Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-09-01
ana freer trade relations would be
great thing for both countries.
| WHAT Is THE REMEDY?

WHAT Is THE NEM ED1?
And nov in closing. again comos the
question, what are you going TO do
about it?" what Is the remedy? In what
way can each individual voter DO his
share?
In every campaign there liz some ono
issue that becomes the Issue In tho
minds of the people and demands YER
dict Tho Republican party to-day IL the
dominant party. IL Ia responsible for the
conditions that exist. 1t Is Responsible
for the evils of legislation that efflict
us. Therefore the issue presents Itself
| Ii the republican leadership right or
wrong? If you say wrong then vote
| against 1t, and then walt for the next
| campaign to determine how you shall
vote right on the issues then presented.
REPUBLICANS WILL VOTE WITH
THE DEMOCRATS.
| Should IL not mean a. vote against the
Republican party when republican Sena-
| tor Bristow openly charges republican
Senator Aldrich with framing the pres
| ent tariff law In the personal interest Of
himself and his family. or when repub-
| lican Senator Cumnlins charges republ-
can Senator Lodge with being In collu-
sion with the promoters and organizers
OF tho steel trust?
| What does all this mean? Why It
means that regardless OF any answer
| which can be made to these charges,
| thousands Of republicans all over the
country will vote with the Democratic
party for the good OF the country. and
for tho good of the Republican party
which they love.
Half of the Republican party-the bet
ter half at that-arc openly defying their
party. They arc looking to Vermont for
its verdict. A democratic victory in Yer
mont will be aid and comfort to the In
surgents I'm the Republican party, and IT
may win for them a victory in their
party.
It was the insurgent republicans in the
Senate. under the leadership of Cum
minis, Deliver. Beveridge, Clapp and La
Toilette who made the fight against the
present tariff law They were ably sec
onded IN the House of Representatives
BY thrty-ive or forty republicans.
| These insurgent or progressive repuo-
leans Joined with the democrats in the
House and Senate against the Payne
Aldrich bill and have been keeping up
the fight ever since.
You know the result. You know OF
their victory In Kansas. Iowa. Minnesota,
Wisconsin ana Californa-those great re-
publican States of the West-the very
backbone of the Republican party.
The Democratic party to-day is not 90
much against the principle or policy Of
protection. as 1t IS against the abuses
and iniquities of the present tariff sys-
tenn.
A vote for the Democratic party this
year in Vermont is vote against the In
Justice of tho present law, against its
monopolistic tendencies, against its OPP
preston Of the rights of the great mass
of the people.
1t IS vote which says that the Payne
Aldrich law is the worse measure of its
kind that was ever placed on the statute
books of the country. that II works for
the interests of the great monopolistic
combinations of the country. and against
the welfare and prosperity of the people
as whole.
| 1t has been said that the Night tc
Bolt" is a divine right; it was said IL
slavery times when the conscience of the
people was aroused To exercise q divine
right involves the use of the conscience
and when the conscience of the people
guides their votes, the republic is 81
the right track.
The republic Is facing a great crisis II
political affairs-the greatest for half &
century. The issues which shall deter
mine tho alignment for the two leading
parties OF the country are yet 10 be
formulated in party platform.
, Your vote, the vote of Vermont, vii
"a Every good
lean in Vermont who thinks more OF hi!
home and his country than of his party
will rebuke the Republican party and H.
leaders because they have been faithes'
to their party pledges and to the PEG
pie.
Republicans OF Vermont you are JUST
fed In boiling your party next Tuesday