The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-29
STATE COMMITTEE
LOOKS FOR BIG
VOTE TUESDAY
Campaign Closing With Crafty
ing indications.
LACK OF PARTY DlSSENSlON
Expected Vermont viii Meet the Re
qulrements and Foresha ow Repub-
llcan Victory at Polls In Nov.

Newport, Aug. 2S-Chairman VIII
liams of the Republican state commit
tee, in response to inquiry concerning
the situation as the campaign is about
to close in Vermont, authorizes the
following interview:
Reports coming to headquarters
at Newport from an section
of the state, indicate the most
gratifying interest and even point to
an unusual activity among Republi-
cans everywhere. All the speakers
who have been addressing the people
in many towns and cities Of the state
during the last ten days assert that
they have never seen in their preyi-
GUS experiences, audiences so large,
enthusiastic and responsive. Both
letters from all parts of the state and
reports OF speakers above referred TO
declare very live interest among the
voters in questions of state impor-
lance that have been made prominent
by Candidate Prouty and the other
campaigners. Also. we are receiving
at headquarters hundreds of letters
which, without exception. point to es-
pecial interest in the election of Taft
and Sherman, all recognizing the ex.
pectations of the country that Yer.
mont, on election day, shall meet the
requirements, so far as the Republi-
can majority here foreshadows a Re
publican victory in the country at
large.
Il have no doubt but that the vote
next Tuesday will be a very large
one and that the apathy which was
assumed TO exist some weeks age
will be shown to have entirely disap
peared. The speakers from our own
state have been the best obtainable
and they have been supplemented
through the medium of the National
Republican committee by some of the
best speakers on that committees
| list.
All the arguments of the campaign
as bearing upon the election by the
largest possible majorities of the state
Congressional and county tickets have
| been presented on the platform an(
through the press with unusual skill
and ability. The people have beer
responsive to this effort and nothins
but enthusiastic praise has reached
me concerning the good work done
Aside from the usual methods tn,
state committee has conducted news
advertising campaign that has EN-
bodied presentation in all the news
| papers of the state some of the stronj
est features of the argument. Their,
are ample indications that the peopl,
have been responsive to this featur,
also, and it has undoubtedly been on
OF the most effective means employe,
for the desired end.
! AT headquarters here in Newport,
large force has been employed iron
the opening of the campaign in fuI
nishing all kinds of political informa
ton and in attending to the immens
correspondence. That force has BEEF
reduced this week, as the most of tn
work of the campaign, requiring clel
ical assistance, is now completed. A
an indication of what has been don
at headquarters, | would say tina
since July l, 24.S00 personal letter
have been sent out, over 5000 of whic
have personally signed with a pei
There have been distributed 1000
Autographs of Taft and Sherman
These have been sent into ever
town in lots of so to 100, and to tn
larger towns and cities more wei
sent. There have been distributed q
so 10000 campaign buttons. Beside
this, of matter either originated, cor
piled or edited at headquarters, thel
have been sent out 10000 pamphle
containing the national and state pla
forms as well as extracts from adore
SEES by Senators Lodge and Burrov
and Candidate Taft, 200 news par
graphs aggregating about 5000 line
about two pages of special news fe
lures (this last named including
terviews and special suggestions
speakers), In addition to this liter
ture four issues of paid advertiser
matter have been given to all the p
pers in the state, aggTegating abo
four columns.
las the campaign nears its clio
hu diC tAlItllIelg XII
flying, and | shall not be surprise
If the results of Tuesdays voting sho
as great an interest in the Repub
can endorsement of all the living sta
questions and in the election of Tia
and Sherman as was manifest in u
banner year of 1896, when the sta
so grandly testified to its good fai
in the policies of the late lamentC
William Mckinley
For all interest and assistance TIL
has come from all quarters in the fu
therance of the work of the state col
mittee during the campaign, on q
part OF the committee, and particula
ly on my own part as chairman, | a
extremely grateful. Vermont has e
tered upon an era of good feelir
wherein party dissension is almo
lost in a common desire for genuiI
state progress. II has been the al
of the state committee during tn
campaign to work for this happy Ell
as a care secondary to no other