The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-26
THE REPUBLICANS RALLY.
And Hooker, the Younger, Martini Fit
and Ha skins OrRte.

And Hooker, the Younger, Martin. Fits
and Haskins Crate.
The Republicans were prompt
Saturday evening with flag raising
and ratification of the st. Louis nom
nations A little after s O'Clock the
band marched up and down the street
and assembled the crowd in front of
Crosby block under where the flag was
to swing across to the Thompson
block The first speaker was James
f. Hooker, who was introduced by
Chairman Pierce as achip OF the old
block and little more So" he made
a very good little speech, well directed
and clearly enunciated, with an III
PRODUCTION from Greek poet and with
Caesar in the peroalion. with the
middle taken up with the standard
talk about free trade (uuder tariff
averaging on the articles 1t covers
higher than the war tariff y, bond is
suing. debt accumulation, etc. AS to
the currency issue he thought VIC
''the trouble is that the people can Z
earn money! Hon. j. l.. Martin fol-
lowed, eloquent, plausible and persua-
sive, as usual, even with the absurdity
noted elsewhere. He told how strange
it was that, while Democrats as we
know them here are good citizens, good
neighbors, good friends, the rule of
their party always brings disaster and
he accounted for it by the fact, that
the controlling element of the party is
ex confederates. He said he was one
of the "sore ones'-not over the con
gressional fight, flor that had left no
bruises on him--but over the defeat OF
Speaker Stickney for governor, and he
cordially endorsed Maj. Circuit as a
fine man, gallant soldier and leader
whose standard the party might be
proud to follow way up to an unpre
cedented majority. He had personal
acquaintance with Hobart, the Vice
Presidential candidate, and knew him
to be an admirable man and true
Republican who had long been fight
ing Democrats Of the copper-head va
riety. Then came States Attorney c.
c. Fits, with several bright and ep-
dramatic turns, mixed with his con
tribution to the absurdity of the eve
ming. He introdu~ ed himself as an
other of the sore ones. who had swal
lowed his full share of pre- convention
crow. He had been for Martin for
Congress now he was Grout man
with all his soul. He had been for
Stickney for governor now he was for
Josiah Grout with all the earnestness
of his being. He had been for Rect
for President now he was d Mckinley
man from the crown of his head to the
sole o. his feet He retailed the stand
ard stuff about tariff that is so low
as to food the country with importa-
tions, while it don't bring in enough
to supply the needs of the treasury.
He rejoiced in the belief that the
Democrats had got a boomerang on
them by their talk of sound money,
and he jubilated at the fact that the
young Republican organization just
formed had shown the nobility of its
mission by capturing two-thirds OF the
delegates that evening elected, and
then he added what ought to have been
good for the old ores to hear, that the
youngsters. would show them how to
run things, without forever fighting
among themselves. +" Then Col Has
kins whom Pierce had kept, politely
assuring them would be .the BEST"
was introduced The colonel was in
a Scriptural mood that night. He
opened with Scripture for his text and
closed with Scripture about the beau
tiful feet on the mountains that were
going to bring good tidings in Novem-
Der. He knew Mckinley as Martin
k new Hobart and knew him to be a
noble man. He characterized Dem
ocratic craftsmanship with its tariff
If 'Fperfidy and dishonor'' as one that
thought the taxes high on the work.
ingman's dinner pail, and SO took away
The dinner! ETC., ETC., etc. Haskins,
however, is an exceptionally good out
IF doors speaker, with full voice and
4 rounding out of words that made him
Easily heard.