Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-06-20
Opening Gun In Bellows Falls.

IHe hcWs tnoe Achuiey nau been noun
mated at st. Louis created great enthusi-
assn locally. Several flags were flung to
the breeze presumably in honor of the
event, but the first flag bearing the name
of Mckinley and Hobart was raised over
the works OF the Vermont Farm Machine
company yesterday noon. The word was
passed around and at the appointed time
quite crowd had gathered in front Of the
company's office. N. G. Williams mounted
an improvised platform and introduced l..
M. Read as the speaker Of the occasion.
Mr.. Read was warmly received and his
remarks elected much applause. AT the
conclusion Of the address, handsome FLAG
was raised, and three lusty cheers given
for g Old Glory" and the candidates.
Mr.. Read said in part:
Gentlemen: OF course you understand
the purpose for which you are assembled
1t is to throw to the breeze, as the open.
ing gun Of the political campaign in this
town that which represents the whole
country, every man in the country, nc
matter to what political party he may be.
long, ! mean "Old Glory"
You gentlemen who live in Bellows Falls
know but very little what depression has
come over the country. Fortunate we are
here that we have that class of business and
that class OF employment that we have beer
more prosperous than almost any other
community in the whole country. We
know here but very little of it; but as We
read the papers, we do know that there is
depression, dissatisfaction and even desti.
tuition in many parts of the country, attrib-
ute it to what cause you may.
No man, no community, no city, nc
municipality, no country, can be prosper
Gus unless its income is equal to its outgo
and in the last four years, every man Of
you knows that the income Of this govern
ment has not equalled its expenses. Bonds
have been increased hundreds of millions
The expenses of the government every
year during the last three or four years
have been greater than its income. The
tariff, instead Of yielding an income sufli.
cient for the out-goes of the government
has left us many millions in debt.
1t is the purpose of the Republican
party to So change that Uncle Sans debts
can be paid as they are contracted, thai
money will flow in instead of out Of the
country; that instead Of being compelled
to issue bonds for the purpose Of filling the
treasury with gold omeet its obligations
the gold will flow into the country. The
tariff will be SO arranged that Uncle Sam
instead of being borrowers upon the
markets of the world, will be what every
respecting man or community desires to be
and must be, and that is, solvent and able
to pay his debts.
Gentlemen. do not need to take YOU
time. We have just passed through the
most active, the most intense politica
campaign, because when the nominations
are made, the camgaign, SO far as persons
are concerned, is practically ended. We
have passed through the most active cam
paign that we have ever had in this state
since / knew anything of politics. The
supporters of the different candidates were
nearly equal. But when the man wa
named, when the standard was put into
the hands of Major Josiah Circuit Of Derby
every man at that convention became {
Grout man. Every man at that conven
ton will take off his coat and labor to thu
best of bis ability to roll up one Of Yer
mont's old fashioned majorities for him.
want to say just one thing before ! go
Gentlemen; and that is that we fellow
who have passed middle age must recog
nize the fact, in this state at least, that thu
younger element of the party is bound t.
and must have voice in the counsels a
well as in the work Of the party. To then
we must look for the work. They repre-
sent the progressive element of the Repub
lican party to-day. / want to say to thu
young men that the result today is as j
has always been, that experience is gooe
teacher While you do the work, whil'
you roll up the majorities, while you bring
the party forward onto the plane that yo'
insist it should be placed upon, counse
with the older men more or less, and wbel
you do that, no doubt we can roll up, as
have said, one of the old-time Republican
majorities in Vermont.