Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-12-10
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
What Does 1t Mean?


as taken by the stenographers and .
compare it with the reports sent them
for publication they would find it
difficult to believe both relate to the
same hearing and to the testimony
of the same witnesses. Montpelier
Journal.
Will They Get Together?
Several leading Progressives have
said they believed their people would
be willing to get together with the
Republicans in supporting either State
Highway Commissioner Charles w.
Gates or former Secretary of State
Frederick G. Fleetwood for the govern
orship. We have also regarded Sec
rotary of State Bailey and Lieut.
Gov. Howe as thoroughly progressive
Republicans. Much is likely to depend
upon the issue championed by the
progressive Republicans can agree
Burlington Free Press.
The Real Reason
Certain Vermont newspapers loudly
proclaim that Guy w. Bailey cannot
be spared as secretary of state and
that disaster would follow if Charles
w Gates should cease to be state
highway commissioner, whenever the
suggestion is made that either gentle
man would make fine Republica
candidate for governor next year.
Yet we recall that only last year these
same newspapers were supporting
ticket which, if elected. would have
meant the loss of both these men as
state officials. We wonder if their
J present concern is not prompted by
desire to see a candidate for the
governorship named whom it would be
easier to beat than either Mr.. Gates
or Mr.. Bailey.-Randolph Herald and
| News.
Fleetwood as Progressive Governor.
Charles A. Prouty. United States
! senator from Vermont and Frederick
ZIG. Fleetwood of Morrisville for
governor. is the confident prediction of
the Burlington Clipper. The Clipper
is one of the Progressive party news
papers of the state and the fact that
the Progressive party leaders admit
: having tentatively offered their sena-
4 torial support to Mr.. Prolty naturally
: justifies the Inference that these same
leaders may have offered their guber-
material nomination to Mr.. Fleetwood.
Both Mr. Prouty and Mr.. Fleetwood
: are Republicans of advanced opinions
I and high ideals and if the Progressive
! ! party is willing to nominate Republic
l cans it seems as though there might
5 be no serious obstacle to the two
parties getting together in Vermont
: Bennington Banner.
j. When Ministers Salaries Go Unpaid.
The following from "Around the
e Town. column of the Boston Globe
n will be of interest to Vermonters and
e especially Glover people where Mr..
II orlv
e "Rev. A. w. Hewitt of Plainfeld. a
S well-known Methodist Episcopal min
g lister, who is both a forceful writer
+ and preacher, tells the following:
s ga green youth of FL, l was pastor
of my first church. l was homesick
+ and discouraged. and it was Christmas
a time, and I had no money to buy a
It present for any that I loved. At last
n | went to my financial agent and asked
n would he please collect me just 81 OF
e the hundreds long overdue. With the
e air of Jove giving his nod he handed
e me a paper dolar-and Immediately
e entered it on the ledger of his grist
n mill as 81 loaned! Now want that
&c man to go to Heaven (not particula,
e as to date). but do you blame me fol
t. not wanting to see him there? l have
l. had enough of him here. -"
ls Inc tracy SyStem.
= The wisdom of the legislature o.
1906 in making a law permitting thu
S employment of jail prisoners outsid.
70 the institutions to which they had beer
1T committed, has already been proven
ID The Vermont honor system, which
$ Can be better termed the ''Trac,
v SYSTEM" has probably done NOR,
y towards bringing short term prisoner
Il method devised by penologists. Whel
one studies the various honor sys tenn
is used in different penal institutions h
W will fail to find better. more human
TO or more satisfactory plan than tina
evolved by Frank H. Tracy. sheriff
re and jailor of Washington county.
To Mr.. Tracy certainly belongs tn
Re credit for inaugurating not only
as satisfactory. but a unique homo
:, system among Jail prisoners. Tha
I'll the plan works satisfactorily may b
inferred from the fact that during tn
six years the system has been in oper
alton in Washington county only tire
as men have attempted to escape out O
IN the 1900 prisoners who have bee
lie permitted to enjoy the privileges O
4. the honor system.
- When an honor system enables
- jaiIor to send out his prisoners in twos
IL threes or singly to work without
Sc guard the plan can certainly be Gale
is unique The story of Frank H. Tracy
;" typical Yankee, is we'll known t
IN Vermonters. Mr.. Tracy has mad
TO money and saved money for the stat
is since inaugurating the honor system
- He has also sent many man bac
IT, home with a determination to d
at better That his work is appreciate
g. fho Of
ng is shown in the fact that he has bee
Id asked to leave Vermont and take u
penal institution work in anothe
state.
One may get an insight into tt
Tracy method of treating Jail prisoner
'ls by reading what he has written in tt
an November Delinquent. Almost eve,