Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-08-06
AN ADDRESS TO VOTERS.
Republican state Committee Urges
Activity Early and Effective.
To the voters of Vermont.

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citizens duty of personal interest and
personal action In self-government as
dictated by the arbitrarnent of the bal
lot. recurrent b,ennially in the state
and quadrennially in the nation. The
Vermont election comes first OF all the
states and the voice Of Vermont, rem
| dered two months before the general
election as Indicating the temper OF
the people. has ever been held of
much consequences; and. further. while
the Issues OF the present presidential
contest will find decision in states other
than our own. the size of the ma
jorty given the republican ticket in
Vermont. this year, will be no less
meaningful than IN former years
Therefore. the Republican State Com
| mittee bespeaks the full measure of
| activity on the part Of all republicans
| Of past party afIlliat'on and of all other
| citizens, who through independence OF
| view or ont of recognition of n rational
| balance of merit between the two great
parties. may ally themselves with re-
publicanism, that the influence of the
| Vermont election may be the equal of
tho best standards of the past
In Vermont. the recent campaign for
| the nominations TO the state offices.
has established beyond need of further
ssentation, the superior qualifications
of all the gentlemen named upon the
republican state ticket, and what can
be said In this respect is true of the
acts OF the republican congressional
and county conventions. Indeed, the
| republican state ticket from the two
leading names Of Prouty and Mead
down through the list or nominees for
minor offices, Is one commanding tho
! fullest party support and one whose
merit invites the attention of other voters
not subscrvient to radical. opposing
partizanship. The national ticket as
presenting Taft and Sherman, admitted
| ~ from the viewpoint of all parties.
| gives the country the very strongest
| combination of standard bearers avail
! able In a national election of the pres
ent As representative OF progressive
| Amcricanism of the hour, embodying
| the highest types Of men whose records
| appeal to the national electorate, the
names of William Howard Taft and
James Schoolcraft Sherman make a ma
tional ticket we'll nigh ideal.
| During tho past two years the record
of accomplishment by the Republican
party In Vermont is worthy of all on
ton and praiseworthv effectiveness in
administration. the State has taken
forward steps of most congratulatory
Significance Through school and high
way Improvement business methods In
the administration of penal institutions.
the strengthening OF the power of the
| railroad commission, In economy in
State expenses. and In numerous other
| "a LODI To 1ar
to the people an account of its steward
ship wholly beneficial and safe from at
tack. So far preliminaries have gone
in their relation to the policy OF the
Immediate future, in the same regard
they all point to an insistence on the
part Of the people of Vermont that the
| aggressveness and progressiveness OF
the republicanism Of the immediate past
shall be continued. In fact, the only
question yet unanswered. concerning Yer
mont politics. Is how near the State
may come to making a new record In it's
endorsement Mt the polls In September
of the great work OF advancement now
so we'll under way and whose continuance
IL the popular demand of the hour.
Nationally the Republican party ap
peals to the electorate with the prom
Use and the ability to make such re-
vision of the tariff schedules as shall
meet the Just requirements OF manu-
facture and trade without sacrifice OF
the protection principle. and to provide
n currency system that shall meet both
everyday and ernergent demands. with
out opening the door for uncertainty
and experiment inimical to public credit.
Again. In its attitude towards labor, the
Republican party accepts the eminently
Just and clearly expressed views OF Its
candidate for the presidency, William II.
Taft. as spoken by him In his recent
address OF acceptance. In part as fol-
lows:
ITO give to employees their proper
| position in such a controversy. to en-
able them to maintain themselves a
Eainst employers having great capt.
tai. they may we'll unite. because In
| union there Is strength and without
1t each individual labor-r and employ
&c would be helpless. The promotion
of industrial peace through the in
| strumcntality Of the trade agreement
| Is often one Of the results of such
union when intellgently conducted.
| There Is a large body OF laborers, how
ever skilled and unskilled. who are
| not organized into unions. Their
rights before the law are exactly the
| same those of the union men, and
are to be protected with the same
! care and watchfulness
Bulwarked by this presentation of
the State and national situations, the
Republican State Committee of Yer
mont expresses It's belief that repub-
licanism in Vermnt and In the coun-
try at large is destined to move onward
| 10 a reign of greater usefulness than
has ever characterized the past. glorious
as that has been But, at the same
time 1t urges the utmost activity all
along the line and particularly It de-
sires this to manifest itself In early and
effective organization in every town In
the state. Let town committees at
once get to work with the purpose pre-
| dominant OF getting out the largest
republican vote possible. Any and all
assistance that the State committee
can render will be promptly furnished
In conclusion the state committee calls
attention to the admirable contrast OF
the two great parties expressed in the
republican platform as follows;
Beyond all platform declarations
there are fundamental differences be-
tween the Republican party and Its
| chief opponent, which make the one
| public trust. In history the difference
between democracy and republicanism
is that the one stood for debased cur