Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-07-12
A CAMPAIGN OF HATRED AND
EAkISN.

selling Il gold DllCk IN return LOT Il plOCh
of marble or in unloading railroad at
inflated prices under the guise of friend
ship. and out of this discovery has grown
the warfare of Clement upon Proctor.
Clement was induced TO start in the
campaign four years ago in the hope that
he could get even with his business
rival. lie asserted that he cared nothing
for the governorship, but lie was serving.
great cause.
Two years ago the governorshp went
to the east side of the state and the only
cause Clement had to serve was that of
the republican organization he is now 50
vigorously condeinnng as the machine"
The existing sys,Cn of politics was all
right then so far as his utterances were
concerned, for he was anxious to re-
establish his regularity as a republican
so that he could run for the republican
nomination this year.
There was no cause outside of the re-
publican ranks to espouse that year and
the Rutland candidate must have swal-
lowed his words of the previous campaign
against the machine merely because he
wanted to become governor
This year the veracio Rutland Herald
assures us that Clement is again in the
field for the governorship. not because
he wants to be governor. but he is
standing as protest against the
existing system of politics"
This is the same system of politics for
which Mr.. Clement was shouting so
Justify on the stump only two years ago.
Pra ctically the same State committee is
now in charge as was besoged by Mr..
Clement for the privilege of speaking
in the campaign of 1904 He was ready to
go anywhere so long as the republicans
would give him a chance to regain his
standing in the party and get in line for
: the goveMorship this year, Still he did
not care rap about being governor, We
are told.
Papers outside of the State easily sac
through the pretenses of the Rutland
) candidate and do not hesitate to speak
of the Effort to substitute Clement
} machine for what the Herald is pleased
> to call the Proctor machine. So far as
: Clement Is concerned 1t is simply qucs-
ton of personal ambition and family
2 rivalry. In Rutland it is simply a cam
paign of hate.
Now while Clement has been spending
r his time In trying to tear down others
g for tn sake of his own performent
Fletcher d. Proctor has been spending
f ton in building up others. He has been
= devotnE no small degree of attention
to sanitation and health and has at
@ tended the meetings of health officers and
e left nothing undone that would enable
t him the better to supervise ana equip the
e hospital at Proctor for the benefit of the
| community. He has devoted his atten-
Q ton to the provision and equipment of
"ildings and in titutions for the
t physical improvement and the in
!, tellectual development OF the employees of
d his company, and one will search long
= for a community in which more pains is
i taken in the development of good strong
character on the part of the young men
t Of the community than In Proctor. Mr.
o Proctor has given no small degree OF
e study to the development Of such en-
- terprses as the State tuberculosis hos
: pital and he has carefully thought GU,
- how he might +: Ike his services in pub
n the State and the development of tn,
e better interests OF our people.
It This is the difference between the two
+ candidates, and the people of Vernon;
: can not he fooled by any padding OF
e petition returns, any packing of delega Il
If caucauses with aided and appointed re.
q representatives. of disappointed repub
Ir lican posing as representatives Of con
70 any Juggling of words, figures or plat
) form planks into accepting campaign
Of hate for sincere desire to promot,
the interests of the people.
l.. Clement has shown democrats that h,
t. would merely use them to pull hi
t. political chestnus out of the fire, and /
lg the republicans would only make hin
Is their leader he would be as ready to fir
'e on his present allies AS he was to pre-
c. vent one of his own lieutenants from
" being a delegate to the republican ma
NIL 81 1,t,
as lug Clement on his back
rd The people of no party in Vernon
of have any use for a campaign of disap
n pointed personal ambition, sheer selfish
ne ness and hate.
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