St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-08-02
CURRENT AFFAIRS.
THE CAMPAIGN.
THE STATE REPUBLICAN RALLY

1880
Generally.
The most enthusiastic republican
rally in Vermont this campaign was
held at Burlington Thursday, under
the auspices of the state republican
league. Every county in the state
was generously represented, and sew
eral delegations were sent from eastern
New York, the steamers Vermont and
Chateaugay bringing large loads of
people. The exercises began with a
parade ut noon, and there were over
5000 men in line. Gen. L. S. Peck was
chief marshal, and the procession, re-
qniring an hour to pass given point,
was the most imposing ever seen in the
state. Gov. Ormsbee was escorted by
a mounted division of 100. Senator
Edmunds appeared with Warner Mil
Ter in Col. Legrand b. CannOn's car
riage. The most interesting feature of
the parade was log cabin from Rich
ford, drawn by six horses. 1t was
built of spruce logs, and had live
coon on the roof, and a young bear was
tied to the platform. Several arches
were constructed across the streets,
and flags, bunting and teemiDg repub-
lican notices garnished every availa-
ble spot while fully 10000 people
tlronged the streets. A number of
banners of 1910, with other relics of
that campaign, were displayed, and
four veteran lake captains who were
OH duty in 1910 and 60 voters of 1910
took part i'll the procession.
Gov. Proctor, president of the state
republican league presided. Warner
Miller of New York was introduced as
the orator of the day. He thought the
TRnnhlIaan n NVhnla
fed with what it's representatives did
at Chicago. The platform had not
been excelled by any which was ever
put before the republican party. The
great point on which the president has
decided to make this contest is pure
and simple free trade. The speaker
then went on to show that home mar
kets were better than foreign, and re-
viewed the tariff in general At the
close of Senator Miller's speech, Gov.
Proctor spoke briefly and introduced
Congressman Benjamin ButterwOrth of
Ohio, who paid tribute to VermOnt's
leading men. The latter part of his
speech was devoted to the tariff.
j. NJ. Thurston of Nebraska, the tenn
pOraI V chairman of the Chicago con-
ventiOn, spoke next. He said he was
from the wild and woOlly West, a
West which is as certainly and surely
republican in November as is the state
of Vermont. At the close of Judge
ThurstOn's speech there were loud
cries from all over the park for Sena
tor Edmunds, who said:
81 must say how happy | am in the
choice of our standard bearer. know
him intimately. There isn't a bad
streak or spot in him, and when he
comes to the White house, as | think
he surely will, you will have an Amer
lean president instead of an English
president. IfCleveland had been Lord
Salisbury himself, he could not have
been more British than he is. "a
voice, 'Phelps.O Phelps-Oh he is a
bad type of the rest. If you are dem
Ocrats, as | think some of you are,
what is our gain is your gain, and do
not think you want to wreck so many |
mills for the sake of having one in a
bill"
John l.. Swift of Boston and Presi-
dent James p. Foster of the national
republican league spoke briefly.
why One Man Will Vote Prohibition.
A. II. Steuens High Ridge, Conn.
The two great parties have nOmi
mated candidates for the highest offices
i'm the gift of the people of the United
States, and one side or the other is
sure to beat in the coming election.
Thousands of the people who believe
i'm moral ideas, and that right is always
better than wrong, feel that there is
little to choose between parties or can
didates,-that whichever beats we
shall have a worthy gentleman for
president, surrounded by body of
"practical politicians" against whose
selfish schemes and Vaccinations he
will have to work with all his might.
OF these thousands very many feel
that the great moral question which is
most urgently demanding our instant
attention is the temperance question.
There are many to whom it seems, as
it does to me, that the amount of self
isIl sin against humanity now being
committed by the rum selling money
makers is greater by far than that of
the shareholders in 1885, and such
feel that the prohibition party of to-
day occupies almost exactly the posi-
ton of the abolition party in 80 or SO,
ready to absorb the best and nOblest
elements of the most respectable of
the old parties, and, perhaps under
some name not yet heard, to lead the
haters of slavery through the battles
that must be fought to a final victory
in which all shall rejoice, and which
shall he another real step forward in
civilization.
Now let a few of these thousands
just vote the prohibition ticket next
Noyember,-nOt to elect it's candidates,
which we do not expect, nor probably I
quite wish to see done, but to encour-
age the cause, to force those respecta-
BILE gentlemen of the old parties to
consider the wisdom of utilization with
"these i-saloonists," to help the
earnest workers in the cause to feel
that they are gaining ground. In short
as it cannot do much hurt, and may be
some help to a most noble cause, let us
who believe in moral right first of all,
and also favor the idea of indepen-
dence in voting, cast our ballots for
the prohibition ticket next November,
and hope it NAV do some real good.
Where the Laugh Comes In.