Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-05-16
H0N,P W.CLEMBNT'S RALLY
LARGE and ENTHUSIASTIC

tion issued upon hrst onence' max
ing the second vffence case Of con.
tempt and punishable by imprison'
menu by the court setting as court
Of equity and denying trial by jury.
Intemperance had not become SO
general In Vermont as to justify the
law. The people Of the state do not
understand it or 1T wou d have been
repealed years ago.
He then told OF the benefit that
would come from license law. He
claimed it would decrease the use of
strong liquor and put mild liquor in
it's place. IT, would take the business
cut of the oak corners and put it In
theIlight Of day.
Down in Massachusetts they have
the most advanced thought upon this
question, having tried prohibition
and given it up. A license law would
bring In revenue enough to keep up
your highways or maintain your poor.
Under license the liquor dealer can
only obtain a license from q county
board upon the petitions of our citi-
ZenS.
Under the license law the town, not
the state, would control the liquor
traffic. The town was created before
the state. Under license drunken ness
would decrease, and the people would
say once year whether there would
be license or phohibition. II all the
towns In Vermont should vote for pro-
Inhibition then we should have it with
out the iniquities Of the present law
There are at present only five pro
hibition states in the country, and II
states have tried it and given it up.
He explained how the arrests fol
drunkenness were decreased while h'
was mayor Of Rutland, compelling thu
officers to pay their fees over to thu
city as required by law.
} In conclusion he called the atten
tion of the audience to the population
Of the state. Montpelier paid las
> year for rum s29, Sal. .26, and for tn
, support of schools $4,000.
Il All the local option people asl
) that the question be submitted to tn
$ people. The prohibition people do no
4 dare to do it. AS long as the machine
In control local option law will neve
S be passed. 1t only cost S25OO t
t liquor up the last legislature.
!. Mr.. Clement said that the good oil
t fashioned people of verr ont who wer
e sick OF hypocricy and tired Of tn
prohibitury law were behind him i
IS his canvass for the governorship.
It He said that he had introduced th
issue into this campaign for the pul
o pose of having new issue other tina
J. that of "who will be the next COVE
i. nor" Men stand for principles
J. Said he:
e "If l am successful at the RI
publican state convention that sent
l. ment will elect legislature whic
l. will repeal the present prohibition
5. law and enact a high license 'loc
d option law in its place. You licen'
t men are voting for cause. My pc
If sonality is OF no consequence in tt
y consideration of it one way or II
"a oeher. You advocate principle
h government; you believe pronibitio
st is wrong and license with local optic
r, is right. 1 believe az you do; we ha'
a platform and principle, an
n standing on it, we shall surely win.
es He criticised the Anti Salot
rs League and Rev. George Washingtt
le Morrow, and paid his respects
lie Messrs. Proctor and Mccullough. F
le said that the league was directly
Of sponsible for the Waite murder
tie White River Junction. n conclusit
ar he urged organization.
,g After the meeting was over the hil
}" license men met In the opera hous
i'd and upon the motion OF Tim Russo
lg voted to elect committees, which W
lis made 10 upon the motion OF j.
II. MARI, to be appointed by the cha
man Of the evening, James Macka
ad who will later announce the nam
L u l.