The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-03
PRouTY's VIEWS
Tells Voters Why He Is MOI
Partisan

els VOTERS why TIC 10 NO''
Partisan
In an address at North Hero Hon
Charles A. Pfouty, who is a candidate
70 rthe U. S. senate against Senator
Dillingham; told why he has taken
the course he has in this campaign
His remarks on this subject were as
follows
81 have been identified in recent
years with men of progressive ten
denotes who have honestly desired
to accomplish something. have
been honestly attempting to accom-
plish something myself. When the
attitude of Mr.. Dillingham; upon these
various questions has come to be
known these men have said to me:
What is the matter with Vermont
Has your State no bowels OF com
passion? Are not the people Of Yer
mont stirred by progressive ideas?
MY answer to all these has been:
There is no State where men think
more justly and more intelligently
than in the State of Vermont. We
have neither great wealth no great
poverty. We are controlled neithe.
by the very rich nor by the demc
gOgue. We are better circumstanced
than the people of any other State tC
deal justly with these social prob
lens. Mr. Dillingham; does not, in
70 rlM nf
majority of the people of Vermont.
This may not be true. 1t may BE-
that our people take no interest IN
this uplift of humanity. 1t may be
that they are content to stand sub
servient to the bidding of the special
interests. If so, Mr.. Dillingham;
should be returned.
IF, upon the other hand, this be
beats responsive to that of the rest
of this nation If it desires to join this
onward movement, then Mr.. Dilling
ham should not be returned.
"Now, If | am correct in this as
sumption; if a majority of the voters
Of Vermont are in fact progressive, in
what way can the return of Mr.. Dill
lingham be defeated? In what way
can the will of this prog tessive ma.
jority find expression? If desire tc
become a candidate against him, in
what manner can | offer myself SC
as to unite the support of men who
are really with me and against him!
Il have always acted with the Re
publican Party. 1t is said that
should in this contingency have be
come a candidate for nomination by
that party Is that true under con
ditions as they exist. in Vermont to.
day?
For many years we have had in
Vermont. as elsewhere. two principal
political parties. the Republican and
Democratic. While the votes OF
those parties have varied, they have
in normal years been approximately
$4,000 Republican and $4,000 Demo
cratic. In the year 1912 a third par
~. the Progressive. came into eXis.
tence. The members of that party
were recruited almost entirely from
the ranks of the Republicans and
the effort was TO substantially divide
the Republican Party. As shown by
the last presidential election, we had
in Vermont $4,000 Republicans. 22,-
900 Progressives. $1,000 Democrats.
Now it is said that it was my duty to
apply to the $4,000 Republicans VINO
had voted for Mr.. Taft for r. nomina-
ton and TO contest that nomination
before that party with Mr. Dilling-
ham.
But Mr.. Dillingham; is a reaction
airy and | am progressive. While
many progressives still remained in
the Republican Party, after the %.
OO0 had been removed, | did not be-