Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-08-28
Republicans of Milton Get To-
gether in the Old FASH
toned Way.
CLEMENTISM PUNCYURED
Con rressm an Foster Given an Ovation
Joined r. e. Brown and Il. G.
Mover in Showing Large Au-
diepce why Party Should Sup
port Regular N o minee.


town held rally Saturday evening at the
opera house that for attendance and en-
thusiasm has never been excelled mere. lhe
doors We're thrown open at 1880 ana long
before clock the hall began TO MI
with people and when the speakers arrived
every seat in the auditorium was taken
and there were nearly so on the stage, Inc
hall has u seating capacity of nearly oo
people and before the evening was over
many additional chairs had to be secured
and even then there were many who mad
to stand. The keen attention of the entire
audience was held to the close and bursts
of applause were frequent Senator w. L.
Dillingham; was scheduled for an address
at East Montpelier before the Milton rally
was arranged and to the regret of the au-
dience was unab BILE to cancel the previous
date.
The Colchester Cornet band gave a short
concert In front of the opera house before
the rally opened and then adjourned to the
hall, where they played a number of very
accepta bic selections. The rally was called
to order by l.. l.. Latham. chairman of
the town republican committee. and he an
nounced that c. s. Ashley. candidate for
county senator, would preside. In marked
contrast was this rally to the one held
by Clement In the same hail just week
previous, when he spoke to not few
empty seats and had to get "a Mccullough
supporter to introduce him. The speeches
of the evening We're an arraignment of
Clement and the many weak and in
sincere sides of his campaign were shown
to the voters. Attention was also paid
to the county ticket and as the various
candidates of the Republican party We're
mentioned there names were received with
cheers and hand clappipg. The speakers of
the evening were Congressman d. j. Fos-
ter, the Hon. r. E. Brown. States At
torney Edmund c. Mower all of Buring-
tom
Mr.. Brown was the first speaker intro
duced- He said that when man came be-
fore the people for office he at once be-
came subject for inspection and should
be viewed through the strongest magnify
ing glass. When the campaign opened there
were three candidates two were frank
enough to say that they wanted to be
governor. The third took the ground that
he was a workipgmah's friend and pro-
tector of the people. He said they wanted
a chance to submit the liquor law to pop
Olar vote, but when he got to the State
convention at Montpelier he found that
was just what the Republican party want
ed and then bolted the State convention
That man has waged a campaign Of sland-
err and v1tuperation that has never been
paraileled in the State said MIR
Brown. The speaker told the peo-
pie not to look to some other town
to see If the women were morphine dones
and the men rum sots, as Clement saws
put look right at home and see If what
ne saysAls true. II Clement knew so many
abuses existed why did he not do some
thing to remedy them in the legislature
When ne was there? He did not because
MS heart was not IN them. He was in
terested in passing corporation laws favor
ape TO himself and In trying to beat the
lanorers who built the Rutland Canadian
'aiiroad out of their honest dollars
ne statement that Clement is a very,
hHall man when sized up beside Gen 7
q, Mccullough was received with = io,a
purst or applause and great erthusia en-
Inc speaker then gave a brief account ~
me oiils introduced by Mr.. Clement while
~, Wwas IN the legislature and showed that
an out Two of them were in the intara.t,
81 corporations. One Of his bills author,1ed
!he Rutland Transit companv ~
crease their stock to 81 ono oco
ana release the directors from all
,, ', another provided that anv man
and was struck by a train co,}d bo, ~ {" N
t.ai'n LOT damages against the roa6 A.
u,her phl was what is commonly knoun 80
'he New Jersey corporation law With
a,i"" corporations to be formed
ele IN Vermont without liability to anv.
one IN the State. The speaker said that a,
mat time Clement was Interested ~ ~,
formation of just such a corporation A.
o'her act that Clement introduced wa,
one limiting the time In which suits comI,
ne Drought against the officials Of cornor
so,ns Out IL iert matters so that claims
Il
also introduced a fitted hill thai n,o,'i(
make 1t an offence to have a partrjdpo ~
ones possession any day in the wear
Mr brown told the story of the famou.
Iioossoh case Clement when asked r.
subscribe to fund to test the con.t,tw,ton
Rliiy of the prohibitory law contrihutod .
IalIroad pass for ono man from Midd,o
nury TO Bellows Falls a trip thar no on,
Interested in the case wanted to talIo A.
mat time the speaker said 1t was not 70
IRE 10 help Clement to be governor If h,
contributed to overthrow the nrobibitor,
law so he refused. The sneaker said ~
me issue of the campaign is the persona
ambition of Clement. He cares no NOR
Tor the prohibitory law than he did tw
years ago when 1t took all one afternoo,
20 ma MIN to get him TO the Legislature
10 vote on an amendment to tho law
In closing Mr.. Brown spoke of tho copnt,
ticFet, He said: vote for c. S Ashle,
or your town for senator and do not la
j. NJ Sutton, the Burlington democrat
ride to the Legislature on the backs of tn
repnbllcans' He spoke of States Attor
hey Mower, Sheriff Reeves and Mr. LYON
candidates whom the fusion ticket seeks I
defeat, and urged the voters to suppor
INC straight republican nominees
Mr. Mower was tho second speaker IL
said that one of the gravest things a vote
car do Is to lightly cast aside his part
affiliations, because the government is or
ganized on parties. He said that a rea
son for holting should be well founded i
fact and reason and that at the presen
time there is no reason for a republIca
to bolt his party. The speaker said tina
the issues of State expenses and corrur
tion created by Clement fan out and tina
only one issue-the liquor question-is lief
and on that the Republican party an
Clement demand the same thing a refer
Dndum. In closing the speaker urged tn
voters to consider the question CAREFUL,
to lay party differences aside look tn
thing squarely in the face and then vot
right.
Congressman Foster delivered rousin
speech and he received an ovation. II
spoke at length upon the effect the cleo
ton in Vermont would nave upon othe
parts of the country and urged the voter
to stand by the Republican party. II
said that II the Republican party in Vel
mont should go to pieces those living |
the state would know that II was due I
local issues but what would people in otf
ar States think He pointed OF
the necessity OF keeping up the part
organization in every State for The SUI
port of the splendid administration
President Roosevelt He said II was II
duty of the voters to keep the State
Vermont in the front rank OF the Republ
can party and that if that was done tt
other States would not be left behind.
Vermont went to pieces in this electio
and other States should follow it's examp
where would the administration be? II