Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-07-31
WHAT OUR NElGHB0RS SAY.
How Clemsnt's Bolt and Charges arc
Regarded in Addison County.
(Ero,u tho Neruennes Enterprlse)

| (From the Nergennes Enterprise)
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80 VI Io'l,i's "lo va. nc p'".,n W. T.,
option Wn'cn ne s,cceeueu II, oo'a''!l's -,
the party PLATFORM was auopteu III pdu
laItn anu tl'at party ieaouls az ~ eI nv
seekIhs some way Oh eVaoing tnelt pIeuStu
worn on thls question: tnat t''e hvi,i.Ia .,u''
oil Zen McCuiIoush was optdiheu ~ Va"
cry ana eoil upton IA inc cauVuScS' NO
inc republican machine Is rotten AT tlte
core These conditions, he promises: wiIl
De remeuled II ne becomes governor u 'cf-
mont. Let us examine INTO theni
AS TO nad 1alth. WIN very rev cHc'P-
IONS the republicans OF Nermont nave az
Icepted the PLATFORM IN toto' Inc prohlpl-
tohists nave MADE some "ry races over
the local option plank, but the loyal, the
decent, the self-respecting republicans are
backing up the action and honoraple
pledges OF the Montpelier convention VIII
ness, In this connection, the manly utter
ances OF such men as the editors OF the
Brattleboro Phoenix and Deerheld Valley
Times. both of whom, while believing
strongly in prohibition, have yet endorsed
the platform and declared for referendum
on local option law.
AS to the Infamous bribery charges, it Is
enough to say that the bitterest republican
foes OF Gen. Mccullough have never given
the odorous illumination OF Mr.. Clement s
Rutland Herald any serious weight AT
iidaNlts, purchased and paid for, signed by
irresponsible parties, contradicted in many
instances when the full meaning of them
became known wholly unupported by
anything constituting reliable evidence. are
mot the sort OF timber of which to build a
Iserious offensive structure against the Re.
publican party. Until Mr.. Clement pro-
duces something In the line of credible te'-
i timony, his abnminable campaign of per
sonal abuse need receive very little atten-
ton.
Regarding the party organization ana
party SINS we concede there Ia much room
Tor Improvement Inc topheaVy majority
|. normally attained at elections in Vermont
IS not IN any sense healthE cohdluoh'
rive thousand honest, clean-cut democrats
would DO more FOR Vermont than hve nun
drcd thousand BACK stabp'ng' promise
breaking conVentoh-poltlhg, woulu-b'
partN-Wf'CherS us ferClNal W. clement.
And right here, let rs say to any repubh-
can uIssatlslled with the party pIAttorn
anu the Parry Staluatu-pcaret tu't Note
LOT tleineht Is u Notc LOT poIltl'al at'arcHN'
d vote lor irpuuatioli' vote lor party
) co"ardlcc' stay az nome or vote inc
sralght democratic tcket II you must put
con encourage that pia'aht lnsolehce OF
a man VINO says TO the party mat mas los
tereu anu nurseu MN III its BOSOM, i"c' l
me or VIII wreck your very loundauohS
fh"lly, let us point 10 tho PLATFORM y
document representing the most advanced
political thought or the state, document
that emhodies IN II more or progress than
any platform IN Vermont Tor 50 years a
document that Clement himself, arch an
arch ana predetermined bolter' feely ac-
Icepted IN the convention OF his party. IL
calls Tor nothing revolutionary. nothing
Impractical Apart from its much-discussed
plank Of local option, 1t Is exactly what re-
rublicans in other states are striving for.
And If it has not come to point where
Vermont must vote on the question OF a
have rorv had,v read tha siers ~ ths
times.
pairn IN Vermont produce a inner cleaner.
more richly endowed Christian geutleman
than John Griffith McCullouehp II il no.
ItatIe that il. ali the scurriIous writing and
yItuperatiyc talk the nersonal character
of our candidate for governor mas never
been so much as smirched Calm. serene
and immutable. he stands upon the cliffs
t of thought as far above the murkv clouds
, of calumny as the soaring eagle is above
the snake and din of nettv human strife
, A good man. an honest man one to bo
trusted alike with the honor of a friend or
the welfare of a sovereign State how sharp
the contrast between him and his chefest
, foe, with such a leader and with such a
> cause. 1t will be a marvel indeed II Yer.
mont fails to write large her wonted record
on the history OF the nation
Then rally round the standard! Stand to
a., the grand old batteries that have made the
! name Of Vermont a power In the national
= arena! Rebuke the dastards who seek 10
rend asunder a PARTY that has given us all