The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-08-13
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one tree which stood near the spot
in 1910 remains, and that is a dead
tamarack. A log cabin about 100 feet
long was erected on the grounds for
the convention. Mr.. Howe exhibited
a square campaign pin of the 1910
campaign, owned by Fred Davis, the
West Dover store keeper. Upon it
in miniature were a log cabin, cider
barrel flag and American eagle
Mr.. Howe spoke of the leading Yer
monters in 1910 Silas Jennison was
the first Whig governor, the 18th gov.
ernor of the state and the first native
born governor The senators were
Samuel Prentiss of Montpelier and
Samuel S. Phelps of Middlebury, both
Wings. Windham and Bennington
counties were then in one Congress
slonal district and there were five
congressman, IIiland Hall of Ben
nington, Horace Everett of Windsor.
William Slade OF Middlebury, Isaac
Fletcher Of Lyndon and John Smith
OF St Adams. The democratic caudil
date for governor that year was Pahl
Dillingham;, father of Vermont's sen,
Tor senator, William p Dillingham;.
Among other things which Mr.
Howe said and which brought forth
applause was the following:
Il do not seriously regret that so
many thousands of the children of
Vermont have gone out to make their
homes in other states. The record
they have made there is so good. the
opportunities they have found have
been so varied ne achievements thev
nave accomplished have been so won
derful that they have carried the
name and fame Of Vermont all over
this fair country. We, as the stock.
holders in the parent company. have
reason to be proud of the showing
made.
III is true that emigration has de-
pleted our back towns of their people
The town of Stratton in 1860 had n
population of S6G. Today it has less
than l00 and Stratton has Jared bet
ter than some. Windham county in
1910 had a population of only few
hundred more than it had in 1910
100 years ago.
"Bnt we do not count greatness in
mere numbers. Leave that for the
giant cities, for China and India. In
measuring the strength andn stand.
ard of the state it is quality that
| counts and with that in mind there
is no state in th union that surpas
ses ours. In war Vermont has firm.
lshed its full quota of soldiers and
more. In peace more Vermont nomas
nave been written on the scrool of
iame In proportion to the population
OF The state than any other state has
put there, We often think we are
poor. but the per capita wealth of Ver
mon today probably exceeds that of
any other rural state.
The greatest need of Vermont at
the present time is to re-people its
rural towns. In 1910 and for 80 wears
following the back towns of Vermont
raised and supported a large and pros
porous population. Every hillside
farm was tiled and produced good
crops. Every village and hamlet had
Its successful and profitable Industry
winch Finished employment for the
surplus of labor from the farms. If
was an ideal condition and one under
winch nation wakes great and
strong.
Those of us who can remember
tack 20 years to the free silver cam.
naign of 1896 remember the oceans of
hiscnssion of the question of main
me parity between silver and gold A
question of a thousand times great.
or Importance TO Vermont and the
United States is the need of main.
tanning the parity between country
and city"
1T is the county, that produces the
largest proportion of men of charac-
ter and women of inspiration. That
is why boys of country blood and
breeding rise more often to the high
er places. That is why the country
girls make the best wives and moth
ers. That is why the country is es-
sential to the combined strength and
vitality of every nation.
Vermont with it's wonderful extent
OF rural towns--of country like that
| III wide panorama before us today
| IS as rich in resource as any state in
the union. But we must remember
that wealth to he fruitful must be
utilized We are not patriotic when
i we sit down in comfort TO eniov our
own possessions and give no thought
of the problems Of our town and our
state; we are not patriotic when we
| refuse to bear burden that we hon
! estly should bear just because it NAV
| cost us few more dollars I'm taxes.
we are not patriotic when we allow
evil to wax strong and vice to flour
| ish because we have not the moral
courage to do our duty; we are not
patriotic when we elect men to public
office who are not unselfshly devoted
TO the public welfare, and who will
not sacrifice their own private ad.
vantage to do good TO their fellow
men"
Following Mr.. Howe, Representa-.
| i've Marshall ]. I1apgood of Peru
spoke very briefly. expressing the sen