The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-19
h. K. DARLING WANTS NO
Sd PARTY ENDORSEMENT
Declines to AAcept 1t in His Candidacy
for State Senate--In Sharp Letter
He Tells Why He Cannot
Align Himself With
Bull Moose Party.

| for Orange county, held June %, al
| Chelsea, Hale X. Darling was unani-
mously nominated for senator. Among
the members of the convention were
Rev. Fraser Metzger, March NJ Wilson
and Dana III. Morse, all of Randolph
Metzger was a member of the committee
on resolutions, and had his say as t.
what the platform should be. Judge
Morse seconded Darling's nomination,
and no hint was made that the meeting
was anything but a county convention
of regular Republicans. Messrs. fetch.
eT and Plumley we're both there and
addressed the convention as the regular
Republican nominees.
Since that time, Rev. Mr.. Metzger has
accepted the Progressive nomination for
governor, and Judge Morse and Mr.. Will
son have allied themselves with his
cause.
On Aug. 3, the Progressive party, real.
izing that il had no tail to its kite,
fled in the county clerks office at Chel
sea a certificate of nomination for coun.
ty officers, including therein all the regu-
lar Republican nominees with one ex-
ccpton. The paper was headed by Mr..
| Wilson, and Judge Morse was one of the
signers both Of whom had sat as dele
gates in the Republican county conven-
ton, when Judge Morse was chosen as
vice chairman OF the county convention.
Though Mr.. Darling is the county
clerk he was not at home when the
certificate was filed. But as soon as he
! learned of it, he sent for a copy of the
| state platform, as he was inclined to
accept the support OF his friends in the
new party if their only difference was as
t. presidential candidates. But on read
! ing, the platform, he became convinced
! that he could not honestly stand on it,
and so notified Mr.. Wilson in the fol
lowing letter.
about the 5th of this month (being
away from home at the timel, | was
advised that the Progressive party of
the state of Vermont had, by certificate
of nomination, named me as a candidate
for the office of senator from Orange
county. ] had, on the Goth day of June
preceding. at the regular Republican con-
yention. been unanimously nominated for
that office. Among the names signed to
this later certificate OF nomination, /
note that of yourself and Judge Morse
and YOU wilireeall that both of you par
ticipated in that convention as delegates,
and that Judge Morse seconded my nom
nation, You will also recall that Mr.. |
Metzger was delegate to that conven-
ton, was chairman of its committee
on resolutions, and otherwise participant |
ei prominently in its deliberations. He
is now the candidate of the Progressive /
party for governor of Vermont.
"You will likewise remember that no
a 4 4. .s Al. Z 4 L
vention was in any wise tainted with /
fraud, nor was il claimed that the dele.
gates present did not represent the reg
ular Republican party of Orange county. |
Now | earnestly maintain that any
delegate who took part in that eonven-
ton, and who acquiesced in its results,
is in honor bound to support the eandi-
dates then and there nominated. as Re
publicans. And it was somewhat of a
shock to me 10 learn that such men as
Judge Morse and yourself felt bound to
sign nomination paper for me, for an
other party. after | had been fairly and
unanimously nominated by a convention
in which you both participated.
II wish to say that ! appreciate high
ly the compliment of being endorsed by
Inen of the character and standing OF
those who have signed the nomination
papers for the Progressive party. Many
of them have been personal and political
friends Of mine for a long TING. and /
hope and trust that our friendly rela-
tions may not he terminated by this
unfortunate break in the Republican
party But after careful consideration,
and the reading Of your platform, which
! received yesterday, | am constrained
to say that | cannot, consistently with
what | regard as honesty in politics, ac
cept this nomination from the Progress
sive party.
Some of the planks in your platform I
meet with my approval. For instance, {
! have for years advocated the munich |
pal suffrage for women in the state of
Vermont, and ! have spoken, voted, and {
worked for it against the jeers and gibes i
of my party associates But | still be- |
tice, and should ! happen to be elected I
to the Senate, shall continue to advo-
cate this proposition ! am also heartily |
IN favor of your plank which demands c
the enactment of a law exempting abso Q
lutely from trustee process the wages I
Of working man to the extent of $40.
believe that 50 long as lawyers, physi- I
clans, business men and farmers have an @
exemption much in excess OF that asked c
for by the working men, we shall be a
ierelict indeed, if we fail to respond ia 5
vorably to this reasonable demand. Ia
II am also in favor of such legislation
a. shall give to every citizen the privi- [
ege of borrowing or loaning money on +
he same conditions as the banks now b
nave; and | believe thoroughly in the t
dea of full publicity OF all campaign a
expenses both before and after election. h
"But there are certain other planks in Il
rom platform to which | cannot and will b
rot subscribe. If they related only to a
rational issues-only involved the qiies- ci
ion whether we should vote for Taft Il
n Roosevelt. / might well waive them h
n running for a state office where such &
questions could not arise; but | note al
hat one plank of your platform repudi- II
ties as unworthy of the confidence of the II;
,eople OF the state of Vermont any can Il
idate for office who does not favor the ST
progressive measures advocated by Theo- W
ore Roosevelt and the Progressive del OIL
gates in Congress. and who does not ca
lake open and specific declaration of his
deity thereto.
''Now this plank is something that | :
annot acquiesce in. | believe that many :.
t the notions of Theodore Roosevelt !:
nd of fhc Progressive marty are detrt- y