The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-10
FUSION RALLY
ENTHUSIASTIC.
Full House at City Hall Last
Evening
HEAR CLEMENT AND BURKE
Former Declares That Reform Cannot
Come from Republican Party of
vermont--Mayor Burke Well
Received.

r.
Percival w. Clement, fusion candi
date for governor, and Mayor James
E. Burke Of Burlington spoke for two
hours On tie issues Of the state cam
paign III the opera house last evening
before an audience Of between ten and
eleven hundred men, representing al
classes i'll Barre, and there was 4 sprink
ling Of ladies throughout the house.
When Mr., Clement was presented as the
first speaker of the evening by S. y.
Allen, he was gretted with a loud but
brief burst Of applause, The Italian
band played several selections in front
of the building and Alr. Clements coon
quartette appeared before and between
the two speakers and were given a real
ovation after every selection. The
speakers held the close attention Of their
hearers and were frequently applauded.
In introducing Mr.. Clement, Chairman
Allen said that he stood up TO introduce
nan that the people Of Barre had
supported at the polls with good ma
iority. x speaker once said in intro
ducing Gov Chittenden when he was
candidate for Office, Gather your peas
at Montpelier for Gov. Chittenden's
horse. Now want to say to YOU, make
ready the railroad to bring Mr.. Clement
-.
Vermont. Among those seated on the
stage with the speakers were s. d. Al
len, g. ., Swasey, William Brown, NJ.
= AIctowap, Donald Smith, p. ]. Me
Nnlty, George Cassie, Angelo Scampini,
John w. Mcdonald and ID. w. MELON
aid.
Clements Address.
Air, Clements speech was practically
tie same as hcs has delivered ut pre-
Nions rallies about the state, and be
said nothing that has not already APP
pearel in his press bureau reports or in
The newspapers. He said IN opening his
address that he was glad 70 see 50 large
gathering OF people and was also
pleased TO see many faces that he saw
when he spoke in this city four years
ago, when perhaps the campaign was
a little hotter but the weather was not
- warm. The campaign issue this
year il different than il was four years
ago, but II Is OF Just as mulch interest
to YOU He said that the independent
movement started from the people. He
continued by saving that certain news
paper, called the Hrattleboro Phoenix,
which Is antagonistie TO him. recently
printed a statement that our indepep
dent movement came from the common
people, the blacksmiths, the farmers,
the mechanics Now, they meant II for
slur, but | don't care what they in
tended it for The very fact that it
did come from the common people Is
jtls- where we get our power.
The opposing newspapers say that !
am trying to destroy the Republican
party Now isn't that foolishnessl The
leaders Of The Republican party have
mismanaged the affairs of the state.
i am member of that party and
honor il for what it has done that is
good. but when that party does wrong |
an one Of The first to denounce It. /
hold the welfare of the state above the
parry. He then attacked the Republican
machine Who raised the issues in
this campaign? Did you ever hear OF
the Republicans raising single issue
They present you candidates to vote
for, that's all they don't tell You what
they stand for
The Independents have raised the is
sues OF this campaign The only issue
that the Republicans have had came
from US The license local option issue
the machine had came from us and
am glad they took it, beeause it is the
only issue they ever had. He said that
n @machine'is always run by graft He
charged tie Republicans as being respon
sible for the rot there is in this state.
"And they cunt refute II" he said "be-
cause they would ii they couldp They
say that Won want to improve matters
through the party and not 90 outside
TO do it. In 1900 Coy. Smith told the
people Of the legislature Just what the
trouble was. He told them that they
were extrayagant; he told them that
they have condition Of affairs in the
auditors Office that Is deplorable; no
system; no bookkeeping; We are losing
money all the time and it is costing
much more than II ought to run the
affairs OF the state
But what did it amount tog They
went To work that year and for the
next biennial term increased the current
net expenses Of the state $68,000. The
next biennial term, which was the term
of 1904, they increased the expenses Of
running the state $65,00O over what it
was the term before For the next BIZ
ennial term, ending July 4, 1906, they
have increased Tho expense Of operating
the state over and above what it cost
two years ago SS33,000, ii their fig
tiues are correct And yet they say:
DO not get ont Of the party. You must
reform inside the party | say YOU can't
reform the party in that condition. You
cannot reform that machine With Il sofa
pillow; vou have got to do it with am
axe. lie then referred to joint resoln-
tion asking for joint commission to
consider the state business. which he
introduced into the senate Of 1900 mud
which was adopted This commission
brought forward the bin which passed
the senate and which, he claimed il Il
had become law would have made
this campaign unnecessary. he said
that the speaker, Fletcher d. Proctor,
referrpd tho rpgolution NOT fo thp conn