The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-31
CRITICISM OF
DILLINGHAM;
Candidate PrOuty Goes Over
His Record at Rally of
PrOgressives
STATE CONVENTIONS
RUN BY INTERESTS"
Good Sized Audience Present - Rev.
Fraser Metzger Said Progressives
Were Not Falling Off - Aldrich,
Candidate for Governor, Speaks.

fraser Metz9er SAID PTo2TeSS1VeS |
Were Not Falling Off - AIdrich,
Candidate for Governor, Speaks.
Charles y. Prouty, non-partisau can
didate for the United States Senate. |
for over an hour last evening in the
armory criticized the record of Scua-
tor William F. Dillingham;. declared
that the advertising campaign of the
'lnterests Is unfairly conducted in
that statements are made that are un-
true, and defended his attitude against
labor He hoped he deserved vote be
cause he is progressive and not 4 re
dictionary, as he said his opponent had
proved himself to be by his record.
An audience of about 800. many OF
whom We're women. listened attcn-
lively to Mr.. Proutv : address, Neral
times applauding him and appreriating
| to the utmost his points that were IL
| luStratcd with apt stories or com
mcnts.
| The other speakers were Rev. Trascr
| Metzgcr candidate for Congress OF the
| Progressive ticket, aud DR.. ". \. Al
| drieh of st. Johnsbury, candidate of
! the party for governor.
Mr.. Metzger was introduced hv ".
| w. Gibson. who presided. as the first
| speaker. He said that he could find
| in the state no Indication that the
membership of the Progressive party
was falling off. The same occasion for
having a third party exists today as it
did two years ago, when it was formed.
| Corruption in the form of bossism still
exists. The speaker did not believe
that 4 third party would long exist,
and in saying that he did not mean
| that the Progressive party would be
the one to die. There will eventually
come "a dividing line in which the
voters Of the country will be divided
into liberals and conservatives.
| Someone. he said, had characterized
the Republican party of the state as
the Republican party of Montpelier
and Brattlcboro. \ direct primary
would have nominated Mr.. Prouty IN
stead of Mr.. Dillingham;. He said that
during the day he had been told by q
Methodist minister in town in which
he had been speaking that he had re-
ceived Il circular letter asking for the
names of his parishioners and that the
| letter was in the interests of Mr.. Dill
lingham. He denounced tactics that
endeavored to bring the churches into
a campaign.
DR.. Aldrieh. the second speaker. took
for his text the Republican platform OF
1912. He read it paragraph by para
graph and deducted from it that the
party, which had entirely controIle,
the state machinery. had failed to lecr
a single one of he material promises
He declared t.. the reason the party
had not kept its promises was bccaus,
the platform unier it was built ot
'sHpperv elm planks.' The party i
controlled, he declared. by bosses WhC
are attorneys Of corporations.
Mr.. Prouty was cordially grectc,
, when he arose to speak He said tha
in previous wears he had done 40 cam
lpai%ning in the interests of other
t when they ran for office and he foun,
it disagrecahie TO do it i'll the interest
of his own randidacv The contest. h.
contcnded, is between. the so-calle,
"intcrests on one hand and the pee
pie on the other He preferred t
2 style it contest between the ." class
es and the ''masscs.
The "classes' are represented b.
the best intellect money can buy
"Who represents the classes in Ncr
mont!' - he asked. He replied to hi
own question: "Gcneral Sargent. al
tornev Of the corporations: Genera
% Fits. attorney of railroad and powe
- corporations: w. r. c. Stickney, fo
d years lobbyist of the telephone. tel,
+ graph and the railroad corporations an
le others Of their type.
a. The State of Vermont, he said. ha
le equal representation in the Unite
t States Senate with every other stat
in the Union. With this as Il basis !
At attacked Senator Dillingham; S recon
Il i'm the Seu3te, much as he has done
le previous speeches. declaring that ii
d records showed that he was again
p two constitutional amendments, again
n the income tax, against the bill fl
Nt | regulation of railroads and against Il
le parcel post bill
He explained that he is non part
san candidate aud his opponent is
rcactionarv whose votes on importal
y measures have not represented the d
sires of the masses of Vermont, b1
have been in line with the desires
III the ''classes.
The "interests ran the state co
!, ventions. he said, in explaining why
- had not obtained the Republican non
- nation With them in control he sa
- he had as much chance of a nominate
in that convention as - grasshopp
= in a chickencoop. This being the ca
- he asked if "vou desire to lie dow
80 and let a half dozen lawyers elect
United States senator.
In explaining his candidacy on
to non-partisan ticket he said that he d