Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-07-19
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
Greene a Possibility.

Greene Possibility.
| Vermonters in Washington are won.
dering whether Senator Page will enter
| the fall elections unopposed or whether
eventually former Gov. Allen M.
| Fletcher or the present Gov. Charles
w. Gates will enter the lists against
| him. Another man who would have
strong backing if he chose to make the
race is Congressman Frank L. Greene
of ST. Adams. Mr.. Greene was re-
Gently mentioned by leading Massa-
chusetts Republican as one of the most
competent men of his congressional
acquaintance. = Washington Core
spondent of Boston Herald.
Put His Foot in 1t.
Ex-Gov. Edward c. Smith opened
his mouth and stuck his foot in it when
in addressing the Greater Vermont
association he injected politics into his
remarks. What he said. in the lam
guage of one of Belasco's characters.
was irrelevant, immaterial and not
germane to the subject If the
Greater Vermont association is to be
used as political agency it will soon
lose it's usefulness. and it has started
on a course which ought to make it
!
the state that has ever existed. Peo-
pie also will revolt at the idea of rail-
road influence in public affairs. There
was too much of that sort of thing
years ago, but fortunately there has
been little apparent attempt in recent
years by the railroads to use their
influence in public matters. The peo-
pie of the state have shown DISPOSE
ton to be fair toward the railroads and
to cooperate with them. Another
break like that which Smith made will
arouse antagonists which will be
harmful to the railroads. We are
willing to forget what Smith said, and
we hope the newspapers and the public
But for heavens sake, Eddie, don't do
it again. -Brattleboro Reformer.
Some License Figures.
The official figures on Vermont s
license vote of last March show that
the state, though strongly opposed to
prohibition as against local option.
7 gave the largest majority against
t license in it's history. There were
1907 votes for license and 29,009
against it, a majority of 1882 in q
total vote of AZ, O86. It was claimed
: by some that there would be marked
| increase in the number of license
towns if prohibition were defeated
! but this did not come to pass.
e the majority against license was
: larger than the year before in Addison
Caledonia, Franklin, Grand Isle, La
noble, Orange, Orleans and Windsor
: counties. and smaller in Chittenden
! Essex, Rutland. Washington, anc
s Windham. Bennington county gave 3
4 majority of nine for license. Gale
6onia county gave the greatest tOta
y majority against license, 1,725, ant
4 Orleans gave the largest proportional
majority, 81 per cent of her total vote
Twenty-Five towns and cities voted il
d favor of license, one more than in 1912
d and two more than in 1914 and 1915, bu
Il less than in any other year under thu
- present law. Five towns which voted fo
y license are very small and no license i
g taken out in them, Brunswick, Jay, Mt
e Tabor, Searsburg and Somerset. Tn
n total vote for license in these fiv
- towns was 81, and the vote against i
- was 46.
n Of the seventeen towns in which sa
a looms are located, twelve had them il
is 1915, and saw fit to continue them an
- other year, Bennington, Burlington
sc Canaan. Colchester, Fair Haven
Y Pownal, Rutland, St. Adams, Shelburne
~ Shoreham, Vergennes and West Rut
is land. The majority for license wa
:. smaller than last year in Canaan, She
IL burne and Shoreham and larger in tn
L. other nine. The license majority wa
he reduced the most in Canaan, from 40
70 6. It was increased the most in Rut
land, from Is to 726.
At Five towns have saloons this yea
re which were deprived of them last year
d. Barre. Castleton, Middlesex, Norto
~ and Swanton. All of these except MOI
~ ton have had previous experience wit
u saloons, Barre in 1907, Middlesex
S. 1908, Castleton and Swanton in 1911
"a Two towns which had saloons las
=. year are free from them this yeal
8 Bethel and Brighton. Bethel had bee
lg enjoying the benefits ~ of legalize
e. liquor selling for five years an
in Brighton for three.
~ AS usual the west side of the stat
: supports most of the saloons, only foU
o. towns on the east side sharing the priv
rs iiege, Barre, Canaan, Norton and Mic
d'esex, the last three having only on
saloon each. Seven counties al
without saloons, Caledonia, Gran
: Isle Lamoille, Orange, Orleans
w n d b Am and Windsor. Ru
land county has four saloon towns
is Chittenden has three, while Addison
Bennington, Essex, Franklin and Wasl
ington have two each. R,
former.
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