Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-08-06

To the Voters of Vermont:
We are again face to face with the citi-
zen's duty of personal interest and personai
action in relf-government as dictsped by
the arbitrament of the ballot, recufrent
bienniaIly in the state and quadrenniaiiy
in the nation. The Vermont election
comes first of all the states and the voice
of Vermont, rendered two months before
the general election Is indicating the
temper OF the people, has ever been neio
as of much consequence; and, further,
while the issues OF the present presiden-
tial contest will find decision in states
other than our own. the size of the major
ity given the Republican ticket in Yer
mont. this year, will lie no less meaning
full than in former years. Therefore. the
Repu blican State committee bespeaks the
full measure of activity on the part OF all
Republicans OF past party affiiiation and
of all other citizens, who, through indie
pendence of view or out OF recognition OF
a rational balance OF merit between the
two great parties, may ally themselves
with Republication, that the influence OF
the Vermont election may be the equal OF
the best standards of the past.
In Vermont. the recent campaign for
the nomination to the state Offices, has e.
tablished beyond need CT further present
action, the superior qualifications OF all
the gentlemen named upon the Republic
can State ticket, and what can be said in
this respect il true of the acts Of the Re
publican Congressional and County con-
ventions. Indeed, the Republican State
ticket, from the two leading names Of
Prouty and Mead down through the list
of nominees for minor Offices, is one com
manding the fullest party support and
one whose merit invites the attention OF
other voters not subservient to . radical
opposing pArtizanship. The national
ticket as presenting Taft and Sherman,
admittedly from the viewpoint Of ell par
ties, gives the country the very strongest
combination Of standard bearers available
in national election Of the present. Az
representative OF progressive An,ericanism
Of the hour, - embodying the highest
types of men whose records appeal &c the
national electorate. the names OF William
Howard Taft and James schooicrsft sher-
man make . national ticket well nigh
ideal.
During the past two years the record OF
accomplishment by the Republican party
in Vermont IL worthy OF all encomiurn.
As the result of wise legislation and
prsiseworfhy effectiveness in administrs-
ton, the state has taken forward steps
of most congratulatory significance.
Through school and highway improve
ment, business ethods in the admins
trstion Of penal Institutions, the strength
ening of the power Of the railroad COM
mission, in economy in state expenses,
and in numerous other ways. the party IL
enabled to render to the people an sc-
count of its stewardship wholly benefi-
cial and safe from attack. So far ss pre-
iiminaries have gone in their relation to
the policy OF the immediate future, in the
same regard they all point TO an insis-
tence on the part of the people Of Yer
mont that the sggressiveness and pro-
gressiveness OF the Republication OF the
immediate past shall be continued. In fact,
the only question yet unanswered. con-
corning Vermont politics, IL how near
the state may come to making Q new re-
cord in its endorsement at the polls in
September of the great work of advance
ment now 50 well under way and whose
continuance is the popular demand Of the
hour.
Nationally the Republican party ap-
peals 70 the electorate with the promise
and the ability to make such revision
OF the tarid schedules as shall meet the
just requirements of manufacture and
trade without sacrifice OF the protection
principle, and to provide Q currency sys-
tenn that shall meet both everyday and
emergent demands without opening the
door to uncertainty and experiment in
imicsl to public credit. Again, in its afti-
tude towards labor, the Republican party
accepts the eminently just and clearly ex-
pressed views of its candidate for the
presidency, William II. Taft, as spoken
by him in his recent address of accep-
lance in part as follows:
ITO give to employees their proper