Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-04-10

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farmer.-Northfeld News.
Graham and Gazette Not Even in
Same County.
Several clippings from other news
papers are printed in this issue re-
garding the governorship question. 1t
is noticeable that the Hardwick Ga
zette advocates the reelection of
Governor Graham. AS the Gazette is
published in Graham's home town it
can be taken for granted that the
Governor will stand for a renon1ina-
ton. There are also rumblings from
the center and southern parts of the
state which would indicate that there
will be several candidates. With five
or six candidates in the running 1T
will be no mans race. With the peo-
pie voting direct for the candidates
instead of the nomination being made
by the convention system the contest
will be an interesting one.-Burllng-
ton Clipper.
Bates Inspires Road Men.
State Highway Commissioner
Stoddard B. Bates held one of the
best road meetings that has ever been
! held in Bennington county. Commits
sioner Bates is practical road build
er and is able to inspire town road
| officials with his own enthusiasm. The
| situation this year relative to road
! building is more difficult than ever
before, owing to the shortage of Ia
| Dor. This puts greater responsible
| ity on the men in charge. The COM
missioner particularly urged taking
good care of the roads already built
so that they will not go backward and
in cooperation to get as much new
work done as possible. All the roads
must be kept open and IN condition
to be used and the public is urged to
cooperate with the road commission
ers of the towns in this work be-
during the war that the country can
carry the burden that the war has
brought. While labor is scarce bridge
and culvert work can often be under
taken TO advantage as the quantity of
labor required is not so great as in
grading and filling, and the bridges
and culverts are an essential part of
the road system. Vermont is making
Roadway in road work but our road
funds are limited and all who have
any part in it should endeavor to get
the greatest possible value for the
money expended Ban
ner.
No Time to Be Ruled by Precedent.
There is always a need to get out
of rut, no matter in what avenue of
life it occurs. We are mighty proud
OF the fathers who made trails in the
wilderness but we show lack of init
alton and prOgresslVeness it we con-
tinue to follow those trails. In So
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modicum of degeneracy in following a
rut. Politics in Vermont used to run
IN a rut with click-like precision. The
least side" and "west side" alternate
ly furnished the material for certain
state officials regardless of superior
qualifications of efficiency and service.
Then, too, we had the custom of new
er eiecting lieutenant governor for
governor or re-eiectIng a governor.
All these led to a "scra tch-nny-b back"
political organization that has kept
us IN a rut and fostered a growth OF
political degeneracy. The sunlight of
progress has broken through this
n2oss-erown embattlement and the
man who attempts to fortify his can
didate behind refugees of past meth
DDS is out of step in the march of
progress and political knight of the
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whirl of political campaigns, local,
county and state, and we know some
what of the candidates, methods and
the aftermath. It was Col. Frank
Greene of the st. Adams Messenger
who first drove the wedge into these |
obsolete customs; and Frank E.
Howe and Howard L. Hindley have |
kept the ranks closed up and the !
drive agoing. Today the voice of the |
people OF Vermont will elect the next |
governor, not custom or location. We
are at war and state officials and
members of the Legislature should be
elected but with one purpose in view
efficiency. We have had a patriot
ic, levelheaded, initiative and efficient
state government under the admins |
tration of Horace F. Graham, and it {
would not at all surprise the Herald
if Verrnonters got a little further out
Of the rut and reelected him and SO
many Of the government body as pos
sible and consistent We hold no
brief for "Uncle Horace" Indeed,
many of his acts we have criticized
and probably shall continue to, but
never with an intent to obstruct or
belittle his effort. If there ever was
time when loyal Vermonters should
get down to efficiency and results and
personal privileges and let the red
blood of Americanism prompt our
every action. Uncle Sam is calling
for the best there is in US that his
boys cover there" may have an abun-
dance Of this great country's produc-
ton in the gigantic task of making
the world free for democracy and that |
''this nation under God shall not per-
ish from the EARTH Island Pond |
Herald.
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