St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-08-13
Extracts from Political Speeches.

EXTRACTS from POLITICAL SpeeChes'
One Of the notable speeches OF the
present campaign was given in Manches'
ter by Hon. J. L. Martin of Brattleboro.
Mr.. Martin is properly considered Yer.
monts best campaign speaker and he re-
pl ed to Clement on state expenses and
said regarding the issue of the campaign
that Clement stood for low license, as
low as S. year, as shown in the bill he
introduced in the state senate and stood
by till the end. He said:
This in effect is free rum. will guar
antee il the republicans OF Vermont select
that grand old man of Vermont, Mr..
Mccullough as their standard bearer
and have majority of the Senate and
House they will submit license law to
the people that will by itraise subst an
tial revenue with which to deiray public
expense and no hell holes can be estah-
lished with five dollar license. 1t will
be guarded so lar as possible to promote
the sobriety of the people and to protect
our hume from the sad effects of drunken
ness"
Regarding the charges Of bribery and
the use of money in this campaign he
said:
1--WE are told by Mr.. Clement that our
standard bearer is briber and that he
obtained his nomination through bribery
and promises. am authorized by Cen
eral Mccullough to say publicly and pri
vately anywhere and everywhere that he
has never directly or Indirectly used one
dollar to buy mans votes or to buy
anything eatable, drinkable or smokable
to influence any voters political action.
That Mr.. Clement is an expert in man
ufacturing affidavits and in making un-
holy alliances or contracts is known by
everybody at all conversant with his
methods. have statements and affida-
Wits in my pockets showing more wicked
and wanton conduct on the part OF his
managers than he has ever charged to
his opponents"
The campaign in Barre opened last
week Tuesday evening with Hon. ]. l..
Martin and two of the candidates on the
republican state ticket, Fred 6. Fleet
wood and Zed S. Stanton. Among other
things Mr.. Fleet wood said:
1--WE who believe in the tenets OF the
Republican party must bind ourselves to-
gether. We must have concerted action.
Party integrity is in a way integrity to
ones self. On the liquor question he
said, the referendum is as legal now as in
80. 1t is for the young men of the
party particularly to hold together. |
appeal to you in full confidence the
party's call will be needed"
Mr.. Stanton spoke on the same line ur-
ging them to be loyal to the party and
not be blinded by the statement that the
party was insincere. The charge insin-
certify is sham, pretext.
Gen. McCulloughs first speech in the
campaign was given in Manchester and
he was enthusiastically received. He
first thanked Secretary Shaw and Con,
gresham Fowler for lifting the canvass
to higher plane and then said among
other things:
Instead of groveling, as perhaps some
of you may have done a week ago, in
the slime and mud of the popuplist can
vass, you are lifted up into higher air.
Get out of the meshes, the subtetfuge
mire and boys, the miasma aud boys, the
miasma and sewer gas OF Clement. Get
up into the better air and breathe the
Republican administration, bask in the
Republican sunshine.
Now what shall your verdict be? You
know, my friends, that ever since the or
ganization Of the Republican party Yer
mont by her verdict has always beer
true to her own interests and the inter
ests of the nation. During the almost
half century of the existence of the Repub
lican party Vermont has always through
her Republican vote been as true as tn,
lode stone to the pole, No devices, NJ
subterfuges, no tricks have ever beer
played to mislead the judgment of tn
Republican voters. 1t has been tried be
tore. 1t was tried in 1872 as liberia
Republicanism. 1t failed then. It wi
tail now. With the name OF the grea
and the good Greeley run up to thei
mast head, they failed to set Vernon
from her moorings. Think you tina
with the name of Percival W. Clemen
they will disturb Vermont's equanimt,
in September? Think you, my friends
with the name OF gentleman who ha
never been thought to be the idol of Ver
mont Republicans that the majority wi
be any the less? My friends, what yo
can do on the 2nd of September is no
simply to carry the state for the RepuE
lican ticket, not simply to elect Reput
lican administration. but, my friends
elect by such we'll sized majority, sue
a well timed plurality as will carry er
couragement to the other states and wi
elect Republican leader for 1902 tina
will support Theodore Roosevelt in hi
policies and that will elect Roosevelt i
1904.
Mr.. Clement is practically the mana
ger of his own campaign aud is dom
considerable speaking. He has spok,
at Manchester, Waterbury and othe
l places and the press reports indicate hi
| speech is the same in each place. He1
is press report of his speech at Waite
bury on Friday evening when he az
+ dressed crowd Of 1860 people from
/ stand in the village square:
He first referred to the costs under
! search and seizure under the prohibition
law, giving list of fees that was re,