St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-10-28
The Final Appeal.


given their verdict as to state officers
and a United States senator. There
fore we take this occasion to make a
final appeal to the voters in the sec
ton which this paper reaches. We
appeal for support of the republican
state ticket because never before in
the memory of the editor has ticket
more completely represented the pop
ular choice of the people of the state.
The candidates were nominated by a
convention very largely composed OF
uninstructed delegates who sought
only to choose the men the people at
home wanted. So accurately did
they respond to popular sentiment
that many intelligent men outside OF
the republican party are voluntarily
pledging their vote and support to
Charles w. Gates, the republican
nominee for governor. This is due
to the fact that Mr.. Gates is not a
wealthy man pouring out money for
the support of his personal ambitions
but is plain citizen of ordinary
means whose honesty and integrity
are unquestioned after years of SER
vice in one of the most important
positions Of the state.
We cheerfully acknowledge that in
other important parties of the state
there is a large proportion of honor
able men who sincerely desire honest
and efficient government and who
doubtless are giving their support to
other candidates in the hope of real
izing their honorable political ideals.
So confident are we of their sincerity
that we submit to them the following
statement and proposition. A few
sive candidate for governor and tor
congressman in the second district.
In their conversation he put this
question to them, "Do you believe
there are more men in the progress
sive party who are honest and desire
honest government than in the re-
publican party?" They both said,
No" Then he said do you believe
that the honest men in the republican
and the progressive parties can az
complish as much for good govern
ment divided as they could acting to-
gether?" There is but one answe
possible to that question and we APP
peal to every honest progressive to
give that answer when he marks his
ballot in the privacy of the voting
booth. In no instance where public
sentiment has been expressed during
the present season has the progress.
sive party shown itself strong enough
to get control of a state government
and a vote for them on Tuesday mex
simply weakens the vote for honest
government. Are you Mr.. Honest
Progressive going to cast your ballot
to the detriment of honest govern
ment?
The SenatOrship-We believe that
outside Of the democratic party there
is not a voter satisfied with demo-
cratic legislation which had before
the outbreak of the European wa
forced over a million American labor
ers into idleness, stripped the nation !
al treasury Of its funds, increased the |
appropriations Of congress by more /
than $1OO,OOO,OOO above the appro-
priations OF any previous cong. ess
increased the revenue extracted from
the American citizens more than $751;
100000 a year and increased trade |
balances we must pay to residents o.
100000 a year. They believe there
should be a change that will replen-
ish the national treasury enough 81
it can pay all ordinary expenses and |
reopen American mills and shops sc
every American laborer can secur
employment at living wages, There !
is but one party that has done this i
the past and that is the republican
party which has never failed to
these things. There is no possibilit
that the next congress will be con |
trolled by any party but the repubh
can or the democratic party. So i, |
is useless to vote for any other OF
nOn-party in the hope of remedyins !
the industrial and financial evils iron |
which the country is suffering. Ev- |
cry vote cast outside of the demo
cratic or the republican party weak |
ems the chances OF the republicans