Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-03-10

iner as the Democratic candidate for
the presidency was launched last week
at dinner given by the Hon. Har-
Iand b. Howe, United States iudpe
v A. Bullard, district attorney. and
James Il. Kennedy, collector of inter
nal revenue at Burlington. Thomas
= Spellacy of Hartford, Conn.,. assis-
| eant TO the attorney general and for
mer d1strlct attorney in Connecticut.
ana Ihomas Jefferson Boynton of Bos-
ton, district attorney for Massachu-
sets, were the principal sneakers
and both eXtolled the services of the
attorney general. Mr.. Billiard acted
as toastmaster at the dinner, which
was attended by about 35 of the lead
ing democrats of the state.
The Vermont commissioner of aor;-
culture is still receiving a large num-
Der of applications for testing of
cattle. The number has far exceeded
the expectation when the legislature
was In session. The total sum has
been so depleted that E. S. Brig
nam In reply to each applicant states
that he has placed their application
on file but there will not be funds
available until 1921, there being so
many applications ahead of those be-
ing received now which will take the
rest of the appropriation. But he
urges the applicants to leave their
applications so that after another ses-
sion of the legislature convenes they
Will not lose their position in the
number of applications.
The issue between the Catholic
parents of children attending Brandon
high school and the school board has
been verv satisfactorily settled to
both parties, and the children who
were suspended because of failure
to present excuses for not attending
morning chapel exercises will return
to school. The basis of agreement
was arrived at on Saturday when a
meeting of the school directors and
Prin. E. III. Walker was held with a
committee representing the parents
of the Catholic children. At this
meeting the school board agreed to
accept in lieu of the usual Excuse" a
collective protest against their chill
dren's attending the exercises, signed
by the Catholic parents.
The tenth annual convention of the
Vermont State Bankers association
was held in Burlington Feb. % with
a large attendance from ALI parts Of
the state. The subject dealt with by
the speakers present was Thrift" as
it is applied to reconstruction work.
The report of the executive council
showed that at the present time 100 of
the 107 banking institutions in the
state are members of the association,
which is a gain over year ago.
1t was voted that the bankers con-
tlnue to offer prizes for the work of
the boys and girls clubs of the state.
The association elected the follow
ing officers: President, Gilbert B.
Woods of st. Johnsbury; vice presi-
dent, Charles G.. Staples of Brattle-
boro; secretary, G. S. Webster of Bar
ton; treasurer, D. L. Wells of Orwell.
General Leonard Wood, candidate
for president of the United States on
the Republican ticket, will be invited
to deliver the principal address at
the Republican state convention, which
will be held at Montpelier, Wednesday,
May 20. Congressman Porter II.
Dale will act as chairman of the Rep
ublican state convention, while Sena-
tor w. H. Fairchild of Fairfax will
be the chairman of the committee
on resolutions, and Judge E. W. Glib
son of Brattleboro will be secretary.
According to the plans for General
to Burlington for an address the day
before the convention at Montpelier,
and may be the guest of the city the
night before the convention. At this
convention eight delegates and eight
alternates will be elected to the
national Republican convention.
In recent address by Mrs E. A
Linderholm, formerly of Chicago,
made after she had been in Vermont
about two months, criticism of the
Child Welfare work in the state oc-
Cured, and at the meeting of the
Vermont ChildreR's Aid society at
Montpelier Friday Judge E. M. Har-
vey answered that portion of her adj
dress which was given to the criti-
cism of the courts handling the mat
ter in a very thorough manner and
demonstrating that the Juvenile work
is handled more from a parental point
Of view than from Judicial roirt.
w. H. Jeffrey also spoke and explain
ed the work which the state board of
charities has accomplished. which
board Mrs. Linderholm said in her
address should be reorganized, show
ing that the last four months over
81 900 month has been spent by the
state in child care and that 166 chill
dren were committed to the board in
1919 and % in the first two months of