The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-18
On Whose Authority, Asks
Mr.. Dewitt, Was Jury
Called Here
WILL DECLINE TO
|, PASS EXPENSE BILL
Thinks Convenience Concerns Brattle-
boro Lawyers More than Anybody
Else-ouestion of Expense Also Open
to Debate.

Editor of The Reformer
1t has always seemed TO me that the
trick of publishing newspaper in Wind
ham county must be much less difficult
than in most communities for the reason
that when news is scarce the editor can
always fill in with the ever tn timely
topic OF the removal of the county bnild-
ings from Newfane to Brattleboro and |
note that The Meddler last week, prob
ably having been assigned a certain
amount of local copy to turn in and
being stunped to deliver the goods, re-
yerted to the time-worn subject in a third
OF column of mostly mis- information.
The Meddler's mathematics appears to
be exceedingly at fault Tor he makes the
astonishing statement that the saving
that would come to litigants by having
this town tBrattleborol the seat of coun-
ty coure would amount TO hundreds If
not thousands of dollars annually to say
nothing of the increased convenience
/, that would result" In the words of one
| OF our American humorists this IS inter
esting If true. Many people have always
considered, however, that the facts were
quite the reverse as to both expense and
convenience. Possibly The Medlier ae-
cidentally omitted the word "Brattle-
+ boro" prior to the word litigants. or pos
sibiy in the matter OF convenience ne had
in mind Brattleboro's lawyers. But how
about expense and convenience as applied
/ 10 luTymen and witnesses who would be
obliged to come 10 practically the south
east corner of the county rather than to
Newfane, which is the exact geographical
centre of the county, Or how about the
expense to court people fer board IN New
fame as compared with similar. expenses
in Brattleborof And how about the ex
pense TO the taxpayers of the county for
the building of court house IN Brat
tleboro which would be in keeping with
other public building there And how
about the expense attendant upon main
tanning such court house and grounds
as compared with the vary nominal cx-
pense incurred by the county in main
tanning the same in Newfaneg
The people of the town Of Newfane
have always rested in the consciousness
of honest effort made at all times t. keep
the county seat in Newfane. We began
in 1878 when the town bonded for S25 600
to build a railroad up the valley. In 1904
Ne"1dHe Niilage uSiiS MAtitout aux tselAh
hotel accommodations to take care OF the
| court people, private capital purchased
land remodeled the Newfane Inn, making
il a convenient country hotel which in
conjunction with the county hotel can
comfortably care for people having bust
mess at county court. The $4,000 which
was subscribed for hotel purposes BY citi-
zens of Newfane and elsewhere amounted
, to gift as the hotel was subsequently
sold and nothing was left for the sub
, scribers after the debts were paid.
In 1906 the village incorporated with
the object in view of making the plaee
more attractive as a location for the
court house. The village has built &C.
ment walks on both sides Of the street,
throughout the village an dinduced the
Twin State Co. 10 extend its electri,