Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-08-21


notable political gathering ever held in
this county was that Of the republicans
held here this afternoon under the auspices
of the State committee. 1t was intended
for a county rally and in this the mana
gers were not disappointed. as every town
in the county was represented, some by
very larg" delegations The crowd was
Nariously estimated at from 800" to 1000
people. The rally was held on the camp
ground Of the St. Albans NJ. +. district,
which is located near the fair ground. Tho
vast seating capacity was not enough to
hold the crowd and from the enthusiasm
displayed by the large audience 1t is Ger
tain that old "spunky Lamoille" will be
in line and cast the usual large vote for
the regular republican ticket. The crowd
was not slow in giving their approval to
all that was said in favor of General Nc
Culiough, the Republican party and plat
form.
Another feature which added much to
tho ccasion was the presence of Secretary
Leslie NJ. shaw. who kept the close at
tcntion of his hearers, many of them form
er toWnsmcn and plaYmatcs of his youth.
Secretary shaw reached here last evening
and is visiting his stopmother.
This forenoon he drove about the plac
holding receptions here and there with old
friends The business places were libera'iy
decorated with Gags and bunting in his
honor.
MANY Of the invited guests were late
arriving General McCullough driving here
from Newport and Or. ". seward Webb
came by special train from Portland. Me,
this morning IN order to be here this after
noon.
The Hon. Roger w. Hulhurd of Hyde
Park. member of the State committee
called for order and introduced the Hon.
II. Henry Powers as the chairman of the
unon the attendance and upon the large
numbers present he said he was satisncd
that old "Spunky Lamoille' would have
nothing to do with the bolter and would
speak in no uncertain terms of her ap-
proval Of General Mccullough and the
platform of the Republican party.
He then introduced r. G. Archibald or
Manchester. Mr.. Archibald is a forcible
speaker and lost no time i'll getting to his
subject and showing Clement, the bolter,
in his true light. He did not spare him IN
the least. He said that Clement has been
making statements that We're mis-
statements throughout the State and these
misstatements served an admirable pur-
pose for Clement to bolt and that it was
hard for him to md an excuse for so do
ing,
Mr.. Clement demanded a plank in the
platform favoring high license law with
a referendum and this demand was acceded
T..
of the convention said that he believed
that Clement had contemplated to bolt II
he was not nominated as his action after
his delegates left the hall would make il
appcar so. Another excuse of Clement for
boiling was the action of the convention
in Orange and Orleans couty. which had
passed a resolution faYoring a prohibitory
law although he himself in Rutland coun-
ty convention tried to bolt the very pla t.
form he had succeeded in having framed,
by trying to have his county pass a reso-
luton faVoring "A license law without ref.
orendum. Clement claims that the Repub-
lican party cannot be relied upon but nc
one can point to a single pledge made byth
party either state or national which has moi
been kept. Another charge made by Glenn
ent is that republican officials We're dis
honest. The speaker then showed up the IN
accuraCies in Clements statements regard
ing state expenses and asked If Mr.. Glenn
cnt was honest In his political methods
Mr.. Archibald showed up the bolters iegis-
lative career and asked Wnat he had even
done to form legislation to benefit the ia "
payers or lessen the burden of taxpayers
If the officials were dishonest, why didn't
he start an investigation. He had The ops
portunity.
SHAW FOR PRESIDENT IN 1902,
Secretary Shaw was then introduced as
"A Lamollle county boy, born in q log
house. Although he left us many years
ago he had never been forgotten and his
rise to fame has been gratifying to the
people of this county lie was elected gov =
crnor of Iowa because he had the courage
to declare he was in favor Of gold stand
ard and was the pioneer of the gold stand
ard In the West He has made finance the
study OF life time and 1t was no wonder
President Roosevelt asked him to enter
the cabinet.
Judge Powers said he wished to launch
the candidacy of Leslie Nj. Shaw for Presi-
dent in 1908 and called for cheers which
were gwen heartily.
Secretary Shaw after a few remarks
about his school life here said that In his
State republicans voted the republics an
ticket In early life he did not care any
thing about caucuses or conventions and
never attended them. He helped foot the
bills and spoke wherever assigned. The
only phase of politics he cared about was
the principles Of the two great parties lie
did not care much about men, but more for
principles, saying that parties do not di-
vide according to men hut principles. Sec
rotary Shaw illustrated his speech with
many funny anecdotes and stories which
kept his hearers ii. good humor. Below
follows an abstract
81 have been quoted as opposed to "A re-
| vision of the tarffI have never opposed