Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-08-23
Great and Enthusiastic Crowd
Greeted Proctor and Prouty
Monday Night
CAME DESPITE THE STORM
A. II. Grout Makes n Hit with I
Parody on "LittIe Drops of Water"
Proctor shows How Clement
Fails to Give Credit for
Any improvements.

Newport, Aug. 20.-Newport turned out
en- masse tonight to do honor to Fletcher
y. Proctor and Geo. II. Prouty at the
great republican rally at Lanes Opera
House. Notwithstanding the terrific cleo
trical storms of the afternoon orowcd
by threatening skies, the streets were
filed with cxpoctaut crowds long before
the hour set for the meeting. The New
port band. o.. A.. Meredith, leader, gave
an excellent concert before the rally, and
the speaking was interspcrsed with soy
eral selections, which were heartily en-
cored. The singing by Mr.. Meredith of
a topical song, Good Eye Mr.. Clement.
made a great hit and found a responsive
chord If the thundcrs of applause which
followed were anything to J,tlge by. The
stage setting was very effective. a great
Old Glory forming the background with
a handsome array of palms and ferns.
Promptly at sight O'Clock to the inspir-
ing strains Of Hail to the Chief" by the
band, Mr.. Proctor came on the stage.
With him were G. II. Prouty of this place.
ex-Lieut.-Gov. Il. 5, Stanton Of Roxbury.
the Hon. Frank G. Williams and Capt. A.
II. Grout. The entrance of the party was
greeted with hearty applause from an
audience of 900 people, the great majority
of which were voters forming a striking
contrast with the fusion rally recently
held here.
Mr.. Williams in a graceful speech well
coined his %neighbors TO the reception to
Vermont's next governor, Mr.. Proctor got
n fine send off as he thanked his audience
FOR their presence on such Il sweltertng
night and branched out into a general
speech, covering each and every issue in
the campaign. He devoted particular at
|tention to the charges of increased ex-
Ipenditures acknowledging that the OK
pcnscs had increased but for the COCA
and logical reason that m was not
hitched to a post as claimed by Clement
hu. Is growing gradually but surely into
n better state and providing better lot
her people than ever be4ore.
He Impressed on his hearers the fact
that while Clement Is posting the length
and breadth of the state statements of
the increased State expenses for the past
thirty years, yet he wilfully and mali
ciouslv ignored the improvements and
, changes whic, had been made, and for
which to he does not give credit any
I, where.
Mr.. Proctor defended the insane asylum
=, from charges of graft and showed by
facts and figures that it was run at a
=, cost Of 46 cents per patient per week,
:, less than Il similar institutions in ad-
d, joining States. Clements gross misstate-
ments Of the business relations Of the
House of Correction. Tho Vermont Mar
, Bile co. in the purchase Of marble were
, shown up in its true light. The subjects
= of taxation and the courts We're also
2 gone into at length. In delivering his ad-
, dress Mr.. Proctor held the closest at
, ~tention of his audience being interrupt
, ed only by frequent and continued APP
= plause.
Z Capt. A. II. circuit made a big hit
with tho crowd when he rccited tho
following poem;
Little drops OF water, little grains oil
sand
Make the mighty ocean and a won.
4 drous land.
t Little bits of charges, little bits o,
2 Make the Clement party seem a lit.
t tie daft.
o Lots of noise and music and lots Of
9 whoop and holler
Makes the people tremble and swea'
about the collar.
Lots of yarns and falsehoods, lots O.
talk on trouble
q Makes the opposition swell up lik,
n a bubble.
. Lots of private car stuff, and lots o.
coon quartette
Makes the voter tired, convinces him
y not yet.
Percy's secret rebates and corporation
ties
Make the graft he charges look lik
children's lies.
|. Percy's so-called issues and Percy,
very speech
" Makes you think of all the thing
the k~indcrgartens teach.
Now all of Percy's hooraw and all o
Percy's noise.
Have a strong impression out among
the boys.
That all the graft he charges and tn,
only song he sings,
:, In Vernon v~olitics about the naugh
ty rings,
n And all the little bubblcs that float VI
on the air,
Are only said in Jest,
"a And really he don't care for all his so
J. called issues,
Except the one you know.
That touches his ambition to hold
place or so,
,. And have n ring in politics, his Yer,
le own You sec.
And Their he'll live and die as happ.
IT as can be.
Tho speech was followed by Zed S
stanton and as usual he mad good
Z He paid glowing tributes to Mr., Proc
. tor and Prouty, citing the instanc
where he was travelling on the trail
between Montpelier and his home an
how he was refused admittance t.
le Clements car because he had no car,
and on returning to the head coache
st found several everyday sort of mel
10 addressing two ordinary individual
s by the names of "Fletch' and Bert,
This brought forth applause.
Mr.. Stanton referred TO several Of hi
dealings with Mr.. Clement while In tn
W Legislature at Montpelier, which did no
~ leave a favorable impression of p. w
y Clement on the minds OF the voters pres
e ent. He also touched on the State eX
ID penses and informed the ladies of Glenn
'e ent's bill introduced in the Legislature
VI on wearing birds feathers and how tn
m bill was killed, concluding he also hope
that they would urge their husbands
10 sons and swcethearts to go to the poll
and maintain the prosperity and the fai