The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-30

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Mr.. Halyosa stated that the A. II 81
II convention at Montpelier voted 70 en-
dorse the actions taken politically bs
himself and the others He said that
there were some people who were quick
to jump into print and blackguard other
people who do not believe as they DC
and further as his actions had been ap,
Iproyed BY the labor convention, the mar
who had been doing the Safeguarding
was not fit to be called man, much less
q union man.. He stated that he did not
4 believe that the entire solution OF the
lproblems that are ailiicting the social
conditions of the state lay between any
lof the four candidates but that the fus.
lion reform movement was IL step iii the
right direction. He declared that great
4 good would come to the state If the fus-
lion candidates were elected and the
| damnable ring which is controlling the
state is broken up. He said that in the
Burlington Free Press Mr.. Clement had
been called a man that was utterly void
Of principal and they had accused him
l0f betraying his friend, DR. Webb, in
unloading the Rutland railroad onto him.
You saw complete retracti0n Of that
statement in last Saturdays Free Press
as that paper, he said, had been forced
to take it back or stand suit for $780,
600. He stated that both Proctor and
element were miIIionaires and having
made their money as they had he did
noe believe they honestly had any great
loye for the laboring men as class. But
IN the Republican platform, he said,
there IL not one single labor measure
advocated while Clement had stood be-
fore crowd Of 1900 people in Rutland
and made the statement that the labor
movement il something larger than !
am and though ! have opposed labor
measures, if elected, ! will help TO bury
alive the man that attempts to fight
labor measures He said thatSif you APP
4 preached republican in regard to labor
measures he Immediately got all balled
up. He declared that the machine stood
Just where IL always had and offered no
/ Inducements to the laboring class, there
tore, why snoufI they receive the TABOR
supportg He stated that the increase
in the population Of the state which had
been entirely in the manufacturing and
lquarrying centres, was another arpii-
ment in favor of labor recognition He
condenned the present railroad commis-
sion as having no power and cited an
incident where they had been completely
turned down and disregarded, and also
\ that the supreme court had decided that
they had no power to act.
/ He spoke at some length about The
tuberculosis commission and stated that
il was doing nothing in the way Of relief
and that the money that was being paid
out Of the state treasury to them would
be better used if il was given to some of
the poor men IN the state who were ds-
II ing With the disease He said that the
election Of the governor this year might
be thrown into the legislature and tnat
Mr. Jackson. candidate for representa-
tive from this city was republican.
1 while Mr.. Mckenzie, the labor candidate
bad given his pledge TO vote the fusion
ticket il the election went into the
House. lie spoke in regard TO the pass
age of all employers liability law ard
said that the things advocated in the law
were looked at By the machine leaders
ais something AWFUL He declared that
the backs of the machine lenders we're
50 covered with moss that they held uls
their hands III horror and said that ii il
not republcanism. He closed his re
marks with a strong prediction that the
fusion movement would win on election
day.
Mr.. Pape's Address.
Mr.. Pape was the last speaker as he
did not arrive in the city until nearly
nine o'clock lie stated that he had been
ever since seven o'clock III the morning
getting from Ponlfney to Barre That
d wreck on the Rutland road had delay
cd them several hours and that it was
said that the freight car which was off
the track was loaded with Proctor mar
bic, but resolved that il would take
more than carload of Proctor marble
TO keep him from speaking here this
evening He also remarked that he had
always thought that Barre granite would
look Just as well in some Of the govern
ment buildings a. tile Proctor marble.
Mn. Pape spoke for about thirty min
utes giving a straightforward and in
teresting discourse on the issues Of the
campaign. He said that in his Jour
news about the state he had never be-
fore known what beautiful state we
had and his love for the state and for
his own city had grown deeper. This
campaign he declared WAS Il new one to
the state and had sprung up from the
common people That word from the
people had been sent to Mr.. Clement to
RIM for the goyefnorship and as result
of the convention held at Burlington ut
which tho democrats and the independ-
Ont republicans united for u fusion re
form movement If successful ut the polls
viii sound the death knell Of the ma
chine rule in Vermont. He said that yes
terday's Free Pres in an appeal to the
voters Of the state paid d glowing tri
butte to the republican candidates.
spoke slightly of the fusionists and ac
cused Clement Of simply aspiring 10 get
into the governors chair Since wheil.
asked the speaker. did II become crime
for any man to aspire for the governor
shipY
In regard to the good roads subject,
he said that Clement claimed that be
would save cough money every year on
wasted expenses to build good roads file
asked If the people saw any good reason
for the great increase in the state ex-
penses lie said that though he did not
hear the republican speakers at the rally
in this city he could tel III a. very few
Wotuo dii thcA totu tf's ptVpit- VI tht
hour and bali that they took up they
spent about thirty minutes in redicui
ing the fusion movement, thirty minutes
on what the state had done and the re
nlainder was q cry for parry loyalty. He
said that Of the useless boards and COM
missions III the state the railroad com
mission was one Al an example Of what
II amounted to lie said that when a man
was killed recently in Bennington by