The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-08-07

To the Voters Of Ncrmonti
We are ugain face % face with th'
citizen duiy ~ personal interest ans
nersanal action in self government q
I dictated by the ayhitrameut Of the bai
lot. rceurfcut bienuiaily in the STATE
and quadfcnnially 10 the nation. Tbs
Vermont election comes first Of all The
states and the voice 81 Vermont, rem
dered two months before the general
election as indicating the temper Of
the people. has ever been held ~ 81
much consequence; and, further. while
the issues u the present presidential
contest will end decision In states 9th
er than our own. the size Of the ma
jority given the Republican ticket in
Vermont, this year. viii be no less
mcaniugful than in former years
Therefore the Republican state Com
mittec bcspeaks the full measure Of
activity on the part Of an Republicans
II past party utilization and OF all 9th.
or citizens, who through independence
Of view or out Of recognition Of a rn-
tional balance OF merit between the
two great parties, may ally themselves
with Rcpublicanism, 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 nominations to- the state Of
fees has established beyond need of
further presentation, the superior
qualifications of all the gentlemen
named upon the Republican State tick.
ct. aud what can be said in this re
spect is true Of the acts Of the Repub.
lican Congressional and County Con,
ycutions. 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 commanding the fullest
party support and one whose merit in
yites the attention of other voters not
subservient 10 a radical opposing par.
tizanship. The national ticket as pre-
scnting Taft and sherman admittedly
from the viewpoint Of all parties, gives
the country the very strongest combin-
alton of standard bearers available in
a national election of the present. As
representative Of progressive Ameri-
canism of the hour, rs cmbodyinC the
highest types Of men whose records ap.
peal to the national electorate. the
names of William Howard Taft and
James Schoolcraft Sherman make
national ticket well nigh ideal.
During the past two years the rec.
ord of accomplishment by the Repub,
ican party in Vermont is worthy of
all encomium. AS the result of wise
legislation and praiseworthy effective.
ness in administration. the state has
aiken forward steps of the most con.
significance. Through school
md highway improvement, business
methods in the administration of pc
lal institutions, the strengthening of |
he power of the railroad commission.
II economy in state expenses. and in |
other ways, the party is en-, /
lbled to render to the people an ac-
cunt of its stewardship wholly bene-
icial and safe from attack. SO far as
have gone in their rela-
ion to the policy of the immediate fu-
ure, in the same regard they all point
o an insistenee on the part of the peo-
lie of Vermont that the aggressiveness
nd progressiveness of the Repubh.
anlsm of the immediate past shall be
In fact, the only question
ct unanswered, concerning Vermont
olitics, is how near the state NAV
anne to making a new record in its
Endorsement at the polls in September
t the great work of advancement