The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . ,should be considering what legislationis really needed, and devising meansto insure its enactment. It is not nec-essary for them to consider what arethe platform promises of either party,since platform promises, as a rule, aremere demagogy; but to determine,from their own knowledge of existingconditions, what changes and im-provements are desirable, and whatmeans can be adopted to influencelegislative action to the desired EDWARD H. W^ASON The Granite Monthly Vol. XL, No. 11. NOVEMBER, 19


The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . ,should be considering what legislationis really needed, and devising meansto insure its enactment. It is not nec-essary for them to consider what arethe platform promises of either party,since platform promises, as a rule, aremere demagogy; but to determine,from their own knowledge of existingconditions, what changes and im-provements are desirable, and whatmeans can be adopted to influencelegislative action to the desired EDWARD H. W^ASON The Granite Monthly Vol. XL, No. 11. NOVEMBER, 1908. New Series, Vol. 3, No. 11 dwsiffd Mo Wsi§®ini Among the men chosen at the re-cent election to membership in the in-coming legislature, who may be re-garded as especially qualified by na-tive ability and large experience inpublic life, for efficient service in thatbody, is Edward Hills Wason, repre-sentative-elect from Ward Six,Nashua. Mr. Wason is a son of the lateGeorge Austin and Clara Louise(Hills) Wason, born in the town ofNew Boston, September 2, 1865. Hisfather was a great grandson of JamesWason. of Ballymena, County An-trim, Ireland, who removed to thiscountry in youth, locating first inPortsmouth, and subsequently inwhat is now the town of Hudson,where he lived until his death, Au-gust 22, 1799. His son. LieutenantThomas Wason, of Hudson, was thefather of Dea. Robert Wason, whowent in early life (1803) to New Bos-ton to live with an uncle, RobertBoyd, whose large farm he inheritedand upon which his son—


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