The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-26
Republican -mpaign Opened
in b $ saturday Night.
. W. REDMOND SPEAKER
Declared Harland B. Howe Was Mistaken
in His Theories and That Fraser Metz. I,
ger Was Deserter of Principles
That He Had Subscribed To.

| WIN nag raising opposite city nall
speechmaking on the park by John W..
Redmond of Newport, member of tho
Vermont public service commission, and
volumes of music by the Barre Citizens
band, the Republican campaign was
opened in this city Saturday night. The
proceedings began when the bani
marched up from Depot square and eani9
to halt in front OF city hall around.
| 1880 o'clock. A few moments afterward,
Old Glory, with the legend Taft and
Sherman running along a white border
at the bottom, fluttered out from some.
where overhead, and presently rode thsi
breezes on a line suspended from flag
pole across to the roof Of the city build
ing. A cheer went up for a moment,
and then the band marched over to tho,
music stand, and NJ S. Rounds. chair;
man of the city committee, introduced;
Mr.. Redmond.
Gathered in front of the Illuminated,
bandstand were several hundred people
at one time or another during the even-l
ing Speaker Redmond was given the
due attention that his forceful address
deserved, and in the hour and three
quarters which his speech occupied, tbs
audience had its eyes riveted on thsj
stand. He was warmly applauded as he
came forward to speak, and a similar
ovation was accorded him as he finished.
Mr.. Redmond devoted portion OF his
speech to lauding the past record of the
Republican party and telling why it,
should not be deserted for a novelty.
He spoke Of Harland B. Howe, the Dem
ocratic candidate for governor as his
friend, but scored the standpoint which
the st. Johnsbury man has assumed on
some of the paramount political issues
of the day After rehearsing some of.
Howe's proposed anti-corporation legis-!
lation, Mr.. Redmond continued by show
ing how his program was founded on
fallacy. The speaker took shot ae
the Progressive candidate, Rev. Fraser
Metzger, and produced evidence to show
where the pastor politician had forsake.,
his pledges to the G. O. p. In closing,
he paid tribute TO A. NJ. Fletcher, Re
publican candidate for governor, to whom
he referred as "a clean, honest business
man"
Mr. Redmond spoke substantially as
follows; This is time of great polt-
ical turmoil. The bull moose is trying
to kick the elephant out and the ass is
trying 10 kick hole in the partition.
! ask you, gentlemen, to apply to the
political situation the same principles
of common sense which You use in every
day business endeavor. If you had a
friend who had been a real friend for
over 80 years, and all at once someone
claimed he was corrupt, you would want
clear proof. That is Vermont. She
wants proof.
81 am not here to convince You that
the Republican party, whose continued
achievements for more than generation
have challenged the admiration of the
world and brought this nation to the
proud position that it now holds among
civilized nations of the world; that this
party during four years of the greatest
conflict the world has ever seen, success
fully and goriously led this nation
through wilderness of despondencN,
yea through the valley of the shadow
of DEATH out into the promised land
of freedom, unity and prosperity, after
having freed four millions of slaves and
written into our organic law in letters
of eternal glory its 18th and l4th and
18th amendments to the constitution. is
now so deerepit, so paralyzed and ~
as to no longer merit the conf
ience and the support of the people
whom il saved from destruction
81 think there is no need of that dis.
russion. for / believe that when those
enemies outside of the party, leagued
with those misguided ones within, shall
attempt before the bar of the voters OF
this nation to disrupt and dismember IL,
aud to brand it as corrupt paralytic,
bs, I'D old ~ mazda nY,1x- - xn;nt
to the scroll of history. whereon is writ
ten the story of its achievements, embla,
,oned and Illuminated by such names as
Lincoln, Sumner, Seward, Morrill,, Grant,
Garfield and Mckinley. Then will il be,
Is the immortal Lincoln said, Though
passion may have strained, it must not
break the bonds of affection.
Nor am | to convince you that ths
government that our fathers founded;.
hat the constitution they formed and
which Gladstone pronounced the greatest
work ever at one time struck from the
mind of man, and which has stood the
est of centuries, is no longer adequate
o the needs of tree people. Nor am
to convince you that the three great
pillars of the constitution. the legisla
i've, the executive and the judicial, shall
lot be tumbled into promiscuous ruin
" the groupings OF blinded, self-suff-
lent and infuriated Samson; and that
he checks and balances designed by our
orefathers to protect the minority from
selfish and hasty majority shall not
e destroyed and that the doctrine Of
he recall shall not prevail When that
is thus attempted to be
you will hear the people in
nison exclaim: 'Woodman, spare that
rec. touch not single bough. In youtn
sheltered me. and III protect it now
Turns His Attention to Howe.
"Rather l am here to resent the asper-
ions cast upon the G. o. P. by the Dem
cratic party. Nothing short of that
ould have tempted me to the platform
rom other important work. To Yer
lont owe all i was born in the ranks
labor, and l am one of Vermont's
eople. We are all neighbors, and when
hear the fair name of the state SLAM
cred and its officials for the last 20
ears branded as lacking both in mental
nd moral capacity; and when it is as
srted that its press is in league with