The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-31

strides made by the Progressive party
since the convention in July, and he
referred to Roosevelt's trip through Ner-
mont and of the enthusiasm which he
had stirred up. They call him dan
1 gerous man" in some places in Vermont
| declared the speaker, but the same senti-
ment is not held in the country at large
| They call him dictator" but if he ever
dictated it was in behalf of the people
against the bosses.
/ While Rev. Mr.. Metzger was speaking
the platform was occupied by DIR. Bar
nett, R. A. Hoar, S. d. Allen, J. P. Mari
and Edward Ward, local members of the
Bull Moose party.
| Roosevelt's Speech.
Rev. Mr.. Metzger introduced the
speaker by saying, Here is Colonel
| Roosevelt; he needs no introduction"
| The Colonel said in part "My friends,
men and women of Vermont, | am glad
to have chance of coming to your
state to make my plea for your rights.
! | believe that no greater cause has been
championed by any man since the Civil
war. and to a peculiar degree | am en-,
abled to make my plea of good citizen
ship We appeal to every man. regard
less of party affiliations of the past.
We stand for the fundamentals Of good
government and because your state con-
test is an uncommon. state contest,
have come to address you.
Men have come to me within the last
few days and said, We are going to
vote Our state ticket next Tuesday and
cast our ballot for you in November
My reply is that they are not for me!
You are not helping me, | said, ami
you are not helping my cause. People
outside won't know how you intend to
vote in November, if you stick to this
plan at the polls next Tuesday. Vote
your party ticket without regard to the
cause Of Progressivism in September and
you will give heart-balm to every reac-
t,onary in the land. If you fail to begin
ypur support OF right principles the com
ing week, you win bring joy to many
foes who are turning their eyes on the
outcome in Vermont.
A Fling at Penrose and Archbold.
"TaKe fer instance Penrose -and his
side partner, Archbold. What precious
couplel 1t is men of their stamp who
are going to be glad that you vote as
those men told me they We're going to-
vote, giving happiness to every PcnrGss
and every Archbold in the country
Those men object to me for reasons that
are partly personal--and can say this
without too much flattery. Their chief
objection is because | am in good faith,
because ! am trying to stand for you
and attempting to make general theI
right of the people to rule. ! am trying
TO bring nearer the day when social and
industrial justice shall be parceed ont
to all alike in this land of ours. Mea
of the stamp of Pcnrosc and Archbold
know that if the people really get con-
troll of the governmental agencies in
this nation, their days are over. They
know the cause for which we stand and
they are striving against that which will
rule out the boss as permanent politi-
cal agency We do not say that our
plans are infallible. Their successful
fultilment depends entirely upon the
people We know that under our plat |
form. il you want to make our govern
mcnt good. you can do so. And If you
want TO keep bad people out of power,
You can do so.
Under the present system. the boss
retains his almost lmitless power wheth- |
or or not the people so desire In Penn /
sylvania, as in three out of every four
states, | beat the bosses. We carried |
the people, but the bosses carried the !
national committee ! carried Washing |
ton and ] carried Arizona, by to | 4
but the bosses carried those
states against me. They stole 90 votes
pnd would have stolen 100. if necessary. /
Now what concerns me is TO get chance /
for the people to say for themselves what I
they want Before the primaries | said
that il the people decided against me,
would have nothing to say; but if the
bosses decided against me I would surely !
have something to say. ! am saying it,
9They Stole the Nomination"
''They stole the nomination from me-
but that isn't the most consequential
aspect of the whole affair. They stole
from the people, stole brazenly, and
now, friends, | wish you would read the
Progressive platform and compare it
with platforms of the two old parties.
You will find two vital points upon which
we differ. First, we face new issues
IF to-day and not the issues of the
buried past. You won't find planks in
he old platforms that deal with labor
Is ours do. Our second point of dispar-
ty is that we make definite promises
md promise nothing we cannot fulfill.
Take, for instance, what we stand for