Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-10
"TOO DRASTIC"

mus says the par OF vermont re-
garding Governor Graham's message
and recommendations. It is appar-
ent that the lawyers of this state are
opposed to consolidation and retrench-
ment when such move touches their
profession. The Monitor said some
time ago that there would be trouble
where retrenchment "pinched," and
it is disappointing that the Vermont
bar should be the first and foremost
to condemn a program so fearlessly
and aightforwardly put forth as
that of the governor.
The lawyers of Vermont should be
the first to uphold the hands of Gov
ernor Graham in program which
promises relief from our growing ex-'
penses and somewhat cumbersome
state organization, but their DISPOSE
ton appears to be one of resentment
that the program should reach to
their stronghold. The Monitor has
the utmost respect for individuals of
the Vermont bar but sees in the ac-
tivities of the body as whole that
perfectly human side of mankind
which defends his own business or
profession against that which endan-
gers it in any degree.
The Monitor believes the law and
our courts have been left too much
to lawyers; that our medical laws
have been left too much to physi-
clans; that our banking laws
have been left too much to capitalists
and that our praying has been left
too much to the ministers. We fully
appreciate the fact that the lay mind
does not always grasp every phase of
= law bearing upon technical and
learned subjects, but there is danger
of OVERRIDING the idea that only men
of long training in certain channels,
men whose very bread of life and
prosperity are dependent upon the
working Of laws left in their hands to
make and to operate, can see what is
best for the people as a whole.
The Monitor believes Governor
Graham, a lawyer himself, has put
forth a definite program of state con-
troll that has many more virtues than
faults. He has recommended the pro-
gram only after IA years of first
hand information as to the coming
and going of state moneys and we
hope to see the people stand behind
the program.
The press is far from infallible but
the most fearless and independent pa
pers of Vermont commend Governor
Graham for his message and stand
ready to assist him in his program
The Brattleboro Reformer declares it
''the most progressive and compre-
hensive statement ever presented to a
legislature of Vermont"
The Barre Times commends the
message and the Bennington Banner
says it 'is the most unusual and in
teresting document of the kind from
Vermont governor of the present
generation" The Burlington Daily
Free Press says, Governor Graham
has the certainty of the backing of
public sentiment in his effort to put
Vermont affairs on more satisfac-
tory basis. - x Judicial reform
cannot be blocked or averted"
The Burlington News, Rutland
News and Herald, the Caledonian,
St. Adams Messenger and Montpelier
Argus, which includes all the dailies
in the state, commend the governors
program. The Argus says, "The
sentiment of the people of Vermont
. is behind the governor"
Much editorial space has been Civ
en- to Governor Graham's program
and thus far the Monitor has failed
to see any unfavorable comment. Let
our legislature take stock with thei1
constituents rather than any politi
clans as to these matters.
Orleans county particularly ough
to stand behind Governor Graham.