Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-08-02
WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS SAY
The Real Auim,s of the Fight Of Clc-
Nnent against Proctor.
U'rom the Wilmington Times)


U'rom the Wilmington Times)
Let us get down to the true inward
ness of the attempt of Percval W.
Clement and a little group of his personal
followers to capture the Vermont State
government. What Is it that really Is
at the bottom of the movement to split
the Republican party, install a hybred
| administration, and so remove Vermont
from the ranks of the safely Republican
States?
| At the outset it is we'll enough to elm
| mate the followers of Clement from the
discussion, because the incentive in their
| case is plain enough. They want official
jobs and want thcm for the sake Of tho
salaries. pretty generally. Any rich man
who aspircs to political proferment can
always command the services of retain
ers of a certain class Clements immc-
date lieutenants are all this element
Actually there is no great difference be-
| tween the programmes of the various
parties---nothing. that is, of "A large and
vital import. sufficient to divide public
opinion into warning camps. In truth,
| Clement Is without a great issue.
| Stripped of political or ethical reason
mus of the Clement endcavor?
Simply the desire of IA natural insur-
gent to accomplish the overthrow of a
regular party organization and its candi-
dates for reasons quite apart from
considerations of public policy.
These reasons are two: An inherited
feud of the house of Clement against
the house of Proctor, and the ambition
of Percival w. Clement to become a
senator of the United States.
There You have. in a sentence. the OK
planation 80 tho Clement enterprise which
appears bofo.' the people masqucradins
as political revolution in behalf OF
popular emancipation from ring
} rule" and which has succeeded
in forcing upon the Democratic party
an alliance which that party Is destine,
TO heartily regret and of which it is al
ready far from proud.
A CAMPAIGN ABSURDITY
(From the Morrisvile Messenger)
one of the absurditics of the presen
campaign is that. now and then a mar
is heard of as saying that he will no
support the full republican ticket because
t of his understanding that Ex-(iov. G. S
Page suffered ill-usage when a canddat
for the Congre ssiunal nomination, 81,
years ago, and the issue seems still NOR,
absurd when such a man confosses him
l self as not having been favorable to tn,
> ex-governor at the time With Ex-Gov
Page, the man of all others holding TIL
right of way to nurse any grievance, rea
or fancicd, now heartily in support of tn
whole ticket as declared in his recen
'. letter, the attitude of other men as abov
indictcd appears as about as far-fetche
cavilling as politics can show.
q CLEMENT THE ONLY ISSUE.
a dFrom the Wilmington T!mes)
a Clement is the issue in this campaign
There is no other There has been n
scandalous increase of State expense.
u There has been no scandalous misnar
+. agement of the State institutions-n
h faults even that the Republican part
d has not itself corrected. If the other Re
publican newspapers of this State elect
fight wndmlls at the Clement invitation
e chat is their affair The Times prefer
a to devote its attention to the real que.
j. lion at ssue-whether or not Perciv;
If w. Clement Is to be allowed to explo
u, the State of Vermont for the gratiic
ton of selfish ambition. Those new
u papers which allow Clement and his pc
e. sonal organ to put them on the defensi'
ID are playing his game as ne seeks to ha,
&c it played. There is an old saw whlC
says that a fool can ask questions a vii
man can't answer. 1t Is equally true tn:
'e n knave can make in one minute mo
K charges of political corruption than {
Sc honest party can disprove in a year
ma far as its own record goes the Repub
can party in Vermont can afford to star
pat. What is needed is a little more
ie the x-ray on Clement.
n In some of the newspapers a car
lis paign against the "splt nfnltive" Is b
ht ing carried on with an amount OF re
that occa sionally leads to curious STUN
80 ling blocks to euphony. There are o
al casions when n split infnitive is prefe
re able to split and spoilt Idea.
W MEN AND METHODS.
(Trom the Enosburgh Standard)
~ The people of Vermont may not be pa
ticularly interested in all of the vario
va political moves and changes which ma
IN the present peculiar state campaign, i
he they are vitality interested one and
in the fact that Vermont with it's pro
NV history and bright prospects, Is entitl
to the services in administrative affa
Of those whose qualities. character, exp
'os ience and public spirit will best conse,
an and advance the interests Of Vermont q
or Nermonters.
,so Recognizing this fact and fully alive