St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-03-18
4. n. VAIL FOR GOVERNOR.
Suggested He Would Bring About a
Greater Vermont.


Greater Vermont.
Why not draft Hon. Theo. N. Vail
of Lyndon for governor and then
elect him on a non-partisan ticket?
| Why not for once have a guber-
Material campaign where the Office
seeks the man, and what better man
could be found than Mr.. Vail? He is
free from political entanglements be-
cause he is bigger than any partisan;
he would give Vermont the best
business administration in her history
because business and not politics is
his speciality. No man in the United
States is his superior in business and
financial circles, and Vermont's great
est need to-day is more business and
less politics in it's State affairs.
Mr.. Vail is true-blue Vermonter,
proud of her noble past and optimis-
tic for her great future. His large
business interests often take him to
many parts of the world, but
whether you find him at the Ritz
Carlton in London or the Palace in
San Francisco you will always see
this on the hotel register, 'tTheo.
n. Vail, Lyndon, VT" Here is his
home on a 5000 acre farm overlook
ing the Passumpsic valley, a site he
finest spot in this great round world.
And here he has demonstrated by
scientific agriculture that Vermont
can compete with the West in raising
blooded stock, the best of apples and
all kinds of food-Stuffs. Adjacent to
Speedwel Farms is an agricultural
college which he created and is sup
porting that Vermont boys may be-
come Vermont farmers.
Mr.. Vail thoroughly believes in a
Greater Vermont. His speech at the
Burlington banquet was the great
speech of the evening, and that from
this mastery address should come
the suggestion to make him governor
was the farthest from his thought
then as it is to-day. And that is
another reason why he should be
'~afted. The people do not want
he men that want the Office. And
with Mr.. Vail in the field the whole
bunch of aspirants
Would fold their tents like the
Arabs,
And as silently steal away
If the people of this common
wealth rise to their great opportun-
'ty in the year of our Lord, 1914, |
and elect Mr.. Vail governor the day
of a Greater Vermont will have |
dawned.-The Burlington Clipper.
Might Do Worse.
The people of Vermont might do |
much worse than adopt the sugges-
ton of the Burlington Clipper that |
Hon. Theodore N. Vail of Lyndon |
be elected governor of Vermont on
a non-partisan ticket. The head of |
the American Telephone e. Telegraph |
company would stand the ''acid |
test" of citizenship. He has done |
things, not only in the way of bust
ness achievement, but for the par |
ticular benefit of the State in which I
he is so proud to claim a residence.
AS The Reformer has stated on pre-
vious occasions, it has comparatively
''+tle faith in these spontaneous up
risings in favor of any political can
didate, yet it knows of nobody in
he State whose name would be
likely to arouse half so much en-
thusiasm as Theodore N. Vail.
va'll take hold down at this end
Rratt1eboro Reformer.
Is MIR. Vail Willing?
The Burlington Clipper dominates.
N. Vail, president of the
American Telephone company, for
governor of Vermont. If the State
can command the services of a man
of such pre-eminent ability there will
be rush from all sides to second
the notion Let's hear from Mr..
Vail. Is he willin'?-Vermont
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