Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-15
WILMINGTON.
The Democratic Rally.

The first political meeting of the
season occurred on Tuesday evening
The town hall was filed and the audi
ence gave close attention to every
thing said by the speakers, Chas. II.
Davenport of Brattleboro and +. W.
McGettrick of st. Adams, Democratic
candidate for governor. Leslie w.
Boyd acted as chairman and intro
duced the speakers. Mr.. Davenport
at once opened on the liquor question,
denouncing the present law as one
most prolific of rottenness and corrup-
ton, He urged the repeal of the law
saying he did not approve of the pro-
posed referendum movement but that
the only way out of the present diff
ficulty was to repeal the prohibitory
law and substitute a high license
local option law.
He then directed the attention of
his hearers to the matter of state ex-
penses. He presented a startling ar
ray of figures showing the increase
of expenses for the past 20 or 25 years.
The great question to be solved is
who stole the money" He then
took up the matter of the present cam
paign, declaring that Mccullough had
and stated that he had good authority
for stating that the amount put out
by the candidate was no less than
one fourth of million. In the course
of his remarks he took occasion to
say very pleasant and courteous words
regarding c. ID. Spencer, the Republi-
can candidate for senator who was
a school friend in the days when Mr..
Davenport lived in Wilmington. He
said that he thought there was very
little danger that he, the speaker,
would become senator, but agreed that
the county would be well represented
If Mr.. Spencer was elected, as he
thought he would be. He closed by
urging all to vote for McGettrick for
governor.
Mr.. McGettrick then addressed the
audience. He gave particular at
tention to the workings of the liquor
law, especially in his home county
Franklin They are evidently bad
set up that way if his statements are
correct. 1t is not so bad in Windham
county. He took occasion to say
that he was not doing campaign work
in the hope that he would be elected
governor, but simply to help the work
along of be9efitting his state and i'm
proving the condition of society gen
orally. He declared that Vermont
was laughing stock among the other
states. Summer visitors would not
come here where they could not get
a glass of beer except on the sly or a
drop of brandy when they had turn
of the collie. He urged all to vote for
the able, fairminded gentleman, Chas.
II. Davenport, candidate for senator.
Arthur II. Stearns of Brooklyn is
at the Raponda Hotel.
Byron A. Stone and family of Mo-
hawk, n. Y. are at the club
The weather this week has been an
improvement and the farmers are en-
deavoring to get their crop of hay
secured.
Mrs. c. II. Russell attended family
reunion of the Bowen family at Ben
nington on Saturday and Sunday, &c
members of the family being present.
John Macauley, who has been the
barber for A. l.. Childs four years, has
moved from town and his place is
filled by Mr.. Jacobs of Springfield,
Mass.
The annual reunion of the Windham
County Veterans association will &C.
cur at this place next Wednesday, and
it is expected that there will be a
good attendance of old soldiers from
all parts of the county.