Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-08-26
PARKER AND DAVIS RALLY
LOCAL DEMOCRATS HEAR STIR.
RING ADDRESS.
Indiana Orator Expounds Principles
of Democratic Party and Urges A
BIG Vote in September-Flas Rails
ina on Main Street.

| Big Vote in Septemper-ria9 ha's
ing on Main Street.
The rain of Monday evening was
unsuccessful in dampening the
enthusiasm of the Brattleboro dem
ocracy, and the flag raising and raliy
scheduled for that time took place III
spite of the unfavorable weather
conditions. Amid the cheers of seye-
raj hundred staunch democrats a
Parker and Davis flag was swung
across Main street from the north
end of Hooker block to the Brooks
house, and adjournment was then
taken to the auditorium where state
and national issues were ably as
cussed by George II. Pape of Barre
and Benjamin +. Shively of South
Bend Ind.
Previous to the flag raising the
First Regiment band marched up ana
down Main street, inspiring the
crowd with martial music. When the
stars and stripes bearing the names
of the democratic candidates for pres
dent and vice president had been
loosed to the evening breezes, X. ;.
Childs led the assembled multitude
In three hearty cheers for the candi-
dates and then invited everyone to
the auditorium to listen to some crisp
and breezy extracts from the gospel
of democracy. Seated on the plat
form with the speakers were M. j.
Moran. C. G.. Endlich. d. H. Daven-
port, p, Fleming, C. II. Davenport, ii.
b. Haus, NJ. Austin, jr., c. A. Boyden,
R. s. Childs and DR.. f. II. O'Connor.
Mr.. Moran as chairman made brief
speech introducing George II. Pape of
Barre, who had been substituted by
the democratic state committee TO
speak in place of John c. Crosby OF
Pittsfield. Mass. Mr.. Pape is an m
surance man and one of the lead
ing democrats in Barre. He was the
chairman of the last democratic state
convention and served on the temper
ance committee of the 1902 legislature
with the late DR.. Conland. He spoke
of the attitude of the repub-
licans in the last Legislature and their
efforts TO secure the passage of the
Rattell bill in place of the present To-
cal option law. and warned the sup
porters of local option against send
ing such men to the coming legisla-
ture. He then gave some figures
showing the increase in state expen-
ses during the past IS years, referred
To the excellent work of Eli H. Porter
in the legislature of 1902, and in clos
ing urged every democrat to do his
utmost toward furthering the cleo
tion of the gentleman from Whining
ton in September.
r.. 5. Childs then introduced Hon.
BENJAMIN r. Shively of South Bend,
Ind. who spoke for somewhat more
than an hour on national issues. Mr..
Shively proved himself polished or
ator and held the attention of his au-
dience until the very end OF MS
speech. By way of Introduction ne
referred to the figures regarding state
expenses given by Mr. Pape and elab-
Grated on the evils of expensive gov
ernment. The great issue in the pre-
sent national campaign, ne sald, Is
based upon the different standpoints
frarn which the different parties view
the United states. Democracy rec
ognizes that the national government
is not a productive agency for the
benefit of certain individuals. Rela-
tive to the republican attitude on the
money question and the remarks by
Mr. Cannon and Mr.. Littlefeld on the
subject the speaker stated that both
of these men voted in 1900 for man
who had worked for the free and un-
limited coinage of silver at given
ratio of IS to / and whose attitude on
the issue had been used in that cam
naipn in an effort to secure the votes
of silver democrats. After speaking
further about the position of the late
President Mckinley on the money
question, Mr.. Shively turned his at
tention to the tariff question and
spoke of the stand pat principle OF
the republican party in favor OF
protective and prohibitive tarlH, a
v,,n+aptfnf1 IN thn
trusts and therefore makes it difficult
to remove the republican party from
power. Formerly the republican par
ty defended the tariff system on the
grounds of protection to infant indus
tries: now it is bound hand and 1901
by these very interests. 1t is the
giants of fortune that are now the
strongest supporters of the tariff sys-
tenn and favor the stand pat idea,
however unjust, useless and errone-
Gus it may be.
Mr.. Shively spoke of the false re-
lation between employer and employe
caused by this extreme tariff. and the
advance in prices and reduction in
wages which came Immediately upon
the passage of the Mckinley bill The
theory regarding protective tariff is
that its benefits are trust TO pc
passed from employer to employe; the
reality is that these benefits never get
any further than the employer. No
one envies his rich neighbor unless he
has reason to believe that the govern
ment has assisted in robbing the pub
lie by holding up the public's hands
while the individual searched It's
pockets. AS illustrating the evil ef-
fects of protection Mr.. Shively spoke
of the starch factories in Indiana,
formerly employing considerable
labor, but now closed by the starch
trust in order to produce a scarcity
and therefore have a reason for rals-
ing prices. He also spoke of the car
riage and plough works in his home
CITY which were able to compete in
foreign markets and needed no pro-
tective tariff to make their business
profitable in the home market. Mr..
Shively spoke in scornful terms re-
garding the plea of guilty entered by
the republican party to the charge
that some trusts were selling their
products for less money in foreign
markets than at home, and said that
no excuse could be made for system
which made such things possible. In
closing the speaker made an eloquent
appeaI TO the young men of the coun-
try to vote for the democratic party
the principles for which it stands and
the man who heads its national tick
Ell.
Death of Francis Parks.