Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-08-23

claims to have received a "call from the
people" to Smash the machine" It Is
interesting to know just how this "call
from the people came. This Is how II
happened. Clements campaign manager
from bennington gets printed "a petition
to Clement recIting that the Republican
party Is not to be trusted and that I'VE,
the people demand that Clement run
Tor governor. One OF these petitions was
sent to a prominent democratic politician
in Brattleboro together with a checl,
signed by Clements campaign manager,
nsking the democratic politician to get
the petition circulated. The democratic
politician procures n man to circulate the
petition and tho man Is to have ten cents
a name for each name he gets. This was
the spontaneous Clement movement.
Later on a Clement worker-(Mr. Glenn
ent called such men 'heelers' in his Brat
tleboro speech)-is sent here and a set
of delegates TO Mr.. Clements "independ-
ent" convention is appointed without
tho Formally of a caucus. and these dele
gates are sent 10 Burlington to nominal.
Mr.. Clement, car fnres paid. Does any
body doubt whose money paid these var
ious bills?
That is the call that Clement got from
80 Nv ~ 90 lltA
ager uses Clements money to get demo-
cratic politicians to circulate petitions
for people to sign, denouncing the Re
publican party and urging Clement to
run for governor. And the delegates arc
sent to Mr.. Clements convention, at
Mr.. Clements expense, 20 nominate him
Tor governor as the death-dealing enemy
OF machine politics" and boss rule
Have you ever before known of any
such barefaced attempt to boss our local
politics? And vet Mr.. Clement claims
that the republican organization in YER
mont ought to be smashed because 't is
a %boss-rulod "machine"'
TAMMANY STYLE OF SPEECH.
CFrom Morrisvllle NewsJ
Nern Bullard is stumping the State in
the interest of Clements democratic ticket
and is making his usual speeches of the
Tammany Hall style. Here is an extract
from the Rutland Herald concerning his
remarks as a recent meeting at RIndolph:
For q candidate, Mr.. Billiard made q
rather remarkable argument against The
usefulness of the office Of attorncy general
and said the principal thing tho present
incumbent had done was to mix and fur
nish a coat of whitcwash for the officials
Involved in the investigation Of state in
stitutions."
This Is not only m insult 20 the attor-
ney general of the State of Vermont, but
to tho Investigating board appointed by
Governor Bell and made up OF y. q. VIII
liams Of Fellows Falls, c. II. a. Stafford
Of Morrisville and Herbert Brigham (this
latter n dcmocrat> of Bakersfield, who in
their reports have made honest and COM
plete statement Of the condition of af-
fairs as they find them. II Is also a slap
.at r. 5. Pratt. Mr.. Clements expert DEM
ocratic accountant. who says he finds no
graft, or in plain parlanCe, no theft, In
the accounts of the State institutions. TO
be sure this sort OF rot" has no weight
with the intelligent people Of Vermont. OF
whatever party, but T. Is hardly becoming
to a man who aspires 20 an office at the
hands OF tho people of Vermont.
MIR. CLEMENTS RECORD on TAXA-
TON.