Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-09-10
FRANK /. GREENE
IS AGAIN NAMED
FOR CONG r E. s s
Unanimous Choice Of Republicans of the First
Vermont District for Another Term-In
Speech Of Acceptance Scores Policies of
Present Democratic Administration.

possess are the common possession Of
! the people. Already he has won their con-
/ ndence by doing in a creditable manner
the work which they believed ought to be
done The power OF the people Is his
very strength.
Need | pronounce the name of this
man?
1t affords me the greatest of personal
| pleasure and no slight measure Of public
| honor to present to this convention for the
| republican nomination for congressman
from the first Vermont district the name
of my honored and distinguished fellow
townsman, the Hon. Frank l.. Greene of
st. Adams.
a, Smith b. Waite of HYDE Park seconded
! the nomination and added that he would
move that the secretary be instructed to
cast one ballot for Mr.. Greene. The mo-
| ton was carried and the ballot was cast.
! Mr.. Green being declared the nominee,
| Mr.. Cushing and MIR. Waite were then
| appointed committee to notify the sue
| ccssful candidate of his nomination and
escort him to the hall The appearance of
/ Mr.. Greene a few minutes later was
marked by noisy demonstration. He
took the platform and made a fitting
| sponse
! CONGRESSMAN GREENE's ACCEPT
ANCE.
Mr.. Greene remarked that he wanted to
say that he thanked the convention for
its action and he felt the sincerity of a
man who feels himself under obligation to
his fellow men with the knowledge that
the members of the convention were pres
cnt at some sacrifice to themselves, hut
with feeling of party spirit and good
( will nevertheless. He said that 1t was
| helpful and encouraging to him at Wash
! ington to know, when he was trying to
! Justify the confidence Of the people at
! homo. that back of him was a big body
Of men who We're giving him the encour-
agemont that comes from good friends.
: MIR. Greene said that he would endeavor
/ to give an accounting to those present of
, his work 1t Washington as he was their
| public servant and they had a right to
! know what his record had been. He asked
| anyone present who SO desired to inquire
of him as to anything he had done while
! in Office and he would answer them as to
why he thought It was best to do as he
had done.
, Congressman Greene said in the course
Of his remarks that the present demo-
cratic administration was cndeavorng to
account for its mistakes by laying every
thing to the European war The revenues
of the country had been on the down.
| ward trend ever since the Underwood tar
if had been In existence and it has been
Pivcn out that to make UP for the def
cheney of depleted revenues caused by
war 800 c0o,000 internal tax had been
proposed This he said, was a shrewd
move on the part of the party in power
to cover its own shortcomings for If the
war had not risen as an excuse, a tax or
a bond issue would have been necessary.
Regarding the currency bill, he stated
that the democrats were so anxious in
their alleged attempts to check the Wall
Street monster they declared they
must have a currency bill on the spot
and one was damned through Congress-
| as hastily as possible. IT has rcposed
nine months on the shelf during the peg
iod of organizing the federal reserve
board and to this day is not a law. Then
| the war came and a hasty amendment
was proposed and passed to give relief
to the currency conditions and the very
amendment that was tackled on was
nothing but the provisions of the repub-
lican currency bill which had been In
thought a change was needed.
Mr. Greene also spoke of the Panama
tolls bill and told an amusing story in
connection Herewith He said that when
the question of voting on the toll eXemp-
ton came and he was among the doubt
ers a man asked him what he was going
to do about It. Mr.. Greene replied to
the man that he had gone before the
had said: Father Ethan, If the Presi-
dent of the United states had been
asked by ENGLAND to give them a piece
of our country and the President of our
country had said that England could
have it. how would you vote" In tell
ing the story Mr. Greene said the statue
got down of its pedestal and chased him
out Of the hall.
Congressman Greene further remarked
that the duty of a young CONGRESSMAN
was not that of man VINO could enter
the Congress with cocksureness and with
the idea that he knew 1t all. The young
congressman who went there with the
Idea that he must IN things first would
lind out that there was plenty for him
to learn. He added that he had his full
opportunity for learning as he was oc-
cupying a rear seat on the minority re-
publican bench and only rose when pray
ers Were announced But he said, it will
not always be so, and the time will I'M
, doubtedlY come when republican ma
jorty viii again be in favor, and, the
! congressman added, he would be among
those who gave out the hymns for the
| democrats to sing. and, If he had his
choice. It would not be a pleasant psalm
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