Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-10-26

Inc burlington Ddlly NEWS is
greatly improved under it's new
management and we are glad to
welcome the new staff to Vermont.
The Senate investigation of La
Toilette will do little towards sup
pressing his pacifst utterances and
will amount to little except express
ing what loyal Americans think of
him. LaFollette will get hit where
it counts VIXEN Wisconsin holds its
next election for senator.
The "Star Spangled Banner" was
supposed to be sung in every
church throughout the land last
Sunday morning at II o'clock, but
Rev. Charles H. Waldron. pastor of
the Baptist church at Windsor, re-
fused to have his congregation sing
this National song. Just before the
evening service large delegation of
Windsor citizens assembled before
his church and sang the Star
Spangled Banner" The Rev. Valid
ron came to the church entrance and
the visitors asked him to sing the
National song. This he did holding
the flag at the same time, and to the
satisfaction of his unlimited visitors,
and lucky for him he did so. They
have a reputation at Windsor for
teaching loyalty and better citizen
ship, and such disloyal subjects as
the Rev. Waldron will continue to
receive free instruction in loyalty
and patriotism if they persist in dis
loyal work. This is time when man
is either for or against his country
there is no half way service-and
these "whited sepulchres" of pac-
fists are most detestable traitors
stabbing oursoldier boys in the back.
The Barre Daily Times spoke nice
'iy of Congressman Dale's trip to
France. But while admitting the
good that should result from this
it did not fail to take the op-
Iportunlty to inject some of the ven
'om Of its invective into a comment
of his going abroad. The Times
protests the length of Congressman
Dale's announcement because he
took quarter of column of good
eight-point type to say, 1 am going
to Europe to study war conditions. ,"
The Times thinks congI essmen should
be just as conserving of words as the
housewife is of flour in these days of
conservation. This may be so, but
why congressman rather than any
one else? We have not noticed any
protest" from The Times to pub
fishing the numerous lengthy COM
munications appearing in it's columns
these days of conservation on far less
important matters than the mission
Congressman Dale announced. What
is good for congressman in this mat
ter should hold good for all others,
or else The Times desires to knock"
Congressman Dale, which is not in
accord with the spirit of fairness we
always believed that paper took
pride in maintaining. To the people
of Vermont in general the announce
ment of Congressman Dale was not
half long enough, for it touches a
matter every parent who has boy
on foreign soil fighting to uphold
American principles, is intensely in
terested in. 1t will be a satisfaction
to Vermonters back home for Cong
ressman Dale to bring to their sons
on the fighting line an encouraging
word from home. The message we
hope he may be spared to bring back
will relieve in a measure the tension
of feeling for the care and protec-
ton of the boys. Congressman Dale
is performing a mission deserving
the highest praise and Vermonters
will honor him for this service. The
more The Times or any other Yer
mont paper attempts to cast doubt
full reflections around the services of
Congressman Dale the clearer will
shine the true worth of the man and
mis- loyal, patriotic service for the
. ltata and COUNTRY