Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-28
REPUBLICAN RALLY
Held in the Park Friday Evening,
AUGUST 81


paign flag had been raised early in the |
afternoon, and swings across the main
street, with Taft and Sherman" across
the bottom.
In the evening, after concert by the
Middeburv band, &. l. Button, Esq,
introduced the Hon. c. H. Darling, Ex-
Asst. Secretary of the Navy, who stated,
among other things, that it mattered but
little from what political party candi-
date for the local offices came from; the
great question that concerns us is in re-
gard to the principles under which eighty
millions of people shall be guided. This
question is momentous.
Seventy five per cent. of the people of
Vermont have been, and will be, Repub-
lican. What we say will not change the
vote, perhaps-we do not expect it, The
people of the rest of the United States
are looking on, as it were, to a great
trial. The State of Vermont is the
courtroom, the voters of Vermont are
the jury. You voters have followed the
testimony as given in the papers, you
are to decide what is the right course,
the most feasible plan of advancement
In September you will render your ver
dict. And on that verdict, though some
ridicule it, still it is true-on that the
verdict of Vermont, swings large vote
in other States who are looking to us.
1.-The people of the big State of New
York live as we do think as we do, act
in every way the same as we do. They
look to little Vermont to see what we
are going to do, and they, and the other
States, seeing a full vote for Mr.. Taft
will say: He must be all right, for
Vermont is for him
MANY people, even some Republicans,
say 1T would be better if the two par
ties in Vermont were more nearly
equal A Republican who says this is
not true to the principles of his party.
Ii the parties here were more nearly
equal, we would only have to work
harder to make converts to the party,
that is all. Let us make a shining exam
pie of grand Old Vermont to the whole
country by turning out in full to the
polls and doing our full duty this Sep
TENDER.
The slogan of the Democratic party
is said to be Shall the People Rue?'
Most assuredly; we cry the same thing,
and we mean it. If corrupt practices
creep into government, it is you and me
who are to blame; it is you and me who
are responsible for the wrong doing in
high places, whenever or wherever it
exists. Let us not leave our plain duty
to the other man-let us do our duty to
curb the wrong doing. If judges were
not for sale they could not be bought; if
the people would not sell their votes
there would be no votes bought.
"Mr. Bryan says, Let the people run
the government We heartily wish he
would come to Vermont and sound this
cry afar-but it would be the means of
showing under himself, the man who
automatically dominated the Denver
Democratic convention.
THE Democrats, in their platform
call for many things, curbing of the
wrongdoing of the trusts, tariff re-
vision, equal rights to capital and labor
extension of our military and nava
affairs, conservation OF the nationa
wealth and resources. employers liabil
ity. All this, and more, is in the Re-
publican platform and was put there
. first; the Democrats had only to appro
pirate our ideas and shout for them
But which party, we ask you, is the bet
ter fitted to carry out these reforms an(
improvements?
"Our platform is based on the worl
, we are actually doing, not on visions
Our platform is not m erely an enuncia
ton of academic principles-it's state
ment of the principles that we can bacl
up by deeds. The Democrats have oh
structed the very things that this yea
n they claim to stand for. Which part
r tciH you trust to do these things: tn
e party that has been defeated but twic
v IN fifty years, and under whose guild
:. ance lhjs wonderful country has grow
= in resources from sixteen billions t
= one hundred and ten billions of dollars
= We have developed. under Republica
rule, and own almost One-hdf the mi
cage Of the railroads Of the whole worio
The vat corporate influence Of tn
7 Standard OH company has been exercise
to some extent in "a amer detrimentH
to the hest interests of the whole peopl
The Republican party, under the regin
of which this trust was created, Is pI
ting TIE restraining hand on this monoI
) oily for duty's sake and the good Of I'll
tpeople. The tariff needs revision; wi
will do il better than the Republics
party, 10y whom it was made?
Voters compare the candidates; whiC
will you have: the cool and judicis
though Warm-heartpd and genial Seer
tary w. II. Taft, who has won respe
aud admiration for his great work
home and abroad. or MIR. w. j. Brya
under whose domination :he Democrat
party goes down continually to defe
and accompishes nothing Gentleme
study the work of these men. and tn,
turn out in September and do 20
part"
" After the address of Judge Darlin
IT Mr.. Button introduced Judge Able
l.. Blair of Brooklyn, who, though Oblig
= to leave on the next train, gave in t
short time at his disposal mastery a
dress where cold facts blended wi
keen humor in highly interesting ma
ner for over half ar hour. Judge BIZ
said, in part;
"Nouhing would suit me better than
have an excursion fund started to bri
the Democracy of Vermont down to [