The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-04
POLITICAL ADVERTISING
POLITICAL ADVERTISING
Some Questions
Tor
MIR. Root

We understand you saying that the group of men
who interviewed you weeks as to how you stood
Ratification had right to do Please tell u.s. why
You candidate for your partys nomination to the
State Senate is generally conceded that the biggest
question at issue N the next Legislature this one OF Rat
ihcation of the PrOhbitory Amendment to the Federal
Constitution. The contests for the Senate-where the
doubt mainly hes-al the State being waged
this question. Why should you seek to evade it?
The candidates for the Governship Judge Darling
Mr. Howe and Mr. Clement have declared themselves on
this question. One of them is making his chiefly
on it, And yet the Governor will have power in the
matter that OF influence But every Senator's vote
counts directly What right have you in the face Of this
situaton to keep mum? What right have you to ask the
support of hundreds of your fellow citizens who prop
ery concerned about this question than any other?
Did you know that the License vote in Bennington
County, in March 1913 1916 NO and 1858 "Yes'a
majority of 293 the side dry territory? Did you
know that sixteen towns went dry and only oneBennington
by much reduced majority most previous years.
went wet? Do you know that the straight issue of
National Prohibition many Yes men would prefer
Prohibition? Therefore, in the face of past returns is
not the sentiment of Bennington County Dry? DO you
understand you arc candidate to represent the County
We have been told that you say self constit
uted committee which has right to pick out candidates
for office AS matter OF Fact we are representative
committee of large constituency and quite ready
print names. But let that 60 Who picked you out
for Office? Did you not tell US in that celebrated inter-
view that the you were running for the Senate
that friends you had made in Montpelier when
II the town representative wanted you to back
promised ii to YOU Some sefconstituted committee
What the difference twixt TweedeDee and Tweedle
DUN?
y As a matter of fact Mr.. Root you have wight to
run for this office any other-because you it
because your friends want you to have tiff in the esti-
nation OF yourself and others you capable and
iul servant Of the people. But deny your moral
right Tor office without platform and without
u principles What is your platform? What your
d principles?
Did you not say in that interview of which you COM
plain-similar 20 interviews of which other candidate
in the county and far know in the whole state
has compaincdthat you regarded legislation a matter
OF compromise? That you have sonic things you want
to put through and the other fellow has things that
he wants to put through, and you can't get all
want usually you trade off, and drive as good bar
gain as you can. When it pointed out to you in
respect to biz moral issue like this of Ratification that
that give and take buying and selling fashion OF doing pot-
zeal business doesn't apply what your answer? Was
1t not long discourse about mOon-shnng down South
y and other irrelevant matter? Do you blame for be-
coming doubtful about your Senatorial timber?
We understand that you have said this committee
81 treated you discoureously. The committee is unanimous
q IN thinking quite the contrary. You the only
present who raised his voice and got excited The
members OF this committee were your friends to start
with and would have been glad to support you if you
could nave satisfied them by frank answers to THEN
respectful questions You gave the appearance of shut
fling and more than hat-that you were positively
against our cause Was it not a fair undertaking that we
should find somebody else in the circumstances to sup
port for on county Senator?
The Banner will doubtless print an open letter from
YOU viii you come out in with plain answers to these
\ questions?
BENNINGTON COUNTY