The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-31
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VERMONT,
BENNINGTON.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 81, 1920.
vERMoNT's NEXT GOVERNOR.

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VERMoNT's NEXT GOVERNOR.
AS the 14th CT September draws
nearer, it 10 interesting to see where
the four gubernatorial candidates
stand and what has become of the
issues that each announced and pro
missed to advocate at the beginning Of
his respective campaign. During the
past few weeks, the lines of difference
between the four men have become
more sharply defined and it Is easy to
see who is standing for real issues and
who is conducting a campaign Of ex-
pediency or working along the line OF
least resistance
Mr. Agan had an issue once. He
favored the repeal of the Shepard
amendment and championed the local
option law. He said he did not adyo-
cate Che return OF the op9n saloon, but
liz he had been able to realize the
things he stood for, that Is what would
have happened. Suddenly, the U. S.
Supreme Court took Mr.. Agans issue
away from him.
What did Mr. Agan do? Instead Of
turning to real live issues, Of which /
there are many in Vermont, he allow
led his i'll chosen advisers to persuade
him into stlckng"to his. original plat
form, although he knew and every
body else knew that such a position
1 would be false one and that he would
be standing for an empty dream.
Mr.. Agan' has made several speeches
tdQfpg the past -four weeks. uHis
Nfiptipalstablt haH aY@ rAh $and' he
a,hie loudly. SiSocatad M gh4btbf&hat
he once stood for Mr.. Agan seldom
mentions otherstato issues. There are
u few voters in the state who have
mistakenly linked up Agans name
with a chance TO get something more
Ito drink who will vote for the Ludlow
man, but there Is big majority in
The state who think it ia not compli
mentary to the intelligence Of Vernon
tors to seize upon every possible op.
portunity to tell them about liquor in
stead Of attempting. to- discuss some
gfhng OF vitar iihport4qHc to the state
|lpnd wIrch isinbslibla az achievement
A feyerish appeal for the memory of
John Barleycorn is hollow thunder
Col Curtis S. Emory's principal
play upon the political stage has been
to criticize the amount ol.pepey spent
gg tie othorEcandiaatssi Mr. EEni4ry
SRg admitted thatIsshs llea5on whNhe
tflnol spending nipiiey 10 because ne
8asgt.any toIpcrtd. rhe vators have
agight to expectsa candidate 20 dis.
cuss with them some constructive
state is7ues and they get heartily
weary of a man who devotes all his
time Tor making derosators statements
about his opponents.
There are those who think that allie
eEpublto uffice holding IN not AM rs scns
Iftial qualification for the governOrs6ip.
Mr.. Emery has such a record. The
fact remains that the main issue which
Mr. Em2ry telkg is the money spent
! by the other candidates. The expense
accounts up to August LIST of three of
the candidates have been given to the
state papers and there was nothing
startling about any of them. Tha sum
total was less than $450O The one
candidate who did not file his ex-
{ penses, Mr. James Hartne1s of Spring
= field, has admitted spending many
thousands of dollars, but all this
, money does not insure Or even pro.
mise his nomination on the l4tb Of
: September. n a .dt tl l4QA
Mr.. Hardness turnodabis 6am.paign
over to alfow publicity men III ana out
of the state, They haze epioyed
spending plenty Of money and no one
denies that they have something to
fshOw for II. There are more DiCturc9
of James iIartneFs along the country
!, roads in Vermont than there IRE wood
chuck holes in the adjacent fields
Every town and village in the state is
/ decorated with the physiognomy Of
the Springfield man. Frequently he
sends out "bul' otins" to every male
voter in the state of Vermont and to
most of the women limited amount
Of publicity is expected and is effective