Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-10-01

veal and progress epubcansm The question with the
men who stood for the humiliation of human slavery
not whether this that should win an election,
but whether party should the to stand for
human liberty If the Wing party had been brave enough to
strike down slavery, there would have been Re-
publican party just if the personally ovabe President
Tart had possessed the to fight Adrch and all for
which Adrichsm stands including special privilege and
opy to the end there could have been third Progressive
party.
If the American voters repudated Taft because did
not fight Adrich hard enough what Of repub
can United States senator's who helped Aldrch
Taft and forced the reputation pledge the
republican platform to the people revise the tariff down.
ward to reduce the high of living and prevent the pro-
lection of monopes?
Let us right here that when William P Dillingham;
candidate for the United States Senate to fill the
long held by the venerated Senator Justin S. Morrill, the
Free Press did not hesitate to support him. because he
stood with the younger progressive element of the
Republican party in Vermont The recognized of
party Senator Redfed Proctor anxious his loya
supporter Congressman W. W. Grou elected to the Senate
but despite the deep political obligation George
Grenve Benedict to both Senator Congress-
Grout and the close personal and party intimacy he
oyed with those two the Free Press did hesitate
stand for what then constituted progress in republican,
ism by supporting and helping to elect W. P Dillingham;.
When the national campaign of 1908 approached be-
ieved the safety of the Republican party the support
of Hughes and Hughes principles, the recognized
of progressive repubcan The lamented Fletcher D.
Proctor promptly took his place with the majority of the
party in Vermont the rank of Hughes repubcansm while
regretted Senator Dngham organization
stand for Taft and succeed in preventing Vermont repub
from doing what would have put Vermont republican
ism to the front it had nearly always stood. We
forced to compromise Vermont endorsed neither Hughes
Taft and great opportunity lost for Vermont lead
ership, for Harrison 1888 and again for Mckinley in
1896. We all see what the Hughes principles in
Guiding the direct primary would have done for Vermont
repubcansm
By the time the national convention met in Chicago in
1912 the party leaders whole ready to take
n to
ege and for shorter to justice through
and all the political humanes for which the progressive
element every political party stands, but it toe
late.
In the meantime in than in anger, have
Senator Dillingham;, whom helped to elect
progressive leader of the party Vermont gradually Slip
ping back and taking his place with the element which stood
in New York and elsewhere in sturdy opposition to Hughes
The climax at Washington reached only few
months While new beginner in the person of Con-
Frank L. Greene not afraid to stand the
House and fight the transonnenta railroads in their effort
to stop coastwse shipping from using the Panama canal for
of the purposes for which built under the guise of
fight for England Senator Dillingham; long claimed by
both sides He ultimately voted for the stand which the
Republican party under Taft had taken for the of the
Panama canal American waterway but the fight
then hopeess lost and the transcontnenta railroads had
despite republican platforms and the acts of repub
Congress and republican president of the United States
In the meantime have not only stood for progressive
repubcanism such Fletcher Proctor champoned but
have also urged the immediate advisers Of Senator Dill
ngham to show him that he should get closer touch with
the republican spirit of this day senator who stood with
Adrich through thick and thin voting with him 1913 times
during 1919 roll calls whose influence against the parcels
post consequently for the express companies who
the minority when Lormer expelled from the Senate
of political corruption since given additional color by
the disclosures of manipulation of chain of banks in Illinois,
against direct elections by the people who voted
against eight hours for employees who voted
against the right of postal employees affiliate with labor
organization who long stood against railroad regulations best
measures and who voted with the Standard Oil forces to table
the Norris resolution relating to the Infamous New Haven
railroad situation would seem to have repudated many
principles of true repubicanism
If bear in mind that some OF our very good
friends at Montpelier recognized Senator Dlmghams
closest supporters and advisers worked successfully in the
last Legislature repudae the republican pledge for di
rect primary that he later helped push IN Congress bill
which would make possible the nomination of United States
senator by State convention instead of by direct primary
and which by plurality vote, whereas gov
must have majority and that the representatives Of
the interests which favored Washington helped put
the lid the late State convention and helped load