Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-07-12

repupllcAls W Fepuulate the prlnVlpleH
and candidates Of their party and follow
a leadership of selfish ambition. personal
greed nhd destroying hate, There ls no
issue IN Mr.. Clements candidacy, except
tho Issue of person. His plat form ard
his uttcrancos nro intended to destroy
and tear down, not TO construct and
build up. He dcnounccs existing cond-
lions as evil nnd corrupt but suggests
no definite method Of bcttcring them. II"
alleges all sorts Of wrongs but offers 10
specific remedies. He charges misgovern-
ment but .ails utterly to verify his dec
laratons.
We appeal to the sound reason and
sober sense of all good citizens OF Yer
mont who love our State and our inst-
tutions to weigh carefully and well the
two men and what they represent.
Pericval w. Clement now heads the
democratic State ticket. He has secured
that nomination not because the demo
cratic convention endorses him or wat
he represents, but because II expects to
make more havoc in republican rants and
attain nearer to the destruction of our
party than it could possibly hope to
accomplish by nominating n democrat to
the office. tIr. Clement has sold his
organization that has repeatedly honored
him with office, thrown away the prn-
ciples and policies he has advocated and
voted for all his life and treasonably
renowned his allegiance to his party to
the end that hc may ait in the governors
chair at Montpelier. To every man hon
est with himself this will appeal with
over-powering conviction as "rraficing
In, for ON .
the business
Mr.. Clement four years ago went before
the people of Vermont with an issue. 1t
is true that tho republican Platform Of
that year promised to give Vermont a
local option law. but Mr.. Clement and
his supporters claimed they had reason
to believe that the Republican party
would not do what it promised in its
platform. Many good and sincere men
held to that belief, but the fight was
won and the party Immediately carried
out it's platform pledges and enacted that
law and many others which it promised.
Mr.. Clement himself then came bacl.
to the party and asked the privilege
of contributing to the success of the
ticket in 1904; he was accorded that privi-
lege, and went about the State advocat-
ticket and advising his friends every
where to support the republican plat
form and the republican nominations.
He had no use for the democracy Of
Vermont in 1901 His friends did come
back and Governor Bell was elected by
more than 10000 plurality. Mr.. Clement
by his every act and word admitted tina t
the Republican party had met his wishes
,,I1
into law the reforms he had demanded
When II became evident that Mr.. Glenn
ent could not secure the republican NOM
inaton for governor in 1905 and that the
prize would go to a man whom he viewed
as personal enemy. Mr.. Clement i'm
mcdiately commenced campaign for
himself which has resulted in his be
coming the candidate of the Democratic
party and he is now asking his republi-
can friends to again retrace their steps
and follow him, without an issue save
personal hatred of Fletcher D. Proctor.
into the Democratic camp. Many good
men followed him out of the Republican
party in 1902 because he had an Issue in
which they believed: they followed him
back to the Republican party in 1904
because he assured them that he was
and he had no issue to raise against it;
now he asks them to follow him out of
the party again because. while he has
no issue. he does harbor a personal i'll
feeling of many years standing against
the republican candidate which he hopes
to settle. with the help of his friends
in this campaign.
This is the sum and the substance OF
Nv
appeal to republicans as worthy Of sup
port? Is this the kind Of man that right
minded republicans and democrats should
elect to the office highest in the gift OF
our people? Can you trust n man OF
such a character to administer the af-
fairs of our State? Does he come up tc
the standard of the long line Of COVER
nors who for moro than fifty years have
shed lustre upon the office and made
honorable the history of Vermont?
| We counsel the people of Vermont that
integrity Of purpose. fidelity to high
ideals and Jealous regard for the interest.
OF all Nermonters as exempliied in the
| life Of Fletcher u. Proctor and personifieG
in all the candidates nominated at Mont
pelier on June 10Th. 1906, is far more to be
desired than all else and we appeal with
10 inc lHleluGent voters o
Vermont to rebuNe at the polls in
most mastery manner the presumption
OF ignorance and venallty IN our elector
ate which is the bulwark and basis o
the Clement propaganda and by an ole
time republican majority declare thei
respect for the past. their regard TO-
the present and their confidence in tn,
future honor and integrity of our be
loved State.
THAD. NJ CHAPMAN, Chairman.
FRED S. PLATT, Secretary.
f. d. WELLING. Treasurer
HARRY BL.ODGETT.
HOMER f. WRIGHT,
j. II. WALBRIDGE,
FULLER c. SMITH.
r. L. KINNEY.
| SMITH r. WAITE,
II. T. BALDWIN,
FRANK c. WILLIAMS,
FRANK PLCMLEY,
f. w. GIBSON,
JAMES r. POLLARD,
Republican State Committee
Burlington, VT, July 5th. 1906.
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