Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-05-25

IL now the population OF Nermpnt Is 331
Ooo ana that OF Kentucky l64S coo, do YOU
not c"uCede that those figures show greater
progress In Kentucky than Vermont
Mr.. Grout. Ii shows, perhaps. that the
people are more prolific ia Kentucky.
though am hardly wllidg 10 admit that
me uue ground, aside from area, Oh
which 10 account for this difference i'm
population Is that large numbers of our
people go West. We have, in fact, A larger
population outside of Vermont than in
| Vermont and have constituents all over
the west. Only y sterday was called on
| ny t mo such nNtlluents, one a Vermunter
| III ILLINOIS, another in Wisconsin, who have
not lost their interest in Vermont
Not only DO Vermont fields wave with
| grass ana Tue COWS give down their milk
IN that protection State, but the sheep also
Know their friends, and yield By, pounds
per head OF WOOL in Vermont, but ouly 4
| pounds per head in kentuc Y, whose
statesmen think the place for wool is on
| the Tree list Thus far Vermont il ahead.
| put Candor cJmpels me to admit hat there
are three things IN which Kentucky takes
| the iead, namely tlliterates. saloons aud
mules aud asses. Laughter
MI. McCreary. | deny that your figures
and comparisons are correct.
| MI Trout The figures are taken from
the 10Th census. Those relating TO the rela-
i've corn, wheat, aud on crop come from
the agricultural department. There is no
|
| Vermonts ptr cent of illiterates Ia SfS =.
hentucky's, 30 70. In Vermont there is
one saloon for every 667 population: in
| kentucky one for every AS Vermont has
rs mules and asses; Kentucky, 1l6, 1873
| Laughter and applause
These figures also show that with one
| NTH the population Vermont has more
IMAM one half the capital in manufactures.
| ANA yet she Is an inland, mountain State,
| win neither coal MOI iron Give her the
one -hundredth part of the coal an iron of
| Kentucky and she would show what could
be done with it, Think of it Ten thous-
ana SOU, re miles in one coal field A
larger area than all Vermont, and 1000 in
| another. This ought to make Kentucky
mistress of the Southwest. Some one has
said that coal is empire, and on this for
mula, that coal is heat, heat IS power, and
| power Is empire. Let but Kentucky set
| herseif about the development of her iron
| ana coal and The creation of home mar.
ke,s for the sale of her agricultural pro-
ducts, and a more than regal crown awaits
| her III the day of her industrial activity,
! now near ut hand. Indeed, the light is
already breaking on her hllltops and she
| Is stirring herself for the morning She
ALREADY mas three republican members on
| TINS foor who are stauuch believers in the
doctrlne o protection as taught by that
great kentnckian, Henry Clav, and the
| returns are still coming in. Applause |
me per capita wealth is $40
IN Vermont and only $2l3 in Kentucky.
| Ihus Tar do these comp irative figures
| show for Vermont superior results aud
superior quality, and quality Is often Il tar
! better test OF merit than quantity. These
hsures, however, only relate to the mater
la side of things.
but attention might be called to other
| fields, in which Vermont would not suf-
fer IN comparison with Kentucky. Take,
| Tor instance, the other end of the capitol,
where the little State of Vermont, IN the
| persons of her senators, is at the head of
| me TWO great committees of the Senate.
| Inc one finance, presided over by the dis
| tlnRulshed author of the Morrill, tariff, by
which his name has become imperlshably
set in history, and who full of years and
| full or honOrs, can look back through the
third of a century of honorable service at
this capitol, the last 81 years of which,
| under the tariff of his name, presents the
very brightest chapter in all our history
The other, the judiciary, first III impor.
tance, in that judicial body, presided
over by the first lawyer Of this country,
whose great ability, great learning, and
great good sense easily make him the ad-
| united CHIEF, the nOblest Roman of them
all. SO much for Vermont in the United
States Senate. In a scale of 100 Vermont
claims 100 points. How many does Ken
lucky claim Here again the test is one
| OF quality, not quantity.
| Mention might also be made of another
| great Vermont Ia" yer, whose great name
J so recently brought MIN dangerously close
! TO the highest judicial honor in the land
| And the only hope of Vermont Is that the
| one selected may bring to that high seat
the learning and culture and judicial sense
| which so distinguishes the gifted Yer
monter, whose only fault is hat he is a
| democrat. But the motto of Vermont is
to 90 even bad JOB well, and so she turns
| ir-f
| at the court OF st James is first of his
| class. Applause If not going back too
lar, would give the gentleman from Ken
| lucky the name of Ethan Allen, whose
statue Vermont has placed in Memorial
| Hail, and who, with a handful Of Yer
mOntelS, to the surprise of military men
| the VOL Id over As to how it cOul1 have
| been done, as well as to the garrison, cap
tured from the British, in l115, Fort Ii
conderoga, demanding its surrender in the
| darkness OF night by the light of a burn
| ing taper lin the name of the great Jeho-
van and the Continental Congress"
Here again 1t WAS quality and not guam
| tltY. would also give hun the name of
| Stannard, who, with his brigade of Green
| Mountain boys, in the very nick of time.
tell upon the flank of Plckett's charging
column at Gettysburg and turned the
| tide OF that great and dec sive battle in the
late terrible struggle for the preservation
| OF the Union, over the blessings of which
| all tongues are now eloquent. Applause.
| Let me also here call attention TO another
| TACT, namely, that in that bloody contest
| Tor the supremacy OF the old flag, Vermont
LAID upon the altar of her country larg
sacrifice than any other State of those
, Killed III action, which is the supreme test
| OF devotion in that supreme moment
when battles are lost or won. In other
words, the per cent Of her troops
| Killed in action was greater than that of
any other State. The per cent, between
Vermont and Kentucky is as follows ::
Vermont had one killed for every 1888
men in the service Kentucky had one kill
ed for every "a men in the eIvce. But this
estimate includes colored troops. If white
troops alone are taken kentuck's per cent
would be one for every 81, which leaves
| Vermont four and one-third points ahead.
Mr.. Chairman, | do not care TO pursue this
comparison further, and will leave with
my friend, the gentleman from Kentucky,
who is good Judge of iacts ana figures,
TO say whether he thinks Vermont is, af-
ter all, much behind Kentucky. lap
plause
Personal.