Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-11

NV the "eSt way, then he is NOT so wen
ded to worship OF the past as to he I'M
HbIe To adopt II better way OF doing
things. lie viii be really satisfied with
nothing short of the best way.
Your progressive young farmer of to-
day takes the old family orchard from!
which he picked fruit as a boy and re
Nanps 1t so that it is in effect new
orchard. His grandfather turned the hogs
into the orchard, ana they did the rest
lie applies modern methods tc It. stirs
J the soil about the roots of the trees. fer
tilizcs it, sprays its budding fruit and
foliage. and insists upon the production OF
beautiful and luscious fruit chat will
command the highest prices in the bes,
markets of the world
That is what the vigorous voang men
, OF Vermont would like to see done as to
lawmai.0g in the Legislature now delhi
Grating at Montpelier The budget sys-
ten, tho intelligent recasting % hills be-
fore presentation, the demand for IN
cents worth Of service for every 'lolla,
spent, better results for the money we
spend on our highways. the calling Of
things by their -irh, names III courts rs
! IN business, more effective supervision of
/ Ing minds nav teach cur progressive
! teachers how better to teach ~. pupils of
, CTR public schools, these and many other
ideas you will find stirring our law
makers are the direct result OF the in
lection Of new and vigorous blood into
! the lawmaking body
| among our lawmakers Of to-day are the
degree of political liberation ana the
spirit Of fair play exen,plfied on every
hand. We can recall the time when a
republican paper was not expected "a
give a fair account OF "A democratic cam
! paign rally, and when "a democratic jour
black republicans" To-day the news
columns Of a reputable Journal are ex-
nected to give the news impartialitv, and
to be fair even in its editorial utterances.
20 in dealings Of representatives Of diff
ferent parties in the Legislative halls.
A glance at the House committee list
| shows that despite the overwhelming pre-
ponderancc of the republican member
ship of that body Speaker Wilson did the
| fair thing by giving deserving demo
Gratis some deserved chairmanships, and
good places on other committees. The
same thing would probably be true of the
Senate, il a single democrat was in tina,
body That is as it should be. Party
lines are drawn with surprising rarity
We find the democratic members return
ing good for good by trying t" hep re-
publican pledges when few republicans
are inclined to forget what good faith de-
mands.
There is high average Of Legislative
intelligence among the members Of the
present Legislature Members are mani
Testing a disposition to go at things in
the right way. A few conservatives were
inclined to stand for the old rules. which
were good enough" but when the
boys had chance to talk 1t over with
their elders, there was nothing to it"
The new rules, as you saw. were adopted
unanimously.
We have talked with number Of the
leading representatives and We are graft
fled over the number who say Governor
Graham is trying to pat State affairs
on business basis, and we propose to
! stand behind him
IT is not to be expected that all the
members of the Legislature would agree
OF us would probably be willing to agree
exactly on anything. 1t is human to diff
fer some of Ms will think of things others
would miss. Yet we believe thar the Gov
crnor's business program will have sub
stantial endorsement as to principles. nc
matter how the results may offer as to
over the Legislative traces merely for
the sake of kicking. There is no apparcn
desire to sandpapcr old sores and poul
salt into the wounds thus freshened.
The slogan at Montpelier to-day seem:
to be Let us get together and do some
thing really worth while. Let us keeT
! Vermont on the map as a state that be
lieves in doing things and in doing their
well"