The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-08-01
VERMONT WIDE AWAKE.
Immense Gathering at Burlington
Ringing Speeches end Great
Enthusiasm.

Vermont has arisen in her might and
shaken herself Twenty thousand strong
her people mustered at Burlington Thurs
day, to see what the state was going to do
about the threatened overthrow Of the in
dustrial system of the country and the
impoverishment Of American labor 1t is
plain that this disaster will not befall the
country If it can be averted by Vermonts
all but unanimous voice. The Burlington
meeting Is visible assurance of what no
intelligent man doubted was the fact as to
Vermont's standing in this contest SO
large a mass of her people could not be
inveigled away from home to a distant
corner of the state, in the midst of the har-
vest season of its great staple, on any false
or trivial issue. So when the morning Of
the 26th dawned every hill and valley was
astir. In the remoter regions the rising sun
found the chores done, the cows MIXED
the teams harnessed and vending their way
to the nearest railway station. The rail-
ways had made extraordinary provision for
the meeting in the number and size Of their
trains. They had not overestimated the
demand for transportation. Along every
valley centering at Burlington trains of
excursion length, heavily laden, were speed
ing to the point where nearly half a century
ago was held one of the largest and most
unique popular gatherings known in the
political history of this country. The lapse
of time had not cooled the fervor of politi-
cal feeling in the Green Mountain state.
In 1910 il blazed out as it had done when,
in the old colonial days, the woods of Yer
mont sheltered bands of hardy mountaineers
in "breeches of deerskin and jackets of
brown" descending to the borders to
defend their liberties. The methods of
rendezvousing had changed and their foes
were not the hated Workers, but the spirit
OF the Green Mountain Boys survived. In
1888 steel rails and the passenger mogul had
displaced turnpikes and OK or horsepower.
The mode of travel had undergone marvel
GUS transformation, but the old spirit in
new souls was regnant still, and the vigor of
its assertion was eXemplifed by the
mighty motive power behind which the de-
scendants of Allen and Warner, the chill
dren of the campaignerS of lS40-and indeed
many white-haired survivor of that his
tOric time-were speeding to the CITY by the
lake. The hay-makers that were left in the
fields swung their straw hats in air and
vociferously cheered the trains as they
rolled through the green valleys. The
multitudes that filled these trains were the
wonder of observers unused to a mass meet
ing of Vermont citizens. Orderly and de-
corOus, full of the enthusiasm of the time,
animated by clearly -understood purpose
which they were pursuing with patriotic
resolution, their behavior was character
lied by an entire absence, in language or
bearing, of anything that Vermonter, or
any other American citizen, could wish to
conceal from critic of the institutions of
America-and one of her proudest institu-
tionS-REPUBLICANIsM.
AT BURLINGTON.
From the west by boats and from the
other points of the compass by railway train
following train people were poured by thou
sands into the Queen city of Vermont and
when the grand procession was formed
10000 filled the streets and squares of the
town. Marshalled under their county ban
ners the procession, numbering 5000 strong
took up its line of march through the prin-
cipal streets. Welcome Republicans :"
was the hospitable legend embazoned on a
beautiful arch under which the procession
passed as it wound its way from the station
into the city park. Other arches trimmed
with evergreens and decorated with the
national colOrs, bearing the names of the
| republican leaders and enforcing republican
principles in crisp suggestive notices,
| spanned the streets. Under these the cheer
! ing column passed to the strains of national
| airs blown from some thirty bands of sono-
rous metal. Many residences along the line
of march were profusely decorated with
bunting in tasteful and attractive forms
that elected frequent cheers.
ORDER OF MARCH.
After the advance guard and color-bearers
! rode 100 mounted men, commanded by Cen
eral William Wells, accompanied by Gov
ernor Ormsbee. General L. ). Peck. chief
marshal, and his staff followed the horse
man band, came the Chittenden county
division with banners and notices. At the
head of the carriage division was the equi-
page of Colonel LeGrand B. Cannon, con-
tanning Senator Edmunds and Hon. Warner
| Miller. To the novelties of this section OF
the parade Essex contributed a log-cabin
drawn by mixed team of oxen and horses.
New York sent from the lake towns a large
contingent. Franklin county's represent
tation was led by a log-cabin twelve feet
long, eight feet wide and eight feet high
drawn by six horses. cub ten weeks old
and a live coon were among the cabins at
fractions, all of which referred to the times
of the early pioneers.
Washington county turned out with a
delegation 1,500 strong. Montpeiers fine
band headed the capitals contingent, which
alone numbered some 800, among whom was
the Tippecanoe club of fifty veterans OF
1910, marshalled by II. S. Boutwell, and in
Guiding in its ranks Hon. E. p. Walton, Hon
Joseph Poland, j. A. Wing, Esq, 7. c. Bar
rows, C. II. Cross, and many more whose
names for half a century have been associ
ated with the business and politics of Mont
pelier. Waterbury turned out 200 strong,
captained by f. H. Anterior and headed by
Citizens band, which won high rank among
the musical organizations present North
field and Barre were present with large
delegations of their leading citizens as wert
also Waitsfeld, RoXbury, Moretown, Dux-
bury, Calais, to the personal knowledge OF
the reporter, and no doubt every town in
the county contributed its quota. Time
and space will not permit a full enumera
ton of the nine miles of marching organ
izatons or the interesting incidents of the
parade. So large and fine demonstration
was never before made in Vermont
THE SPEAKING.
On the grand stand were seated ex-Gov-
ernor Proctor, president of the Vernon
republican league, the speakers OF the day
Hon. Warner Miller of New York, Hon
Benjamin Butterworth of Ohio, Hon. JohI
NJ. Thurston of Nebraska, and, among othel
notables, Senator Edmunds, Representative
Stewart, Governor Ormsbee, w. p Dilling
ham-the candidate for governor and leader
of the canvass in Vermont--C, S. Page, chair
man of the republican state committee, will
some two hundred others-otfcers of thu
state, leading citizens and heads of politica
bodies Mr.. Miller opened the forma
speaking. His address was a strong ant
dignifed discussion of the tariff presenting
the subject in its national aspect and in il,
bearing upon the vast economic and com
mercial interests of the country. IL wa
such an address as one familiar by expert
ence with the vast commercial and industrial
| interests of the nation, knowing how theS,