Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-11-18
Wharf.-The PAPERS SAY.
Fusion flushed.

WHATa THE PAPERS SAY.
Fusion flushed.
Fusion flushed out. In not a single
county did it elect single candidate.
Randolph Herald.
A Duty of Representatives Elect.
How many memhers-elect of the
general assembly have received and
read the report of the educational
COMMISSIONER Herald.
A Good Man Badly Beaten. !
Clifford Pinchot was poor third in
the senatorial contest in Pennsyiv
It's lucky he is a good forester for
now he will know how to take to the
tall timber.-St. Johnsbury Republi-
can.
Sounds rather ironical to say that
can3idate for chaplain in the legisla
ture IS we'll qualified for the position
through seven years OF service IL
similar position in the state prison at
Windsor. -Brattleboro Reformer.
ThafsSo, We Had Forgotten 1t.
The Barton Monitor made a good
guess on Prouty's vote, when it set it
at about 26. 500. 1t was 26. 147. The
Republican reserves came out, how
ever, and swamped it by giving Dill
lingham 80, 954.-Morrisville Messen-
ger.
Who Is after Plum!ey.
A correspondent in another column
%ho b0 ic tnr ho
scalp of State Tax Commissioner
Plumley?" now engaged in an effort to
force powerful foreign corporations to
pay their taxes. Time may tell
Burlington Free Press.
| Print List of Stay-at-Homes.
Only 81 per cent of the vote in Barre
} was cast and the Rutland News says
the same condition prevailed in that
city. The News suggests that the
quickest way to bring men to the
realization of their duty is to penalize
them for not voting. It suggests the
doubling of his poll tax or depriving
him of the right of suffrage for a
term of years. The success of the
direct primary depends entirely upon
the attitude of the voter and if the
majority of them show the same apathy
as the 800 Barre voters that stayed
away from the polls. it will be a
failure. Why not publish the names of
the stay-at homes? Such list would
not have to be published but once. =
Springfield Reporter.
Physicians Negligent.
The state board of health has caus-
ticaly arraigned the doctors of Yer
mont for wilful neglect, or otherwise.
in failing to cooperate as required by
law, in the fight against the "white
plague" Its official publication says
Reports of cases Of tuberculosis by
physicians are far from satisfactory.
onl " 178 of these being submitted
during the year 1913. although the
, deaths from tuberculosis Of the lungs
alone amounted to 303. The physci
, clans of Vermont are either neglecting
to report their cases as required by
!, law. or are wilfully withholding the
: true facts as to the prevalence of this
+ disease. Either course is a seriou:
reflection on the integrity of the
, profession and a tremendous drawback
f to the progress of preventive work
! which is being steadily carried on by
; the board If this arraignment doe:
+ not effect the necessary revolution
, there should be recourse to NOR.
= drastic means, which under the Law
f are doubtless available. The physi
clans of Vermont have a terrificall,
which they should be made to appreci
a ate.-Rutland News.
' An Object Lesson.
The tragedy at Bristol-the sacrific,
5 of thirteen lives to appetite Nigh
well be taken as valuable objec
o lesson in temperance "a lesson devoi.
Q of rant or cant, lesson emphasizin,
q the extreme to which man curse,
q by desire for strong drink will go t
satisfy the cravings Of thirst. 1t wa
"a damnable concoction that was serve
to these unfortunates-Wh whoever ma
have been responsible for it's concoct
n ing; but the thirsty victims were no
over-particular, and drank to thei
!, death, the horrible stuff killing then
+ more quickly than some more carefull
- prepared would have killed them. TIL
responsibility for the Bristol tragedy
s from the laws standpoint. may b
;. regarded as divided one. But tn
i real responsibilities will be contende
: by many-rests with public sentimen
: that tolerates the traffic in intoxicat
ing liquor. whether it be the kind tina
kills as quickly as in this case. or tn
. kind that kills by slower but no les
h sure process. Will the lesson of tn
:, - Bristol affair be heeded-or merel
:. . shuddered at and then forgotten alik
: by the people of that town and of tn
rest of the state? Will the horror O
d the thing haunt the public mind Ion
j. enough to bring about strengthenin
). of temperance legislation at the hand
a of the representatives-elect Tim
e will answer the question.
Following close upon the Bristc