Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-08-27

In direct contrast to the Mccullough
rally in this city a. short time ago, in
which the Hon. ]. l.. Martin and Fred
G. Fleetwood we're the speakers to an
audience Of about two hundred people
was the great Clement rally held here
last night, when the Hon. P. w.
Clement and the Rev. Sam Small ad-
dressed an audience Of more than
10000 people.
1t was without doubt one OF the
largest and most enthusiastic political
gatherings ever held in Vermont.
Estimates upon the number of people
present on the Granite City Trotting
Park ranged all the way from 5000 to
100000. One Mccullough man esti
mated it at 5,000.but 1000 is a very
conservative estimate.
At about : o'clock the torchlight
procession was formed on Summer
street. There were probably 900
men in the procession and 1900 torch
es were carried. There would have
been more had not the streets been so
muddy The column was in charge
Of Fred Bruce, chief marshal, and the
following aids: 5 d. Allen, t. e..
Carswell +. E. Gladding and Thomas
Mercer. They marched down Sum.
mer street to Maple Ave, up Main
street to Elm, up Eastern Ave and
Park street to Washington street and
down South Main to the Trotting
Park. The folio wings. is we're in
attendance Montpelier, Waterbury,
West Randolph and Columbus band.
The parade was delayed on account
of the trains being late.
The speaking did not commence at
the Park until o'c.ock. 5 Hollister
Jacksol Introduced the speakers 7. w.
Clemenu and Rev. Sam Small.
P. w. Clement said in part ''For
the last thirty years there has been nc
issue in Vermont politics except who
will be the next governor. Year after
year the name Of the next governor
has been placarded and published for
years in advance That's uhe way it
was this year up to April 22nd, when
the license local option campaign
opened at Bethel. Up to that time it
mad been the custom for the caucus
notice to be published, then when the
voters met they would appointa nomi
mating committee These in turn
would bring in list Of delegates
They would be elected, and when they
went to the convention, passed
some weighty measure on the question
of tartfc, the policy IN the Philippines
or some other national measure, but
they never said a word about state
issue. There never has been state
issue that you can remember. The
republicans have always nominated /
candidate who knew that when Sep
tember came he would be the 60 ,ernor
You all went to the pollS and elected
him. 1t has been ring Of succession
and if a man could not get into that
ring he was out of It.
On April 22d the two candl dates IL
the field we're the most bewildered mer
YOU ever saw They didn't know there
could be an issue. They found in a
few davs that license men had been
elected as delegates j several towns
Then they began to do something
)ne of them came out for prohibition
and the other took broader stand
Mccullough said Ill do anything that
either party wants me to do lie has
been consistent in that stand up to
rne present time. He has taken nc
side. No man knows whether he is
license, local option or prohibition
He stands on the main proposition that
be would like to be governor.
He was driven to the wall and
there was only one thing he could DO
SO he did it, he went to ouying votes.
There we're more than 80 delegates
elected in this way directly and they