The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-30
Presidential Candidate Chain
Accused Bull Moose Party
OF STEALING HIS THUNDER
In Barre Address Last Night He Also
Whacked the Other Parties--Guberna-
torial Candidate C. F. Smith and Mat
thew E. O'Bnen Other Speakers.


emily shore, there will be no more vol
at the cabin door, To the stirring
strains of this old time ballad, Captain
i Charles III. Stanley of California, here
OF hundred political gatherings, opene,
i the Prohibitionist rally in the opera
house last evening before an audience
that numbered hundred people. Eu
gene W. Chatin of Tucson, Ariz., who
heads the party's national ticket, G. +
Smith of Morrisville, master of thu
state. grange and Prohibitionist g,iberna,
torial candidate, and Matthew f. 0'Bri-
en-, who was drafted at Montpelier ia
the afternoon while crossing the state
for strenuous campaign in Maine
spoke afterwards on state and national
issues with reference to the Prohibition
ist platform.
The crowd was slow a-coming. and
the hour OF $3.50 had been registered
before Fred t. Page. an indefatigable
worker in local temperance circles, led
the galaxy Of speakers and the captain
to their seats on the stage. With Can
didates Chain and Smith, were Rev.
Elmer 7, Newell, pastor of the Hedding
Methodist church, Mr.. 0'Brien and Dr.
L. w Sanford Of Montpelier. a former
candidate for governor on the Prohibit
| tion ticket,
/ The campaign singer from California
| was the first whom Chairman Page called
upon TO contribute toward the success
Of the rally. 1t has been said for the
captain that he is the only man in the
world who writes all he sings and sings
/ all he writes. His picturesque humor
was conveyed TO the audience seemingly
by subtle system Of fine wires as he
stepped into sight. The moment Chair
man Page gave the word, the singer
dropped his hat and was off on tuneful
campaign melody. entitled 81 Am Serving
the Lord in Nv Own Weak Way" Cap
tain Stanley got into the good graces
OF the crowd and was responsible for
its good humor throughout the rally.
For three moments he dispensed con-
siderable lot Of campaign thunder, and
in the next second he was sliding easily
into one OF his tuneful songs. Presently
he was initiating Col T r.. with only
sluuch hat. glasses and broad smile
characteristic Of the Oyster Bay can
didate.
Clement f. Smith of Morrisville was
greeted with a round OF applause as he
came forward TO speak In introducing
him. Chairman Page said: 1--WE have
with us tonight the man who will be
the next governor Of Vermont If he gets
majority of votes" The chairman's
witticisIn was received with good-na-
tured laugh Candidate Smith said that
Vermont farmers had for years been
wondering when the time would coms
for them to cease paying more than
their share of the taxes. He advocated
the exemption of taxes on mortgages.
Declaring that the Republican party was
responsible for the present conditions,
he continued by telling Of the report OF
the special commission appointed to con-
slider tax revisions four years ago.
At that time. he claimed. the commits
sion reported that the fiat rate on in
tangibles and the abolishing OF offsets
would do away with the evils of double
taxation. I'VE believe that this is class
legislation said the speaker. Referring
to the income tax amendment, Mr.. Smith
recalled that a Barre man in the Senate
of 1910 advocated the adoption of the
amendment. He hadn't noticed where
he had advocated the same measure in
any of his campaign speeches this year.
The Prohibitionist candidate believed
that Vermont should have this cpnstitu-
tional amendment. but he afterwards |
declared his belief that pressure from
outside the state had been brought to |
initiate against its passage in the legs- |
lature. 1t is legislation which million |
aires do not, seem to favor. said Mr.. /
Smith. and somehow tax legislation in |
Vermont always seems to favor the l
money men. Vermont farmers, asking
for bread, have received only stone.
0'Bren Said Metzger's Gone Astray.
At.g O'Clock. Chairman Page introduced
+. G'Brien, who, he said, had
been persuaded to switch from his trip
out of Maine to come to Barre for the
evening. Mr.. Page intimated that the
speaker might be on hand Saturday
morning to address the same crowd that
v ould gather TO hear Roosevelt. Mr.
OBrien spoke only briefly, but he had
A bundle of statements that seemed to
take we'll with the crowd. He asserted
that the man who heads the Teddy"
ticket in Vermont has gone astray. And
while dwelling upon the topic of Bull
Moose in general, he told of persuading
the platform committee at the Progress
sive convention in Chicago to insert an
plank He contended that
The committee had been swayed by his
ogic and that the plank was in fair
way to become portion of the platform.
intil. as he said, Roosevelt came along
md ordered it stricken from among the
'heseu
"The convention as sized it up" said
Mr. 0'Brien, "was composed of lot of
political idolaters worshiping false god,
rho will lead them to perdition rather
han to salvation. A full complete and
platform for the party,'l
its principles and its excuse
or existence. should have read: We ;
avor making the will of Theodore
Roosevelt the supreme law of the land
The Presidential Candidate. c
When Candidate Chafn came TO the '
ront around 9:30 o'clock, he was greeted
" about all the applause the audience
ould summon. Mr.. Chafin said he was
of Nermonter himself. his s
iarents having at one time lived in
Windsor county. while his mother-in-law '
ormerly lived in Montpelier. His ap- Q
zeal to state loyalty evidently made