Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-08-16
Foss AND HOWE COMING.
Candidate viii Address Brattleboro
Democrats Wednesday.

Arrange gements were made this week
whereby GOV. Eugene Noble Foss of
Massachusetts ana harland t. Howe of
st. Johnsbury, Democratic candidate for
governor of this state, will make two
Gays tour of Windham county on
spell binding trip for the party which
they represent The east, west and
north ends of the county will be visited
and speeches made in seven different
towns, Wilmington, Brattleboro, Williams
Vile, Newfane, Townshend South Lon
donderry, Bellows Falls. The dates chosen
are Wednesday, August 21, and Thurs
day, August 22. j. G. Ulery, men,
ber of the Democratic state committee,
and Maj. f. w. Childs returned Tuesday
evening from the national Democratic
headquarters in New York cit y and
from Sea Girt where they were in con-
sultation with Gov. Woodrow Wilson.
The speakers for the two-days' Wind
ham county trip were obtained through
the national committee in New York.
The speech making will begin in Will
mington at o'clock next Wednesday
afternoon. Gov. Foss and Mr.. Howe
will address a 'neighborhood meeting"
at which the voters of the surround
ing towns are invited to be present.
Gov. Foss is a native of Vermont hav-
ing been born in Franklin county, and
early in the campaign expressed the
party in his state. He is a forceful
speaker and is well versed on matters
of national Importance. Mr.. Howe is
speaker of no small ability and the op-
portunity to hear both men in the
same afternoon probably will be en-
braced by many. With them will be
Martin A. Brown of Wilmington, Demo-
cratic candidate for state treasurer, ].
G. Ullery, Mai. F. w. Childs and other
prominent Democrats. From Whining
ton the party will come by automobile
to Brattleboro, where a rally will be
held at Island park at s o'clock We'd
nesday evening.
The speakers will go to Williamsville
by automobile Thursday morning and
will speak there at II o'clock. Accord
ing to the schedule they will arrive in
Townshend at l o'clock and a big rally
will be held South Londonderry will
be the next stopping place and the
speaking probably will begin about
o'clock. Then the party will go to Bel
lows Falls.
The Democrats of the county also
will hold a rally in Brattleboro about
Aug. 80 or 81, with national speakers
furnished by the national committee.
Who these men will be has not as yet
been decided, but Mr.. Ullery and Maj.
Childs were promised good speakers by
the leaders of the committee in New
York.
The two local men came back loaded
with campaign material According to
Mr. Ullery they have $4,000 Wilson and
Marshall buttons to dispose of in the
state, 10000 copies of each of the cam
paign pamphlets and leaflets and TO-
900 bulletins, besides posters and other
advertising material. They promise to
cover the state with everything but
money. They reported to Gov. Wilson
as to conditions in the state and he was
given to understand that the Roosevelt
vote in Vermont would not be large
enough to interfere with his polling at
least the usual Democratic vote In
the national headquarters both men
were in consultation with Democratic
leaders and discussed the Vermont sit
uation