Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-09-02
THE BURLINGTON REPUBLICAN RALLY.

! HE BURLINGTON REPUBLICAN RALLY.
Every inhabitant of this village was
aware betimes on Tuesday morning that
something was going to happen that day.
The Rutland drum corps, which had been
secured to play for the Middlebury con-
tingent, came in on the early train, par
AIDED all the principal streets before sun
rise and awoke the whole population.
The Abe Lincoln Republican club mus
tered over 200 members. Col. T. NJ.
Chapman, who was their marshal, had
them in line in front of the Addison
House previous to the departure of their
train and arranged them in accordance
with the colors of their clothes. Most of
them wore the regulation Harrison hats,
though not a few had found somewhere
the white Harrison and Morton helmets
of the last campaign and wore them.
Headed by the drum corps, tn club
marched to the station and took seats in
the six passenger coaches which had
| been set off here for their use. These
went through to Burlington on a special
train consisting of the six Middlebury
cars and two from the Addison branch,
which brought the Orwell and Shoreham
clubs, Us men in all. Vergennes sent
nearly 200 men, conspicuous among whom
were the members of the Young Mems
Republican club, who number over 80
and wore white uniforms and sailor caps.
On arriving at Burlington Col. Chap
man formed procession of fully 1000
men, from Addison, Rutland and Ben
nington counties, and it moved up to the
park.
A stand for the speaker and invited
guests had been erected on the west side
of the Fletcher library building. In it
were many distinguished people. The
crowd that tried to hear the singing and
the speaking numbered from $4,000 to
$4,000. Congressman Powers presided
After campaign song had been sung by
Mr.. Markham, Mr.. Powers introduced Mr.
Mckinley as "the present governor OF
Ohio and the future President of the
United States" He was enthusiastically
received and spoke for an hour and hall
on the tariff. 1t was bright, pointed
and convincing speech and was heard
with the greatest attention to the end
Among other things, he said:
You may try this system of protec
ton by any test you will; it measure!
{ up to every possible requirements it il
said that the protective tariff is a burden
upon the American people. Who il
hurt by it? There's not man in tn,
: State of Vermont who from any realiza
= ton of the burden of protective tarii
knows that there is such a thing as
protective law upon the statute books o
the country. Now, man is not verl
a much hurt If he does not know it; If he
= got to have somebody come around an,
, tell him that he is injured and over-bur
Il dened by taxation, he Is not very mucl
: injured; but there's not a man, woma
J. or child in the State of Vermont VIII
doesn't know, from the blessings of
protective tariff, blessings in his home
by his fireside, that doesn't know Their
is such thing as protective law
e They know 1t by its blessings, becaus
they can feel them.
BENJAMIN Harrison has given us one G
y the most splendid administrations we'v
3 ever had. I've said over and over agai
d that, in my Judgment, he was the be:
all-round president we have had since III
- immortal Lincoln; his domestic polio
d" has been solid; his foreign policy hs
n, been firm and patriotic; he is typic,
]. American and he has given us a typici
g American administration. | am sure
!, speak only the voice of true prophec
v when say here to day that he will
es his own successor, filling a full secor
term as president of the United States.