Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-12-30
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
Hughes Can Be 1t.

Hughes Can Be 1t.
In straw vote taken by a New Or
leans newspaper. Justice Chas. E.
Hughes heads the list of possibilities
for the Republican nomination for the
presidency in 1916. If he will take it,
he's it!-St. Johnsbury Republican.
Bus Service Practical.
If ST. Johnsbury's motor bus service
does not turn into motor bust service,
the people of that scattered town
without a street railroad, will find
distinct addition to their accommoda
tons. Indeed, motor bus service at
might prove a good venture in other
communities of as large population as
ST. Johnsbury.-Barre Times.
To Beat Middleman.
H J. Campbell, ce-president and
gem al manager of the Vermont Hygi-
ena Ice COMPANY of New York, who
was in Montpelier recently attending
the state grange meeting and seeking
the cooperation of farmers and produ-
GERS with cold storage plants with an
idea of waking up the farmers to the
benefits of placing their products in
cold storage during the periods of low
markets and little demand, is native
of Greensboro, where he visits occa-
sionally among former townsmen Mr..
Campbell believes that Vermont farm
ers are little behind New York farm
ers in respect to taking advantage of
the benefits of cold storage. He says
city for 70 cents dozen. The middle
hnYICrht thoco ho hoe
doubt for from II to % cents a dozen
and they are now reaping the benefit.
He believes that farmers should utilize
the advantage of storage for their but
ter and other products. There is
always market for whatever they
have to sell. no matter what the grade
of the product may be. The storage
charge on butter was only one cent
pound. He said that large supply of
apples purchased in Vermont for ST. Is
barrel were placed in cold storage for
a little more than month and now are
selling for So SO barrel on which the
middlemen are reaping the benefit. He
thinks that if the farmers by CO.
operating would handle their own prod
uce they would get all there is in it on
which the middlemen now make great
profit. The cold storage plants, he
says. will act as agents for the farmer
and advise him to sell when the market
| is right and if he cannot look after the
goods personally they do it for him. If
the farmer needs the money, warehouse
receipts are issued against the product
on which money will be loaned in New
| York or farmer can secure the money
from his own bank. He firmly believes
| that only by much cooperation will
farmers secure the full reward of their
toll -Middlebury Register.
Interesting Questions Regarding Judges
The opinion has been expressed that if
the governor had re-appointed all the
former judges for period of two
years, nothing further would have been
heard on the matter This opinion.
regardless of it's merits, wholly over
looks the fact that there is a constitu.
rional question involved entirely sepa.
rate from the question of the personal.
ity of the judges. If the governor had
appointed all the former judges for q
period of two years, the question of its
constitutional right would have been
precisely the same as it is at the pres
ent time.
On the other hand, the opinion has
been expressed by Burlington lawyer
that il the supreme court judges were
of the opinion that the governor must
appoint as stated in connection WITH
the announcement Of his appointments
then they sh ould all have been removed
If we are to enter upon this line of dis
cussion, then it is difficult to see where
it will all end, certainly it will not stok
with the judges Of the supreme court
then on the bench, and many interesting
questions will arise. If the present
judges of the supreme court accepted
office under the constitution and the
statutes of Vermont for term of two
years. they must have passed upon
this question to their own satisfaction
and if the superior judges of Vermont
accepted commissions and took theil
oath of office, it is to be taken fol
granted that they also satisfied them
selves whether they had right to &C
cept such commissions. If we are cor
rectly informed, number of members
of the bar, including one recognized as
among the most astute lawyers in Yer
mont, were candidates for appointment
to the bench previous to the recent ap
(pointments, knowing the position taker
by the executive as we'll as others
whose opinion had been secured, ano
the attorney general also accepted ap
pointment for two years. Moreover. il
Representative Miller of Bethel was
correct in his letter to the Free Press
Representative Watson of ST. Alban!
warned the legislature Of 1912 of the
situation regarding the appointment OF
judges by the governors until the con
stitution could again be amended. if the
pending amendents passed in their ex
listing form. so that the question wa
discussed at that time to a greater OF
less degree If after prolonged discus
sion our judges. supreme and superior
our attorney general. the variol
astute lawyers who were candidates fo
appointment to the bench. the forme
legal Republican and Democratic lead
J ers of the house and senate respective
ly have all been in error about tn
, two years appointment of judgs an
, so on, or acted without proper care an
, Investigation. which is inconcelvable
then there would seem to ha OOo