Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-08-19

one in the house" Then walking 4
the pulpit and pushing the elder from
his place, Give me the testamen
land let me run this meeting awhile.
In conclusion Speaker Cannon said
Judge Parker took the gold cur'
about three weeks ago; now let hin
walt four years and see II the cur'
sticks
Mr. Markham gave another cam
paign selection which met with APP
/ plause, and Congressman Haskin'
/ then introduced Congressman Little
field as "a worthy successor to Nelson
", Dingley"
After speaking in a hattering man.
ner regarding the good campaign
speakers that are produced In YER
mont Mir, Lit,lefeld turned his atten-
tion to the tariff question, explaining
at some length the beneficial results
to the Tin industry. As to the claim OF
the democrats that protection ls
the mother of trusts" Mr. Littlefield
said II reminded him of the incident
that happened in the little town OF
ST. George near the congressman
home i'm Maine. In this little town
Levi Saunders was one of the most
reputable citizens and among the
many things of which he was justly
proud was the fact that the Saun-
ders had for long years been residents
of the town of st. George and half a
dozen generations had been born, and
lived and died within the confines of
that municipality. Each and every
one of the Saunders had his birth
place and time in the records OF the
town and one of Lewis greatest joys
was to point out this long and dis
tinguished column of entries to unin-
formed visitors in st. George. In the
course of time Levi was married ana
with his wife went on a voyage oil
many months. Johnny saunders came
back from the cruise with Levi ana
Mary, having been born before their
return Levi was proud father ana
as soon as he made port went TO the
town clerk and said that he wanted
him to enter ON the records, "John
Saunders born in St. George, July IA,
1891" The clerk, however. would lis-
ten 10 no such proposition claiming
the boy was not born in st. George
and he could not make such an entry.
Levi labored with him long and ably
but the clerk was firm and the father
was finally obliged to return crest
fallen and almost broken hearted, A
days later he received a cali from the
clerk. however. and the latter said,
After Illuminating on this matter for
a long period, l have 1t all arranged
whereby an entry of Johns birth can
be made on the records" They say
the records of St. George now read
to-day. John Saunders. born to Lew
and Mary Saunders, in the town OF
st. George, on the 14th day of July
1894. during the temporary absence
Of his parents" !.
Now our democratic speakers
continued the speaker, mad four years
TO prepare record on this subject
and they discovered in that time that
great many trusts must nave peeh
born In the temporary absence u
their parents" Attention was called
TO Judge Parker's claim that The de-
cisions of the Supreme court Of the
Tinted states. the Court of Appeals
of this state, the courts of last resort
in many other states warrant the as
sertion that the common law as de-
yeloped affords a complete legal rem
edv against monopolies" 1t was
shown that the common law was Ut
terlv inadequate TO cope with trusts,
all of which do an interstate business
and interstate commerce not being
amenable to common law nor any
thing but the federal law. The con-
gressman concluded his remarks with
statistics showing the poor business
methods Of the democrats when in
power from 1892 TO 1896, and compar-
ing them with republican achieve
ments under far more difficult cir
cumstances during the Spanish Amer
ian war He said on business princi-
pies If nothing else the party relied on
the voters Endorsement of its policy
at the polls this fan.