The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-20
j. I. MANN
STATEMENT AS TO
49, JUSTICE TICKET
Republican Town Committee Points Out
Features that Ordinarily Would
Escape Minds of Voters.

Editor of The Reformer:
The Republican town committee makes
this statement concerning the controversy
over the justice ticket:
As was discussed in the Republican
caucus last evening, justices of the
peace exercise an Important function,
more than the public generally Is aware.
The justices sit with the selectmen a.
board Of appeal on all tax matters. They
prepare the jury list for jurors for the
county court, and III many other ways
perform important public duties. The
present Justice ticket has been made up
by the concensus of agreement of those
who have had to do with the public affairs
of the town. Many of the justices have
served for a good many years. The board
as at present constituted is fairly repre-
sentative
1t was suggested that there should be
only one change in the board, Mn Car
penter has been appointed United States
marshal, so he did not wish to serve
longer, and it was suggested that Harry
b. Haus be put on in his place.
While the Republican party in years
gone by has been the dominant party, 1t
has never undertaken to elect a solid
board OF Justices but has yielded to other
political interests a portion of the board
in order to make it fairly representative
1t is something that should not be made
political football nor should it be made
a tool of any particular law office.
1t has been understood for years that
since the justices prepare the jury lists,
in order To insure impartiaIity the differ
cnt law offices of the town ought to have
a representative on the board, and so it
has happened that nearly all the law Of
fees in town have had some member OF
The firm on the Justice ticket. The prop
osition of the Progressive managers last
night, a. made, and as evidenced in
| their ticket, is to take from Mr.. Barber :
! office and Nr. Fitts's office the rcpreSen-
| tatives on the ticket. and give Gibson X
! Daley two representatives as they nomI-
mated both Mr. Gibson and MIR. Daley.
| 1t Is apparent that it is baine used as a
means of manipulation.
1t cannot be said that the Office of
Gibson X Daley is so dominant in its rep
rescntation Of the busiest interests of the
town that it should have two places to
the exclusion Of others. The regular tick
ct nominated IN the Republican caucus
puts MIR. Daley on as one of the justices
| If that office had preferred to have Mr.
| Gibson instead of Mr.. Daley it coule
Gd>ilA nave bcpu dtidflgCtl- niI ltlSN III
eist upon two members and that some q
the other law Offices have none. This i
not of any particular interest to the pub
lie generally, but it shows the spirit II
which the matter has been manipulated
There is no good reason shown for tn,
changes made in the list which the Pro
lgressive-Democratic combination have
nominated. There is no particular quail
tication in the new men which can b,
said to make the change necessary
We do not believe that the thinking
linen of the Democratic or Progressive par
ties will approve of what has been don,
by their caucuses. We understand a con
siderable number of the Democrats ara
opposed to the change The Republican
caucus has nominated the old board, put
ting Mr. Haus in Mr.. Carpenters place b.
lfednest and Col J. G.. Estey in place 0
H. c. Barber, resigned / and conhdentl,
asks the voters of the tdwn to elect tn
, ticket. Il 4 8-44
REPUBLICAN, TOWN COMMITTEE