Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-08-19
CANNON AND LITTLEFIELD
DISCUSSED CAMPAIGN ISSUES
BEFORE A LARGE CROWD.
Former Devoted Most of His Speech to
Raking Judge Parker Over the Goals
Latter Dwelt Largely Upon Bene-
fits Of Protective Tariff.

noon To near lne national pOllllch
Issues discussed from the standpoint
of Uncle Joi, Cannon, speaker of th'
national house of representatives, AM
/ Congressman Charles f. Littlefiel,
of Maine. The audience was not al
large as had been expected by th'
committee in charge of the rally, bu
considering the event took place II
the afternoon there was an exceed
| ingly good number present. Speaker
I Cannon and Mr.. Littlefied arrived II
| Brattleboro on the 2:02 train Friday
afternoon. They were met at the de-
| pot by the First Regiment band ant
/ the reception committee of the 4oca
I republican club. The speakers were
taken Immediately 10 the common il
hacks escorted by the band. In the
/ first carriage rode Speaker Cannon
Hon c. j. Bell of Walden. Congress
man Haskins and G. w. Pierce, pres
ident Of the Brattlehoro republican
( club. In the next carriage was Mr.
/ Littlefcld, District Attorney ]. L
/ Martin. James +. Hooker and Col. G
| II. Bond The third carriage con-
tanned Dr. II, d. Holton. Col. III. f.
I Taylor, w. II. Ninton and A. j. Max
( ham. The crowd on the common was
/ IN readiness 10 receive the speakers
] anu. leu DA bbilll - lhpCSSt SAiNt AilNN
/ loud cheers in their honor A iarge
platform had been erected near the
soldiers monument. and to this the
speakers were escorted, A number OF
republicans from different towns In
the county occupied seats on the
platform.
After a campaign song by Mr.
Markham and few words by Mr.
Pierce, Congressman Haskins intro
duced the Honorable Joseph G. Can
non of the United States of America
lie was greeted by prolonged cheering
At the start Speaker Cannon paid
eloquent tribute to the Vermont dele
CATION In congress. Representative
Haskins in particular and mem
toned the great work that Vermont
had done in pioneering the western
states. He said II reminded him OF
the young man at Methodist re-
vival who did not seem to enthuse as
did the rest of the congregation. My
friend" said the preacher. have you
been born again?" Il don't have to.
the young man replied, Il was born
in Vermont Speaker Cannon said
that a few days ago he received a tel
egram from friend in Illinois ask
ing IL 1t was safe TO bet on 10000
majority from Vermont in September.
He wired back, From all l can see
and hear, sure"
The speaker traced the history of
the party from the time Of the civil
war through Lincolns Grants and
succeeding administrations to the
present time, stating that in doing
this .he gave the strongest possible
argument that could be given for fol-
lowing the policy Of the party In con-
sidering the great economic and great
fisc2 questions
Continuing he said: The demo-
cratic party came into power In 1899.
What made our people do it? Stop
and think a minute, I've asked my
self that question thousand times.
For a long time the Morrill, policy had
been in force and some one who by 1t
had made enough money said: I've
got my pile. I'd like TO buy cheaper
products without paying the tariff
They turned around and said to the
laboring men who 4iye by the sweat of
their faces, You're paying too much
for your meat and other necessaries.
Take down the tariff wall and you
can live for less Then among the
younger people 1t was said, We're n
great and prosperous country. Let's
try 'em once and see what will hap
pen.' You recollect what happened.
MY, laboring man, you know that a
thing that's cheap If you've nothing
to exchange for it is higher than it
would be for $1,000 If you had the
$1,000 to give for it. After this OBJ
iect lesson, the country went back to
the old policy. and elected Mckinley,
passed the Dingley bill and then came
confidence, white winged and virile in
Vermont and all throughout the
country. You know as long as the
republican party is in power 1t is like
the woman who said a woman had
to take care of herself and the men
at the same time While our demo-
cratic friends kick we've got TO pro-
tect them from their own foolishness.
Now they come up again. Come up
smiling every four years. Look here.
Let's ask a question for a minute. Is
there a democrat in Vermont, New
England. in the north land or the
south land that isn't glad in his heart
that Abraham Lincoln was chosen
president? Not one. And yet what
a fight we had Sometimes you think
the mugwump papers give Roosevelt
the very dickens in abuse. but they
could be given cards and spades and
not equal in any way the abuse that
WAS SnOWeGtu On islIIplIl ltll AiiNiN
was Grant Butcher Grant, Caesar
Grant. Dictator Grant, Devil Grant.
But could you find with search war
rant a democrat in Vermont that
don't thank God he didn't get his way
on Grants candidacy Honor bright,
I'll give dollar head for every man
that is consistent democrat In the
state of Vermont that comes and puts
his hand on his heart and says,
failed to thank God at McKinley's
election Can you find one that was
sorry Mckinley was elected the sec
ond term? Nay. Nay! 1t comes down
to 1904. Want to change policy now?
It's the same platform in important
questions of policy that it was in
1860 when we marched to victory un-
der Lincoln"
Speaker Cannon gave figures TO
show the marvellous increase in the
country's exports especially during
the past eight years. One-third of
our population is engaged in agricul-
ture. and the other two-thirds is
doing something else. We swap prod
ucts and we have a home market.
When Cleveland came in, apprehen-
sion came too. The farmer said he
guessed the old wagon would have to
answer for while longer. The man.
ufacturer of farm wagons lost a Gus
toner. men were thrown out of em-
ployment They did not buy the
farmers flour and meal and prices
went down. Do you want 1t again?
It's up to you.
Mr.. Cannon spoke at some length
on Judge Parker, referring humorously
to his voting for Bryan in 1896 and
again in 1900. His recent conversion
10 the gold standard reminded him of
a protracted Methodist revival where
everybody nearly got religion. The
elder called on the converts for their
experience and one newly adopted
brother got up and said, I've been a