The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-26
OUR PROGRESS DUE
TO REPUBLICAN
ADMINISTRATION
Keynote of Senator Dillingham; S
Speech Saturday Night
PRESENTED FORCEFUL ARGUMENT
Greatest Prosperity When Laws En-
acted by Republican Legislators
Were in Force

well filed Saturday evening by an
audience that had assembled to at
tend the first and probably only re
publican rally of the present cam
paign.
The speakers were Senator. VIII
liam p. Dillingham; of Montpelier and
Clarke c. Fits of Brattleboro and the
addresses which were both argu-
ments in the truest sense of the
word were given the careful and
thoughtful attention of the audience.
The Bennington city band gave
several selections on the street be-
fore the speaking.
Edward c. Bennett presided and in
troduced the speakers.
Senator Dillingham;. in his open
ing remarks, said that ne should take
up some of the questions that in his
opinion should be considered in con-
nection with the coming election and
elections that are to follow. The
larger portion of his remarks were
devoted to description Of the bene-
fits that had come to this country
through the administration of govern
ment at the hands of the republican
party.
The republican party he said, was
responsible for the abolition of slay-
cry and had its beginning in the so
luton of that problem. The estab-
lishment of an actually free country
was followed by the homestead act
which opened the great west to agri-
culture and added TO the population
OF the country 100000 people rom
foreign shores who had become ex-
cellent citizens. Then came the
Morrill, tariff. under which a country
that had small place in the indus
trial world, in ten years produced as
many manufactured products as
France. in 20 years as many as Eng
land. in 80 years as many as Great
Britain and France and in 40 years as
many as Great Britain, France anC
Germany. The home market ha'
kept progress with the growth of th'
country and during the last ten YEAR
we have consumed IS per cent o
our agricultural products and 80 pc
| cent of our manufactures.
The republican party, the speake
asserted, was largely responsible TO
the great transportation system o
the country in which one seventh o
the national wealth is invested AM
without which progress would hav
been impossible The party has L
| its credit also the national banking
system. 1t also established the inter
state commerce commission and Ell
acted the laws that gave it additions
power.
The senator condemned the Under
wood tariff bill under which he sal
that there had been an increase c
over eighty millions of foreign in
ports during the first nine month
after it went into effect to the detr
ment OF the American manufacture
and the American workman. I'll
war. he said. had checked this av
lanche of foreign imports as it ha
closed the European 20 Is.
II was in the latter portion OF ID
remarks that the senator took
seine OF the charges that have bee
made against him during the prcsei
campeifn. particularly the assertion
that he has been allied with thc
forests. that me supported the Payl
b tariff bin and voted with Aldrich. !
! declared that he had never appear
Tor railrl nd corporation either
attorney or lobbyist. that he ney
owned q dollar Ct railroad or indl
trial stock and that he was as 20
I today as when he first entered q
!. senate. He defended his position
tie Payne bill tariff measu
= which he said had given the count
: th, period OF greatest prosperity
= its history. and deola ed that if
I should be returned at The conf
!. | election that he would follow
same course. u was during this p
Q ;icn of his remarks that the senal
; appeared TO reach his audience a
he was enthusiastically applauded-
= Clarke c. Fits OF Brattleboro. "
preceded Senator Dillingham;, open
his remarks with a discussion of
main argument. the increase in st'
expenses. that is being used BY II
: land b. Howe of St Johnsbury,
! democratic candidate for governor
his campaign addresses. Mr.. Fits s.
\ that the democratic candidate
governor was correct in his fgur