The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-16
The MeddIer
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Though there have been few impor

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Though there have been few impor
tant developments in the county polit
zeal field during the past week it is
evident from stray bits of news which
come to The Neddler that the various
candidates are not letting the warm
weather interfere with their activity
Mr.. Durham, Brattleboro s candidate
for senator, has been making a trip
throughout the county, greeting friends
he made Curing his service in the lower
branch of the legislature and getting
acquainted with folks in general He
cannot lose anything by such proceed
ing. In fact, it onght to give him an
excellent opportunity to measure county
sentiment on variety of questions
likely to come up in the law making
session. At the present time it looks
as if the county senatorial race would
be limited to the Ave candidates who
are already in the running. There was
a
Emory A. Melendy of Londonderry
who by the way could be depended
upon to poll heavy vote in his own To-
eality-hut those who pretend to be in
touch with the situation are authority
for the statement that Mr. Melendy has
decided to wait-presumably until the.
field is smaller. Fred B. Pingree, a
Bellows Falls lawyer, has this week an
nouhced his candidacy. for states at
torney. being the first to formally line
up for this position, although it is
known that Edward F. Jones of vii.
mingtOn is in the field In his an
rouncement Mr.. Pingree mentions the
fact that there hash t been state 5
attorney from the north end for the
past ten years. With nominations APP
portioned geographically. as they were
under. the convention system, this state
of affairs would practically assure Mr..
Pingree's nomination, but with the pri-
mary law in operation there is no tell
ing what will happen-especially if
local lawyer should decide to go after
this job.
At the request of several interested
citizens The Meddler respectfully in
quires of the village commissioners
what they have done under the motion,
passed at the last annual meeting, au
thorizing them to investigate local
water rates with view TO determining
whether or not they are exorbitant.
The Meddler doesn t pretend to be
one of those ultra aesthetic persons
who can see nothing but evil in any
alteration of the landscape from its
natural state Unitarian adornments
such as bridges, power lines and fac
tory chimneys not only do not offend
his sense of beauty but, if they are not
too conspicuous, actually arouse feel
ing of enthusiasm in the industrial ae-
tivity they typify, Even billboards,
when placed with due consideration fori
the differences of opinion as to. their
excuse for existence. are not offensive
to him, realizing that the art of pub
Tcitv has outgrown the limits of the
printed page no matter how superior
the latter form of expression may be.
Tt must be admitted, however, that
his eve is CALLED whenever it eollides
with the board that now occupies the
foreground of the vista looking up the
river from the railroad
station In defense of its location 1t
may be argued that it looks no worse
than the refuse and railroad ties that
formerly occupied its site, but that
does not seem to excuse the Boston &
Maine railroad authorities, who spend
thousands of dollars every year to ad-F