Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-08-07
Two Candidates for States Attorne.

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The south end of the county is fur
nishing two candidates for the office
of states attorney-Frank D. Thomp-
son of Barton, and Colby Stoddard of
Orleans, the present incumbent. Both
are lawyers, and both well known
throughout the county. It has been
rulable for many years to choose
what might be called a north-end
candidate for states attorney, the
same being reelected for a second
term, after which the south end Of the
county would furnish q candidate for
two terms. The cases are very rare
unless through some fault-that
the candidate at either end chosen for
one term, has not been reelected for
the second. And the cases are very
rare where an opposing candidate has
come up to contest for the second
term. OF course, there is no law
against this, as the field IS open for
anyone who desires to contest for the
office; we are simply stating what has
been. Personally, we think if a states
attorney does his duty the first two
years he is in Office, that he should be
reelected fer the second term, as he
is better fitted to do his duty than dur
ing the first term. Then two years is
. short time to break up his business
and get back into it after his term of
Office expires.
Both Stoddard and Thompson are
bright young lawyers and both are
from the south end of the county.
That a candidate should rise against
Stoddard, the present incumbent, is
certainly not because the latter has
not performed his duty as far as
lrv1n IL do
tons during his term of office, in the
majority Of which cases the parties
have plead guilty thereby saving ex-
pense to the state. In fact, he has
been 10th to prosecute without the
proof, the only thing which might
lead some who did not understand, to
think he was remiss in his duty. But
if this was a fault it was a good one,
as case being tried without proof
for conviction is really no case at all
and puts the state to large bill of
expense. In thrift stamp work the
present states attorney is to be COM
plimented. He has gone into it heart
and soul and has visited every end of
the county to urge the cause along.
All this has been done without re-
enumeration outside of personal ex-
penses. Like all states attorneys he
has doubtless made some enemies as
one will when prosecutions take place.
This is to be expected. Outside from
these we hardly think, with all due
credit to Thompson for his ability and
fitness for the Office, that the county
will turn down Stoddard for his sec
ond ternl.-Express and Standard
Attempt to Buy a Senator.
The Burlington Free Press in an
editorial in it's Saturday issue makes
a startling statement. It is presumed
that the paper has the name and adj
dress Of the man it quotes and can
Vouch for the mans truth and veraci-
ty. The Free Press says:
"a resident Of Burlington makes
the definite statement that a man
from another state called upon him
and tried to persuade him to become
a candidate for the Vermont senate.
This was done on the supposition that
ne would vote against the ratification
IF the amendment to the Constitution
If the United States prohibiting the
manufacture and sale of Intoxicating
liquor for purposes Of beverage He
had been an ardent champion Of local
option as opposed to state prohibition
IS enforced in Vermont, and it was
supposed he would also be against
national prohibition.
when & representative Of the IL
1uor interests outside Of Vermont
sought to induce this citizen to be-
come candidate by Offering to pay
his campaign expenses and in addi-
ton pay him for his time to help de-
feat rational rrOhihitiOn he was nat