The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-03-14
FRANK e. HOWE. Editor and Pub.
BENNINGTON, VT. MARCH IA. 1914
BOOMING PRourY

If Charles A. Prouty isn't United
States senator to succeed Senator
Dillingham;, it won't be the fault Of
his devoted press agent, Colby Stod-
dard, over at Orleans, from where ne
is sending out redhot Prouty litera.
ture. Mr. Stoddard is pretty we'll
known to the newspaper fraternity,
with which he has been more or less
identified for dozen years.
He is also o lawyer Of good deal
CT ability, but it is as a fisherman
that his talent shines with greatest
radiance. He can Drag about the fish
ing in Barton river with such skill
and eloquence as to make a fisher
man from any other section o. the
state feel mere twig in gale,
With all these brilliant qualiilca
tons the Prouty promotion propagan
ola could net be in better hands. The
south winds of spring will have to do
a lot mere than they have so far
to in any way rival the current
Stoddard's facile pen. His latest
message is az foiloWs:
"Nos in the modern histroy of Yer
mont has there been such an instant
response to any political or semi-poli
icGl movement as that accorded the
non-partisan movement IN behalf oil
Charles A. Prouty While under the
existing law we cannot file his certifi
cate OF nomination until about Sept
I. We now have names sufficient for
ho purpose
"Prouty sentiment seems to be
sweeping the state and is being deve
oped faster than it can be organized
The opposition has thus far sought
to sidetrack the mocement by claim
ing that we had no candidate They
may keep this up until the swelling
tide OF Prouty sentiment has swep,
them far out upon the unknown poll
teal sea. The news of the week ha
shown the following personal add
tons to the Prouty Club movement.
Z. \. Cook, John W. Titcomb. c. NJ
Campbell John B. Chase. Victor !
Spear, Luther B. Johnson, p c Dodge
and Fraser Metzger. Our movemen;
must have some significance to at
tract such men rs these. They repre-
sent each OF the three parties and
their political influence cannot be dc
MED
Among the newspapers we nov
number among Mr.. Prouty's owl
champions the twelve newspapers
published by the Essex Publishing Co
in Chittenden county,under the master
full hand of NJ. c. Reynolds; the sh
papers published by Luther b. John
son in Orange county. enc Of Yer
mont's strongest editorial writer's.
the four newspapers in Iamoille cour
ty published and edited by L. 2. cha
yer, the dean Of all Vermont editors
the Bellows Falls Times which Ed
tor Beiknap has made the stronges
editorial paper in southern Vermont
the Orleans ccuaty Monitor, edite
BY w II. Gilpin, President of the We,
mont Press association: the ST
JohnsbuTy Republican, edited By c
7. Waller, one OF Nermont's most pc
tinent photographers; the UnionJour
nal at Lyndonyille, BY Jcha =. Chss
Of inherited editorial ability; the E1
press & Standard, Mr.. ProuU's HON
paper at Newport; and the Advance
edited BY Arthur F. Stone at Burling
ton and without doubt the strongest
single influence for true progress j.
Vermont politics today.
Among the daily papers, tho s..
Adams Messenger is the most pro
nounced in favor OF the movement.
the Burlington Free Press has shown
friendly interest and we may o,
sure its editorial policy will be yer,
fair toward us. We had no righ. t
expect the Montpelier and Barre dali.
les to favor movement which
sought TO unscat a Senator from
their own county. We appreciate The
fairness Of treatment they have
shown, especially that OF the Even
ing Argus. The Brattleboro Reform
Ct at frs. seemed to be with MIR.
Prcuty, but political situations in Bla
t'ebcrc are always unique and efel
now tho Reformer appears hostile
Tho reason Is plain to shrowd pclt
cal Observers.
When we remember the. within
two years 20.eyo voters OF Vermont
have broken party Ties and followed
tho dictator of their conscience, and
done SO without the supper. Of sin
gle one Of the strong editorial papers
above mentioned. we are justified IT.
our belief that twice thai number
VIII cast their ballot for c. A. Prou
T. ne1t November. Especially vii
this be true this year. because the vol
er viii mark his ballot vhile alone
IN bis voting booth with only his con
science as a witness.