Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-24
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
And Rightly Too.

And Rightly Too.
Justice Willard w. Miles goes from
the superior to the supreme-an as
cending scale, as it were.-Barre
Times.
Dale to the Rescue.
CONGRESSMAN Porter H. Dale is en-
titled to credit for Strengthening out
of the matter of the federal appro-
priation for the Vermont Soldiers
Home, which for a time was some
what up in the air. Congressman
Dale is not of the "hairtrigger" style
of statesmen, but he manages to
stand fairly successfully for what is
wanted in Burlington
Free Press.
Public Men Damned Anyway.
Some time ago Congressman Dale
was criticized by some of the State
newspapers because he did not mix
more with the people and keep in
closer touch with needs of State. 1t
was said that he except his nose too
close to the grindstone" at Wash
ington. On the event of converting of
the legislature Congressman Dale
was there and made himself quite
agreeable to all whom he met. Now
comes criticism because he leaves his
post of duty at Washington and the
charge is made he was in Montpelier
for political purposes. He is damned
if he does and damned if he doesn't.
Even Gabriel himself would have a
time to please the Vermont news
paper bunch.-Burlington Clipper.
Mr.. Deuel. Leaves.
The Newport Express and Stand
ard puts up a howl about rumor
that they are likely to lose their coun-
ty agent, Mr. Deuel., because some
other county is looking for good
man. They talk right out in meeting
about it. From this distance it looks
like a case of paying a good man
what he is worth, and can get some
where else The Standard makes a
good point in saying that such man
who knows all details of his business
should be kept. This is one of the
failures of many Vermont communi-
ties. About the time man wants a
decent days wages along comes some
body who thinks he knows the game,
and there are always plenty to look
at the first cost, consequently good
men go where they are appreciated.
1t is a good business maxim to first
get your man, and then pay him
enough to keep him. This should
apply in all kinds of business. The
News oftens wonders why competent
men can be obtained in any depart
ment of town or county work, when
they are subject to criticisms from
some one who looks at two columns
of figures frst-Northfeld News.
To You, Mr.. Legislator.
Did it ever occur to you, Mr.. Legis-
lator, that the lawyers are SO close to
the courts, and are so much interested
in them, that their perspective may be
! wrong? 1t has been generally known
in Vermont for long time that our
system of courts was cumbersome
| and expensive, that the tendency was
and that regardless of expense per-
haps the greatest weakness was
slowness in securing results. Judges
don't develop nervous prostration IN
! their hard work in handing down
decisions and lawyers make use of
petty technicalities to keep cases be-
fore the courts long time.
When we come to talk expenses,
the account is not wholly with what
the state is forced to pay needlessly
at times, but to the big costs that are
piled up against litigants once they
are entangled in the meshes of law
suit.
The people and the newspapers
have talked about these things for
years, but the lawyers have stood
pat and have done but little toward
righting unreasonable conditions that
some of them have admitted exist.
Now comes along lawyer who has
good enough student of law to grad
uate cum laude from one of the high
est ranking law schools of the coun-
try. This man, after years of expert
ence with the courts, and after audit
ing their bills a dozen years, was
elected governor of the state by a
great majority and with the solid sup
port of his own party back of him.
He states plainly in his inaugural
We have such confidence in him that
we believe he knows what he is talk
ing about. We ask you, Mr.. Legis-
lator, not to take as pure gold the
arguments which some of the law
yers are giving you so freely. Let
Uncle Horace tell you how the case
looks to him after long and careful
study, at time when he has shown
that he is a governor with the cour-
age of his convictions, who is trying
to better conditions in our state
The lawyers have had their oppor-
tunity time after time to improve
court conditions, but what have they
ever done? Answer for yourself,
please. Now the opportunity is pre-
sented for the farmers and business
men in the legislature to follow the
lead of real governor and to adj
vance. Go to it boys. Show the law
yers they can't run the whole state,
and that you believe we never will