The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-08-09
REPUBLICAN THUNDER
Address To Voters, Sent Out 3,
State Committee.

voters Oh NeTHOul.
Your delegates, assembled in State
Convention, have sounded the key
note of the Republicanism of the
hour in the following trenchant
terms:
We believe that if the Republican
party of today is to conduct the gov
eminent of the nation tomorrow, 1t
must not cease to take account of the
awakened and reinvigorated aspira-
ton of the people for the realization
of their ideals of civic righteousness,
business honesty, equality of soon
omic opportunity and political free
dom, and we unhestitatingly declare
ourselves in sympathy with unceas-
ing progress along lines blazed by the
patriotic leadership of William Nc
Kinley, Theodore Roosevelt and VIII
liam Howard Taft.
The Republican party. which has
been unyaryingly dominant in Yer
mont during four-and-flfty years, has
this remarkable record. 1t has been
politically sincere; it has presented
no candidates for prejudice or class,
no propaganda of negation, no
scheme OF reputation, nor any doc
has been optimistic and never pessi-
mistic. 1t has believed in evolution
OF steady and unequivocal progress.
1t has been, and still is. the training
school of statesmen. It's policies
have all been forged in the furnace
fires OF public discussion, tempered by
calm deliberation and shaped in the
conflict of the best minds, and tried
and found true in embattling for the
country's welfare. The roster of its
leaders has been the roll Of honor of
the history of half a century.
In the light OF this history. which
cannot be gainsaid by one lot or
title, and in the further light of the
declaration made in your State Con-
vention, as above quoted. il would
seem that the welfare of State and
Nation is still inseparable from the
continuance of Republican policies
in governmental control; therefore,
all voters of Vermont, whether of
past utilization with the Republican
party or not. are urged to take a per
sonal interest and to practice earnest
activity to the end that Republican
ism, as above defined, shall find 10
the result Of the September election
in our beloved state endorsement by
a majority OF meaningful proportions.
The candidate of Vermont Republi-
cans for the Governorship, the Hon
John A. Mead OF Rutland, In his ad-
dress. accepting the nomination fit
tingly said:
"As the standard bearer OF Repub-
licanism in Vermont, | take this ear
ly opportunity to remind Vermont
Republicans through you as their
delegates, that unles all signs are
misleading, Republicanism In the Ma
ton Is perhaps facing the greatest
trial OF its history. The issues that
were responsible for the foundation
OF Republicanism are all passed. Dur
ing the half century or more, that has
lpassed since the organization Of the
Republican party, great and remark.
able changes have taken place in our
Nation. Our population has increas-
ed by about sixty millions, or to
about three times what II was in
1856, and much of that increase is
made up OF elements slow to be as
simulated. Social conditions have
changed radically In all the centers
OF population. and, In short, every
where throughout our land. The
scale OF living with everybody is far
different from what II used to be
Elements Of unrest have always been
with us. but never before were they
so menacing as they are today. Lei
us remember that the Vermont cleo
ton still comes two months before
The general election throughout the
country. and that Vermont's barome
ter. whatever II may be worth, Is
quite as much q needed influence IL
the coming September as IL ever has
been In the history OF the Republican
party II our election next Septem
Der shall result In a large Republican
majority, such rs we may reasonably
hope for, IL will serve notice upon ou
sister States that Vermont Is still
true, still loyal to Republican princi
pies
Notwithstanding disturbing sign
in the Nation at large, there Is n,
: question involving the effective worl
upon progressive lines accomplishe,
In the present Congress, nor can an
just criticism attach Itself to tn
T motives and integrity Of the nationa
D administration under the presidenc
) lof William Howard Taft BY mean
d OF effective cooperation OF the nc
r minlstratlon and Congress, accom-
plishmont perhaps has never bee
d equalled In any similar period OF tw
= years since the Civil War This az
!. complishment on progressive line
! involves the following most impor
ant measures OF executive acts:
T Prosecution and conviction OF thos
0 implicated In the sugar fraud
against the government aud other v
olaters OF the Federal statutes
prompt and successful interventio
to prevent arbitrary increases in raj
road freight rates; effective enforc,
ment OF the law against illegal dea
ing IN stocks; indictment OF those II
volyod In cotton pools formed to rails
n the price of one OF the necessities {
life In every American family; In
partial enforcement OF antl.trui
, laws, substantial reduction In goverl
ment expenses. saving a million do
. lars n month In the post Office depar
, meut with a fair promise Of wipin
y out the annual postal deficit; such r
y markahle progress In the constru
=, ton of the Panama canal as insur,
~ It's early completion: withdraw
from private entry In order TO pr
y serve for the public benefit valuab
" coal and other mineral deposits, tn
her lands and water power sites
over seventy-two million acres Of n
public domain. The admlnIstratls