The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-04
Howe,s War Sentiments.

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being disloyal,' says the same Smith
who prepared a three-column article
for the Burlingt,l .-F~.s trying 20
show that he was.
Still Daring workers are going
through the state insldiOusly spread
ing the idea that Frank Howe war
sentiments are not 100 per cent 10y.
al A blood relative Of the Burling
ton candidate entered business
places in Orleans county last week
making such statements as would
lead his hearers to believe that Frank
Howe was prO-German-hi only ar
sument against Howe and his only
argument for his relative-oandidate
That kind Of politics is beneath any
man worthy OF becoming governor OF |
this state Frank Howe is no more I
disloyal than Judge Darling. Before
the United States declared war on
Germany when the country was
neutral--Mr Howes paper, along
with other papers and along with
thousands OF Americans, was Op-
posed to cur entry into the war (Wil-
son was re elected on a You have
Kept as cut of the war" sentimenU
and made quite emphatic statements
about the question.
Frank Howe expressed sentiments
in his independent way at the time
So did every red-blo0ded American
Many a man confesses now that his
early statements led his wife tO say,
II believe Won are proGerman."
Lei the Darling insinuators bring
forth some mpairi0lic statement or
action oil Frank Howe since we en-
, tered the war Why did Smith in his
work of scanning old Banners, pick
and choose articles only up To Febru-
AIRY "A. 1917, and omit the original
heads ON them and substitute his own
misleading headings? Why did not
Smith 90 on in his selection of editor
ial notes from the Banner? Right
: after war was declared Frank Howe
expressed some Of the most emphatic
4 sentiments OF loyalty Real what he
I sai,
G Every American citizen has one
I dutp surmountng all oihcrS-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
sreat struggle
And Howe sent son 10 the war.
On the point in question the Bur
lngtGn clipper says
, Now. take the judge at his own
" STANDARD Several years ago Judge
Dariias u., aH advocate of local op
ion. Now be is for national prohib
iiion Can il be said that he Is now
y a "fummy" simply because he was
n local option man several years ago
J. Certainly not Times have changed
D. While The attack against Franl
g r0#e's Americanism was prepare,
A. by another the seat OF authority cal
70 be no other than Judge Darling Sucl
10 a VARIED mind IS not iit 10 be Cover
. nor Il gmacks too much OF usin
= Patriotism to foster ones own polit
y cal ambition 'Roun@ Ou, MyCa
reer" Darling has forfeited ali respec
re OF decent people and has shown pc
&c m;ed judgment that transccnds a
a decency
&c Tho Burlington News. q newspape
Is in which Darling owns an interes
N and which also strangely made
III thorough canvass for subscribers /
ad Vermont 81 a time when its advocac
be Of Daring might help. and which p;
~ per also strangely continues to ma
=" copies to subscribers whose subscri
~ tons have expired and whose unde
IL standing was that ii was to stop whe
y the time was up, recently stated thu
SO an offensive" had been starte
ch against Frank Howe. As someon
mt has aptly said. the word offensive
,Se has more than one meaning TIL
- Darling offensive actually smells ha
This same Darling relative ais
states that he had rather have a ma
like Clement governor than How
Well. that shows where Darlin
J.. stands on some questions better tina
Nv anything ehe could Il Is apparent
II Darling and Clement against Howe
hu Orleans County Monitor
nj From the frequent jottihgs OF III
Ill Burlington News with reference
The strong manhood of Perceival v
Clement and the constant allusioi
10 Frank Howe as a noneitv-as a IA
tor OF the cooperating type-n
tel quite apparent that The News feai
OF Frank Il. Howe more as the DANCE
,st Gus man. The almost continuous gu
re-. giles branding the Bennington cdtt
wa as an INSIGNIFICANT factor let's OF
read The News mind like an ope
u book
And how easy It is for one TO praii
- Him who he fears not Oh well, sue
is life Clarice -Swantm Courier.