The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-07-31
The Voice or The People.
Vigorous Kicks against the Bosses from
II Quarters.

N Quarters.
The SiFr X continues to receive
words of encouragement from all
parts of the county in its fight against
boss rule, and vigorous kicks against
the put up job by the late convention,
especially as to the senatorial ticket.
Herewith appended are extracts from
a few of the letters received.
From Putney: Y
Fello,o Republicans I We've got
either to break down Boss rule III
Windbam county, OIL Boss rule will
break down the republican party.
One or the other will surely happen.
Which shall it be ? Ever since Hooker
imported Tamnany Hall, with all its
corruptions, into Vermont, we've
been running rapidly on the down
grade. Caucus-packing, trading,
buying and selling, and truok-and-
dicker of all sorts have been the order
of the day. As the bosses have per-
fected their organization and drawn
tighter and tighter the cords of their
carefully planned caucus-pack,ng ma
ehinery; the voice of the PEOPLE has
become fainter and fainter, until now
the very breath of political life has
been roughly choked out of them j
and the time has fully come when it
must be slavish submission or open
and resolute rebellion. Such being
the case, we vote for rebellion-open.
defiant, unyielding-and if the peo-
pie, or one-half them, have the eour-
age of their honest convictions, it will
not only be rebellion, but successful
revolution, and the republican party
will be saved. Since Hookerism has
been rampant, Brattleboro has die
tated nearly every nomination in this
county, and no man has been nomi-
mated for any office with the consent
of the bosses who would not bow
down to Gov. Smith and swear alle-
glance to Hooker. Every other tnan
in this county, no matter how worthy
or prominent, has been ruthlessly ta-
booed. The whole thing is run for
Smith and his railroad extortions, and
Hooker and his Unsuitable greed for
office. The wishes and interests of
the people are contemptuously disre-.
garded and spit upon. Shall we
stand it any longer The answer
will come from the people on the first
Tuesday in September.
From Brattleboro
There is principle involved in this
movement that ought, and l believe
will, succeed. l think it is high time
for the people to take this business
out of the hands of the dirty politi-
clans and attend to it themselves.
Let us teach them lesson that they
will remember. Let them know that
the earth is not theirs by either pur-
chase or inheritance and that we shall
object to their stealing it.
From Bellows Falls:
l consider the nominated ticket not
in keeping with the honor and dignity
of Windham county; remote from
representing the true interest of our
people, and l prophesy if you Or l
were to occupy the lobby of the SEN
ate this fall, noting the work of our
senators when vile corporation bills,
Unjust appropriations are asked to be
made, not peep would come from
county in opposition. And
now for the Brattleboro organ to
sound the tocsin, "The Farmer SEN
ators," Oh God save us from our
pretended friends ! The adroitness,
the chicanery, the demagoguism prac-
ticed seems uncomfortable.
From Wardsboro:
Isn't it little odd, at least, Mr.
Editor that county should elect to
be represented in the State Senate bv
a man whose own town has persis-
Jently refused to honor him as rep
+? This fact alone goes
far to bolster up your theory that it
was a "put up job"
From Wilmington
Thanks for the papers sent, also
for your stamina in fighting the po-
itical bosses. 1t looks very much
ike popular uprising. Continue
5he good work.