The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-03
Howe's War Sentiments

"No one charges Frank Howe with
being disloyal," says the same Smith
who prepared a three-column article
for the Burlington papers trying to
show that he was.
Still Darling workers are going
through the state insidiously spread
ing the idea that Frank Howe7s war
sentiments are not 1000 loyal A
blood relative of the Burlington can
didate entered business places in Or
leans county last week making such
statements as would lead his hearers
to believe that Frank Howe was pro-
German-his only argument against
relative-candidate
That kind of politics is beneath any
man worthy of becoming governor of
disloyal than Judge Darling. Before
| Germany-when the country was
neutral-Mr. Howe's paper, along
with other papers and along with
thousands of Americans, was OPP
posed to our entry into the war (Wil-
son was reelected on "you have
kept US out of the war" sentiment)
and made quite emphatic statements
about the question.
| Frank Howe expressed sentiments
in his independent way at the time.
| So did every red-blooded American.
Many a man confesses now that his
early statements led his wife to say,
81 believe you are pro-German."
Let the Darling Instructors bring
forth some unpatriotic statement or
action of Frank Howe since we en-
tered the war. Why did Smith in his
York of scanning old Banners, pick
and choose articles only up to Febru-
airy "a, 1915, and omit the original
heads on them and substitute his own
misleading headings? Why did not
Smith go on in his selection of editor
ial notes from the Banner? Right
after war was declared Frank Howe
expressed some of the most emphatic
sentiments of loyalty. Read what
he said:
every American citizen has one
duty surrounding all Others-the
duty of responding to the call of the
government to make whatever sacri-
fees may be necessary in order that
success may crown our efforts in the
great struggle"
And Howe sent son to the war.
On the point in question the Bur
1 lington Clipper says:
Now, take the Judge at his own
standard. Several years ago Judge
Darling was an advocate of local op-
ton Now he is for national prohib-
ition. Can it be said that he is now
a "rummy' simply because he was a
local option man several years ago
Certainly not. Times have changed.
While the attack against Frank
| Howe's Americanism was prepared
by another, the seat of authority can
be no other than Judge Darling. Such
a warped mind is not fit to be COVER
nor It smacks too much of using
patriotism to foster ones own politi-
cal ambition. "Round- Out-My-Ca-
reer" Darling has forfeited all respect
of decent people and has shown a pol
luted judgment that transcends all
decency.
The Burlington News, a newspaper
in which Darling owns an interest
and which also strangely made a
thorough canvass for subscribers in
Vermont at time when it's advocacy
of Darling might help, and which pa
per also strangely continues to mail
copies to subscribers whose :subscrip-
tions have expired and whose under
standing was that it was to stop wher
the time was up, recently stated that
an Offensive" had been started
against Frank Howe AS someone
has aptly said, the word offensive
has more :. than one meaning The
Darling offensive actually smells bad
This same Darling relative also
states that he had rather have mar
like Clement governor than Howe
Well, that shows where Darling
stands on some questions better than
anything else could It is apparently
Darling and Clement against Howe
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