The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-02-16

The Burlington News calls it an I'M
eontestable fact" that while the educa-
tional bill may have been written by
Lieutenant Governor Hale X. Darling, DR..
Nicholas Murray Butler Of Columbia uni
versity stood at one elbow and Dr. Pritch-
EFT of the Carnegie Foundation at the
other elbow. Whatever may be the facts
it is certain that the bill does not show
many Vermont earmarks, but appears
more like the development of theorists
bent on OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Times
State newspapers which publish this
sort of stuff are going pretty far. What
they seem trying to do is to discredit not
only the educational bill but everyone
connected with it, from judges of the
supreme court to the superintendent of
education who has dared to bespeak for.
it a fair hearing.
Does The Times disbelicve what Judge
Watson saidg Is it prepared to accuse
the distinguished justice of the supreme
court of falsehood? If not, it would bet
ter give a little space TO discussing the
merits of the bill as it stands and let the
men alone who were so patriotic as to
give a large part of their time and en-
ergy to the work of investigation and
compilation, without hope or thought OF
reward?
Judge Watson stated publicly that
Lieutenant Governor Hale X. Darling
wrote the bill, yet The Times set out to
show that he did not state, at least, the
whole TRUTH
This is fairly nasty journalism, as The
Herald understands il, especially as the
matter Of the Oils genesis is not par
ticularly important, one way or the other.
It merely shows how far certain agencies
will 90 TO create prejudice, when they
are either unwilling or incapable Of dis
GUESSING the educational bin on its merits,
But The Herald would like to know,
Just as a matter Of curiosity. IL The
News and The Times are really trying 30
create the impr ssion that Judge Watson
cannot be believed in a public and form
al utterancei
May Judge Watson be believedi-Rut.
land Herald
The esteemed Rutland contemporary
should read again what We said in the
brief statement above. We did not say
that Licutenant-G Governor Hale X. Oar
ling did or did not write the bin in ques-
ton, but we quoted that the Burlington
News declared il was an Uncomfortable
fact that the writer Of the bin had the
assistance Of DIR. Nicholas Murray But.
Ter and Dr. Pritchett Of the Carnegie
Foundation. and we added the statement
Of our belief that the bin did not have
many characteristics peculiar @ Yer
mont.
Moreover. We repes. the statement Of
that conviction.
The esteemed contemporary. IN its real
for the Advancement Of the bill. has gone
FAR afeld in trying 70 bring in insinua-
tons that the word and acts Of supreme
court iustices and the superintendent IF
education have been attacked 90 has
gone even further thar Il uuiustly ia
putes this paper o. base gone ID its tan
urs 70 agree with many features recon.
rnen8ed IN that hi Indeed d LOOKS isr
more like Huasty journalism deliberately
10 tuist contemporary statements
into something 81 sut ons's our ends
thar 10 sssk 30 find the agenesis- ~ g.
measure ulieh has suah state-uide fn.-
r.utanat o. fhe hn nov before fhe Yer
ruout lerislature. Iu aH seriousness -
woui8 urge ths esteemed contemporary
- read uur hFisf statemsut aealn