The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-21

the nomination Of dlscredited mar
for the povernorship. The decision Of
the ballot commission does not affeci
the political work Of the Democrati.
party or the duties Of its members. The
sole power of the ballot commission i
70 decide in case OF dispute what can
didate shall have the name Democrat
put against his name on the ballot
This pitiable board had decided our
case In advance, and came 20 its con
clusion against the law and the evi.
dencc. II Is scandal upon justice. and
the Democratic party should proceed %
It's work without regard either to the
clamor Of newspapers for their railroad
candidate or the decision Of this board
OF weaklings I wish to say 70 every
loyal Democrat Of the state that the
fight IL not ended and that our party
organization Is in no wise affected. The
name of Gen. Charles w. Bartlett win
be upon the ballot November S, as will
the name Of Henry NJ. Whitney. Let
Democrats choose. The ballot com.
mission cannot determine for any Demo-
crat the regularity of our party or the
duty of It's members; the ballot com.
mission has nothing to DO with our or.
ganization. MFR. Bartlett Is and viii re.
main the regular candidate Of our party.
We shall organize the state committee
In January with the committeeman
elected Rt large in the last convention;
We shall elect Bryan delegates, loyal
and tried men, to attend the national
convention and the wicked decision OF
the ballot commission should no more
swerye US in our course than the decision
Of any other three Republican partisans.
II remains now for the democrats Of
the state to use their utmost power in
forwarding the interests Of their actual
candidate. Charles w. Bartlett, and de-
feating the man who, as the tool of the
railroads and other corporate forces, now
seeks to avoid the decision of con
vention honestly held by our party.
AT the caucuses we appealed to the
people and elected q majority Of the
delegates to our state convention. Four
hundred and twelve credentials were
delivered up at the door and the ut
most claim of the Whitney followers il
that they had lie votes. The outrage
OF reclaring that 116 votes could make
nomination against 800 votes IL ap-
parent.
The Bryan Democracy Of Massa-
chusetts win continue this contest with
cut quailing before the decision Of any
OF the corporation servants who may
constitute the ballot law commission.
Whatever the members Of that commits
sion may have called themselves, there
is not Bryan Democrat among them,
nor have we ever been able to secure
q real Democrat on this partisan cleo
ton board They are our oid-time OPP |
armed with arbitrary power. |
Mr., Cunningham, their chairman, also
decided against our convention iii 1896. |
This decision is nothing to us.
the end for which real Democrats |
have striyen Is already accomplished.
Henry M. Whitney Is already woe
fully defeated man, and no Republican
board can throw upon usl the odium
which attaches to the placing Of tne
name of Henry Nj. Whitney against the
word Democrat We shall proceed as
before to show this man that the rail-
roads and other corporate interests can
not foist their representative upon the
Democratic party, and we shall begin
n this campaign and at the polls No
fember 5 the work which we shall &c.
,omplish of sending to the national
a body of sterling Demo
rats to name the man who Is to be the
lext President of the United States.
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