The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-11
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER IL 1920.
THE eovERNoRsHvp


the governor of the state for the next
two years, for the winner of the Re.
publican nomination is sure to be
elected in November. 1t is the duty
of every voter to go to the polls and
express his or her choice.
There are four candidates, Agan,
Rabbit, Emery and HARNESS. All are
good, honest. loyal citizens Of YER
mont. 1t is merely case of trying
to pick the best Instead Of getting
heated up at the end of the campaign
1t is the time to become more calm,
to lay aside passion, prejudice, self
interest and private luminosity and to
vote according tc the dictates of
conscience and desire to best serve
the good, little old Green Mountain
state.
Mr. Hardness was first in the field
He has spent the most money. He
has covered the state with ibis litera-
1 ture and his picture has been sent 10
every household He is great in
| yentor, intellectually superior to
most Of the people of Vermont includ-
Ing the other candidates, but he has
participated but little in local and
state affairs. The Banner admires
Mr. HARNESS but fears that he is not
best fitted to be governor We have
had too much theory in government
at Washington during the past few
years. Vermont is not warranted in
following the example.
Col Emery lives in Newport, the
far Northern end OF Vermont. He is
a lawyer and has held Office all his
life but never found It necessary or
desirable to spend any time in Ben.
Inington until he came down here to
get our votes The trouble with our
Vermefit government is that it is too
much centralized in the northern half
of the state Southern Vermont does
mot SGT fun ana fair G nsideration in
roads, Schools elimination of grade
crossings and other state service. Mr.
Emery is q good citizen but in as
much as southern Vermont has can
didate who is amply qualified It is not
wise to discriminate in favor Of a
candidate from the Canadian border
who might forget that Bennington
exists.
Mi Agan of Ludlow Is genial,
likable man with pleasant smile a
warm hand clasp and generous
heart. He is the socalled wet" can.
ddate because he started out with a
platform, which, If carried out, would
have resurrected John Barleycorn
! and returned the United States to the
grip OF the commercial liquor inter
ests. AS time has gone on he has
, modified his program and borrowed
! other planks but it seems hardly pos
sible that an appeal to appetite can
4 be twice successful in Vermont when
it proved such a dismal misfortune
, only two years ago. Should Mr..
! Agan be elected he will prove super
Tor to his platform but he does not
seem likely to win.
/ Tbs fourth candidate is Fred Fl,
S Rabbit -f Bellows Falls, He knows
T Vermont, all Vermont, and his bust
ness and experience fits him to be
governor. He has been in Benning
ton and other towns of the state
scores of times before he came as a
b candidate. He has held Office some
y times, but the kind Of Office that pays
!, no salary and requires lot of hard
work He has done more work for
d the pubic without pay or reward than
a al AHItt VI tIt Oliitl Ilt
started with nothing and has made a
/, success in business. He is competent
to handle the affairs of state which
are chiefly of business nature. And
HE lives in the south end and will see
that the south part gets square
I, deal
Rabbit is no better man and no
t better, citizen than the other candi-
( dates but The Banner believes he is
I better fitted to be governor and that
+, the voters of Bennington county
J should support him next Tuesday.
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