Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-09-14

Used that he would Join the grange.
build good roads, furnish good whis-
key, give a. square deal to the tax
payer and get new locks for the State
prison. He then spoke Of tho places
OF honor held by the bar OF Windham
county and how one of Its members
had been called to become assistant
attorney general Vermont has always
been giving her best men TO the public
service and is doing so to-day. lie
then referred to Mr.. Robbs work as
states attorney in Windham county,
in the government service in unearth-
ing the postofficc scandals and now
was promoted to the position Of as
sistant encouragement. However he
would not introduce him as a lawyer
representing large business interests
or a man high in the government SER
vice as he was, but simply as they
all knew him plain Charley Robb."
c. II. ROBE.
Mr.. Robb, too, was given a warm re-.
ception and made very pleasant speech.
many things that he said being of such
nature that an abstract would spoil
it, His main theme was the dcsirability
OF an organization like the present one
TO bring to the minds of the people, who
are too much inclined to strive for the
dollar, closer relation with the beau
ties and charms Of nature. things we
cannot buy with money. He said that
his last fishing experience was the first
of last May when he broke n wrist
He also remarked that he was pro-
hibtionist in theory and reasonably So
so in practice. In closing he said that
he WAS always proud to say that his
home was among the green hills, the
crystal springs aud dancing rivers of
Vermont and paid high tribute to what
Nermontcrs have done and what they
now stand for He said that to say
one was from Vermont was to remove
from him any suspicion, and we should
maintain unsullied our States high repu-
tation.
lie then told of the toasts proposed
by the Russian. Japanese and American
representatives at the close ~ tho peace
convention at Portsmouth. komura
gave the first and said Here's to Japan.
the rising sun whose rays lluninc the
world" NJ. Witte followed with Here
TO Russia. the great moon whose light
controls the tides of the world" Assist
ant Secretary Pierce of the state depart
ment followed with Here's to Theodore
Roosevelt. the man who commanded
the sun and the moon to stand and they
obcycd him"
EX-GOV. STEWART.
TO cX-C;ov. j. II. stewart of Middle
bury was assigned the Introduction of
Mai. Gen j. II. Wilson. a man. he said
whose name is coupled with some of
tho most brilliant passages of Amer-
can history. He referred to his work
in the civil War in the rescue Of tn"
American legation 1T Pckin and also
outside of military fields He esteem
cd it a privilege to present the all
around patriotic and magnificont
American citizen. Mai.-Gen. j. II. Will
son.
MAJ-GEN WILSON.
Mr.. Wilson said that he hardly
thought 1t necessary TO be introduced
to such n company as this as during
tho civil War he had command Of "A
hrigad" of cavalry in which the list
Vermont cavalry and the 9Th cavalry
of New York did excellent service. He
spok" of how he was hardly ident flied
with the State in which he was born
or the one he lived in and said that he
could say that he was the citizen Of
no one State but Of all of them. He
then spoke Il delaware. the state
where he found his wife and now
lives. as a State willing to grant char
ters to corporations but it always add
ed the proviso that the corporation
tsrl t.St Il to-,
one man knowing it's readiness TO
grant charters came there for char
ter and a divorce and got both. These
cam" so easy that he thought he would
like to get a sonatorsnip from the
state b'caus" II could he had so
cheaply. He had spent a million dol
lars in that state during the past II
years but hasn't got the senatorshin
yet. Yesterday his chief hugIer had
announced mat Addicks could never
get tho sena'orshir Of Delaware. He
was glad t. say that the senatorshin
there WIS NOT for sale and il should
not be in any state in the Union.
HOMEWARD BOUND
This closed the after dinner sne,,xin.
the hour hcng FIVE o'clock, and the marty
Immediately broke up and started for the
BOAT The ChatcauGay then started from
h" dock and made q tour around crab
stand aud Nalcour then striking direct
FOR burlington which port was reached
nj seven O'Clock. Tho north bound train
due to leave at GO had been held to
acc ommodate the mombers who had com.
from that section. The rest of the party
left on the south hound train over the
Rutland on thu sos train and those ovcr
the Central Vermont left at ll:i5 that
iniIht.