Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-18
WAKE UP. REPUBLICANS!

The members OF the State rcpuplcan
committee in charge of the State head
quarters in Burlington. the members OF
the Vermont congressional delegauon' 'he
officers Of the Vermont republican ieague
| clubs and others in places of authority
and responsibility in the party organiza-
ton have begun and are carrying on OK
| ccllent work, and there are gratifying
| indications that the efforts thus put forth
are bearing generous fruit, but it is n
difficult matter to convince the rank and
file of the party as n whole that 1t makes
any material difference whether Bell and
Stearns arc elected by 5000 or 35s0o ma
jority.
| Herein lies the danger to the republican
cause throughout the country as whole.
Let every republican in Vermont realize
this and wake UP to the necessity Of roll
| ing up a rousing majority for the sake
Of the effect which such a result will have
upon the campaign for the presidency.
| Our democratic friends are fully alive
to the Importance OF the verdict of Yer
mont il September, as can be seen by
the following leading editorial in yestor-
days New York World, one of the most
energetic of Parker's support srs:
Vermont holds her state election in
three weeks; Maine n week later Both
are hopolessly republican, but SO import
| ant is the moral effect of the size OF inc
ma iorty considered that the republicans
are making as hot a fight in Vermont
as if the state were in doubt. they
have opened the campaign with their
The democrats are doing nothing.
If the talk about the political astute-
ness of Chairman Taggart. Of the demo-
cratic national committee. has any ioun-
dation he will begin energetic work at
| once, fist in Vermont, then in Maine, ana
then in every other state in which there
is a chance OF accomplishing results There
ought to be a real democratic club in
every town. a thorough canvass of every
doubtful State, an intelligent preparation
OF democratic arguments, and a system
attic effort to bring them to the atton-
ton of every voter. The local organiza-
tons, shells OF dried paint over a vacuum
| should be thoroughly ovcrhauled and put
in effective condition.
This is not work that can he done the
day before election. But the first immod-
late urgent duty is to send democratic
speeches and speakers into Vermont and
Maine. Wake up Mr. Tasgart, Wake
up, MI De l4ancey NlCoU, Wake up, Mr.
Sheehan. Wake up. gentlemen Of tn,
| executive committee, 1t is thrty-siX
days since Judge Parker was nominated
and what have you done?
As matter of fact the managers of
the democratic campaign in Vermont are
much further ahead with their prcpar,.-
tons than tho esteemed World apparently
kupposcs, and they have some noted
speakers on their list among whom is
the famous Bourke Cochran. At the same
time the warning of the World demon
stratcs absolutely what so many of ths
republicans of the Green Mountain state
apparently need TO realize, namely, that
the democratic managers will take adj
vantage of any falling off in the repub
lican majority in Vermont below 25.ooD tc
argue that the tide of public sentiment i.
in favor of their party and against tho
republican national ticket.
Republicans OF Vermont, it is time I,
become wide awake.
Chairman McCarrcn Of the democrat,
executive committee in New York say!
that his party is conducting a still hunt
In this connection it is worthy Of motto,
that the democrats are said to nave sen
"A large sum of money into Maine and &
smaller sum into Vermont. on guard
: republicans