St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-10-21
PRESS COMMENT
This Is Our Policy Too.

Our good friends, the postmasters
of the section served by our papers,
are advised that in the future this
paper cannot accede to requests made
by them (prompted by the post Of
flee department) to insert gratuit-
ousIy notices of civil service exam1-
nations and other matter pertaining
to the filling of places in the service.
Such matter is strictly advertising
and cannot be classed otherwise. II
the postofice department wants 1t
inserted. let it pay, the same as 9TH
ers do for similar notices. Nor 90
we think it praiseworthy for the de-
pa-tment, instead of applying directly
to newspapers, to use the local post
masters as catspaws in trying to
sponge advertising. We do not
blame the postmasters, but we must
firmly refuse to be worked any long
er. The old steer that there is no
appropriation available for the pur-
pose will not prove effective. There
never will be such an appropriation
as long as publishers continue to
run these notices free.-Herald and
News.
A Size-Up of PrOHty.
The Prouty campaign starts off
with the same 81 am hol1er than
you' expression that was so prom
inent in Mr.. Prouty's letter of ac-
ceptance. When a candidate plays
on such strains you can always rest
assured there are minor chords in
his life, but these seem to be drown
ed in the volume that flows on
'sThings about which | know"
Mr.. Prouty never has had the OPP
portunity to vote on the many pub
lie questions in the past few years
that senator Dillingham; has taken
so open stand upon, if he had, many
of them might have found him on
the side that Mr.. Dillingham; took.
What Mr. 'Prouty thinks today is no
criterion by which to judge past ac-
ton. For instance: Woman SUI
frage, which Mr.. Prouty ardently
supports today, he has gone on rec
ord against in the past. 1t is not
unreasonable to infer that other pub
lie questions would have found him
in a similar position had he been
called to take a stand at that time.
The people of We. mont know but
little about Mr.. Prouty's life in gen.
eral for he has lived it away from
the rank and file in sort Of blue
blood atmosphere and they judge
him on the brillance of his specialized
work on a great public question
which had their support. Mr.. Prou-
ty loves big business and is him.
self the head of quite an important
industry in this state, which is con-
Quoted for the benefit of Prouty and
accommodation of the public. There
are two sides to this big business"
question but only one is given much
prominence in this Talk about
things which [ know"
Mr.. Prouty is human. He is TAX
ing advantage of the political unrest
today to gather to his support all
these elements of disquietude. Ii
he is elected senator he will care
just about as much for the common
people as in the past.-GrOton Times. !
Dillingham; and Prohibition.
Having been Intercepted by seve- !
raj of the church organizations in
Vermont as to how he stood on the
subject of national prohibition, Sen
ator Dillingham; has replied in leng- |
thy typewriter communication, eX-
planning his position. He says that |
during the entire period Of his pro-
fessional and public life he has been !
a strong adherent of the cause of |
and as states attorney |
and governor he did everything in |
his power to perfect the law and Sc
cure for it a rigid execution; that /
he is in doubt regarding the present I
looking to a constitu- |
tiopal amendment under the terms |
Of which the states of the Union will |
wholly divest themselves of all power
Of local lf-goVernment in respect .
Of all phases of the liquor problem; |
hat it seems unfortunate that the I
terms of the amendment should have I
been made so broad as not only to II
prohibit the importation, manufac-
ture, transportation or sale of liquor
for beverage purposes, but that it H
should take from the states and place
upon congress undivided power to
provide for the manufacture, sale, II
and transportation of II
liquor for sacramento, medicinal, II
mechanical, pharmaceutical or scien-
life purposes, or for use in the ats;
hat the question whether congress
,an be depended on to carefully cope
With the evil under all conditions is
me worthy of consideration; that If
he entire jurisdiction of the liquor
question is vested in congress and
he time ever comes when a majority
If that body is elected and controlled
~ city populations rather than by
.ural communities, as at present, a
serious danger will confront states
ike Vermont, for, having parted with
Ill her rights to legislate on this sub
ect, she and all other rural states
vi1I ho c1hiaof IN legislation hv a