The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-18
VICE PRES, SHERMAN
LAUDED PRES. TAFT
At Vermont Fish and Game League Ban
quet He Declared That Taft Had
No Superior and Few Equals in
American History.

Champlaln. Maxwell kvarts was toast.
master Vice president James s Sher.
man was the guest Of honor, while Judge
d. J. Brewer Of the United states su.
preme court was also present and spoke.
In introducing vice-president sherman,
Toastmaster Evarts said that he could
do nothing better than TO quote the lines,
'sfhe man worth while IS the one who
can smile when everything goes dead
wrong
president sherman indulged in a
few pleasantries and then said;
America in an her history has never
laid down her colors TO an opposing force
and from the seven years Of the first
war with England grew that instrument,
the constitution. which. though original
~ intended for 100000 people, has sui
feed to cover the needs Of nearly e0o00.-
600. The country has grown until it
takes foremost place IN the rank Of
the advancing nations oi the earth. nor
Is there anyone to question our ability
to stay her.
There has been, recently. much prating
Of eommercialism and foolish talking
along similar lines. We now ought 10
have some history written in other than
blood and it is time for the country 70
win that supremacy ia commercial lines
which it has attained III the field Of
battle
Mr.. Sherman gave a long list Of sta
tistics proving the Advancement Of thv
country during recent years and the emf.
nent place It has taken among the ma.
tions Of the earth JAS illustrative of the
progress made. he said that two decades
ago we were second to Great Britain in
thu production Of steel and now We lead
the world Mr.. Sherman concluded his
summary by saying, with enthusiasm,
We're quite somep
There are comforts in every American
home to-day which the greatest poten.
tate in the world could not have had
century and d quarter ago To properly
measure the wealth and power OF the
country we must compare It with all the
other countries Of the world combined.
American industry and invention has
made American soil to blossom like the
proverbia rose, and the soil is not the
finest IN the world The glorious past
Of the country is Ours. the present IS in
our keeping, and the future Il vet 10
build. What that future shall be de-
peHds upon the citizens Of the country.
aIf sherman said, in reference to Pres.
ident Taft that the helm Of state Is
now IN the hands Of one who has the
patriotism, The ability and tie states.
manship 70 guide the country au its
course N prosperity. President Taft has
ne superior and few equals. in American
history and If one can Judge bv tie indl.
cations Of six months. the next three ard
one half years viii ensure the charaeferi
zation Of the Taft administration IN his
tory as Sublime.
Brewer swears BY Constitution.
Justice Brewer said apropose II the
outing Of the league which Is held in
New York state that be thought It
showed q Christian spirit on the part
Of the yermonters to come over and
lllumine the people across the lake for
little while. Ie said he considered the
missionary spirit in Vermont next best
to that IN nanms, which is his own
state. He said that they had aducated
fish IN Kansas and told THE story Of the
man, who. while fishing IN the Arkansas
river lost his watch and silver dollar
overheard. a year afterward he caught
a large catfish which weighed one one
hundred pounds Inside Of the fish was
the watch, which the fish had kept
wound, still running, the silver dollar
and six cents for interest
The justice said that the sterling
worth and character Of the American
people was evidenced no better amy
where than in The state of Vermont. He
paraleled the United States with the
Roman empire il Its rapid accumulation
Of wealth. bnf said that their fate could
never be ours becaus Of the stability
and moral purity Of the people. The
moral and intellectual tone of the COM
mon people will save is from the fate
of the Romans
The constitution Is the Instrument byI
which the government is to be maintain
ed, and that Instrument viii be upheld
by the common epople And bv the
common people, the Justice slid that
ne meant those who did an honest dav's
work in the office or the field, not the
population Of the slums nor Of the pal.
aces.
The justice touched upon the supiect
OF the purity Of the streams and lakes
in Vermont He said chat II was the
duty 81 every city to see that its refuse
was properly taken care OF and that it
did not polute any stream Or body of
water The spread of disease tho killing
OF the fish, and countless other evils
are all the result of earelessness or in
difference on this subject The future
will see that this work Il accomplished
THE people may De slow IN awakening
to its necessities but when they do att
last awake they will rise up and do
something
Justice Brewer concluded BY ref
erence to the patronizng attitude chat
many are Inclined 10 take, in these
later days, toward the fathers Of the
republic and tfe constitutions he said
that The constitution must taQd as the
anchor 81 Our liberties and If that is
permitted The country viii not 20 down
The Justice said chat IN 45 years Of
judicial practice he had always insisted
that the constitution must be preserved
until altered bY the people II the man
ner set forth ID that instrument. lie
concluded hy saYing In that I be-
lieve and to that am irrerocably
pledged"