Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-09-03

The attendance at the republican rally
held in this village last Thursday was not
as large as had been hoped for, as the day
was perfect one and many of the farmers
were at work on their grain. However the
hall was fairly well filled and all were in
terested in what the speakers had to say.
Excellent music was furnished by the
Barton band Hon. w. w. Miles, presi-
dent of the repu blican club, presided; and
after few remarks in which he urged the
necessity of the people coming out to vote
on Tuesday he introduced Congressman
Fl. H. Powers of Morrisville, representative
from the first district. After urging the
ladies present to do their share in getting
the men out to the polls on Tuesday, he
took up the question of imperialism, which
is claimed by Bryan to be the paramount
issue at the present time. He easily prov
ed Bryan's claim, that we are attempting
to govern people without their consent,
to be false as by the consent OF the gov
erned we do not mean of every individual
but of majority of them and there is only
a very small minority of the people of the
Philippines in rebellion against this
rights in the Philippines which are bound
to be respected and their interests pro-
tected When the United States ratified
the treaty OF peace it placed itself under
obligations to those powers to see that
stable form of government was given the
islands. Had it not been for the influence
that Bryan exerted among his friends in
congress, it is doubtful if the treaty Of
peace would have passed. Now after hav
ing used his influence to have this country
assume these obligations he is trying to
have the people repudiate them. AL
though Bryan would have it appear other
wise the silver issue is the paramount one
at this time as it was four years ago. He
forced the democrats to accept the silver
plank knowing that money to run his
campaign would be forthcoming from the
great silver trusts. Bryan intends to take
an amount of silver now worth about
forty-eight cents and leg1slate its value up
to dollar. Mr.. Powers showed the work
of the political parties of the past in trying
to please the silver people by buying
large amount of silver bullion and coming
it under the Bland Allison and Sherman
acts and in each case while the price of
silver was raised slightly at first it soon
dropped back. The government owned
this money and stood back it, but Bryan
proposes to have free coinage with the
parties owning the bullion to have it coin
ed, paying nothing for the same, and they
to own the money, and of course standing
back of it. Whenever the money system
of a country is affected in any way the one
to feel it the keenest is the laboring man.
Under Bryan's system the laboring man
who now receives one dollar for his work
and can now go to the store and purchase
full dollars worth of goods, would then
be obliged to accept forty eight cents
worth of goods for the dollar in which he
would be paid. The speaker compared the
conditions of the country at the present
time with its condition four years ago. AT
that time Bryan told the people that if
Mckinley was elected and his tariff prin-
ciples followed out we should lose the
markets of the entire world. In reply to
this he showed that during the past three
years the value of our exports is greater
than the value of our imports by three and
one-half times than during the entire
period of 10Y years previous to this time.
Do we wish to change these conditions for
the conditions which exist in Europe
where the laboring man has but few of the
advantages placed before like classes here?
Judge Powers urged very strongly the
necessity of the people coming out Tues
day in order to give rousing majority
which will show plainly that Vermont
heartily endorses the administration. The
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Craftsbury. After urging the necessity
for large republican votetMr Graham
exploded few of the stories with which
the democrats have been attempting to
fool the people in this staten They claim
that the republicans are using much more
money in running the affairs of the state
than was used years ago; that the party
is corrupt. However they do not state
that the state expenses have necessarily
increased, they simply charge up every
dollar being expended to the republicans
and say nothing of what is being received
in return for the same. They do not men
ton the state road and school taxes by
which the roads in the Smaller towns are
being improved and good schools being
maintained. They do not point out the
fact that this money is being expended in
q manner to benefit all and is something
we would not want to do away with. No,
it is simply an increased expense. Also
years ago the insane of the different towns
were town charges while now they are
state charges and cared for by theAstate at
an annual expense of over 100000 per
year. This helps to large extent in in
creasing the expenses of the state govern
ment that the democrats are bowling
about, but when the law was passed not
one democrat placed himself on record as
being opposed to it. The soldiers home
another institution holnino To ircroooo