The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-15
PARTY NAMES ALIKE.
r. s. Childs Would Use Them Both in
Case of Mrs. Hamilton.
Editor of The Reformer:

Editor of The Reformer:
In your issue of the 10th inst you re-
fer to party designation under which
Mrs. HamiltOn's name will appear on
the primary ballot for town representa-
tive. As the words Democrat and Re
publican are synonymous why not use
them both as was the case when those
eommR nding Democrats, Samuel j. Til
den and Lucius Robinson, successfully
ran for governor of the great state of
New York respectively in 1874 and in
1876, the entire tickets having won I'M
der the designation Democratic Republic
can party and no protest was made by
the electorate? Nermont's primary law,
] think, limits the candidate to a single
party name but the rose does not lose
its inspiring odor under any other name
Proof of my belief that these two party
designations have identical meaning is
that in st. Louis and Missouri the lead
ing Democratic newspaper is The Re-
publican, while the principal Republican
journal is The Democrat. For many
years the Democratic newspaper of
neighboring Cheshire county was The
Republican, published at Keene and the
leading eXpOunder of Democratic faith
and philosophy is the Springfield CAIass.)
Republican, while the recognized Re
publican newspaper of western New
York is the Rochester Democrat and
a
the parting OF the ways read Paradise"
to purposely mislead the doubling
traveller to the other country.
Webster and Worcester vary their an
alysis of the terms Democrat and Repub-
lican but mere trifie and Johnson's die
tionary defines a democrat as an adyo-
cate of republicanism-a democracy or
interlocked community interest. But
there has been notable descent from
high political standards to present loose
political morality, though fortunately
with growing economic unrest new scope
Is given to the Thoughtful and independ-
ent voter. There is such a mournfully
wide contrast between the sterling legis-
lative fathers who brought the years
state expenses to a few hundreds of
thousands of dollars, when the state had
a larger population than now, and the
responsibles for current state extrava-
cgance running the present years total
above five and one half millions.
1t behooves the chairman of the house
finance committee. Mr.. Frank f. Barber,
who held the trump hand in voting ap-
preparations. and seeks to be returned
to the capitol. to eXulain, because he
cannot point with pride" to the hereto
fore unknown and needless legislative
waste with its heavy handicap to Yer
agricultural. Governor Hartness has
distinctly called attention to glarinU in
efficiency and official uRtidiness at Mont
pelier. and who hut a competent
woman. with economic aims, can thor
oughly clean house in the interest of
Disconnected and over burdened tax
navers? The rubber-stamD voter who
blindIv adheres to the label should be
PROMPTLY stricken from the voting
list for he Pmnhatieallv suggests that
America must devotion a higher type of
individual if the republic is to live. But
the better judgment of the voter. man
or woman. can not leave doubt when
the freeman's oath enjoins: "You
solemnlv swear that whenever Won give
YOUR vote or SUFFRAGE touching any mat
ter that concerns the state of Vermont.
Won viii do sn "a in your conscience YOU
shall judge will most condure to the best
good of the same. as established by the
constitution, without fear or favor of
any man."
ROTLTN 6. CHILDS.
Brattleboro Aug. Is. 1922.