Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-10-01
RALLY At
NORTH HERO IS A
R0US|NC AFFAIR
NOn-Partisan Candidate for Sem
atOr Declares Opposition to
High Protection and Pro-
lection for MOnOpOlies.

, ~. VI ''u''n
, "'' ""' "o',' AZ ."e 'o"i
"o"'c ncie 'his evening anu III spite
VI tne unlaVoraple CONDITIONS result
ING from ram there was good attend
ance practically every town in Grand
lsie county being well represented
MI Frouty stated ms position on DIFF
ierent issues at length While he fav-
ors protection for deserving Industries
ne is unalterably opposed to high pro-
lection and to any protection for mo-
nopoltes. He wants to have the Sc
curities of railroads so carefully SUI
pervised that Investors therein will be
perfectly safe and protected from the
raids of railroad wreckers like those
who stranded the New TIavon.
Mr.. Prouty stands for direct primar-
les, both state and presidential, and
for what have been termed the Ameri-
can policies, including the Panama
canal In the course of his remarks
Mr.. proutv said.
| have been identified in recent vears
with men of prorrcssiye tendencies who
have honestly Desired 70 accomn1isb
something. have .boer bonestlv etten,nt
ing to accomnlisb something myself
V-bo,, ~, attitude. Of NJ, 1,iui,rh,,,, ,,-,,
these various olosttons has como to be
.llnov, these mon have. soid 70 mn. what
IS the matter with Vermont Has vour
STATE no bowels If con,oaseiono Arc NOT
the nconlc Of Vermont STIRRED hv nrogres.
-ivc IDEAS
/ NV answer TO all these has hoor. Tbora
/ il. no State where mon think innre ius+Iv
and moro intclligentlv than in the state
of Vermont. W. have neither preot
wealth nor great povcrt,. W. ,ro con-
1 trollcd neither NV tho ,.orv ricb ,,o, b,. ~,
dcraroe-lc. Vyc aro bcttar cir,,,,,starcod
than the peoplo Of an, other state to doaI
! Justly with these social nrolIor,s NJ
Diuirobar, doos not l., ,,,,. .ri,;,,, e.i,i,.
represent the great ma ioritv IF tho noonIa
! Of Vermont
This NAV NOT he true # may. he that our
people take no interest in This un1fft Of
humanity. II may no that +h.v ,ro cam
tent to stand subscrvront 70 tho biddire, of
the specta1 interests II ca Mr. DiIlirr-
ham should be returned
If. upon the other hand this no M,
true; if the heart Of Vernon, boats ro-
sponsiya to that Of tho root of .bts no
ton; if IL desires TO ioin +b,s onward
movement then Ny DIlIinrb,r, eborl,
not he returned
Now. II 7 am correct in this .ssurnt,o,.
If n majority Of tho voters NJ Vermont
are in fact progressive IN wbo, Wv CON
the return Of Mr. Di,,irgboro ho do,oo,.
ed? In what wav can the will of mi.
nrorreesi,,o r,o,or,,, "a o>,,ro,,,o,,o -
7 desire m becon,e a candidate ,,oi,,,.
him IN What n,arror cor &c.. r,,,,so,t
50 as ia unito tho sr,nor. 90 M, ,.hr a..
really. with me and n geIre+ bir,o
can PARTY. II is said that I should in mis-
contingency have become candidate for
nomination nv that marty To tbo+ trua
under conditions nc thev axis, in ver,oon,
to-day?
For many Years We have had in vor-
mont as elsewhere ,uo ,r,rcirol ,o,,,,co,
parties. the renuh,icar ana dorocra,ic
While the votes of tbe narties have va
ried. they have In normal voars hoen an
proXimately AZ OOo renubIican aud IL o1o
democratic In tho WOW 1910 , ,bt,1 ,or+v
the progressive came INFO ex,sterca Tba
members of that marty wera recruitod a.,
most entirely from, tho rerks ~ tho ro-
nub,icans and tho offor. ,ras 80 s,hs.an
tally divide the Republican nar,v AZ
shown nv tbo last nreaiden,iaI oleotion
wa had II, verroo,. % ooo ,,a,,,,hI,oo,. 90
on nroprassivoe X ooo domocrots Now -
Is said tba, I, Voc nv, drt,, 30 on,,,, .,
tho 90 Ooo renuh,ic,rs Who nod ,,otad for
Mr. Taft for q nomination and ,o cor+os+
that nomination before tbot nor.v Win
Mr. DilIirgb,m
Pm. Nv Diuir,,o,,, 10 - rooo.,oxo., o,a
an, a nroqressiye While r,,o,,. rroe,ros-
sives stiu reuained IN cha Por,,h,iooo
Marty aftor tho % 600 nod hoo, ro,,o,,oa
7 did NOT bo,iova ,bo. q noior,t, 90 ,ha
nar tv which remainod uas rroarossi,,,
Il eeered IN mo oItocetbor rroha}la tho,
moro than one-balf NJ tho Ron,,h,icon
marty which was left were IN FACE roon.
tiona ries and that ~ tho horest yoto %
.bo+ WON'T. could - ao,i,ro, ~, r,u,t
ham might have q ~, iorit, w. ,,ra.+ |
mai ritv Of oil tho yo+ars ~ yor,,,,. |
was nrocrossiyo ,,,. .e,.,.,. ~.
M rtv &C tbo, oors.,,,,,oa 90 nnl 1,,,, ,,ot,
for Mr. Taft u,as rooct,oror,,
This has heen dop,od 7. ba ,oo., ,.,
that even after tho proeross,,,o r.,, "a
been suhstracted from tho or,r,ra, ua,,,h
lican ranks tho grao,or rart 90 49, -
publicans still REMAINING vero nro.ras-
sives Assun,,rr FOR ,bo n,or,ax. ~.
this might nossih,v he true ctr - Ala ,o,
seem to me that could homo IN como VIII
the forces of reaction In that marty Those
in charge Of the organization wore fr,endl, !
TO Mr. Dillingham; The machinery WAS
in their hands. IT was evident that TIM
nomination was IA ne nv tho old ia sh,oped |
convention. Anvone familiar with coucus |
methods will readiIv understand that ' !