The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-14
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all men and women from Vermont
serving in Uncle Sans uniform.
TO those soldiers and sailors en-
gaeed in just war and to the boys
and girls who are TO be the men and
WON Of tomorrow, Vernon, should
stand ready to give her best. The flu
ture will Justify the burden incurred
in their behalf The rest OF US must
be prepared to labor and TO sacrifice
III there are oilers in our ranks.
they should be put at work, If there
are hidden resources, they should be
drawn out and utilized; If there is
private greed or selfish ambition they
should be set aside
For the future. ! would advise
earnest and intelligent preparation;
for those who are risking their lives
in the great cause, would urge gem
erosity for the rest of us would de-
mand faithful labor, thrift. economy,
and q patriotic standard OF living"
There were just eight paragraphs
/ in Mr. Howe's original statement as Il
was published in The Messenger, ana
/ Of these eight five we're devoted to the
war. and good sound sense they were,
as one may learn by the reading OF
/ the other three, one was Introductory,
one explained the conditional phase
of his candidacy and promised to
| give his whole time and effort to the
work OF the state and the other said
he would be glad to hear from the
electorate on his candidacy. So it is
/ that his entire preliminary statement,
/ In effect, dealt with the war. which
reveals what was uppermOst in his
mind And IL Is also to be remember
ed that Mr.. ilowe's statement was
given to the public over two weeks
before Judge Darling came out into
the open, and yet The News, Darl
ing's personal organ. has no more re-
gard foa the truth than to say that
Mr. Howe's second statement is a
debated attempt to get aboard The
loyalty special"
II is only fair to Judge Darling and
/ II serves to complete the evidence
against The News. to set forth what
the judge had to say about the war
rs published over two weeks after
MIR llowe's statement.
TO win The war is the allabsorb
inc subject aud the coming legisla
mre can well apply itself to this con
sideration and pass such laws rs per
tain to war activities and kindred sub
iocts and make as short session as
possible.
I'VE must work with and in sup
port of the Federal government. We
must pu, nation above marty. We
must work or we must nght. There
must be no lukewmmness, either with
respect to our cause or that of our
Allies We must win the war. Not
only must we provide for the boys
at The front hut we must provide for
the disabled and their dependents To
accomplish these things we must
economi2c on others We must be
sane aud we mast he progressive"
If this is any more specific than Mr.
tiowes statement or Il its publica
ton on Iuly lG gives Darling priority
over the Howe publication Of July l.
lhen, and only then 'ag she News he
warranted In its present editorial.
Frank Howe Is welt known In Yer
mont and his record Is one OF service
which has been recognized by the re-
posing in him of public p1'a of in.
oreasmg importance ihe Messen.
ger believes that Vermontcrs, re-
gardless of whether thoy h"vo been
supporting Howe or no. wip be dis
gustod at THIS attempt on the part oi
The News, with its imported editor
aud his political director to mierepre
sent one who has lived clean life OF
service among lhem-St Albanf
I Messenger.