" in
taking lands necessary for the prop
er development of the water power.
Morrisville and other large indus
!
cision which is a broad, common
sense one, it strikes us.-C Morris
vile Messenger.
Paper Served its Town.
One woman questioned the advis-
ability of it and became convinced
that she was wrong, and it is for the
/ benefit of those who do not under
stand, that this editorial is written.
FT~I- ~ - ~
Democrat, Don't you think per-
haps your short article about scarlet
fever will have the tendency to
scare people to death?" And the
| editor answered, mot half as much
as the distorted rumors about
| town, for the Democrat told the peo-
| PIE the true facts of the situation"
! Last week Monday the streets were
alive with frenzied rumors of scar
| let fever. Passing from mouth to
mouth, the actual few cases in exist
ence reached the grand total of 60.
In reality there we're just three
cases Children coming home from
school told their parents, the par
ents told the neighbors, and colored
with Imagination, awful stories be-
came rife. Last Wednesday the
Democrat had the power to put mat
tiers straight, and it did so, by telling
the truth. AS a result, rumor has
disappeared and facts are at hand.
The woman who first questioned the
advisability of publishing the facts
now agrees that they should be pub
lished by all means. The public
have confidence in the news publish
ed in the Democrat, and the public
are not afraid of the truth.-CCoos
| Comfy Democrat
Voters.
| A new census report about the
male voters of the country says that
there are 26,999,151 men in the
! United States who are old enough to
vote. Of these, 3,611, 278 are for
eign born whites not naturalized, SO
that the voting strength of the
country is a little more than 3,OOO,-
GOO. Less than fifteen million votes
were cast in the last Presidential
election.
Nearly forty-nine per cent, Of our
present male inhabitants of voting
age are native whites of native par
entage. Over sixteen per cent. more
! (4,5OO,OOO) are native whites of for
eign or mixed parentage. Eleven
rer cent. (3,O0O,OOO) are foreign
born whites naturalized.
Nine million males OF voting age
| live in cities of more than $4,000
inhabitants Of these, only twenty
two per cent. are native-born of ma
tive parentage, but forty-fve per
cent. are native born of foreign or
mixed parentage. Here in New
York there are nearly a million and
half males of voting age, of whom
not much more than one-third are
natiVe-bOrn and only 229362 ma
| tive-born of native parentage.
Evidently there are votes enough
to be had this year, and of ample
variety. What a very large and ex-
pensive job it is going to be to get
due proportion of them cast!-
| JHarper's Weekly.