The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-10-29
SENATOR DILLINGHAM
IN MANCHESTER
He Speaks 10 Large Audience Com
posed of Men and Women. Hon.
Clarke c. Fits Also Speaks

Clarke c. Fits Also Speaks
The Republicans Of this town, over
$50 strong, turned out Friday night
to listen to Senator William L. Dill
| ingham of Waterbury, and Clarke c
1 Fits of Brattleboro, discuss campaign
4 issues at rally held in Union Opera
house. Editor Otto K. Bennett called
the melting to order and presented
ID. X. Simonds as chairman. Mr.. Sim
onds spoke reminiscently Of his per-
sonal associations with both senatorial
candidates and was warmly applaudrd
when he pledged his support foc the
return of William 7. Dillingham; to
the United States Senate.
Mr.. Fits opened his remarks with
the statement that he is young man
looking to the future of Vermont. He
traced the industrial history Of his
community to show the possibility of
developing every part of Vermont, He
spoke of the electrifying Of the West
River railroad as an example OF the
work Of those interested in bonefittine
Vermont.
1T would be possible for you to
have 12 trains going through Man
chester instead of three" said Mr.,
Fits, "if the experiments on the West
River Valley railroad are correct. But
we need less railroad smashing and
more railroad upbuilding. Mr.. Prouty's
friends tell you that he is the greatest
expert on railroad work in the world
and | ask them "When has Mr.. Prouty
over used this knowledge to benefit
Vermont 2"
Senator Dillingham; touched on the
charges made by IAN association
which has for its object the equal suf-
frage of all sexes" one by one, quot
ing extensively from the Congression-
al Record to show that he had not
opposed the parcel post, establish
ment of children's bureau investlga-
ton of labor conditions in West Vir-
ginia, or an eight-hour day for gov
ernment employees.
"This bureau of information has
made the statement in one Of its ar
ticles," said Senator Dillingham;, that
lodged many labor votes. ] never
lodged vote in my whole legislative
career. on a labor matter or on any
other question. When they say that
my attitude toward labor may be in
dicated by one specific vote they evi-
IDENTIFY do not give me credit Tor my
stand on such measures as limiting
the number of consecutive hours for
railway employees, safety appliance
act, locomotive boiler inspection or
nv vote in favor of establishing de-
partment of commerce and labor, the
department Of labor, bureau Of mines
and bureau of labor statistics.
Commended by Labor People
"In the past have received hun
dreds of communications from labor
organizations throughout the United
States commenting me for my help IN
formulating the white slave act and
many other measures dealing with
immigration, yet this association
would have it generally thought that
! am opposed to labor"
Senator Dillingham; took up briefly
his stand on the tariff of 1909, the
direct election of senators, the Lori
mer case, the impeachment of Judge
Archbold, the proposition to exempt
labor and farmers organizations from
the operation Of the Sherman anti
trust law, the Connecticut river dam
bill. defining his stand upon each
measure. 1t was evident from the APP
plause which he received that his
audience stood with him.
In closing he referred to the criti-
cism of his vote upon the Gallinger
ship subsidy bill, saying that he be-
lieves the present European war
shows the need of such a measure,
which had for is purpose the rehabil-
itation of the American merchant ma
rine.