Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-09-08
published, Chaplain Thomas will be
back in Middlebury, The regiment
will miss him sorely,
HENRY II, CHAPMAN,
Eagle Pass, Texas,
August %, 1916,
JUDGE FooTE FOR SENATOR.


To the Editor Of the Register
Candidates for public office should be
well known and carefully scrutinized
morally, intellectually and politically
They are public property for the time
being, In keeping with this thought
the following statements may be OF in
terest In regard to one of the candidates
for a senatorship from Addison County
Abram William Foote was born IN
Cornwall, VT, October "A, 1869, has
always lived there and owns and oc'
cupes the farm pitched by his ances'
tors when the town was settled, lie
has held nearly all the town offices, in
GLIDING justice of the peace for twenty
five years, and represented the town in
the State Legislature in 1900, and again
| in 1915, the only citizen thus honored in
the last forty-hye years, also elected
| Assistant Judge of Addison County in
1902, and again in 1904.
/ Mr.. Foote organized the Cornwall
/ Telephone company in 1899, THIS is
one Of the few Independent telephone
companies that give long distance con-
nections and charge the subscribers
only $1,000 per year for service,
Asa member of the legislature of
1915 he was elected secretary of the
Farmers club and Chairman Of the
Addison County organization; a mem
Der of the Committee on Appropria-
tons, and as Chairman Of the Commit
tee of Agriculture was influential in
passing bills to enlarge the work Of the
Commissioner of Agriculture, including
the establishment of a Market Agent
and the passage of the Standard Apple
Package law.
Mr.. Foote voted on every Yea and
Nay vote and was present at every
session except when serving on the
special committees that visited the
Lyndonvile Agricultural school.
Judge Foote's special work was the
passage of the Cooperative Fire
Insurance bill blouse bill No, l54)
Repeated efforts along this line have in
one way and another failed to pass at
previous sessions. Under this law the
Patrons Cooperative Fire Insurance
company was organized in June, 1915,
at Middlebury, and in one year has
saved its patrons over three dollars on
each $1,000 of insurance. This law is
available not only for Changers, but for
all classes of fire insurance. Under it
cooperative fire insurance companies
of all classes can be organized.
The Rutland Herald in speaking of
eight leading members of the House at
the close of the session of 1915 said:
"Abram w. Foote of Cornwall, chair
man of the committee on Agriculture,
was an influential farmer, courageous
enough 10 ltdu Il lOSl cause anu Sti y
enough to exert sensible influence
with his fellows. He stood steadily for
economy, progress and Republican
policies, and fought the hat.salary re-
pudation at every turn
Mr.. Foote has made no alliances but
appeals directly to the voters of the
county The city of Burlington is sure
to send two senators to the State senate
and possibly four Rutland always has
one and may have two this year, and sew
eral other large towns and cities send
senators almost as regularly as repre-
sentatives. This being the case, is it
not for the interest Of Addison County
to send a man who has had success
full experience and training rather than
send one whose experience and training
has been in different direction.
L. w. PEET.