Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-05-22
Mr.. EDITuR:

L nave llNeu nlgh onto sixty odd yers,
mostly good black Republican yers to, and
never ontill last Monday night ever heard
a High Lisunse eaddydate for governur
address a multytude of people. / would
not have gone all the way down to sante
Jonsbury then if some Of the boys had not
told me that if Mr.. Pursey Clemant was
elected for governur licquor would be less
scarser then what it now is, and instid Of
having to go up to the agensy and put my
name down to Two or three lies to get a
bottle Of licquor, it would be more as twas
when Jerry Drew kept tavern and a fell
lar, when he went down as a jeuryman,
could always buy a t%himbulful in a little
thick bottomed tumbler for ten cents,
with now and then a extra treet thrown in
gratiss.
So went down and seen and heard Pur-
sey Clemant. am glad i went. By all
odds II were the best political meating i
ever went to. The band plaid splendid,
and Pursey Clemants quarteat Of niggar
singers could not be beet, even in Sante
Jonesbury and most everybody howled
more vosiferously for the music to come
back than they did for Pursey. Square
Dunnit come onto the stage with the High
Lisunse caddydate, both clothed in swal-
Ter tailed coats, low bossomed vests and
deap thought. 1t will be a long day befoar
Sante J~onsbury, with all its reputashion
for cultir, viii produse at one setting an
other pare of such handsome classickle
looking polytishuns. Square Dunnit in
trodused Pursey by saying he was a tip
top Teller, a CRATE f~inaseer, and a good citi-
sen, but that he the Square didn't take
much stock in his high lisunse nonsens.
Why Pursey should seleckt such a rank
prohibitionist, and Proktor man, too, to
TO do the job Of introduetshion is mistry-
Gus and past finding out. There was prob
ably five or six Of us High Lisunse men in
that CRATE crowd in full %symperthy with
Pursey who would have jumped at the
chance OF setting on that stage and intro
duseing our c~andydate. Perhaps Pursey
thought that the rank and file of High liz
sunse Contingent didn't have no swaller
tailed coats.
Pursey read his lecture from a book, ex-
cept when he paused to drink a goblet of
Styles Pond Waiter, or tell a story, or laf.
II what Pursey said about how they run
the corts Of justis, and the Poleese depart
ment in the City OF Rutland is true, they
don't deserve no probitory law in that
Marbel City nor much else but a dozen or
two r~evivilists of releagon, good old fash
toned releagon, to.
Pursey also pitched into Mr.. Morrer,
that vile creeter who goes up and down
the state trying to stop the foe OF rum
and crime. He also assaulted states Tour
neys right and left and give every proba-
zionist in our land Hale Columby. De-
barring some exsentrisities it was a power
fun argument for our beloved High Ii
sunse. Pursey give McKulla a side winder,
and said he was so completely straddul the
issue that purity soon he would be split TO
the collar bone. Pursey also kicked the
daylite out OF Flech Proktor who SEE he
wants to be g~overnur, but is squarely agin
High Lisunse, crimes, which will hnerly
Fleeh clean out Of existence. All
thinking folks who yern for a return OF
the days when we could get a nipper most
anywhere love Pursey Clemant and his
grand High Lisunse docktrin.
We, the High Lisunse Contingent want
ed to grasp Purseys hand at the oonclu-
shion of the exhibishun 1--WE wouldent
stopped his onward carear but a minit)
but no.. not a hand grasp nor a chaw OF
Rutland fine cut, not eaven a wink to fol-
Ter him and the Square down Estern Ave-
nuee to his privite car, WHARF they glided
so quiekley. Howsomever, Pursey had
US the grand lesson that open saiuns
and plenty on thefn would support the
and make Vermont blossum.
We follered on down to that privite car,
our High Lisunse contingent did, and in
side we see a cupple Of st. Jonesburys
leading politishuns going over the ground
with Pursey, sc, &c, and so forth. We
noeked for admishun and a colored niggar
came to the door, we asked for
4 sniff Of the inside of that car, but were
told that Mr.. Senatur Pursey Clemant was
a nifty busey man, and were askt II we
had a swaller tail. We thort this anuth-