The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-10-30
Tells What the Republicans
Have Done to Improve
Conditions
Fits PRAISES
DILLINGHAM;
Senator's immigration Bill
Good Enough for Dem
ocrats to Use

Republicans held their first rally of
the campaign in the opera house last
evening when Charles w. Gates of
Franklin, the candidate for governor,
Clark g. Fits of Brattleboro, and II. g.
Woodruff, the party candidate for city
representative in the general assembly
addressed IN turn an audience of more
than 200 people. 1t was a speechmaking
program of Progressive Republcanism,
Mr. Gates spoke briefly OF the state
ticket and more in particular of the
record to which Republicans point in
their appeal for party support this year.
Mr.. Fits speech of nearly an hour had
for its main purpose a defense OF SEN
Iator Dillingham; and reputation of the
attempts which have been made to dis
credit him before the people of Vermont
latterly he examined the record OF
| Charles A. Prouty. the tri-party can
dldate and compared ii with that of the
senator and not to the advantage OF Mr.
Prouty. For MIR Woodruff, Who ad-
dressed the voters very briefly owing to
the lateness Of tile hour it was an OPP
! portunity for presenting the stand which
| he will take on important measures
should the city send him to the next
! general assembly. Whenever one of the
three speakers made a telling point in
his argument, there was a spontaneous
outburst OF applause; enthusiasm was
there IN plenteous measure and none
of the speakers lacked for warm reeep- !
tlon as he came forward to speak On |
the whole the program seemed emincntly |
satisfactory to the Republicans present |
and that it found not little favor with |
Others there cannot be gainsad
Nj. ;. Rounds, chairman of the city |
committee. presided and seated on the |
platform with the speakers were j. Ward /
Carver. Republican candidate for the
state Senate, and r. S. Currier. At the
outset Mr.. Gates said he believed in
the basic principles OF the Republican
party, which he had worked with and
voted with for 35 years. He explained
that he was not among those present"
TO speak for himself. but for the state
ticket and the Republican party He
thought the platform held out promise
of better things for the Young men of
the state. In Vermont under many
years of Republican rule there has been
less graft than in any other state "War
declared, war on the old Republican
machine, the speaker went on. is
slogan which has gained currency
through the influence of other parties in
Vermont, One party in particular
makes the charge that expenses in the
state have increased all out of proper.
tion to the necessity since 1892. In ex- ,
plainlng Mr.. Gates turned 10 the high
way department for an explanation Of
one quarter OF this increase He said:
Highway legislation has been adapted
10 our needs in Vermont In lSq2 the ,
'tate awoke to the fact that something
must be- done 90 help the towns take bet.
er care Of the highways A plan was
icyised in the legislature for dividing 1 4
horc equitably the maintenance expense h
~ making tho larger aud Weather 4
owns bear part OF the burden Of road u
Improvement IN the smaller towns a
.arger towns oftentimes pay little u
more into the state treasury than they :
ct back. Burlington for instance. paws {,
d 600 more than she receives Tor high u
'ay purposes. Rack on the hills sote- h
'here Is a town that needs Just the sup Il
.ort that burlington can easily give II
oters see that they get something for q
heir money hv provision for con d
fructing . strip Of permanent road in
ach town every year. providing Il takes
dtantage Of the state aid. IN eight
ears. only two towns have failed 20
rodt by this arrangement. II has
ieant q larger outlay Of money per
apz one quarter Of The increase men
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ave it work otherwisef-
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