The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-08-25
CAMPAIGN OPENED.
Mead and Slack Addressed
County Meeting on
Saturday
REPUBLICAN DOCTRINES
Large Attendance OF Town Commit
teemen and Others-Speeches by
Congressman Plumley and John W.
GarInn

teemen and 0thers-Speeches by
Congressman Plumley and John W.
Gordon.
The Republican campaign was
opened in this city Saturday after
noon when some fifty county. city and
town committeeman and others gath
cred at the county court house to lis
ten to brief speeches on the issues of
the campaign and the prospects for
Republican success at the coming ell
ection. State issues were discussed
by DR.. j A. Mead of Rutland, CAM
didate for Governor, progressive leg
islation was the topic assigned to L.
P. Slack of st. Johnsbury, candidate
for Lieutenant Governor, Congress-
man Frank Plumley Of Mortified
spoke on national phases of the COM
ing campaign and J. w. Gordon of
h Barre spoke on labor interests, espec-
Tally the employers liability laws.
The keynote of the meeting was call
for retaining of an average majority
for an off year and if possible larg-
err one than the average. This call
was based on the Importance to the
country as a whole of a substantial
Republican majority in this State,
which would be taken as an approval
of the Republican party and its work
in the past two years.
The meeting was presided over by
N. D. Phelps of Barre, member of the
State committee and the first speaker
was Chaiima F. C. Williams Of
Newport, who spoke briefly for the
State committee. He deplored the
fact that there are great many men
who fail to appreciate the right Of
suffrage, but who would fight If it
were taken away from them. They
fail to go to the polls from lack Of
interest. He said that at present there
is a tendency to sheer at man who
is called a politician, but the time
is coming when every man will be a
have too few of them. too few men
who take an interest in politics and
who will go to the polls and uphold
the principls which they regard as
right.
The reports received by the commit
tee from all over the State indicate
bat ha OF bo Domino o1aptinn
on September will sustain the rep
utation of the State for substantial
backing of the Republican party If
we could roll up a majority of 10000
it woulu please the State committee
and the leaders of the party, State
and national.
Address of DIR. Mead.
Dr. Mead was next introduced and
he spoke on How to Procure More
Than Average Majority This Year"
DR.. Mead expressed his pleasure at
being with the members of the local
committees and congratulated them
on their work in the county. Coming
from Rutland county the speaker was
bound to hold that county the banner
of the State. but he conceded Wash
linton county the second place.
Turning to the histories of the Re-
publican and Democratic parties, the
speaker called attention to the accom-
plishments of both. The Republican
party. born for the purpose of freeing
the slaves, has always stood for the
betterment and uplifting of mankind.
The Democratic party, came from the
South, stood for the retention and
spread of slavery and has followed
along these lines since that time.
During the short period of eight years
in which the party was at he head of
the national government we had the
Wilson tariff law, the 16 to l craze
and other measures which no business
man of today wants to see again in
prospect. Since 1860 the Republican
party has been in control, with the
exception of those disastrous eight
years, and the record is one of pro-
gress. We have grown to nation
of ninety millions of people, a power
Among nations and champion of the
Onward march of man. The wars of
1860 and 1898. were fought to raise
the slaves and the Cubans from a
condition of serfdom. Every act of
the party has been along these same
lines of betterment for the multitude.
The speaker expressed himself as
confident that the citizens of the State
and the country were intelligent
enough to cope with any discomfort or
insurgency in the ranks of the party.
The character of the party as shown
by past events warrants us in bidding
for the future. We are young as 4