Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-07-16

/ look upon those Sunday baseDau
| games at Swanton and Rutland as
being quite proper in Vermont.-Wa-
terbury Record.
Burlington Thrilled.
Burlington is having thrills over
the possibility of a Navy-Curtis fly
/ ing boat station being placed there.
| Why not? A seaplane would be just
as much at home on Lake Champla1n
as on any harbor-and look at the
scenic possibilities of an air flight
north and south from the city.-Rut-
| land Herald.
Road Remedy Simple.
"Spots where roads are in soggy
condition can be given heavy stone
filling after suitable drainage has
been provided, and small holes filled
and ruts eliminated by the road drag
and patrol work. What Vermont
needs most is that road authorities
get busy and do the things nearest at
hand"
The above is the finish of the last
paragraph of a column editorial in a
recent issue of the Free Press and
| contains more for the constructive
| betterment of our state roads than
columns that could be written.
Foundation, drainage, grade and ma
terial are all important to good roads,
but the road drag and patrol work
would help out wonderfully on some
roads that have not yet received the
first work We would be in favor of
making the drag and patrol work
compulsory for the reason that some
town officials are adverse to both
Hardwick Gazette.
"Curt' Emery Mentioned for Cover
nor.
Those who have formed the habit
through long association of giving a
push to various governor possibilities ,
have already projected no less than
five available men in connection with
the next Republican candidacy for
the governorship of Vermont. The !
list includes ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS /
Mason S. Stone of Montpelier, Rep
resentative George L. Durham Of
Brattleboro, former senator Freder- /
lex H. Babbitt of Bellows Falls, May |
or Curtis S. Emery of Newport and /
last but not least recent Commission /
err of Taxes Charles A. Plumley of |
Mortified
With this list from which to select |
a candidate for governor there will be
no excuse for breaking the mountain
line in 1920 and taking two governors
in succession from the west side, al
though geographical arguments will t
probably be advanced as usual. 1t
will be urged that the northeast cor
ner of the state has had governor
since the southeast section of the
state was recognized, or remembered.
1t will also be said that both of those
sections have had governors since the
central part of the state occupied the
executive chamber.
On the score of recent wide &C
quaintance and intimate knowledge
of state affairs the two men in Wash
ington county named and Represen-
tative Durham would likely have the
inside track, and yet Court" Emery
and Erred" Rabbit are men to be
reckoned with in any political Joust-
ing. On the whole we should look for
as lively preliminary governor
contest in 1920 as the state has wit
messed in many a moon.
Are Vermont Republicans too Hide
bound?
Rev John A. Hamilton of Burling-
ton has solved the problem of what to
do with the former kaiser of Ger
him up as the Republican
candidate and elect him governor of
Vermont. The inference from Rev.
Hamilton's remark is that nearly
can be governor of Vermont !
as long as he gets the nominal en-
dorsement of the Republican party of
the state. While due allowance must
be made for extravaganza of speech
on the part of the Burlington divine,
it must be admitted there is just an !
element of truth in what he says,
that Republicans of Vermont are so !
prone to vote for the man set up by
their party for any office that the
Is tantamount to an cleo
ton. The influence of the nomina- !
ton by the dominant party is often
times sufficient to carry that person '
into office notwithstanding that that
person may be lacking in some of the
qualifications seemingly necessary
for the position he seeks. This is true
without any more reference to the ]
present chief executive of Vermont
than to any other successful candi-
date in the past for that office or for
many other offices in the gift of the
people of the state, although Rev =
Hamilton was undoubtedly hitting at I
Gov. Clement when he made the al Y
fusion to the kaiser as candidate for 7
governor. Thereby he indirectly
was arraigning the whole people of i,
the state, at least the Republican :
section of those people; and the Re- I
ouoncan section of the people, if they Z
are open-mlnded, will have to admit '
The force of the assertion. A Repub- l.
ican candidate is in due time and :
through the usual formality an officer =
II the state. In the present state of :
mind of the dominant party there 4
IAN be no other outcome. 1t is =
worth thinking over be- :
ween now and the time for choosing :
again. Are the RepubIi- :
ans OF Vermont too obedient or easv- !,
soing Barre Times. Is Is
Fermont's First Air Port. "