The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-09-18


chorus, sang:
The mills are a-stoppin' an the markets
are a-droppin',
An we want yer, Mckinley, yes we do;
The last four years of Grover, thank the
Lord, are almost over,
And our hearts are a-turnin', Mac to you.
We've been thinkin till we're sad, Of the
good old times we had
Up to eighteen ninety-two,
An you see we do not care if twas called
.'robber tariff"
We want yer, Mckinley, yes we do.
We want yer, Mckinley, yes we want yer
mighty bad;
Ten cents pound for butter-well. you
bet it makes us mad.
Mckinley and Protection,
That is our selection,
An we want yer, Mckinley, yes, we want
yer, want yer, want yer
And we want yer, Mckinley, yes we do.
Have you heard from the front? way up
in old Vermont,
Where the sugar maple trees grow high;
Where the butter is pure gold, an the
people can't be sold
By any old silver-plated lie.
Where they believe in Protection-but
not reputation
For the people are honest an true;
THEY'LL stand up for the right, with all
their brawny might
An they send, sir, their best regards to
you.
When the banks are a-bustin' an the fur
naces a-rustin'
Then we want yer, Mckinley, yes, we do;
When Bayard is a-chinnin' an the Brit
ishers a-grinnin'
Then our hearts are a-turnin', Mac, to
you.
When the Cubans are a-fghtin' an the
Spanish are a-bitin',
Then we wantyer, Mckinley, yes, we do !;
When the eagle is a-mountin an Teller is
a-boltin',
Then we want yer, Mckinley, yes, we do.
The Green Mountain boys, in spite
of the weather, were as clipper as
grasshoppers, aud their political TEN
perature, which is pretty high and
hot, did not vary the fraction of de-
gree. Olin Merrill, chairman OF the
Vermont State Committee, introduced
Colonel George I. Childs of the
National Republican Committee.
Colonel Childs addressed Major Nc
Kinley for the State that is, up to
date, in this campaign, the banner
Republican State of the United States
of America.
Major Mckinley was received with
three times three cheers, repeated
more than thrice over. He said:
MIR. Chairman and My Fellow
Citizens: | give you welcome, gen
erous welcome, from an owe flowing
heart, to my State, my city and my
home. l would be unjust to my OWL
feelings, and irresponsive to the KING
sentiments uttered by your spokes
man if | permitted TO pass unobserv
ed the fact that's in the preliminar,
contest for the nomination Of Presl
dent the State of Vermont gave II
me united vote. applause.
1.-The Green Mountain State is en-
deared to us all by tradition and his
tory, in song and story, but above al
in good work manifest in glorious re
suits. Whether in the days of til
Revolution, when her hardy noun
taineers repulsed the best soldiers o
Europe ; in the days of the rebellion
, when her soldiers displayed the sam
| resolute courage at Big Bethel
Champions Gap station or Gettys
burg, or in the no less important an
: decisive conflicts in civil life, the pee
a pie of Vermont have always bee
/, true to the best ideals and highes
Obligations of duty, and active, dir
0 tinguished and useful in every gre;
:. emergency.
/. ono one will deny to them a glor
d GUS part in achieving the indepent
h ence of the colonies. None will que
d ton that they did much to check Il
n aggressions of human slavery, and
IS the final triumph of the Union in Il
/. hour of its greatest peril. Applause
!; Nor in our later trials will any dou
q that the example and voice of We
!; mont have always been most potent
l' on the side of justice, honor al
|. right. (Cheers.) Some of the new
II papers have asked me to interpret Il
/ result of the elections in Vermont
> September j, but it seems to me th
they are their own best interprete
y applause They have simply d
clared what every student of 20
" history must already have discovere,
that your thoughtful and patriotic Ct
liens are as true as ever-aye, tru
: than ever to the tenets of good moral
good politics and good governmer
Great applause.) They have SHOW
by their ballets, by a greater prepo
= derance than ever, that they are mo
' devoted to the honor of the Cover