Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-11-24
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
Graham Internationally Favored.

WHAT HE PAPEkS SAY.
Graham Unquestionably Favored.
that if Auditor Horace F. Graham of
Craftsbury desires to be governor. he
may be. The Montpelier correspond
ent of the Springfield Republican ad-
mits it.-Rutland Herald.
Herald Called Official Organ.
The Rutland Herald is still ponding
away on that "hard cider clause and
proving conclusively that with all
their wonderful resources they can't
hatch up, dig up or fish up one legiti-
mate argument in favor of the local
option industries, the saloons. How
ever, as the hard-cidcr clause is part
of the local option law and always has
been, it is enough to make the defenders
of that law throw up to read of its
Fearful possibilities" in every issue
of their official organ. The burden of
proof-bosh brandon Union.
Now They Are Sorry
1t is claimed by some writer's that
Canadian farmers VINO voted against
reciprocity with the United States are
DOW 6AtISLuCJy SEIEtSu Iilob LiiCy otu
So In particular is this feeling prev
a!ent in the great agricultural sections
of the Dominion Northwest where the
voters say they were led into voting
against reciprocity because they had
been induced to believe that such &C
ton was necessary as means of pro-
lection to manufacturing interests of
Ontario province and ofQuebec, halifax
and Montreal. A blight has come upon
the over-boomed provinces of Canada
since reciprocity was rejected in 1911,
and it is significant fact that immi-
grafton to that part of North America
has lessened. Windsor Journal.
Coventry Complimented.
Coventry is one of the Vermont
towns that has genuine pluck. Years
ago the village was nearly destroyed
by fire, but was rebuilt. This year it
was badly scorched again. Far from
being discouraged. it's live citizens
went to work to rebuild better than
ever, and fine new schoolhouse and
town hall are going up But best of
all, Coventry has put in gravity
water system with sufficient pressure on
the MIGRANTS to render future fires
easily controlled. 1t is the Vermont
spirit, the same kind that actuated our
forefathers when they set up little
shire and New ork, that Coventry is
showing. -Morrisville Messenger.
Quit na Christmas Trees
The Barton Monitor says: "Again
several of our contemporaries are be-
moaning the cutting of Christmas trees
| Of "a
but, if it is as destructive as some
think. why Goes not our forestry de-
partment take an active hand to dis
suade the practice and destroy the
business.
The answer is that the state forester
has said rep atedy that no posi- lie
harm can come OF cutting tie Christ.
mas trees. And the same thing has
been said in other states of Christmas
tree operations in their limits. The
fact is TT at the fuss made about it by
some members of the state press is
mere newspaper talk with no basis OF
knowledge OF conditions Burlington
News
The Tariff the Issue.
The elect:o, in the different states
last week conclusively proves that the
people are in favor of a protect We
tariff. 1t was this issue that swung
Massachusetts back into the Republi-
can line 1t was not the personal
popularity of Mccall, worthy as he
undoubtedly is, but the protective
tariff that carried the state. The
same is true in other northern states
that held elections. 1t was not a
Republican victory but victory for
protection, reasonable protec ton, to
American labor and the American
farmer and manufactured Even the
Wilson administration IS eXperien-
cling Change of heart. and is
planning to put up the bars against
foreign compe ition, when the war
ends, 1t does not call this protec
ton. but it s.-Morrisviile Messenger.
Judge NiIes's Action Commended.
1t was good advice which Judge
. Willard W. Miles gave to a convicted
burglar in Chittenden county court
advice to live like man instead OF
criminal, and yet Judge Miles die
) not see fit to mix up maudln senti
, mentality with justice and he promptly
sentenced the fellow to term in the
state prison at Windsor. Inasm ch a:
the IeiloW ndQ Deon caught breaking
into store In Burlington and mas
much, too, as he drew loaded revoJ
yer when about to be arrested, tbs
judge did just the right thing; he gave
the fellow something to think abuu
and he then gave him five months i,
S which to think about it. If the con
victed man is not too much stepped il
j crime, he may come out of the stat
] prison determined t. live down his pas
a and to be man, as Judge Miles urge,
: him to be. He ought to know by thi
E time that the career of criminal doe
p not pay in the long run.-Barre Times
= equelch tha Rou DIS
I Some of the deer hunters who hav
been planning to spend a week at Lon
= Pond lclnIty nave become dis
cou az, by the reports that there al
3 no d aeT there They viii! iOin g mo n