St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-10-21
Over Worked Lies.

On the other hand, the real work
of destruction has been that essayed
by the class of senators, with whom
Senator Dillingham; has been closely
aligned, who have opposed such con-
structive measures, and by their OBJ
structive and reactionary attitude
brought ruin to the republican party,
which they now claim the right to
repair.-Enosburg Standard.
The above clipping is but one of
the lies that are being overworked in
the present senatorial campaign. viii
the Standard or anybody else point
out any constructive measures that
Sen. Dillingham; has opposed by an
obstructive and reactionary attitude?
A large proportion of the measures
the Prouty enthusiasts have alleged
Sen. Dillingham; opposed he actually
supported and voted for.
The statement that he opposed
the eight hour law for government
employees is a falsehood. He has
uniformly favored that law but has
opposed a government boycott of
goods made by firms working more
than eight hours a day. Equally
false is the statement he opposed a
tariff board, he actually spoke in
favor of it. Another false statement
is that Sen. Dillingham; has opposed
woman suffrage. He has opposed
any constitutional change that would
make states not in favor of woman
suffrage adopt it. This must be ac-
knowledged a fair position. Nine
states now have woman suffrage and
they would not like to have a con-
stitutional amendment passed that
would compel them to abandon wo-
man suffrage. 1t is no more fair to
claim that these nine states should
say what the suffrage qualifications
of all the other states should be.
The most villainous act of the
Prouty camp is the publication of alb
stracts from Congressman Macon's
remarks in the House several years
ago in which he charged the immi-
grafton commission, of which Sen.
Dillingham; was chairman, with a
riotous junket in Europe and no ac-
complishment of work. OF course
the quotation is correct so far as this
mans remarks were concerned. But
it leaves the impression that this is
a truthful statement against Sen.
Dillingham;. 1t does not go on and
publish the addresses of the next day
in the house when this man admitted
that all he knew about the matter
was what perfect stranger told him
in the bar room of Washington ho-
tel, that Congress repudiated the
whole statement of this congressman,
who had no standing among decent
men, gave the commission what it
one of the greatest pieces of scien-
titic investigation ever done by the
American congress. If Charles A.
Prouty has any regards for decent
politics he will publicly denounce
that statement and apologize to Sen.
w. p. Dillingham; for its appearance
in the campaign literature. If he
fails to do this he will stand as a will
full misrepresentation and the pro-
moter of falsehoods against a politi-
cal rival. We cannot believe Mr..
Prouty will allow such a malicious
charge to remain uncontradicted.
The Burlington Free Press at
tempts to poison the minds of the
voters against Sen. Dillingham; be-
cause certain men who have been en-
ployed as counsel to defend corpora
tions favor his reelection and claims
the interests are backing him.
force against Charles A. Prouty be-
cause he has been employed as attor-
ney by some of the strongest rail-
road organizations of this state in
the past while Sen. Dillingham; has
never been retained or engaged in
the defence of a railroad in his life
In fact Mr.. Prouty is supported to-
day by the head of the Grand Trunk
system in Vermont, a railroad inter
est that seeks the overthrow of it's
rival. the Boston and Maine system
1t must be admitted this is stronger
indication of the interests" working
for Mr.. Prouty than can be discover
ed against Sen. Dillingham;.
The fight to defeat Sen. Dillingham;
has degenerated into a campaign of
falsehood and falsehood always out
foots the truth. For this reason Mr..