Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-03-17

a Vermont legislature in action.-Bur-
lington Free Press.
New Brand of Republicans.
Rutland county led in repudiating
the Republican platform pledge for a
fiat salary for legislators and against
direct primary, which is mandate of
the people. How many Of these gentle
men expect to be called Republicans
ereafter?-Rutland Herald.
That $4,000 Appropriation.
cit is a pretty safe guess that the
bill introduced in the Vermont house
by Representative Briggs of Bristol,
appropriating $35, 900 TO aid the medi-
cal college of the University of Yer
mont, will be victim of vivisection,
observes the Rutland News.-Free
Press.
Why Do They Do 1t?
Some people desire notices of meet
ings, etc. inserted free in the news
papers and then will not even take the
trouble to write them out and send
them in, but insist on sending them
over the telephone, taking the time of
someone in the office and then "kick-
ing" if they do not happen to be
cOfrect.-MOnlpell Argus.
Seeks Bigger Population.
ST. Johnsbury is striving for big.
ness, and the Republican of that town
adjures its people to do little boost
ing between now and July l so that
the census figures for 1915 will reach
method Of estimate followed by the
h11r
down to Somerset and get some of the
27 population Of that town.-Barre
Times.
No Appropriation for County Agent.
st. Johnsbury evidently slipped cog
at town meeting when it failed to
appropriate its proportion of the allot-
ment for the expense of the agricul-
tural adviser. 1t will undoubtedly be
made up by individual contributions.
Nearly every town in the county recog-
nized the value of the work. which
has. in reality. just begun. 1t helps
everybody, directly or indirectly.
Why shouldn't everybody help to pay
the bill. Johnsbury Republican.
Granite Cutters to Accept.
The whole state reads with pleasure
the vote of the Barre granite cutters
to accept the report of its conference
committee on the proposed new bill of
wages for the next five years. The
result of this ballot means in all prob
ability a settlement of the wage
question throughout the states most
important granite belt. That it has
come about without a protracted
dispute is especially gratifying at a
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even with accord between employers
In Favor of Rural Schools.
Judge Watson puts his finger on the
; nub of the educational proposition
/ when he points out that in each of the
last two years Vermont has giver
500, 900 toward the education of the
three per cent of its children who
attend Vermont colleges and only
> S400, 900 for the benefit of the remain
, ing 81 per cent. 1t most certainly {
case of 1.-The college or the children?'
And it ought not to take the legisla
ture great while to decide which has
7 first call. With 100000 needed i'm
mediately for the rural schools there
: is absolutely no doubt about VIVA
should happen to requests for money tt
support these institutions of higheI
5 learning. -Brattleboro Reformer.
Plumley Retires.
For conscientious service rendered t,
the state of Vermont as representative
, from the second Vermont district
o Frank Plumley of Mortified, VIII,
retires from Congress with the clos,
of the 63d session, is entitled to tn
oyoly Of h,C foil
n Plumley in the period of six years, O
g three terms, has endeavored to repre-
sent faithfully the wishes of his con
: stituents and of the state of Vernon
t in so far as it was possible in tn
. light of developments at the nationa
G capital. He has worked hard in hi
committee assignments. He has don
: nothing to reflect discredit on tn
: state. To summarize his service-i
e was we'll done.-Barre Times.
Some Vermont Mayors.
Barre on Tuesday elected Frank E
e Langley, owner of the Barre Times
! mayor by large majority. MI
Langley is not only a successful news
= paper publisher but one of the bes
business men in the state of Vermont
f Barre is fortunate in securing hi
services at the head of the city govern
{ ment. Rutland elected as mayor, Der
l. L. Stafford, bright young lawyer
o who has made a splendid record a
O states attorney and as sterling citi
zen. In Burlington the Republica
) candidate, Alderman A. S. Drew, sue
ii ceeds James E. Burke. who has bee
n mayor most of the time for the pas
y dozen years. ST. Adams re-electe
. Mayor John e. Maun, we'll know
j. railroad man who has given the city 6
al good an administration that he wa
e renomlnated by both parties. [
- Montpelier. Mayor James M. Boutwe
e was unanimously re elected. -Burline
ton Banner
u The Tax Problem in TabI old Form.
u The way to keep money in Vernon
?, and to help our commonwealth to gro