Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-09-04
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
A Darling Vote Thrown Away.

A Darling Vote Thrown Away.
1t is contest between Clement and
Howe. Darling Stands no show what
ever Of getting the nomination for
governor at the primaries. A vote
for Darling will be thrown away
Burlington Clipper.
No Substitute for Graham.
The republican state committee
overstepped it's jurisdiction when it
asked for a substitute for Graham.
That ought to be a question for the
food administrator to decide.-St.
Johnsbury Republican.
The Montpelier Argus puts these
questions up to the attorney general:
To whom can the governor resign?
Can a governor be arrested while in
office?
Can any body discharge or impeach
the governor except the legislature?
Who can call the legislature togeth-
er except the governor?
These are posers and will cause a
hasty search of the Vermont consti-
tuition to see what the law is on the
subject Evidently the governor
holds the whip hand. Nice state of
affairs when an auditor can overdraw
his account for Is years without being
called to account.-Burlingt Clip
per.
Checkmating Itself.
The limitations as to the consump--
ton of materials by newspapers and
the requests, yea even demands, by
the government for the space in the
country press for the publication OF
pleas, regulations, war-neasure infor-
nation that can be placed before the
people only through the daily and
weekly press, continue to advance in
neck and neck race. What will the
various officials say when the race
goes on until they find they have
checkmated themselves? If the cam
paign for the curtailment of the &C
tivities of the press continues the
government will surely one day find
they are not allowing the country
weekly to issue sufficient columns of
reading matter to even handle the
copy they asked printed-Swanton
Courier.
Our Soldiers Letters.
Someone said that the history of
this war would be contained in the
letters written home by the boys at
the front. These are being widely
published and as widely read. No
other feature of this newspaper, we
are sure, attracts the attention that
our soldiers letter column does.
And justly. These letters are writ
ten mostly within sound of the guns,
with the scenes Of this greatest Of
world tragedies right before the au-
thors. They are written by our own
boys, whom we know and whose faces
are still fresh to us. Not all of them
are literary gems or fawless in spell
ing or diction. And that makes them
the more valuable. for they reflect the
thoughts Of all classes and ranks Of
our citizen soldiers. Most of them
were not intended for publication,
probably, and contain facts that
might have been set down otherwise
but facts, nevertheless. Some are
surprising commentaries, disclosing a
degree of acumen in the authors not
suspected One and all, they picture
"the life" as it is-the day-by-day ex-
periences and impressions Of our
brave boys over there.
We search them in vain for any
sign of "vellow." Their words. simple
and strai ehtforward without buster or
boasting, ring with courage and con-
fdence, while many strike a distinct
ly high note, rejecting a spirit Of the
most supreme type.
Reader. don't miss a single one of
these soldiers letters.-Randolph
Herald.