Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-09-06

III
they we're choosing between a STRAIGHT
democratic ticket and an independent
ticket, when in reality they were voting
FOR the same identical set of candidates
no matter which OF tho two tickets they
might select.
Mr.. Clement not only claimed the sup
port of all democrats under the crack
Of the party whip. but he also sought the
support OF every republican who for any
cause, or no cause whatever, had be-
come disgruntled and dissatisfied with
his party. The fact that Clement had
been n champion OF local option and high
license enabled him to appeal to many
republicans who acted with the local op-
lion faction of republicans four years
ago, md this one influence tended to
draw a considerable portion Of Mr.. Proc
tors party support from him. In addi-
ton to this Clement and his followers
shouted machine and ring and boss
rule" which are always popular cries
with the %unthinking, and every politi-
cal appeal that could possibly be directed
to partisan prejudice and class feeling
was made with unblushing effrontery by
the Clomocrats.
A victory for Mr.. Proctor under these
circumstances was in no small degree
n personal triumph, although leading
republicans entered zealously into the
campaign. Mr.. Clement with fatuous
fanaticism attacked prominent leaders
OF rcpublicanism right and left. and if,
any leading republican had been in
clincd to hold back in the party traces,
the wholesale attacks made by the
democrats left him practically no al
Tentative except to fight for his party.
A thin veil was thrown over these at
tacks by a clumsy attempt to subs,i-
tute republican machine" for the par
~, but both press and speakers of the
democrats frequently forgot them
'''' NH'u 'b'IblItd! ] uItt.
Mr.. Proctor boldly attacked Mr..
Clement on his own ground, aud every
charge brought against republicans as
n party was flung back into his teeth
with a force that was at once disas-
trous to the man making the charges
and convincing to the people. Mr.. Proc
tor INDUCED in no personalities, out dis
cusscd the legitimate issues Of the
campaign In a frank and fair manner
"nces of his sincerity. He. moreover.
proved conclusivcly TO the people that
he Is u man determined to give the
people of the State the best that is in
him Of service, as regards both the
routine of the E~ubcrnatorinl office and
the inception Of policies that VIII adj
vance the interests of the people, that
he will brook no wrong-doiug in the
public service In our public institu-
and manners; that he Is thoroughly "A
man of the people in every sense of the
term. and that he has an ambition to
n Of the best governors Yer
mont has had.
The victory won by Mr.. Proctor and
the state ticket is a magnificent one
under th6 circumstances. and we be-
the administration which he will
begin the coming October will mark
the dawn of n new era in the Green
Mountain state as regards civic prog
ress. the embodiment Of wise states
manship in Legislation and the develop
ment OF our natural resources. Mr..
Proctor Is sure to Justify the confidence
placed in him by the people and to
tho magnificent endorsement Civ
en- him yesterday at the polls by his
constituents.