Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-07-24

II DO III
belt fusion or no fusion, Gen John n.
Mccullough vii he the next governor OF
Vermont ard that he will be elected by
popular vote. lie was nominated! by tho
convention from which Mr.. Clement wouit
have no scruples in accepting nominal
tion had a majority II the delegates len
foolish enough to favor his candidacy.
Should II occur, however that by any at-
cident or combination OF circumstances,
the election this fail is thrown into the
legislature. the result: e the twelve cases
rbove referred to certainly offer very 1T
tie speculative comfort to any Clementra-
tic-democratc combination that can be
made.
A QUESTION OF STREETS
(From the Barre Times.)
TIE ST. Adams Messenger tells how one
OF Pawnees Hilrs circus wagons became
m''rd on Main street N ST Albars the 9TH
or Gey and siA horses. II cowboy and mus
tang and nm electric car wero unable TO
cvtr'oate 1t. The Times is forced II nd-
NIT that the half was never told about ST
.tlba is streets. Otherwise 1t never wtoii
have compared the Vt. ut q. Barre with
the n;ire of s.. hlbans 1t makes Is
tha"l full we have so good thorourhfares
as We have.
AN OUTSIDE IMPRESSION.
Q7rom the Charlotte, N. C.,News)
| Is New England degenerating--that land
of classics, the hub of the universe? 1t is
announced that Percival w. Clement
candidate for the governorship of Ner-
mont, proposes to thoroughly organize the
state in his behalf and to accomplish this
end will make a close canvass of the State
accompanied by brass band and a min
strel show.
II the announcement had been to the eff
feet that Mr.. Clement would reCite Long
fellow or Holmes and the brass band rem
der Mo7art's symphony In b flat it would
have occasioned no surprise in this neck
OF the woods. but to think that the argu-
ment Of the energetic candidate for guber-
material honors may be preceded by such
undisnified coon airs as Dem Goo Goo
Eyes or "Aint 1t a Shame'-tho thought
Is horrible to contemplate.
What the Charges Of the Bolter Means
for Vermont Republicans.
From the Deerfleld Valley Times.)
Four-nfths Of the frcemen of Vermont
are republicans and II Gen. MCCULLOUGH
succeeded in buying up a majority of the
party as claimed, Mr. Clement will surely
be the next governor of Vermont as the
Whiskey trust of the United States would
undoubtedly be willing to invest many
times the modest fortune with which Gen.
| McCullough is credited il it could be sure
of having the Vermont prohibtory law re-
pealed. In other words, Mr.. Clement and
the whiskey ring would be able to pay the
highest price and If the votes OF the free
men of Vermont can be bought with money
as Candidate Clement claims, Gen. McCul-
| Tough will do we'll to withdraw from the
fight at once and give it up as bad job
| We have no doubt but that tho scurrilous
statements which Clement has made
against Gen. Mccullough will he given at
tention by the friends of the Bennington
man in due time and very effective atten-
tion. too. Also there will doubtless be sew
cral things to he said about the big cor
ruption fund which the whiskey ring pro-
| poses to send to Vermont to bolster up
Clements cause. But just now. the Times
wishes to put in a word about Mr.. Glenn
ents position with reference to the Repub-
| lican party.
| In the first place Mr.. Clement entered the
governor canvass. as he claimed, purely
from phianthropic motives. He had no
desire to be governor, but consented to be
the Moses to lead Vermont up out Of the
deecrt Of prohibition. He wanted n license
referendum plank in the platform and this
was the height of his ambition. A license
referendum plank was prepared by tho
resolution committee Mr.. Clements man
ager asked for a recess, during which time
it was submitted to Mr.. Clement and pro-
nounced satisfactory. ]. c.. Jones of Rut-
| land accepted the plank on behalf of the
| Clement faction and the convention pro-
ceeded to adopt it. That night Mr.. Glenn
ent told the license men from the plat
form that they had accomplished every
thing they set out to accomplish. The pro
hibitory law was just as good as repealed.
That issue was practically disposed Of.
| When Mr.. Clements name was presented
at the Montpelier convention the history
Of the heated gubernatorial canvass was
complete. The affdavits charging Gen.
McCullough with bribery. which were pur-
chased by the Rutland IIerald's scavencer
at from $500 to $1,000 apiece. had been col
llected. Mr.. Clement and his associate s
were thoroughly familiar with all the facts
that were worth knowing. Notwithstand-
| ing this, Mr.. Clements name was taken
| hefore the convention and the delegates
were asked to vote for him. Not only was
Mr.. Clement anxious to get the nomination
| OF that convention, but one Of his leaders
from Ludlow announced that the Clement
delegates were prepared to stay there until
! u O'Clock Saturday night to fight for It.
Mr. Clement could not possibly have Sc
cured more than one-third of the votes of
tho delegates n the Montpelier conven-
| ton. as everyone knows. And yet, after
being fairly defeated, a portion Of his dele
gates withdrew from the convention, thus
playing the baby act to perfection. Now
Candidate Clement demonstrates his own
dishonesty and hypocrisy by boiling the
convention and accepting a nomination
from gang of malcontents who have gone
crazy over the prospect of turning Vermont
! into a license State.
It's high time to call Mr.. Clements bluff
when he poses as reformer or a philan-
thropist. His one burning ambition ia to
he elected governor. So strong and irresis-
tible is this ambition that he is willing TO
sacrifice his party and his personal honor
TO achieve the desired end
NO CAUSE FOR EXCITEMENT
CFrom the Enosburgh Standard)
There is a disposition in some quarters
to charge that the referendum plank of tho
republican platform Is not being, and will
not be, considered seriously by the friends
of prohibition throughout the State. The
| Standard does not believe that there Is
any inclination on the part of any consd-
cradle number Of republican voters who
favor prohibition to ignore or repudate
| any portion of the platform adopted at
the republican State convention at Mont
lpeler.
1t is inevitable that with this plank In
the platform the question Of license or
IprOlilltiOn should ho 1ludor dtcruesia ap1