The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-08-06
AN ADDRESS TO VOTERS.
Republican State Committee Urges
Activity Early and Effective.

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dcrcd iwo moutts before ihe general
election az indicating the temper II
the people. has ever been held A. 81
maet consequence. sud. fgrther, asile
the issues u The present presidential
contest will find decision ia states
other than COR oan, The size 81 the ms.
ioriiy gwen lhs Republican ticket In
Vermont. ,h. year, will be no les
meAningiul than III former years
Therefore. The Republican State Com.
miiieo bespeaks the FOIL measure Of
activity on tho part Of al Republicans
" past party ailiIiaiion and u nh other
citizens, who through independence Of
view or oui of recognition Of National
balance of merit between the two great
parties, may ally themselves with Re.
publieAnism. that this influence Of the
Vermont election may be the equal of
the best standards Of the past.
la Vermont. the recent campaign for
the nominations 10 the state Offices, has
established beyond need Of further pre-
seniation, the superior qualifications Of
all the gentlemen named upon the Re
publican State ticket, and what can be
said in this respect is true Of the acts
Of tho Republican Congressional and
County Conventions. Indeed, the Re
publican State ticket, from the two
leading names OF PfoAty and Mead
down through the ist Of nominees for
minor offices, Is one commanding the
fullest party support and one whose
merit invites the attention of other
voters not snbservieut 10 radical OPP
posing partilanship. The national
ticket as presenting Taft and Sherman.
admittedly from the view point of all
parties, gives the country the very
strongest combination of standard
bearers available in national election
at the present, As representative of
progressive Americanism Of the hour, as
embodying the highest types Of men
whose recrod appeal TO the national
electorate, the names Of William How
ard Taft and James Schoocraft Sher
man make national ticket well nigh
ideal.
During the past two years the record
Of accomplishment by the Republican
party in Vermont is worthy Of all en-.
comium. As the result of wise legisla
ton and praiseworthy effectiveness in
the state has taken for
ward steps Of most congratulatory sig.
nifanee. Through school and highway
Improvement, business methods in the
of penal institutions, the
strengthening of the power Of the rail
road commission, in economy in stat.
expenses, and in numerous other ways,
he party is enabled to render to the
PEOPLE an account Of It's stewardship
wholly beneficial and safe from attack.
80 far as preliminaries have gone in
heir relation 10 the policy Of the inn
mediate future, in the same regard they
III point 10 an insistenee on tire part of
he people of Vermont that the aggres
iycness aud progressivenes Of the Re
'ublicansm of the immediate past shall
Re continued. In fact the only ques-
ion yet unanswered, concerning Yer
mont politics, Is how near the state
nay come TO making new record IN