St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-11-04
PRESS COMMENT
Good Words For St. Johnsbury.

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ed to them by the residents of the
scale city, and President Kicker of
the Commercial club is spoken Of as
the man of the hour in his capacity
as general director st. Johnsbury
is rich in it's educational accesso- les
like the academy, athenaeum and mu-
scum, but it was the spirit which the
people showed which made the great
est impression on the visitors
Brattleboro Reformer.
The Ludlow teachers who attended
the state meeting at st. Johnsbury
last week are loud in their praise of
the generous hospitality dispensed by
the people of that place to the large
number of Vermont educate who
made it their Mecca. Well, St.
Johnsbury is a fine old town, sure
enough, and it is not so old but that
it can be young and up-to-date In its
handling of such events as this one.
Anybody who knew st. Johnsbury
would expect it to take just the ex-
cellent care of the teachers that 1t
is said to have taken last week. st.
Johnsbury is exceptionally favored
with educational accessories-lts
Academy, its Athenaeum, and its Mu-
scum; and such accessories as these
combined with a public spirit and an
inclination iowa. DIS hospitality could
not fail of contributing very mater
tally to the success of the convention.
Vermont Tribune.
Did Its Prettiest.
St. Johnsbury did its prettiest last
week when the Vermont State Teach
ers' Association held their annual
convention there. The Caledon1an
issued a special edition for the bene-
fit of the towns guests, public-sp1rit-
ed citizens placed their autos at dis
posal, the College club gave an in
formal tea, and withal the members
of the Association enjoyed and found
profit in their visit to the great po-
litical center.-Poultney Journal.
BaseIess Charges Denied.
Editor, Vermont Journal:
A daily newspaper in Burlington,
in keeping with it's own standard of
truth, accuracy and culture, in its is
sues of October 13 and IA takes oc-
casion to remark on my editorial
work for the Journal. Desc, ibing
me variously as an officer OF "a
Oil monopoly" an IS. o.
writer" and an IS. o. official with
an office in ga Standard Oil Bank
in New York CITY, it says
that started writing Dillingham;
editorials" from which it proceeds
to quote two, and that when lex
posed" by this same Burlington paper
"stole silently away"
Permit me to say through your
columns:
/. have never been connected in
any way with the Standard Oil Com
pany.
2. No concern of. which I am or
have been an officer or counsel has
any connection with the Standard Oil
Company.
8. / did not write line or a word
of the editorials quoted and l have
no knowledge of their authorship un-
less it be you yourself or Mr.. Hib-
bard. your former local editor. You
have stated to me that you were. for
Mr.. Prouty for Senator. Mr.. Hib-
bard wears a Prouty button on his
coat and circulated in this town the
petition for Mr.. Prouty's nomination.
A. The Exposure" refer. ed to took
place in the summer of 1913. IN
stead of stealing silently away l con-
tinued at your request and that OF
Mr.. Hubbard to write EDITORIALS for
the Journal until June of this year
when I was obliged for lack of time
to discontinue.
3. My Office in New York is in
the National City Bank building.
have always believed it reputable
building. 1t is owned by one of the
fl. st financial institutions in the
world and is the place where Cover
nor Fletcher has had private business
quarters for seve: al years. | have
u, T0lo
for the governor of our state to tran
sact his private business in was equal
" proper for a private citizen.
H. S. WARDNER,
Windsor, VT, October I8.
would like to add that so far as
[ am aware Mr.. Wardner's connection
with the Vermont Journal has been
wholly honorable. He is a valued cit |
izen Of Windsor and an ardent YER
monter. He spends considerable
time in Windsor, and his visits to the
Journal Office are always pleasant.
At my request he contributed edl-
torials for the Vermont Journal, and
they were always exceptionally well
written. l do not agree with Mr..
Wardner in all his views on public |
questions. His point of view and
mine are radically different on ques-
tons like the di. ect primary, for, ex-
ample. and Mr.. Wardner understands
that the Journal will not longer edi-
torially oppose those reforms. There
are however enough subjects on
which we agree to provide an editor
ial page for a weekly newspaper pco-
vided Mr.. Wardner had cared to con-
tinue to write.
l would like to state emphatically
that no exposure" sp. ung by Bur
lington paper or any one else was the
cause of seveTing Mr.. Wardner's con-
to the Journal. In June
joined the great army of Benedicks,
and like other joiners found that
time never hangs heavily on his
hands. He closed sending contri-
buttons of his own motion. He was
not frightened out of the Journal Of
fee, he wasn't kicked out. The Jour
nal under its present management
won't editorially advocate some OF
the public policies that Mr.. Wardner
believes in, yet its columns are al
ways open to him and othe who be-
lieve as he does as a medium of ex-