Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-09-07

day At 10 30 O'Clock in the morning
large flag with the names Fisk q Brooks"
attached, was raised on ST. Paul street, ,
between Main and College streets. No
speeches were made at this point but the
raising of the flag WAS attended with
cheers by those present The company
hen went to the Howard Opera House
where at II o'clock the meeting was called
20 order by Wendell =. Stafford OF St
Johnsbury, chairman of the State COM
mittee, and prayer was offered by Rev
Mr. Kenney of Burlington. The Sails
bury Quartette then sang a third party
campaign sorg which was received with
applause The chairman then introduced
Rev. Mr.. Shinn of Portland. Maine, who
said
My friends, ! am here by accident. You
'emlnd me Of Il skirmlsh line and we shall
have a lar &c army Oh hand this afternoon
lc hear Gen. Fisk. We are marching
along, taking a position in advance, but
ny aud by the main body will came up. |
ana fain to believe that the prohibtionists
Rho are not with us to-day will join our
ranks If we can only make them believe
rs we do. | want to see the enemy I'M
masked until there are. but two parties,
the prohibition and the rum party. feel
As though ought to be in my own State
-o-day helping in the cause and / wish
were there to-day. The speaker then re-
erred to the flag raising that had just tax
en place and said that the victory of Fix
and Brooks would protect our homes. We
are doing well in Maine. The campaign
began in May, and we have had flag rals-
lngs almost without number. Converts
700, are coming in daily Ia travelling
over the State of Vermont during the past
awo weeks | have seen but one third
asst raised in this city. | cannot make a
speech until you get some one who does
not believe as we do to whom | can talk
need something of that sort to warm me
up. l believe that il is time to push proh
hilton to the front and the only way to do
this is to have a national party. From
this it follows that we must have organ-
cations in each State. The republican and
democratic parties have lived long enough
unless they Will take up the issue of prohibl-
zion. They ought to go to pieces unless
.hey will do this, The prohibltonists be-
lIeye in stopping the manufacture and i'm
2ortation of liquor as well as its sale We
must educate the people up to our posi-
ton, There must be skirmish line to
no this; and voting is the most
powerful means to accomplish this
education, The speaker then re-
lated some incidents in his ex
perience as a third party man, which
tionists formed the only true temperance
party. We are in politics because we
must be, and it is a good thing for politics
that we are there. l hope that Gen. Fisk
will live until he is president of the
United States His life is the life of A bra
ham Lincoln over again.
At noon the meeting adjourned till
49, 80 O'Clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Tue afternoon session was called to
order by Chairman Stafford at 1880
O'Clock. The opera house was fairly well
Gilled, not SO much with those who We're
in sympathy with the party as with those
who We're DESTROYS of seeing and hearing
Gen, Clinton B. Fisk OF New Jersey, the
prohibitionist candidate for president of
che United States. The Salisbury quar-
&ette sang another campaign song, which
was received with applause, after which
prayer was offered by Rev. j. H Wright
Of Montpelier. The first speech OF the
afternoon was delivered by Chairman
Stafford of the State committee. He be
gan by showing that the prohibition
party had right to existence, drawing "A
parallel from the inception OF the repub
ican party during the existence of the
Wing and democratic parties The con-
Jrolhug force in the republican party to.
day is against acting in the matter of tenn
oerance We propose 10 teach the repuh-
Lean party by the rule of arithmetic that
it will he more expensive 10 refuse to act
thap 70 act. The republican leaders fol-
low public opinion instead of leading il.
The prohibition party is the revolt OF the
people against the politicians. Whether
Cleveland or Harrison is elected, the sa-
loon will run just the same but if half a
million votes are cast for Fisk this fall,
every friend of humanity will march
under the stainless flag four years hence,
and the saloon Will receive the Ven
geancc.
He hen introduced Gen Fisk, who was
received WITH three hearty cheers.
GEN. FIsK's SPEECH,
judge that you who sit here to-day are
prohlbitionlsts. chiefly prohibition prOhi
htionists. This opera house is not crowd
Ell 10 suffOcatiOu, but the best people of
Vermont are represented here to-day,
having started from their homes long
distance away in the rain to testify their
adherence to principle. Our president
starts off with the tariff. That is the
chief issue to-day. The trouble is that the
democratic convention was held first.
The democrats adopted the republican
platform of 1888, and the republicans
adopted the democratic platform of that
year Blaine in New York said that repub-
lcaus should be careful to speak of but one
thing the tariff, but it is unfortunate
that he forgot and spoke on trusts be-
cause he took one position and the party
has taken another. The prohibition party
takes two issues the temperance issue
as well. have seen it stated that We are
a democratic aid society. We are not
throwing our votes away. No votes are
ever thrown away that are cast for a trnth.
The Issue viii soon prevail. The press OF
Vermont win soon be aRtating this issue
and Senator Edmunds himself will soon
be delivering Il prohibition address from
this platform. He said to n friend of NINE
in Wa-hiugt0n that it was a Shame that
our people did not do better in this mat
ter. This may be a great State secret but
I tell it ouly tor Vermont people
The speaker then gave "reminiscences OF
MS early work in the cause of prohibition,
Twenty years after his first work he was
permitted to stand on the platform and
speak for Abraham Lincoln. Cheers,
IN speaking with a Vermont man he
said it was pity to see the prohibition
ests break up the republican party. The
speaker asked him if the party was break
ing up in Vermont, He sald no that The
party would probably outllve all other
mere. But changes are very rapid in thi'
country my friends, and the change in on
case is already taking place very rapidly
The republican papers show that the
democrats are going over bodily into thu