News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1922-11-15
Timely Comments by the Press
Universal Discomfort Main Issue-Letter from GreeneCOm
ments on State EectiOn-Farm Bureau Issue
WHAT SENATOR GREENE
SAYS:

Senator-elect Frank l.. Greene the
following statement regarding the
Vermont general election:
Naturally, | am greatly pleased
by the result of the election in this
state and that, too, apart from my
own good fortune in it.
"When we regard the political and
social unrest that is also manifest
throughout the country, the unset
tledness and discomfort of the multi
tude, the vague sense of disapproval
of something that is not defined, the
lightness with which political party
ties are held, and the widespread de-
sire to break away from something
and be 'agin' things for while, we
can appreciate to degree something
of the tremendous reactionary forces
that are influencing the whole world
in this critical period. We in Amer
lea are fortunate, indeed, that things
are no worse, while we here in Yer
mont, restless as some of US may be
for a time, have no real share in the
upset of the popular mind as re-
Elected in many other parts of the
country.
''The election of my long time col
league, Porter H. Dale, without seri-
Gus opposition, was expected, of
course, and pleases everybody. | am
glad to share in this sentiment to-
ward him.
II am glad the Republican state
and county ticket went through with
CT III coticfo o,,I no
GoVernor-elect Proctor received such
handsome majority. 1t was a well
deserved endorsement and indicates
that the new administration at Mont
pelier will assume the government
with warm, popular support behind
it. Of course, the national situation,
the national problems, and the popu-
lar unrest because of them, did not
enter into the election for the state
and county ticket at all. The candi-
dates on those tickets had a fair show
on the issue of our own affairs right
here at home.
"The election of Frederick G. Fleet
wood to succeed me in Congress as
representative of the first district of
Vermont is gratifying, of course, I
do not believe the narrowness of his
margin in the vote was at all indica-
tive of any personal feeling against
him, but was wholly form of pro-
test against the liquor law. His De-
mocratic opponent, James E. Ken
nedy, is a popular man and he
capitalized more or less
catchy issue at time when party
ties were held lightly and unsettled
and more or less disconnected people !
wanted to protest about something
anyway. Of course, in the midst of
this much honest judgment against
the liquor law was registered, but, |
after all, it was rather fantastic in
cident in politics that an intelligent
people should so nearly upset the
record of convictions Of nearly three
quarters Of century on many i'm
portant things just to vote for one
thing that it was quite plain their
vote would not get for them.
Probably do not need to say that
/ am grateful for the comforting ma
jority given me in my election to be
United States senator. | expected to
run behind the state ticket and would
not have been surprised if l had fall
en- farther behind than | did. Apart
frc1l perfectly Understandable rea-
sons why men and women here and
there would not vote for me because
they thought | was not fit in ability,
character, personality, or whatnot, it
was true also that | was the one can
didAte and the only one, to be voted
for by the whole state whose candi-
dacy represented Of reflected or sug-
gested in the popular mind of ma
tioral issues or the fancied causes of
the troubles and anXieties and discon-
tent of the multitude today. A vote
against me would register a desire
for change. Then Of course, have
a record of over ten years in Con-
gress with votes now and then that
have not always pleased some people.
Along with all that, / am taking an
attitude to and on our public policy
along certain lines that may not be
popular, no doubt, but /
nope to see justified in the events of
The heXt few years. So in such times
If waiting to be better understood
perhaps, one must be a philosopher
and glad to get out of it all alive.
For we are come to a time in this
and of ours when men and women
who have earnest convictions about
government and social order must be
ready to stand up and acknowledge
hem and fight for them on all proper
occasion whatever consequences to
themselves in election or else clean
politics and clean craftsmanship will
be no more among us. | am truly
for the generous forbear-
ance and inspiring confidence of the
men and women throughout Vermont
who have encouraged me during my
years in the House of Representa-
tives and have now signified their
to trust me for another
period in the Senate. / hope | shall
not disappoint them too much.
"This election, that is, the jolt that