Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-29
PROCTOR SPEAKS
An Earnest Appeal to All Re.
pub|icans 10
VOTE the STATE TICKET
Bryanism 16 to !, Just as
Dangerous as in 1876.

Proctor, Vt. Aug. 2S.-If l owe an
apology for appealing to you by letter
let it be because of the Importance of
our giving the largest possible vote to
our state ticket at the coming elec-
tion. There is no doubt that we
shall give more than our usual major.
ity, but we must not fail from over.
confidence to secure the highest posi-
BILE result. The Importance Of this in
its influence upon the country at
large cannot be overes,imated. 1t
has been well understood for years,
both in the republican and democrat
ic national committees, that the re
suit in Vermont was the best advance
indication of the sentiment of the
country. 1t has been safer guide
than the result in Maine. We have
been more steadfast in the faith than
that state, and our political barome'
ter has been less liable to local fluctu.
alton. We should have larger re.
publican vote than ever. There is
no dissatisfaction. There are no re-
publicans who are not as earnest as
ever in the faith. The danger is
merely from over confidence.
The campaign for the senatorship
is earnest. This will help in many
towns to get out full vote, and
should operate favorably to the state
ticket. But there may be danger in
some localities that the intense inter-
est over this will take attention away
from the state ticket. This should
be guarded against. The senatorship
is important, to be sure, but the ma
tional issue, the defeat Of Bryan and
Bryanism with all that that implies,
is Of far more Importance. Let us all
bear that in mind.
Many Democrats, following the line
Of Minister Phelps letter, voted forour
state ticket in 1896 as the only effec-
tive way of expressing their disap-
proval Of the Chicago platform. There
is every reason why we should have as
LARGE or even increased vote from that
source. Their vote with US then was
their protest against Is to ! and the
other dangerous doctrines of the Chi
cago platform. The demand Of duty
upon those Democrats is stronger now
than four years ago. The situation is
more dangerous. Defeat has taught
the populistic element of the party
nothing. and it is more defiant thar
ever.
The perniclous doctrinesof the plat
form of 1896 are repeated and empha
SIZED IN 1900, and this action hal
been forced upon the party by the
personal insistence of Mr.. Bryar
against the better sense Of his party
He is the embodiment of all that il
dangerous in the principles of tEei
platform. II he is honest in his ad
vocacy Of these pernicious principles
he is all the more dangerous. Ill
will act upon them and enforce then
if he gets in power. He will not hes
itate to use every means to fasten II
to l upon us, and in my opinion If h
is elected he is likely to succeed II
this. The sound money, order LOVING
Democrats, if they did not indee'
save the country from the danger
threatened by the anarchistic doc
trines of 1896, which is probable, a
least contributed greatly to that re
suit. Can it be that they ~illrevers
this patriotic action and seek to und
their good work?
The serpent was only scotched Il
1896. We are not out Of danger unit
it is killed, and another such defea
will kill it, and Organism will be
thing of the past. Then the safe
element of the Democratic party wi
again be in control Of it's policy, an
will restore it to its old time consi'
tency with its principles. l kno'
that this is personally the earnes
wish of many very prominent Demo
Z Gratis of the country who do not quit
! say SO publicly lest it should inlul
their influence in the reorganizatlo
of their party, which they will brin
about after Bryan's defeat this yea
DO you ask ii l think there is an
real danger Of defeat? There is a
ways danger until the vote Is cas-
Work, work, and constant vigilance
the price of safety. There is gre'
peril IL we think we are safe. NOT
ing but genuine alarm will make