Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-19
BRATTLEBOR0 LOCAL NEWS
CANNON AND lITTLEFIELD THE SPELLBINDERS
Republican Doctrines Expounded and Democratic aace Exposed
Before 1000 People at the 0pen-Air Rally


Charles e. Littleheld.
In the beginning Mr.. Littlefeld told of
what the application of Republican prin-
cples did for n single industry. When
the Mckinley bill was enacted we had no
tin plate factories in this country, but i'm
ported all of our tin plate from Wales
Now we have SAL, 000, 900 invested in the
manufacture of tin plate, employment is
given to 10, 900 men at large salaries we
are saving $13,000000 a year which we for
merly sent abroad, and we have paid to
our own tin plate workers to date a total
of 800, 0000 900. The price of tin plate has
also been reduced. He spoke of the Dem
ocrats opposing the tin plate schedule,
they declaring that it was impossible to
establish the industry here. The speaker
said that their action then was in line
with their fundamental congenital and
constitutional principle to oppose any
thing favored by Republicans The Dem
ocrats cannot point to so important
work as the establishment of the tin plate
industry which has been accomplished
from the days of Thomas jefferson down
to the present time which has been aided,
encouraged or developed by any policy
they have advocated.
Mr.. Littlefield read from Judge Parker's
speech of acceptance: while. therefore,
we are unable to give assurances of re-
lief to the people from such excessive du-
ties as burden them it is due to them that
we state our position to be in favor of a
reasonable reduction of the tariff; that we
believe that it is demanded by the best
interests of both manufacturer and con-
sumer and that n wise and benifcent re-
vision of the tariff can be accomplished
as soon as both branches of Congress and
an executive in favor of it are elected,
without creating that sense of uncertain
ty and instability that has on other oc
casons manifested ITSELF
In reading the speaker laid special
stress on the concluding lines Of the para
graph. mo period but that of 1898, 1894
1895 and 1896 will answer the description.
Then uncertainty and instability mani
tested itself The manifestation finally
resolved itself into destruction and disso-
luton"
Speaking of Judge Parker's statement
that the gold standard was firmly fixed
Congressman Littlefield said that the
Democratic party a few years ago an
nounced that 1t was unalterably opposed
to mono metalism or in other words the
gold standard There Is only one ami
NAL l know of that cannot change it's
mind-the mule-and there is no doubt
our Democratic friends have consented to
see that they We're wrong and now an
nounce that they have changed their
minds. Judge Parker discovered that IL
he or someone else didn't say Il, he'd stand
no show in New York state.
This is just the difference between
the Republican and Democratic parties.
We knew it then. they know it now
The Democrats have just found out the
truth. They are about eight years be-
hind the times Is it better, is it wiser, is
it safer, is 1t saner-to use a word inject
ed into this campaign, and which will
speedily be ejected-to put your trust in
the party which is right now or in the
party which will be right eight years from
now?
1T has been largely the record of the
Democratic party on these momentous
questions. They see that we are right
after we have brought about a favorable
condition of things and then to give the
impression that they are conservative.
they concede to n certain extent that our
action was right. What they need is the
| injection of little more of strenuous
ness throughout their whole history.
don't mean that they are not intelligent,
| or patriotic. but they want to wake up
| and catch up with the procession" Re-
| ferring to the trusts, the congressman
alluded to a speech which he read on the
, subject and said ''confidentially" l want
| to say right now it was a mighty good
| speech. l haven't time to make it now,
1t takes time for me to, as they say, get
onto my stride ! am scoring down 10
| the wire now without enough time" He
| said the Democrats a few years ago claim
ed that the tariff was the cause OF the
trust evil and prescribed their panacea
for all ills to the body polite. "a little
dose of free trade; a tariff for revenue
only" They claimed the tariff was the
mother of trusts and hence to destroy the
tariff would kill the child. The tariff
is not the mother of trusts, nor the father
nor the motherin-law. There is no rela
tionship. The tariff is not the creator
nor the trust the creature" had beer
some of the assertions in the congress
mans trust speech. Not that he would
suggest the Democrats had heard tina
speech and then got their light on the fac
that the tariff was not responsible for tn,
trusts. But they had decided after al
the tariff was not the mother of tn
trusts,
He told the story of the fond father VIII,
wished to have the birth of his baby
born at sea, recorded in St George, Me
where several generations of the famil.
had lived, and of how the town clerk
after much Eliminating. made the recor
read: John Saunders, born to Levy AM
Mary Saunders in the town CT st. Georg
on the 18th day of July, 1894, during tn
temporary absence of his parents"
Now our Democratic speakers" con
tinued the speaker had four years t
prepare a record on this subject and the
discovered in that time that a grea
many trusts must have been born in tn
! temporary absence of their parents
Attention was called to Judge Parker
claim that THE decisions of the Suprem
court of the United States, the Court c
Appeals of this state, the courts of las
resort in many other states, warrant tn
assertion that the common law as de
: veloped affords a complete legal remed
against monopoles." The report tina
Judge Parkers candidacy was also ia
vored by the Wall street bankers who ha
r already subscribed literally toward hi
campaign funds was also brought GU
. Oh hot flaA 10.
utterly inadequate to cope with trusts, a
: of which do an interstate business an
t interstate commerce not being amenabl
. to common law nor anything but the fed
9 eral law. The congressman could readil
2 believe the report regarding the Wa
Y street bankers, if Judge Parkers state
ment as to trust breaking was to b
taken with literal significance. The cor
gresham concluded his remarks wit
= statistics showing the poor business meth
= DDS of the Democrats when in power frol
e 1892 to 1896, and comparing them wit
I | Republican achievements under far MOI
e ! difficult circumstances during the Spar
| ish-American war. The Democrats
4 raising $62, 900 on bonds in time of peac
/ | allowed the Wall street syndicate to max
SIC, 000, 900 on the deal, while the loan fc
: war purposes, 5000, 900 900, was over sui
scribed seven times.
: In closing he urged the Importance
= getting out a large vote in Vermont
= September, and said that on bushes
= principles, If nothing else, the party re
= lied upon the voters endorsement of II
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