Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-09-09
BENZ. BUTTERWORTH AT WEST
BRATTLEB0R0.
a Spirited Rally and Flag Raising Last
Friday Night.

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Friday Night.
West Brattleboro beamed with an I'M
wonted effulgence last Friday evening. and
hundreds were gathered in the main street
of that usually quiet village. Japanese
lanterns, everywhere displayed, shed their
cheerful rays, and the houses were brilliant
with many lights. The occasion was the
first rally of the campaign, with Hon.
Benz. Butterworth, the well-known Ohio
congressman and campaign orator, as the
speaker. The proceedings began with the
parade of the West Brattehoro Republican
club. headed by the Artillery band, down
to the covered bridge to meet the visitors
from the East village On the return
march the handsome new flag, bearing the
names of Harrison and Reid. was raised to
the music of the band. The march was
then continued up TO the corner at Mrs
Bigelow's and back to the grand stand.
where the crowd was gathered, prominent
Republicans having seats in the stand.
w. d. Stockwell, president of the club.
presided introducing first DIR. II. ID. Hol-
ton. who spoke briefly on local issues
especially affecting the West BrattlebOro
people. He refuted the canards circulated
by the Democrats in relation to the al
legged action of the asylum trustees toward
Mr.. Rices candidacy, and also in regard to
the annexation scheme In closing
Dr. Holton made a strong presentation of
the reasons why Mr.. Martin, as the candi-
date for town representative, was entitled
to the full vote Of his party.
Following DIR. Holtons remarks Pres-
dent Stockwell introduced Mr.. Butterworih
who said, in beginning his address that
Brattleboro was one of the most beautiful
Al.
or in Europe. HI knew that it was a Re
publican town before he was half way
through it, by the general air of thrift and
prosperity. His address was not on sim
gle subject bur a general treatment of
campaign issues. individuals. he said.
were dissatisfied with lIarIison's admins
tration. but the country was satisfied. The
character OF the two great parties was
strangely antagonIstic. The Democratic
party had been steadily across the path of
progress. The great acts of legislation had
been passed 10y the Republican party. and
the Democratic party had simply kicked
against the ineviiable. Mr. Butterworth
treated as comprehensively of the tariff as
time would permit. He showed how the
coal and iron industries had been built up
under the beneiicent influence of protec-
ton; how in America we have not the in
humanity to withhold from the workman
the fair dividend of his labor as is done in
Europe: how none is so far from market
as he who has nothing TO sell, and none so
poor as he who has not the money to buy,
be goods never so cheap; how il is our
duty to devote our attention first to our
own country and afterward to the rest of
the world
Mr.. Butterworth dealt telling blows at
the silver heresy, and the injudicious ac-
ton on the banking system which the
Democratic platform proposed. He an
swered cOnclusively the campaign circular
with which the Democrats greeted his APP
pearance in Brattleboro. This was headed
Nuggets from Ben Butterworth." and
consisted of garbled extracts from his
speech in Congress on the Mckinley bill.
The comment of the compiler of the cir
cular and Mr.. Butterworth's own remarks
were run together with nothing TO distin-
guish them. Mr.. Butterworth showed that
he worked to have copper and nickel placed
on the free list because they did not require
protection. We had been paying millions
OF dollars to the few men who controlled
all the copper and nickel mines in this
country, when the fact was there was no
country in the world where these metals
could be produced so cheaply as here. In
closing Mr. Butterworth urged Vermont to
set the pace on Tuesday, and emphasized
the Importance of every individual vote.
The attendance was large, being various
ly estimated at 1900 TO 1000 people. who
listened attentively to Mr. Butterworth TO
the end of his remarks