Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-08-15

the people might vote lntril.TehliH nav
ing both the prohibitOry law and the
law proposed before them. Relieving III
the right Of the majority 10 determine
the action Of the state and in the right
~ the majority 10 have opportunity 81
expression the Republican rr'y
placed this plank in its platform In good
faith. with an honest purpose and win
view TO the highest good 81 the state
| The unrestricted sale Of inioxicants Is
regarded by Republicans rs pubic
evil and by this action Of the coEven-
| ton IL is now left first with the legisla-
ture and next with the people TO de-
| termine whether this restriction ana
restraint shall be found IN the present
| law, some wise notifications OF the
preSent statutes or n license lOcal-option
/ law.
! Mr.. Clement attempts TO excuse fis
secession from the Republican party and
10 Justify his action I'm boiling tine con-
ventlon when he was candidate for
high preferment by making = claim Of
bribery on the part of both Of his Cppo-
nents and TO such an extent Is to VIII
ate the action Of that convention.
Tie also claims that this charge Of
bribery is not new; that II had been
made and substantiated by numerous
affidavits prior to the assembling OF The
Convention. The real value he places
upon these charges and the ntiidavits
to support It. is easily determined.
The state committee was the comriit-
tee on credentials. To them these am
davits shodld have been taken and any
Illegal delegates challenged and I'M
seated as surely they would Lave been
on valid proof But to the committee
he made no challenge and produced no
proofs. neither was there "A word laid
by his friends in the convention i'm
pugning its integrity Of composition and
1t was only after his own candidacy
before the body was hopeless that the
familiar cry of stop Thief was raised
by him and some of his supporters.
There were only two contests before
this committee on credentials. One
arose from the claim of Mr.. Clement
that the delegates from the town of liut-
land. who were present with Gre
dentialS. should bc unseatc1 md dele
gates favorable to him substituted in
their stead. Mr.. Cicmcat's claim was
allowed, and his delegates seated, but
in this case no charge Of fraud was
made.
In the other contested case Mr.. Elan
ders of Orange was seated in lieu Of the
Clement delegate by the unanimous ac-
ton of the Committee IN rnchJllengei
and uncontradicted proof that the elcc-
ton of the Clement delegate was Sc
cured through the votes of the Demo
Gratis who. admitting their politics and
demanding the right TO vote were per-
mitted 10 do so under protest.
In no other instance was the right Of
a single delegate to his seat challenged
before the committee or in the conven-
ton, nor was the charge that dele
gates were improperly elected or i'm
properly influenced after election made
at any time before the committee or in
| the convention,
His contention of bribery surely does
not justify the bolt from Hon Zed S.
Stanton. our Candidate for Lieutenant
Governor who had made no pre-con-
vention canvass and had no organized
support, but whose nomination was the
genuine spontaneous tribute IF a ma.
jority of the Convention TO his forth.
To those who know General Nc.
Cullough this suggestion of corruption
needs no denial. To those who do not
we are pleased TO assure them that
from the beginning TO the end of his
canvass he did and countenanced moth
ing corrupt, dishonorable or unseemly.
Dishonesty is frequent charge made
by defeated candidates in political con-
tests and Mr. Clement is simply no ex-
ception.
Throughout the state Republicans
will not fail to recall in whose behalf
: Democrats We're brought to the Caucus
to elect delegates to the last Republi-
can convention.
Mr.. Clement has no standing in the
forum of the people when he poses as
the uncontaminated representative OF
honest political action.
To aid in his election Mr., Clement
has without their solicitation endorsed
and placed upon his ticket the regular
Republican candidates for Secretary of
! State, State Treasurer. and Auditor of
Accounts. They authorize the State
Committee to say that they are Repub.
licans and not in sympathy with any
movement that would tend TO disrupt
the Republican party; that they stand
upon the platform as adopted by the
, Republican Convention of June 10Th. al
' Montpelier, and for the ticket there
r nominated and for no other principles
n or party: that Number of the Acts of
1898, forbid the printing upon ballot
: of the name of any candidate who has
l declined a nomination. For this rea
son they have not declined the License
8 Local-Option nomination.
n We confidently appeal to the men Of
= Vermont who see in the Republican
V party and its achievements the unex
s ampled glory and prosperity of oul
s state and country, who are proud OF
f their little state which has borne ne
n mean and trivial part in the progress OF
@ our nation; who believe, as rightfull,
e they may, and should, and believing
n exalt that during all this time they have
: lived in the cleanest state in the Unior
r where corruption in the Legislature. ~
the judiciary and in the executive of
e fees has been unknown and who would
s retain untarnished the fair fame of th,
Il state
n We appeal to all such to Indignantly
n repudate and condemn the man who il
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