The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-03-14

I have sought inc Neitaft o. Nft
mont 10 The beet Of my ability and
10 10 doinE. have troddcn on the
toes Of some ard DO not eapeo,
| thai az win agree With my views,
/ but il seems to me unfair 20 Try
Ia dlsefedit ne ~ yelled untruths
and misleading insinuati0ns HONEY
81. / am going TO answer the qnes'
/ tons just ~ fully and freely as II
they we're asked IN good faith .thougl
regret that the time and space is
nat given 20 discussion Of real is-
sues instead OF personalities The
questions aud answers are as fol-
lows
Since Frank u. Howe Of Bennlng-
I ton, editor of the Banner in that
town, has seen fit TO enter the race
and ask for the support Of the vot-
era Of the state, The Journal. as
well as numerous other of his
I friends. feel that. being county
man. be was entitled 10 their sup
port. but they also feel that they
would like some further enlight-
eunent ais to how he stands regard
log the party from which he has
asked support, namely. the Repub-
lican party
The Journal would like him TO an
swer the following questions bear
ing on bis status as a Republican,
= Arc you Republican. Demo
crat or Socialist
%. II you claim 10 be Republi-
can. will you NOT kindly name one
single Republican ticket. either coun
", state or national OF that party
which has received your hearty sup
port in the last eight years.
- Ia II not true that you have
repeatedly attacked the adminlstra
tlon OF President Taft In your news
paper and pronounced the same In
a late issue as being a total fall
ureY
q. Also. did you not for a time
openly advocate the nomination OF
Senator LaFollette?
= You have announced that you
COW favor the candidacy of Col
Roosevelt. so We inquire. do you en-
dofse Col. Roosevelt's platform In
full. Including the initiative. refer
cndum and recall OF judicial deci.
sions?
o. II you are in fact Democrat
shy do you seek a nomination a'
the hands OF the Republican partyY
7 II YOU say you are not G
Democrat, nevertheless IS 1t moi
true that YOU have openly endorsed
the scheme Of revision OF the tar
III aud the entire program of thu
present Democratic majority In Con
gress?
IS II you say you are not So
cialist, yet Is II not fact that you
publicly introduced Socialist soar
box" orator In the streets OF Ben
nlngton. endorsed the views of THU
agitator and commended the plat
form OF the Socialists In your news
paper9
J. ! have supported the princl
Pies Of the Republican party and 10
nearly twenty years have customarI
~ voted for Republican candidate
at election, but have never hesi-
tatcd to vote against Republican
candidate when have felt that h
was unfit or when ! believed tina
the candidate of some other part.
would give the public better ser
vice. To have done otherwise, woul'
have been TO violate my freeman
oath.
. Claiming to be a Republican
have supported every county stat
ard national ticket OF that party
not only during the past eight years
but for the past Is years. Durinl
that time. there have been severa
candidates out of the hundred an
more on the several Republican itch
els for whom | have not voted be
cause deemed them not well quail
flied aud propose to continue thi
, practice IN the future.
3 It Is not true | have not re
peatedly attacked the administers
tion Of President Taft and hay
not pronounced il total failure.
have criticised things that ! beliey
GA wrong and commended thing
tina, | believed right Does an
honest man follow any other course
:. have never advocated IN
nomination Of Senator LaFolle;t,
On the contrary. have repeated
stated ID public and private an
through the columns OF The Banne
that be Ough, not TO be nominated
: lie is a man Of many good Qualitie
! ard has done many crcditahle thine
/ la his public career. but ON the otf
er hand. he has weaknesses that
mink unfit him for the presIdenc.
! 90 not understand however. wh
. there should be any interest IN IN
d point Has the Journal and I
partner taken over the control
the Republican party with the 4
teuiion OF driving out all who al
: aeree with themY On this hasi
they viii a little later have 10 exec
manieatc ali the supporters Of NJ
81 DeBoei or all who iayer Mr. flete
or DO they think that the Repub
can party IS close corporation Al
m tina, they 0wn majority of 4
stock!
8 have net announced any a
q. sooaey Of the candidacy Of Colon
!. Roosevelt have stated iha,
" sonla support whoever wss nomln
x 50 have further stated that
Y, appears 10 me more important III