Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-11-26
HUGHES FOR HOME RULE,
Would Leave Details Of Government TO
various Com mittees-Ind n de-
iiEbtful Campaign.

View York. Nov. Ex-Governor Hughes
and four OF his associates on the republi-
can State ticket in the recent election
were the guests tonight of the Republican
club OF this city al dinner. About aO
| members were present. The state officers
| elect present besides Governor Hughes
were: Horace White. Lieutenant governor;
| Samuel S. koenig secretary OF state
| Thomas II. Dunn. treasurer and Frank
NJ Williams engineer and surveyor.
| Governor Hughes spoke for So minutes
and was frequently applauded. He do
| clared that he had found the campaign n
hard one but thought that. on the while
! he had never spent six weeks more de-
! lightfuly,
| III the executive fcels" said the Gov
ornor. that no cannot by fair argument
| in n presentation OF the merits OF hia
| position Justify himself to the people at
| large and have n general support which
will outweigh the antagonism OF IN" IN
tores,s affected by honest administra-
ton It would he indeed. a lamentsble
thing. II is most helpful thing for any
executive to feel that he can do what
he thinks right. and that the people VII
sustain him II he can show 70 them he
has done what ia right"
| After saving that the success ~ th"
last campaign was due TO the fact that
| tho party had record to stand on the
Governor said: I'VE have a great many
| problems before US OF n serious nature
The time IS coming when shall present
IN a more formal manner what have 10
say about them. I sincerely hope that
the next session OF the Legislature will
he very productive OF such legislation
as will be for the genuine interests of
the people Of the State.
! Il hope the time will como and believe
some day Il will come when we shall not
attempt 70 prescribe the petty details
| of government for our different com
munities. hope the time will come when
I VIC shall give them a charter. "A general
| rule. which will assure the maintenance
| OF proper general system OF adninistra-
tion and leave them to work out their
own salvation and TO develop their local
citizenship by dealing with their own
problems. have stood, so far "a could,
for the principle of home rule and pro-
pose to stand for Il during the next two
years"
THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN.
"The real secret Of success IN the
| nation IN the last campaign Is tnat
YOU cannot fool TN" people who are
dependent upon the maintenance of
busiess stability. into t0e adoption Of
| foolish measures OF reforms and ] do
not believe that any one wifi ever be
able to fool them. our danger lies in
our great success and In tho disor-
Eanization OF the opposition. our
chief danger lies In tho fact mat We
| have been given such strong en-
dorsement that we may forget tho
promises that We made We. as re-
publicans. devoted to thu success Of
the party. and anxious that II should
have greatly enlarged prestige Of
| accomplishment. must hold every man
a traitor to the party who stands in
the way of the party doing what Il
promised the people II would do In
'the last campaign"
state Chairman Woodrur declared
that the republican State oranizaton
stood ready TO cooperate with the
new State oficials in every possible
way. Samuel :. Koenig. tho lsst
speaker, spoke for all the other oi;i-
cials elect and promised that they
would. ono and all. do their best to
make the incoming republican admin
istration !Hthis State success