Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-02-09

tnink the history liz a pretty fair one
for small State. I an, sorry that the
senator saw f1t TO think II was an ar
g''ment on this question to attempt In
snow That Vermont had decreased IN
tho amount OF her farm property dur
ing the period he mentioned. That charge
has been made over and over again. and
over and over agnin II hns been answer
cd. Her small farms have been sold. and
nave come In with other small farms and
made larger farms. That accounts for
the decrease In the number Of farms and
the number Of individuals who own them
Vermont has prospcred and her farmers
are prosperous to-day, They never have
boon more prosperous that they are TO-
day. During the period of the war tho
price or farms In Vermont scared until
1t reached an unprecedented figure. But
ter was high She was dairylng State.
After the seventies those values began to
decline, hut slowly, and the farm property
Of Vermont was the last class Of property
to reach specie basis after the adoption
Of the act for resumption of specie pay
ment
Now. briefly stated. that accounts for
these things. I would not have said this
except for the trouble the senator took
to throw Il hail at the State of Vcr-
mont. because /, as one OF her senators.
had taken the liberty to discuss qucs-
ton that Is pending in the Senate.
Mr.. Teller--Mr. President. have thrown
no ball at the State of Vermont ] am
as thoroughly acquainted with the his
tory OF Vermont, perhaps. as is the sem
ator. ] trace my blood back to the first
governor of the State. too
I called attention to the fact that hero
is state in the Union that has not
progressed as many other states have.
mot with the suggestion hat she was to
be denied any of the rights of statehood
or that any mistake was made when
Vermont was brought into the Union. I
Understand her history The State was
brought into the Union whenever the
state OF New York was willing to allow
her to come. Ii could no have come I'M
til that was done Otherwise 1t would
have come when the thirteen other States
did, undoubtedly
/ do not intend to allow the senator to
say that have been attacking the State
OF Vermont Neither did I mean to charge
the senator with any misstatemert. did
mot believe his informa ion was good: l
do not yet believe it is: but | said then
| admitted his sincerity and all that.
/ l Know what these great Territories of
Arizona and New Mexico can do. ! am
familiar with their capacity for improve
mcnt and progress. and | know the peo.
pie of those sections.
| I confess to some irritation when I
am told that among the rcasons why you
should deny citizenship to these people
is the fact that they still speak the
Spanish tongue and have to have an in
Iterpreter in court. | do not wonder that
the Spaniards OF New Mexico speak the
Spanish tongue. and ! should have less
respect for them if they did not.
/ They come of great race.
| know families in tho State of New
York that retained the Dutch language
for more than 2-A years and were not
willing to part with i, because they re-
membered tho glory of William of
Orange and the Dutch people from whom
they sprung.
| Most of these people have been denied
the privilege Of Schools They did not
come, perhaps from that immediate part
of the Spanish people who were in,bued
with the necesst. of education as thu
Anglo-SaXO1 race iss and we here have
denied to them for more thar fifty years
the opportunity of putting themselves in
'"e line OIL prosr s. NOTWITHSTANDING the
of Mexico ,,,,a,, ,,o,. $500 ,,.rt 80
the United States that they should be in
corporated into this l'nion, nowthstand-
"e ~ law ma ''' ''aVc oec'' ''t ie"st
thirty or forty reports in favor Of their
admission made by members Of every
political party that has ever been in
power and declarations that they were
."'''," :" ',"'''.SS'oi' "a"e u! every po-
,ooL tho ti,o, 10 r,.a ,hor, e., ,..o
to the present time. And vet we hear it
said here that they have not the capacity.
.'at .'eE nave NOT .h' '''anc'a' aohitS.
ri,.h,s 30 ,,,.,, ,'.,,i., ,.a,,,l, 81. .,.
to maintain a government. They are as
able to maintain government as are the
ieoPe VI vermont ana l VIII venture I"
-, Eor, N..,.;,. -. ..;.a,, 80 - w.. ,,s,
ME of New York or Massachusetts, or any
New England State.
Our senator. it will be noticed. kept his
temper even under the really insulting
though later partially modified statement
of Mr. Teller. that the senator from Ner-
mont had made "unfaii,' 'uniustifable"
and "untruthful'' statements on the floor
OF the Senate. Our senator is the soul
OF truth, and he cannot be dlScrcditcd as
IL aeba,er by man o. as reckless and