Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-08-24
An ENTHUSIASTIC RALLY AT Orwell

AN ENTHUSIASTIC RALLY AT ORWELL.
An Orwell correspondent writes under
date of Monday: San enthusiastic raj
ly was held here to-day, under the aus
pices of the Z. j. Ormsbee Republican
club of this place. Fully 1900 people
were in attendance, speeches being made
in the town hall and from a stand on the
village common. The beautiful, we'll
kept little village of Orwell put on a no.
liday appearance. Many of the business
places and private residences were hand
somely decorated, among them being the
First national bank, the stores of E. NJ.
Wright & Co., johnson & Burt, and F.
B. kimball's hotel and the private resi-
dences of Hon. D.. W. Clark, E. NJ.
Wright, c. E. Bush, H. NJ. Root and w.
.. Ray. At 2 p. M. the members of the
club, in regalia, under the command of
Capt. c. E. Abel and headed by the Rut-
land Cornet band, marched through the
streets to the hotel, and escorted the
speakers to the hall. On the stage were
the following gray-haired veterans who
had voted for "Tippecanoe and Tyler
too" in 1910: E. NJ. Wright, l. J. Vail,
j. r. Babbitt, W. W. Richmond, j. E.
Hull, Benz. Needham, A. j. Ketcham. G.
B. Hack, Peter Kimball, B. H. Overhiser,
Col. 5. n. Warren. B. B. Nottingham,
Luther Royce, L. b. Smith, Henry Bean
and A. G.. Cutting. The hall was hand
somely decorated by the ladies of the
place.
III. L. Cults, the president of the club.
introduced as first speaker Hon. Henry
Ballard of Burlington, who spoke in a
telling and effective manner. He review
ed the history of the Republican party
and contrasted with it the history of the
Democratic party saying, that the mission
of the Republican party was to protect
American industries, to pension the SOL
diers and give a free ballot and an honest
count to all freemen of the United States,
and concluded with a stirring appeal to
the Republican voters of Vermont to at
tend the polls at the September election
and give a full vote for Dillingham; and
Woodbury..
"Hon. G. NJ. Dewey of Michigan fol-
lowed and in an exhaustive and logical
speech reviewed the tariff question from
the first protective measures passed by
Congress during Washington's admins
tration down to the present time, touch
lug upon the compromise tariff and
dwelling at length on the Morrill, tariff
of 1861.
col. V. A. Gaskell of Rutland ad-
dressed a large audience on the
In a ringing speech he discussed the one
term principle, showing the inconsistent
cy and dishonesty of Mr.. Cleveland on
thai question, his utter disregard of the
civil service, his unf%aithfulness to his
pledges generally, regardless of his say
ing that public office is a public trust.
He also showed by quotations from
Southern politicians that the temper of
the South on the question of free trade
was somewhat controlled by their I'M
friendly feeling toward New England.
He also compared the reduction of ex-
penditures by the Republican and DEM
ocratic parties for eleven years. showing
a reduction of many millions in favor Of
the Republican party.
"All concurred in saying that it was the
largest attended and most enthusiastic
meeting ever held in this section and the
large attenance from this and surround
ing towns at this time of the year, it be-
ing one of the busiest in our farming
community, is significant of the fact that
the sturdy yeomanry of old Addison
county are alive to the vital issues of
1883 and will help to roll up the 10000
Republican majority Vermont has pledg-
ed for Harrison and Morton. The speak
ing was listened to with close attention
and was frequently applauded."