Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-10-29
Chittenden County
Trust Company
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ed In this connection that the time 10 'eE-
ulatc such n condition of affairs was be-
fore and not after the monoroies had
been formed. Four years ago he had adj
vocatcd federal law, which failed or
passage, that tribunal be created before
which corporations would have to go be-
fore beginning business and tho tribunal
could take notice OF any unlawful put-
pose that might he exposed in advance.
Tho present administration has now
adopted such law.
Judge Prouty declared that all the
legislation that Is appearing in this
country Is based on the fundamental
debate between the classes and masses.
And who represents the classes? he
asked The best intellects and lawyers
that can he obtained. In this State
they are Mr. Sargent, Mr.. Fits and
Mr. Stickney And who represents the
masses? The man they select. The
first question to be asked of n prospcc-
tive United states senator. is how does
he stand? what is his education,
what are his affiliations, what is his
/ history? He should not be n partisan.
His heart and disposition should be
right How determined is he In the
stand which he has taken? How has he
I
have been put up to him? How has
Senator Dillingham; stood on the ques-
ton of taxing incomes the direct cleo
ton of United states senator's. effective
railroad legislation and the regulation
of monopolies? There is no progressive
Legislative Legislation on the statute
books which Senator Dillingham; has
1 advocated.
HAS NOT MISREPRESENTATION SENA-
TOR DTLLINGHAM.
Judge Prouty took occasion to refer
to the production of the literary
bureau at Montpelier which has made
the statement that he had misrepresent-
ed Senator Dillingham;, and has cited
twenty specific instances. Judge
Prouty declared that Of the twenty
subjects mentioned he had made ref
erence to only two in any speech or
written document by him He de-
clared that he had never spoken of the
eight hour law, ship subsidies the
Stevenson case, the children's bureau or
of Penrose, but the spealier admitted
he had spoken of the parcel post and
the tariff commission. When this
country demanded 4 tariff commission
Dillingham; had voted at the bidding of
Aldrich against such measure.
Il have never said" declared Judge
Prouty, that Dillingham; voted for or
against the parcel post law" The
speaker then went on to say that
when the parcel post measure WAS
first formulated it was provided that
II certain regulations regarding rates
and weight did not work out as they
should they could be changed by the
postmaster general The express COM
panies put bill into Congress taking
away this power from the postmas-
ter-general The bill failed. although
Dillingham; voted for It. He was in
favor of the parcel post but not ir
favor of the parcel post doing bust
ness.
The speaker called attention to tn,
: comparison drawn by the state com
5 mittec in regard to his attitude to-
? wards Roosevelt, the committee claim
ing that at one time he had compared
the colonel % a white rhinoceros anC
E later had begged Of him to endors,
him as United states senator from tn,
Progressive party, Judge Prouty de
MED both allegations but ADMITTED
that he might have told tn Whit
rhinoceros story. 1t WAS so trivial
thing he had forgotten it, he said, bu
II was remarkable that the tale SHOULD
be revived al great expense and mad
an issue in campaign where tn
:. record OF Senator Dillingham; was tn
live issue.
. The greatest defense Dillingham;
has is the statement that he has beef
, unfairly attacked, the speaker said
,, and he added that he knew nothing
p Of any attacks by Mrs. Rastall 0
I others, and that in every public utter
. ance OF his own and in everything he ha4
I written he had simply confined him
r self to Senator Dillingham's record +
a Congress. Judge Prouty repeate
s that he had never made reference t
s smoot. Lorimer or Stevenson. lie sal
81 he had preferred to forget thos
Y things.
: ASKS SUPPORT OF LIBERAL ELE-
MENT.
n In reply to the criticism that he ha
=, not been nominated for the Senate |
= re regular way, Judge ProutY gave hi
# reasons. First he said, he was not tn
p, republican nominee because he couldn
y get the nomination. He added that h
Is knew he would stand no chance
ia going before the republican convention
He had no skin in politics and was n
id match for those fellows. He woul
,c have stood as much chance there as
d. grasshopper in chicken coop. II
so said he had resolved to divorce himse
l. from any one party and invite the SUI
A. port of the liberal and progressive el'
id ment in all parties. He was first non
Id mated by the Prohibition party, fa
w he was not aware of until ten day
after the party convention. lie the
h" obtained copy OF the platform M
a found that II stood for proRre ssi'
re- principles The nomination from II
~ Progressive party came next. TT
~ speaker stated he had always believe
'h i'm progressive principles and long b.
Ia fore there was a party and when Il
IL party nominated him he thought II Wi
m n credit to them from the fact th
en- the nomination was n matter of prii
ne ciple. Then followed the nominate
az from the Democratic party.
IN The speaker called attention to II
9r fact that the time had passed when
II party was opposed to everything tn
~ any other party stood for. We shou
Na0N.E Got /