Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-03-28

come before you Republicans of
Maine to speak only as an American
to his fellow Americans, as patriot
speaking to patriots.
Let us take our stand on that
part of the Presidents's speech Of
December in which he said This
intolerable thing, this menace of
combined intrigue and force, which
we now see so clearly as the Ger
man power, thing without consci-
ence or honor or capacity for cove
nanted peace, must be crushed and
let US forget the peace parleyings of
February for these were inconsis-
tent with the words just quoted"
Thus is made plain the call to duty
of every American citizen. A huge
task is before US and we must meas
ure up to the call and make it i'm
possible for this into1erable thing"
to be menace to the independence,
liberty and happiness of mankind.
There is always a need to get out
of a 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 initiative and progressiveness if
we continue to follow those trails.
In social, civil and political life there
is modicum of degeneracy in fol-
lowing rut. Politics in Vermont
used to run in a rut with clock-like
precision. The "eastside" and west
side" alternately furnished the ma
terial for certain state officials re-
CARELESS of superior qualifications of
efficiency and service. Then, too,
we had the custom of never electing
a lieutenant governor for governor
or re-electing governor. All these
led to scratching back" political
organization that has kept US in a
rut and fostered a growth of politi-
cal degeneracy. The sunlight of
progress has broken through this
moss grown 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 windmill class. We have been
in the whirl of political campaigns,
local, county and state, and we
know somewhat of the candidates, |
methods and the aftermath. 1t was
Col. Frank Greene of the St. Adams
Messenger VINO first drove the wedge
into these obsolete customs, and !
Frank E. Howe and Howard l.. !
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 with !
but one purpose in vieW-efficiency. |
We have had patriotic, levelheaded,
and efficient state govern
ment under the administration of |
Horace F. Graham, and it would |
not It all surprise the Herald if Ver-
monters got little further out of /
the rut and reelected him and so
many of the other government body |
as possible and consistent. We hold |
n O brief for "Uncle Horace" In
deed, many of his acts we have crti-
cized and probably shall continue to,
but never with an intent to OBJ
struct or belittle his effort. If
there ever was a time when loyal |
Vermonters should get down to eff
cheney and results and do their ut
most, it is now. Cut out personal
and let the red blood of
Americanism prompt our every &C.
ton. Uncle Sam is calling for the
best there is in us that his boys
lover there" may have an abun-
dance of this great country's pro-
duction in the gigantic task of max
ing the world safe for democracy and
that this nation under God shall
not perish from the EARTH"