Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-05-12
An Open Letter.


for senator to the next Republican
county convention.
have been requested by many of
the old Republicans, who have long
been recognized as leaders in the
party. and who have made Randolph
the most important Republican town
In Orange county, to allow my name
to be used as a candidate. Following
distinguished precedent, take this
method of addressing you, and ask for
your Endorsement on my record as a
Republican.
MY REPUBLICAN RECORD.
In my early days, before ! could
vote, I became interested in politics
as secretary Of a "Fremont 4 jesse
Republican club, in the year of the
birth of the Republican party--lS56.
believe l have voted for every Re-
publican candidate for president, eX-
cepting Lincoln Il was then living in
Canada), and the Republican ticket
and never any other ticket.
have generally been interested in
Republican clubs, especially 10 presi-
Dental years, and have taken part IN
nominations for officers, and l do not
remember any case when it was not
considered important, and even posi-.
lively necessary, that a candidates
political record and principles should
be, and should have been, in harmony
with the principles Of the party as a
prerequisite to eligibility to the office.
On this ground, l present to you
my own record, as we'll as that of my
opponent.
have voted for every governor and
every Republican candidate in YER
mont's elections since 1885.
have had the honor to represent
the Republicans of this town by be.
ing sent as delegate to one or more
of the Republican state, congressional
or county conventions, l believe, at
every election since 1886.
was elected by the state conven-
ton, as an alternative delegate, to
the Republican national convention
at Minneapolis in 1892.
! have served as vice president of
the State Republican league, and also
of the Republican club of Randolph.
have in other ways served the
Republican party in state, county and
town many years, and above all, an
honor which ! appreciate more than
any other that ever came to me was
my election in 1890 by the Republi-
can party of Randolph in the General
Assembly of the state.
MY opPONENT-MR. W. b. WALL.
1t is we'll known all over the state
that he has been leader, and very
active in the Democratic party for
many years, accepting many honors
from it, ands4ving it well.
In 1892, he was nominated in the
Democratic convention in this county
for the high office of senator.
In 1886, he was appointed by a
Democratic president as postmaster of
Randolph and served four years-the
most renumcrative and important APP
pointment in the county in the gift
of the national Democratic admin
iStratiOn.
In 1892, he was nominated in the
Democratic state convention as candi-
date for lieutenant governor.
In 1896, he was again nominated
in this Orange county, as a Democra-
tic candidate for senator.
This nomination he declined to ac.
cept, not because he did not intend to
longer consider himself a member of
the party, but because his party had
in the convention adopted the Chica-
go free silver platform, as will he
seen by the following letter, publish
ed in the Herald and News in August
1896.
"A PROMINENT RANDOLPH DEMOCRAT
BOLTS"
Randolph, Aug. Bird, 1896
A. A. OLNISTEAD. Esq
Chairman Democratic County Convention.
DEAR SIR:-I see by the publ prints that
my name was used at the Democratic county
convention lately he'd. as a candidate for
senator flom Orange couny. This was done
in my absence and without any consultation
with me. This same convention endorsed the
Chicago platform. That platform l cannot
endorse and it follows that cannot stand for
office on it. therefore absolutely refuse to
permit my name TO be used and it must he
taken from the ticket. Any name that YOU
and Mr.. Miller shall put in place of mine will
meet with my approval. Yours truly,
W. Is. WALL.
Remarks by the editor:-"Mr.
Wall has been one Of the old demo-
cratic war horses of Vermont, promi-
nent in council and active in field.
He has been his party's candidate for
acknowledgement and county sena-
tor, nearly attaining the latter office.
He has been an old-linc stalwart At
kins democrat and still claims to be
democrat. He will not, as incorrect
ly reported, vote for Mckinley,
but will support sound.money dem
ocratic ticket, if one is nominated.
He will probably vote for DR.. Jackson
for governor, as he believes him to be
a democrat after his own pattern.
Two years later, IN 1898, after the
announcement that he was a republi-
can, which came as surprise to ev-
cryone, he was elected to represent
his own town IN the general assembly. |
He was elected, not because he was
Il representative republican, but be-
cause he was in Il position SO that the