Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-08
MR.. CLEMENT AT LONDONDERRY.
Also Spoke at Townshend and ia
maica on His Trip Through West
River Valley.

FNlNCI
Mr.. Clement and his party left Brat
tleboro at 8 o'clock Friday morning
and arrived at South Londonderry
about 6 o'clock in the evening. At
Townshend Mr.. Clement addressed a
knot of voters from the hotel steps
and they cheered him warmly. He
spoke about 20 minutes on the issues
of the campaign. At Newfane many
voters seized the opportunity to shake
the local option leader by the hand
and assure him of hearty support.
The next stop was at Jamaica for
dinner and here Mr. Clement and Mr..
Button spoke to a crowd of nearly 100
men from the veranda of the Gleason
house. The Wardsboro Cornet band
gave a concert during Mr.. Clements
stay.
The band accompanied Mr.. Clement
to South Londonderry, where a large
audience was in waiting. F. II. But
ton spoke first, his main subject be-
ing prohibition.
Mr.. Clement said more about prohi
bition than he had at any time since
he began his stumping tour. He
related several stories about the work
ings of the law and brought down the
house when he told how the receipts
of the Montpelier liquor agency had
increased $4,000 in 1900, the year the
prohibition legislature was in session
for six weeks at the capital. The
audience paid very close attention
when he read the statement of S. j.
Beatty, of Burlington. who, it is said,
was offered money to cast his second
vote in the convention for General
Mccullough, and statements of other
men who saw bribery in the caucuses
were eagerly listened to. Touching
| the question of state expenses Mr..
| Clement said:
"The opposition press has declared
that | have raised the issue of reduc-
| ton in state expenses only to catch
votes and that | never lifted a finger
| to do anything in that direction when
| was in the state senate. You will
| find by referring to the senate journal
of 1900 that | introduced a resolution
| for the appointment of a special COM
mittee consisting of three senators
and four representatives to whom
should be referred that part of the
governors message dealing with the
question of state expenses. The COM
mittee was to inquire into the system
of accounts now in vogue and to see
If it could not be improved so that
| expenses would be reduced.
Senator Dunnett introduced in the
senate for the committee, of which
had the honor to be chairman. a bill
for the consolidation of various boards
which have state business to do, and
giving the new board authority to en-
| ploy purchasing agent. If rail-
road company should allow its various
officials and heads of departments to
purchased at retail whatever they
| CHANGED to need the road would be in
a receivers hands in less than year,
but that Is the way the state of Yer
mont does business and it's wonder
that the state didn't go into the hands
of a receiver long ago.
my bill passed the senate, but
when II reached the house the speak
er. Mr. Proctor, referred it to the
| judiciary committee because I believe
he wanted to kill II. At any rate
this reference did kill 1t and the house
refused II a third reading"
Mr.. Clement spoke for one hour and
% minutes and when he finished the
audience rose and sang the first verse
| of America The band played out
side the hall after the meeting.