The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-08-04
REPUBLICAN, RALLY.

vented the baE raising, that had been
planned, and limited the attendance
to about 300 But what the crowd
lacked in numbers it made up in zeal.
Col. Joseph G.. Brown, chairman of
the city committee, called the meet
| ing to order. Seated on the platform
with Col. Blown were the following
Northfield. who is in charge of the
campaign work in Washington county /;
j. f. Hooker, Brattleboro, presi-
dent of the Republican State League
of Vermont; Q. K. Peck, Burlington,
member of the league from Ohittenden
county; F. B. Thompson, st. Johns
bury, vice president Of the league |;
e. H. Deavitt, executive member for
Washington county. Party loyalty,
zeal and effort were the notes struck
by the speakers. All urged big Re-
publican vote in Vermont in the COM
| ing election. MIR. Hooker, the first
speaker, told OF the Republican fires
that have been rekindled in this cam
paign. Mr.. Hooker was delegate to
| the Chicago convention and member
| of the notification committee that re-
Gently called on Candidate Roosevelt.
The speaker compared the candidates
of the two great parties; Parker
jurist and scholar, but untried in pol
itios; Roosevelt, author, student,
man Of action. The former candi-
date, an unknown quantity, political
ly; the latter, having many years in
public life all of which have proven
him able, courageous and honest.
The second men on the tickets are
Fairbanks, man in the prime of
life, of strong mentality, a states
man; Davis, an old man, bowed with
years, not with honors The speaker
outlined the policy and history of the
two parties and urged hard aud ag.
gressive work to pile up big plural
ity.
Hon. Frank Plumley followed in
one of those sharp, incisive eloquent
speeches with which his name is syn
onymous. He showed that Demo
crazy is for the gold standard simply
because it was forced upon it by it's
nominee, yet that nominee was eth
er too strong party, or too weak a
great man in 1896 and in 1900. In
both these elections Parker voted for
Bryan and Organism. The speaker
very wittily. yet forcefully, portrayed
the Democratic party as following in
the rear of the Republicans, but from
four to eight years behind. Mr..
Plumley closed his speech as follows !:
by working hand to hand and heart
to heart, let us show to the United
States that Vermont is not dead, nor
yet sleeping, but is honest, loving,
brave and patriotic.
Frank A. Thompson, of st. Johns
bury, said Vermont has been for years
the barometer of Republican pros.
poets. If the Republican majority in
Vermont is low, the national party
is defeated and vice versa,
| Cassius r. Peck, of Burlington,
| pointed out four dangers the Republi-
can party must guard against: %
The enemies that the present admin
istration has made. (2) The natural
reaction against the existing order
that characterizes political, as we'll
as animal and vegetable life. (3)
| hot
to Democracy through the acts of the
present administration. (4) The
man that the Democrats have nomln-
ated. Parker in private life and pro-
fessionally is clean and exemplary ;
in politics he is untried Mr.. Peck
stated his firm belief that by every
Republican doing his duty these dan
gers will be easily overcome.
John N. Harvey, in accepting the
Office Of president of the local Republi-
can Club, made one of the best speeches
of the evening. By citations from the
history OF Vermont he showed that
the State Yields SO large an influence
in national elections and affairs be-
cause Vermonters are known, the
country over, as men of action, indie
pendent, sturdy thinkers.
W. A. Lord made strong plea for
hard individual work on the part of
every Republican voter in the State.
kilograms were received from
Hons. o. J. Bell and O. II. Stearns,
nominees for Governor and Lieuten-
ant Governor, expressing regret at
their inability to attend the meeting.
REPUBLICAN CLUB.
The work of organizing Republi-
can Club in Montpelier was accom-
plished. A committee, composed of
e. H. Deavitt, J. P. Adams, aud
Frank L. Pratt was appointed by the
chair, to draw up list of nominees
for the offices of the club. The com
mtitee reported and the meeting
elected the following list: Presi.