The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-29
HALvosA TELLs lHls STORY
Claims He Was Turned Down In Order
to Aid Congressman Foster.

Claims He Was Turned Down In Order
to Aid Congressman Foster.
st. Albans, Aug. 29.--Philip D. Hal.
yosa, Independent Labor candidate for
member of Congress I'm the first dis
trict replies as follows to a recent
statement by J. j. Thompson OF this
city.
~ j. Thompson, alleged Democrat,
having made certain statements
through the columns of your valued
publication concerning my failure TO
secure the Democratic endorsement
for congressman In the first district,
you will trust, permit me to say
that his statements do not fit in with
the facts of the case, and, as is said by
the old Scotch proyerb, Facts are
stubborn chefs that Wilma doom.
"A few days previous to the Demo
cratic district conventions being call
ed to order at Burlington, was APP
preached by several well known Dem
ocrats and asked to permit my name
to be brought before that convention.
The reasons advanced, were, that the
Democrats had no man who wished to
put In the time which one would have
to sacrifice II an active fight was to
be made against Foster.
Prominent among those who made
this request | might mention the
names OF James Il. Burke, of West
Rutland, Thomas Bragg and b. A.
Bruten, Of this city, and John Donnel-
| ly, of Vergennes, the last mentioned
gentleman as chairman of the district
committee, Offering to place my name
in nomination. This offer, / may add,
was made In the presence of several
witnesses, among whom are Mason A.
Green and Edb,.r b. Moore of this
city, men whose reputation for truth
fulness cannot be assailed by Mr..
Thompson or any other politician.
Mr.. Donnelly also said that he had
talked the matter over with others,
and, that they favored the plan.
Not being a Democrat, nor for that
matter, a member of any other politi-
cal party. holding that reform writer
should steer clear of entangling alli-
ances so as TO at all times be free to
advocate or TO oppose the election of
Republicans, Democrats, Socialists, or
Independents as the occasion requires,
! refused Mr.. Donnelly's offer. He
then said that If ! would accept the
Democratic endorsement he felt sure
THAT Ii would be forthcoming, and that
the men with whom he had talked
were willing to endorse me as labor
man.
This last offer | accepted. after
talking II over with the local labor
officials, and also learning that 1t met
with the approval of the union men OF
Burlington and Fair Haven; first max
ing sure. however, that 1t would not
add to the dissension already existing
in the Democratic ranks by reason OF
the Brown-BVrke contest for national
committeeman, by talking it over with
Walter ]. Lyons OF Rutland and
James McGuirk OF Mount Holly, both
of whom approved of the proposed in
dorsement.
Il then announced myself as a can
didate for Congress, and, after T. w
Moloney's nomination and his refusal
to accept the same, which, by the way
Mr.. Donnelly said was provided for
S. A. Huffmire at that time president
OF the Vermont State Branch A. +. oil
L., n. A. Malmgren. treasurer of the
same organization, and d. A. Bruten
chairman of the Rutland Contra
Trades and Labor Councils trustees
were told by Mr.. Donnelly that foul
out of the seven members of the Dem
ocratic district committee had voted
by letter TO endorse my candidacy by
filing my name on their ticket to fiji
the vacancy caused by Mr. .Moloney'!
resignation. Later. when accused o
an open breach OF faith by Mr.. BruteI
after that committee met at Burling
ton and nominated Blais. Mr.. Donnell!
said that the final vote stood two for
and three against me, and that JohI
Thompson, of st. Adams. held TIVE
proxies and voted them for Blais
"Mr. Donnelly also said that thu
J Chittenden county committeeman whit
, attended that meeting undoubtedl,
took his orders from Congressman
) ID. j. Foster (Rep.,) that mem
p Der having been closeted with Foste
for three solid hours previous to tn,
J committee meeting in question. HI
r added, It's a Foster deal from begin
ming to end, but you shouldn't holt
: me responsible for the work of thes
crooked politicians. was sincere II
the matter, but the traders ha,
! fixed up a deal to split the vote t,
: help Foster and they carried /
: through
: AS corroborative evidence, in SUI
port of this statement, | may say tina
{ T. w. Moloney has shown ME lette
l which he received from Mr. Dor
. nelly previous to the meetin
I In question, in which II was state
5 that four members of that committe
| outside of himself and Mr.. Moloney
. were in favor OF endorsing me. MI
= Moloney also told ME that had h
/ known there was any question of thi
I being done, he would either have al
] tended the meeting In person or give
his proxy to some person who woul
have voted for my endorsement.
Such being the case. II appears I
. me that John Thompson, Democrat
according to the statement made b
. the chairman of his own committe,
put Blais i'm nomination at the behes
of Dave Foster Republican, for tn
, purpose of splitting the congressions
vote. that is, provided that the me
who | have referred to understoo
3 what they were talking about. In an
S event, the question of veracity lie
between them and Mr.. Thompson
, The public is at liberty to choose b.
! tween the two"
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