Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-10-25
Republican Rally


The Republican rally held in the
Bradley theatre last Friday night was
a decided success. A large crowd ga
thered to hear the prominent speakers
and, regardless of party affiliations,
were well repaid for being present.
Previous to the meetingithe kilties
band of Scotch pipers marched down
Main street in glow of red fire, and
later marched into the theatre and
played several selections on the stage.
Morse's orchestra also played num-
Der of stirring airs and the scene was a
lively one.
Seated upon the stage were the
! speakers, also Judge l.. IL, Fuller, G..
II. Gilpatric, John A. Dady, +. l..
Wright. ;. NJ. Wheeloek, Joseph Pies
sis. and +. II. Reach. Judge Fuller
introduced the speakers. In his open.
ing remarks he predicted the success
of the Republican party and lauded its
achievements. He introduced Hon.
4 Gustaf Carlson as the next Secretary
of state.
Mr.. Carlson started by saying that
Windham county is recognized as the
/ Gibralta of repubieanism. He point
ed out the present prosperity As some
thing TO be proud of. Most of his re-
marks were on the subject of the tariff
and he gave many illustrations OF its
benefits to the country, the manutac-
4 tufer and the working man. lie cited
4 the panic of 1903 as an illustration of a
tariff tor revenue only and closed by
cautioning the voters to think we'll
before casting their ballots at the
/ election next month.
Congressman f. \. Sehoonmaker
was given an ovation rs he stepped to
the front of the stage and during his
4 address he held the close attention of
the audience. His arguments were
! convincing, his points driven home
4 With clear illustrations and his langu-
age justified, which added to the in
terest The gentleman is rapid talk
er but his voice is good, his enanieia-
/ ton plain and no one in any part Of
+ the house but could plainly under
stand what he was saying
The speaker iikened the government
of this country TO business concern
/ with every voter IA stakeholder who
/ had a voice in the business manage.
ment; congress rs the board of directors
and the president The manager. He
J said if you want dividends, TO vote 50
that dividends can be declared. lie
+ pointed out the prosperity during re-
publican rule and spoke At length, as
/ his predecessor had done, on the lar.
lin. lie spoke OF Taft As the brains Of
the Roosevelt administration and
i pointed out the many instances where,
when a big job was TO be done, "Big
/ Bi4l5 Taft was called upon 10 do it..
/ lie gave illustrations to show that a
protective tariff made tpriees lower,
/ kept the factories running and pro-
vided higher wages for the working
man. He said that the duty imposed
was tax on foreign governments that
+ they had to pay before they could do
business in this country where the
home producers all had to pay taxes.
/ He likened this to the pedler's license
4 required in all cities. The tax is not
added to the price of the foreign made
/ articles las this would make il cost more
tina nthat made in this country, but
was taken from the profit of the for
eign manufactured His speech was a
/ plain, concise and convincing argu-
ment, especially for a section of the
country that depends upon protection
of its factories for its prosperity. APP
+ pause was accorded the speaker when
I he finished his remarks, and, although
/ the hour was late, many would have
/ gladly stayed longer to listen. Three
cheers for the National and State tick
ct were given before the meeting adj
1 lourned.