Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-07-28
POLITICAL ADVERTISING.
POLITICAL ADVERTISING.
CONCERNING THE
MOUNTAIN RULE

The Mistakes of Moses" were made into classic but the
mistakes of Pages adved friends will make whole
library before the campaign is
AT meeting of the Greater association
peler held July 18th 1916 former Governor Edward Curtis
Smith of St Adams guest honor of the prin
cipal speakers
After attacking the legislatures responsible for increasing
railway taxes, and for other constructive legislation Smith
direct attack Allen NJ Fletcher He also made
drastic remarks regarding the mountain rule Ex-Governor
Smith said
"Th proposition native for Vermont Office involves
another We told that the mountain rule poll
tics obsolete and out of date and that should be abolished
wondering whether this suggestion prompted by knowl
edge Of the situation Vermont and based upon sincere
and honest desire to benefit its best interests whether it
prompted by the eXgence of Individual interests? Whatever
the motive it high time the people of this state should stick
their heels in the soil of green hills and call halt the
question: until be decided by ourselves and for ourselves
and after mature consideration
Ex-Governor Smith also proprietor of the St Adams Mes
enge In editorial under date of Nov u? 1905 when he
had no candidate for any office Gov. Smiths newspaper
had the following under the head of State and Politics."
The Barton Monitor remarks:
better off because of its overwhelming
Republican vOte!''
Certainly be every respect
the great parties evenly balanced here
incidentally condition would with the mountain
high the list of things that beitt and cheaper
politics. Huntington News
GLORY be! Let the good Spread the gospel OF
view of practical politics that practical
busnesslke and the realization of the New Yer
The rule made in the interest of the PEG
pie but in the interest of the politicians is merely the device
by which the politicians divide the spoi You your side
of the this year and will let you alone Next time
and you keep hands off Scratch my back and will scratch
whats the result? succeeding years the people
of Vermont have to elect governor not from the whole state
but from small section of it, matter whether the they
the they ought to have is in there Perhaps
literally ripe for the place just the line and his
opportunity to the people and the state never would be more
proptiou But the mountain rule has established dead line
for than good mans ambition and the opportunity
for him perhaps to again Then the state lost
good governor and took whose turn it was
In from editorial in the St Adams Messenger
of July 16 1908 which referred primarily the promotion of
the lieutenant to be and entitled The Non
promotion Bugaboo" the following appears:
The Messenger believes that good
and available and deserving should be taken up
ddate exPedent time wherever he may be 50 far
graphical situation in the concerned whatever state Of
flee he have held be holding far the nonpromoon
idea is concerned
Was Governor Smith sincere in 1908, when he
advocated the smashing of the mountain rule in
1916, when he wants it perpetuated?
And isn't it now time to smash the mountain
rule?
WILL SENATOR PAGE ANSWER?
Thousands of people in Vermont desire know what Sena
Page has stood for and what he has created the of
constructive legislation during his eight years service in Wash
ngton
Senator Page, what constructive have
posed, stood behind and pushed to successful issue
j THE ALLEN M. Fletcher SENATORIAL CLUB
NoRTHFIELD,v VT.