The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-30

composed Aldr1cn S BodyguaTd - As
Well Put Forward Lorimer.
ORLEANS, June 30. - The n-par
tisan Prouty club yesterday gave out
the following letter from Hon. G. A.
Prouty:
Washington, June p.
Non-Partisan Prouty Club,
Orleans, Vt.
Gentlemen:I am in receipt of
letter from you stating that reports
are being circulated iii the press and
by individuals that | have declared in
writing and personally that / did not
desire the position of United States
senator, that did not welcome sup
port to that end and would not serve
# elected You ask me if these state
ments are true
/ They are not. The only political Of
! flee within the gift Of the people Of /
| my native state which | have ever de /
| sired is that of United States senator \
and personally an election to that 20
/ sition would be most gratifying. ] H
| deeply appreciate the efforts of your
! members and my other friends in my /
! behalf, all the more because they have
not been solicited. If chosen should
| he glad to serve to the best of my
ability. But ] simply feel that | can
not, at the present time, undertake an
active campaign and that ] ought not
therefore to solicit the votes of my
fellow citizens. That is what | az
tempted to say from the first but my
meaning seems to have been misuudcr
stood in certain quarters. In view Of
what YOU have done and Of the situa
ton which has developed it is perhaps
due to YOU and my other friends in
4 ~ oh SIN rb..4
more fully my position on this subject.
Dillingham; Against Reform.
For personal reasons | dislike to
! oppose Senator Dillingham;: but there
are certain facts which cannot be IL
nored. Throughout his senatorial ca
reer Mr.. Dillingham; has consistently
7 and persistently. and without doubt
honestly, since his sympath HES all lie in
! that direction. acted with that coterie
s of senators who have been known a.
5 the champions of special interests
These men were the bodyguard of Sen
ator Aldrich when he was the leader
of the United States Senate. and they
were generally against all propositions
q for reform which were supposed to un-
= favorably affect the interests which
! they stood to protect. The measures
of railroad regulation, for example.
: which | especially knew, were bitterly
z opposed by all these men until further
q opposition would have been political
q suicide.
U These measures were not radical
u Now that they are the law. railroad
q men themselves concede their necessi
b Is. IT submitted 10 the voters of Yer
u mont today they would be approved BY
q nine-tenths 1T is significant that the
& MI pnnrnxt
n them are solidly behind Mr.. Dilling
q ham. Some of them were for me ii
"a 1900, but they are all against me to
81 daN.
II If Mr.. Dillingham; were soIitar,
q instance, il might be we'll enough /,
overlook it, but there Is an apparent
disposition in many quarters to cor
d tinue in authority and even to rein
81 state these men whom the country ha
50 emphatically repudiated. Just hov
81 the Republican party can expect at thi
q Iuneture to regain and retain the con
n fidence of this country if such men ar
3 to be put forward as its leaders passe
& my comprehension. As well put for
ward Lorimer himself Nor can
IL quite see how the state of Vernon
II can hope to keep the prestige which ]
u has so long enjoyed in the Senate
= il sends there men who whatever thei
M ability or personal attractiyeness, ar
81 utterly out Of sympathy with the spiri
u Of the age At any rate party 5
q administered can he Of no service t
those who believe as | 10.
Liberals Must Get Together.
The very limited knowledge whic
have of the political situation
Vermont leads me to believe that I'll
a defeat Of Mr.. Dillingham; can only l
III isl Nv ip.l INF
ment to which the liberal and progrc
3 sive elements Of all parties must col
81 tribute The elimination of the Pr
b gressive party from the Republica
n party OF Vermont leaves the reaction
airy element in hopeless control Of Il
e latter party. While there are yeI
many who feel as | do, it would be f.
~ to undertake a contest in that pa
d ~. 1t is only by bringing together tt
q liberals of all parties that anything Ga
Il be done.
If there is today room for such
d movement in Vermont, if Your organ
81 zation is adequate for that purpo
and if YOU can use a candidate WI
can do SO little for himself / Won
d be glad to continue to stand as su,
candidate You assumed the emit
responsibility of putting forward n
name in the first instance and YOU mu
assume the responsibility of sayiI
whether it shall remain there.
Very truly yours,
G. A. PROUTY.
Prouty club officials stated that TIL,
"were glad to repeat former assn
auees that G. 4. Prouty' name won
q appear on the ballot as a non parts;
candidate for United States senator.
1t is said the non-partisan campais
will be largely a task of acquaintil
IL ho ba Of +,a1
al candidates.
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