Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-08-26
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
Heavy Sentences Approved.

Heavy Sentences Approved.
The imposing of state prison
sentence of not less than Is years on
the human being Of overpoWering
oestial nature who attacked a young
girl in the town of Randolph a few !
weeks ago just about COMFORTS with
the public's idea of right sentence.
The fellows previous record did not
warrant the exercise of leniency; nor
were there extenuating circumstances
to influence the settling of minor
prison term on him. So, all things
considered, the general public is in
full accord with the act OF the
presiding judge in Orange county
Times.
Vail Ought to Investigate.
Under other conditions Theodore N. |
Vail might feel disposed to investigate |
the cause of the delay in sending his |
wife's cablegram from Europe, the
delay being extended so long that Mrs.
Vail reached her home in Lyndon Cen
ter only few days after the receipt
of cablegram there announcing that
she was safe in the mountains of
Europe War is no respecter of per-
sons, even of the so-called "wire
king" who above all others might be
expected to receive good service. This
case almost equalled that of the Barre
man who telgraphed from Montreal
that he would be home the next day
and was home to receive his own tele-
gram, which was delivered several
hours after his own arrival. There
was no war on, either.-Barre Times.
Go to the Caucus
Now that all efforts for a direct
primary in the coming state political
campaign are postponed for the time
being, party caucuses~ and conventions
are controlled by the masses and not
at the dictation of the few. The
Republican state committee has named
September as the date for the party
convention with Montpelier as the
place. The caucuses for the election
of delegates to the convention are
called for August 81, at which time
committees will be chosen. Now is
the time for the members of all
parties to select delegates and then
attend the caucus in the greatest pos
sible number that men representing
the people may be chosen. This fixing
of a date for the Republican conven-
ton opens the campaign in earnest
From the White River Junction Land
mark.
The Reformer and Congressman.
It looks as though any congressional
candidate in the second district who
can produce afidavits to prove that he
didn't help to deprive Brattleboro of
another railroad in 1911 would be al.
lowed to carry on a campaign un-
molested by the editor of the Reform
err. The aspirants for political honors
on the other side of the mountains who
have their faces turned in the direction
of Washington who are on record as
opponents of Windham county's desires
in that bitter controversy are evidently
destined to f'get theirs and then some''
at the hands Of the Reformer man.
Just what the latest addition to the
list of Vermont daily newspapers
would do for a would-be congressman
who was actively and earnestly with
BrattleboTo in the railroad fight is not
known because he has not yet an
nouunced himself, but it would probab.
ly not be discouraging. Seldom has
any Vermont community suffered such
severe disappointment as that expert
enced by Brattleboro in the failure OF
the Boston & Maine project. That the
memory Of it is yet acrid and that
resentment against the men who
blocked the plan continues is not at
all strange. Banner.
Why Not Gates?
Three good citizens of the state have
announced themselves as willing to be
the Republican candidate for governor
this fall, and although the caucuses to
al oil fn "a Z
will select candidate are less than
two weeks away, no one of the three
has as yet created any enthusiasm
among the voters. Two, four and six
years ago the Times advocated getting
out of this rut of always selecting the
candidate who always put himself most
prominently forward, but the custom
prevailed with the result that each
succeeding election brought a smaller
Republican vote. Will the party con.
tinue the practice this year, or has il
learned by experience that there must
be change in methods if the party is
to continue in power in the state? Il
ever the party should make the selec
ton, it is this year. If the Republi
cans who strayed away from the party
two and four years ago are to bt
brought back to the fold, candidate
be an assurance that if he is elected gov
ernor the state will be guaranteed
wise, progressive and economical ad
ministration. He must be man who's,
personality will lend great strength t.
the ticket. The party has such men
and the Times has in mind one in par
ticular who by his able public services
in the past eight years has won fo
himself high place in the esteem O.
all our citizens, and has shown
capacity for even greater duties. Thi
man is Charles w. Gates. Although
he refuses to become an active candi
date for governor while holding hi.
present office as state highway com
missioner, he will not refuse the nom
ination. The Times has assurances t.
this effect. Why not nominate him.
Barre Times.
Experienced travellers have found great
benefit by taking with them bottle Of DR.
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