The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-20
MADE SPEECHES.

The opening Republican rally of the
campaign in this city was held in
Armory hall Wednesday evening and
nearly 600 gathered to listen to the
speeches of Hon. Kittredge Haskins,
member of Congress, and Hon. j. L.
Martin, United States District At
torney. Both speakers were listened
to with intense interest and every
strong point made was warmly APP
plauded.
Elk Mayor Joseph g. Brown presid-
ed and II. f. Dennan of Woodbury.,
candidate for State senator, occu-
pied a seat upon the platform. 1t was
8 30 o'clock when the Montpelier Mil
itary band finished its opening selec-
ton and Mr.. Brown introduced Mr..
Martin with a few predatory remarks
in which he referred to the three
leading candidates in the field for
| Governor.
Mr.. Martin prefaced his remarks
| by referring to what Mr.. Brown had
said regarding there being three can
didates before the people for Governor
and humorously referred to Mr..
| Clement as 1.-THE succotash candi-
date. " Among other things he said :
81 do not believe il the kind of high
|
| duced at the last session Of the r,egis-
lature which Drovi1as for five / der
ent kinds licenses and allows a
druggist to Ill liquor, not to be
drunk on the pa ,nis IS, at the cost of
only S. per annLm ~ He asked if
this would help hotel proprietors who
wished to sell liquor, providing a
liquor law should be passed. He said
Mr.. Clement had appealed to hotel
men to assist i'll the expenses of the
campaign. He said that Mr.. Glenn
ent's bill provided for all kinds of
licenses and that Mr. Clement evil
IDENTIFY thought Nermonters were going
into the rum business in body. Mr..
Clement has stated that this bill,
which he introduced at the last ses-
sion was faulty because he had not
given the matter much thought Mr.
Martin showed that he had had ten
years in which to study the law and
ought to have been able to draft bill
better suited to the needs of the
people than he did.
Upon the matter of fraud of which
Mr.. Clement makes so much ado Mr..
Martin repeated his statement made
at Manchester to the effect that he
was authorized to say that General
R MCOullOuSn lldu HOu cApeHueu SluRle
dollar but in a legitimate manner He
showed by figures that Mr. Clement
had purposely attempted to deceive
voters upon the matter of State ex.
penses. He referred in the most
scathing and pointed manner to Mr..
Clements attitude toward laboring
men and quoted Mr.. Clement as say
ing in Rutland that "a dollar a day
is enough for a laboring man.
Col. Haskins was greeted with ap
plause upon being intro duced. He
said he was not present to convert
Democrats. His talk was mainly in
reiteration of what Mr.. Martin had
said. He said: mot single
act of constructive legislation was
was ever done by Mr.. Clement. " In
closing his remarks Col Haskins made
strong point when he said, Every
vote cast for Mr.. Clement will be a
vote against Roosevelt in 1904. Do
you want that?' eff Mr.. McGettrick
is elected Mr.. Clement will take Dill
lingham's seat in the United States
Senate. " He closed his remarks by ask
ing that every loyal Republican rally
to the standard and that individual
missionary work be done, saying that
such would result in victory