The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-07-26
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NATIVE SON RULE
Would Have Barred Nearly One Half Of All
The Senators in the 1912 Congress
In his now celebrated attack on Allen M. Fletcher,
candidate for United States SENATOR Ex-Governor
E. C. Smith made the following statement:
believe our high offices Vermont should be kept
Vermonters There not state in the Union that would
tolerate the introduction of outsiders to its high Offices
casual survey of the congressional directory
for 1912 suggests the fact that the statement
CARDS U. S. Senators is perhaps unfounded in fact
The following appears from the official record
Joseph F. Johnson of Alabama born in North Carolna
James P. Clark of Arkansas born in Mississippi;
George c. Perkins of California, born in Maine;
Simon Guggenheim of Colorado, born in Pennsylvania;
Duncan u Fletcher of Florida, born in Georgia;
Hoke Smith of Georgia born in North Carolina;
W. B. Hepburn of Idaho, born in Pennsylvania;
W. E. Borah of Idaho, born in Illinois;
Shelby NJ Culom of Illinois, born in Kentucky;
Albert B. Cummins of Iowa, born in Pennsylvania;
William S. Kenyon of Iowa, born in Ohio; ......
Joseph L. Bristow of Kansas born in Kentucky;
Obadiah Gardner of Maine, born in Michigan;
Knute Nelson of Minnesota, born in Norway;
Moses E. Capp of Minnesota born in Indiana;
William j. Stone of Missouri born in Kentucky;
James A. Reed of Missouri born in Ohio;
Joseph M. Dixon of Montana born in North Carolina;
Henry L. Myers of Montana, born in Missouri;
Norris Brown of Nebraska born in Iowa
Francis G. Newlands of Nevada, born in Missssipp;
Jacob II. Gainger of New Hampshire, born in Onario
Frank O. Briggs of New Jersey born in New Hampshire
James E. MARITIME of New Jersey, born in Planfed;
Porter j. MacCumber of North Dakota born in Illinois,
A. J. Gronna of North Dakota, born in Iowa;
Thomas p Gore of Oklahoma born in Mississippi;
Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma born in Virginia;
Jonathan Burne of Oregon, born in Massachusetts,
George Chamberlain of Portland born in Mississippi;
George 7. Oliver of Pennsylvania, born in Ireland;
George P. Wetmore of Rhode Island, born in England
Robert j. Gamble of South Dakota, born in New York.
Coe Crawford of South Dakota, born in Iowa;
Charles A. Culberson of Texas, born in Alabama;
Joseph W. Bailey of Texas, born in Mississppi
George Sutherland of Utah, born in England;
Miles Poindexter of Washington, born in Tennessee; I
Francis E. Warren of Wyoming, born in Massachusetts,;
Clarence D. Clark of Wyoming born in New York.
This shows that nearly one half of the senators !
were born outside the states which they represent
The list includes men of national force and men, I
tai stature 1t includes the leaders of every senate
with which they have been connected. No one but I
Ex- Governor Smith has raised the point of their
untness because they happened to be born in states
other than those they represented.
WHY DOES GOVERNOR SMITH DESIRE
THE REELECTION OF SENATOR PAGE?
WHY DO THE RAILROADS INSIST ON HIS
RETURN TO WASHINGTON? :
WILL SENATOR PACE ANSWER?
Thousands of people in Vermont desire to know what
has stood for and what he has created in the