Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-02-15
THE REPUBLICAN CLUES CELEBRATION

THE REPUBLICAN CLUES CELEBRATION
OF LINCOLN's BIRTHDAY AT BURLING-
TON TUESDAY.
The celebration of Lincoln's birth
day at Burlington on Tuesday by the
State Young Mems Republican club was
In the main great success. In the
afternoon there was gathering at the
opera house. when addresses we're mnde
| by d. j. Foster of Burlington, president
of the club, by Gov. U. A. Woodbury..
| by Chauncey NJ. Depew of New York
and by Gen. j. G.. Mccullough of Ben
niDgton. Many prominent men we're
present, including DR.. w. S. Webb, ex-
Governors Stewart, BarstOw, Ormsbee.
Page and Fuller and many others of
note. The speeches were all TO the
point, but of course the chief thing in
this line was Mr.. Depew's Grafton on
Lincoln. The following extract from
the closing passages will serve to show
something of the quality of 1t:
1--WE have won our victory. 1t is the
victory of returning common-sense, the
victory of experience over hope. We
are not yet out of the woods. The Re-
publican party can only hold the coun-
try where it is and prevent further dam
age until it assumes the responsibilities
of power. The difficulty with the De-
mncracy is not only of neXperience, but
of incompetence. The evolution of the
student is first his devotion TO phrases.
aud the more vague they may he the
more wise they seem, and from the phrase
he comes to theory. The theory makes
him sceptic IN religion and a Mugwump
In politics. Then he either settles down
to the stern realities of life and success
ful solutions of his problems. or he be-
comes bankrupt in business and in faith.
The Democratic party captured the
country by the phrases free raw ma
terials. 1.-THE tariff is tax" "the mar
kets of the world" We have lost the
markets of the world, we have little left
to tax, and our raw materials and manu-
factured articles and labor are all free,
because there are so few purchasers or
employers. We are governed by the
party which gave MS the German tariff,
which has left solvent only the business
upon which Republican protection is
continued, the party which reversed the
good old policy that you should pay
your debts with money you earned, and
adopted the new one of paying them
with borrowed money. Micawber is its
financial authority. The party is sus-
pending credit by the eyeids and busi-
ness by the hair in the effort to solve the
currency problem, which needs little
better solution than to leave it alone.
After thousands of years of hopeless eX-
perments the Democratic leaders are
still striving to square the circle and
lift ones self over the stone wall by the
straps of ones boots; they are still striv-
ing to pay debts without assets; still
striving to give money where none has
been earned, and distribute currency
where there is no property 10 exchange
for ii; still striving to give value TO the
air and to coin and mint theories, and
they have reduced the national credit so
that the government has to pay 81 per
cent interest, where the citizens can
borrow for per cent. Against that the
Republican party puts in practice the
maXims of Poor Richard and the prin-
ciples which have made commercial ma
tions prosperous and commercial peoples
rich. This is not The time nor is there
occasion for despair. The hand of the
Republican engineer is on the throttle,
and the tram can no longer run away. |
The conductor can stop the momentum
or sldetrack the cars, but the engineer
will not let him deral them. The Re-
publican house Of representatives is the
living protest of the country against
paralysis and despair, and it will hold
the fort until in 1896 the relief comes and
the country is saved
In the evening came the banquet at the |
old skating rink, now used as an arnory.
The building was handsomely decorated /
The notables sat at a table on raised /
platform extending across the south end
of the building, while the remainder of
the nearly 700 guests occupied seats at
the six long tables running north and /
south. Lawyer G. \. Prouty of Newport, |
the toastmaster, performed his task ad-
mirably. The speakers were Mr.. Depew,
whose effort sustained his reputation as |
the most accomplished after-d dinner speak |
er in America: Col. G.. Il. Childs of the |
St. Adams Messenger, who is always |
agreeable TO hear; +. Is. Dcberville of |
Burlington, who talked at some length as |
representative of the college Republican |
league; Col. Albert Clarke of Boston. sec
retary of the Home Market club, who /
was rather prosy G. NJ. Wilds, Esq, who |
said some good things for 'our senIors":
j. \. DeBoer of Montpelier. Hon. O. NJ. /
Barber of Arlington, Hon. +. b. White |
of Rutland, +. r. Morse of Proctor and |
Hon. j. II. Watson of Bradford. The ban
quet began at 6 80, but it was almost II |
o'clock before the speaking was over.
George Nj. Powers of Morrisvlle was |
elected president of the club for the ensu-
ing year. States Attorney Fish of Yer
gennes Is the yice-presdent for Addison |
county.