Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-08-15
Connecticut,s Governor and Can-
didatc for the Office 26Mu "A
mont the Speakers.
TARIFF And TAXATION TALK
Governor Baldwin Declares It Is
Time Vermont Repudiated
Republicanism-H. B. Howe
Scores Machine"

Democratic srtillerv opened tho 1871
Ing with heavy fire from batter,
Of the party's siege guns. Governo,
Simeon E. Baldwin of Connecticut. ant
the democratic candidate for the COVER
norship Of Vermont. Harland H. Howe
of St Johnsbury. were the speakers
and they were introduced by ex-Mayol
James f.. Burke. Preceding tho rally
held in the City Hall. there was "A flae
raising at $50 O'clock and democratic
banner was thrown across Main stro ct
GOVERNOR BALDwIN's ADDRESS.
"Ethan Allen. the first and second Gov.
| ernor th'ttenden. and other early Yer
monters. said Governor Baldwin. "cam.
| from Connecticut. and the two States
yours and mine. long stood side by side
In political thought. But It has not beer
so for the past % or 10 years In tina,
| time Vermont has had no democrati,
governors. whilc Connecticut has had
many.
you in Vermont have not thrown y ,ui
vot" for Il democratic governor or presi.
dent since the Republican party was
born. But what Is Vermont to do when
the Republican party is disorganzed
The man Vermont voted for in 1905 on
poses the man Vermont voted for ir
lai. The question Is. are YOU going tc
ally yourselves with party that re-
mains united-or not? Now Is the time
| for Vermont to return to the party o,
Madison and jefferson. that jefferson
who refused to consider third term
even when assured Of tho support OF
Vermont and other States
'Th" Payne -Aldrich tariff is th.
crookeicst thing know of. and it should
be held up in the lime-light That will
finish it, The United Stares ought never
to taro tariff tl'at permits 'he Amer.
lean manufacturer to sell steel and othe,
products more theaply abroad than VIC
can buy 1t here.
I'm" tariff is 100 high And why? Be.
cause Ii is constructed on a political
not an economic basis The real grading
Of the republican tariff Is made to suit
the special interests. Ida NJ Tarbell
who wrote the history of Standard Oil
has written the story of the tariff, and
she says II has become a doep mora,
issue.
Look at George W. Perkins. He is
chairman Of the executive committee OF
tho United states Steel corpora ton He
Is chairman Of the executive committc,
OF the International Harvester trust
Think of a commissioner of CORPORATIONS
teiAg Identified intimately with sucr
, combinations OF capital"
(,nNprnpr baldwin
in favor of a tariff for protection. bu,
not of a tariff of favoritiSm to the pro.
ducer.
The democrats in Connecticut" ne
continued wiped out republican
plurality of 5000 by nearly 1910 addi.
tonal plurality. That was at their last
cl"' tion, two years after they had given
Taft the big majority. want you to dc
the same in Vermont You haven't sc
big plurality to wipe out, but yo,
have 80 years of precedent to extinguish
"Fhe republican ship has broken tpar,
In the middle. captain Taft command.
one part. Captain Roosevelt the other
10th sections float, hut they won't Ec
very far The democratic ship. Captair
Wilson in command. is sailing steadil,
on-why not get On the winning side
The Democratic party has Away.
Nheen the party of economy We founf
dark corners in Connecticut when W.
came into office. You must also hav,
dark corners in Vermont
III a democratic tariff bill is pass.t
| over the presidents veto, suit o,
clothes VIII cost us about one fourth
less.
Il was at Sea Girt the other da,
and hearl MIR. Wilson make his con.
fession of faith. We don't contem.
plate any sud len revolution he de.
clared"
The governor of Connecticut turned
to the candi1 late for the governorshir
of Vermont, and continued This mar
that you have nominated wi1l adorr
the Office. We don't want office tc
aiorn the man. IL Is perfectly posi-.
bile for you to elect Mr.. Howe" CAP
plause). The speaker closed hts ad
dress with an appeal for Woodrow
Wilson
CANDIDATE HOWE'S SPEECH.
MIR. Burke. VINO presided. In present
ing MIR. Howe. said that the demo
oratrc candidate Is Il statesman worthy
of the office. When the applause had
ceased. Mr.. Howe began:
When the nomination came to me
II came suddenly. l have since been
surveying the field, to see what my
chances were. ! begin to see things
II my Judgment serves mo right, we
are not going to be alone.
THE Republican party" he declare J.
''iR swell he aded-a lIVtle
The Republican party" he contin
ued. has made many laws-some OF
them no crooked that they could hide
behind a corkscrew"
After stating that, having been drawn
into the battle. ne proposed to continue
as a candidate for governor until he was
successful. Mr.. Howe invited attention
to "a few things that the political ma
chine In Vermont has done to u.s." and
6rst took up the matter of taxation. say
ing.
You will agree with me that the farmer
the blacksmith. tho merchant. the
individual whatsoever he may be. should