The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-27
MOODY'S ELECTION
ON SECOND BALLOT
Alternates to Chicago Were Then Elect
ed, Senator Sherman Spoke and Re-
publican State Convention
Adjourned.

election OF delegates and alternates b
the national convention In Chicago closed
its business at the Montpelier city hal
at o'clock yesterday afternoon, having
completed the election of delegates b,
the choice of @. Il. Moody Of Waterbury
over Hugh j. NJ. Jones of Montpelier fol
eighth member of the delegation, having
elected list of aiternates and having
listened to ". S. Senator Lawrence Y
Sherman of Chicago. The election oi
Moody was accomplished on the second
ballot when total vote of 44l was cast
of which George O. Gridley of Windsor
had 30, Jones had l72 and Moody had
800.
As finally constituted, therefore, the
Vermont delegation viii be made up as
follows: Theodore n. Vail of Lyndon,
Edmund r. Morse of Proctor, George II.
Prouty of Newport, Fred n. Babbitt of
bellows Falls, Collins M. Graves of Ben
lnington. Guy w. Bailey of Essex, John
r.. Cushing Of st. Albans and George r.
| Moody OF Waterbury; alternates, Alex
snder Dunnett Of st. Johnsbury, Millard
r. Barnes Of Vergennes, Henry G.. Brown
of Ludlow, Miles b. Sawyer Of Rutland,
Il. A. Davis of Bethel. Henry B. Shaw Of
Burlington, +. c. Archibald of Manches-
ter and Smith B. Waite of Hyde Park.
In opening his speech Senator Sherman
congratulated the Republicans of Yer
mont on their united and active forces
working sensibly toward the November
goal" and he declared that Vermont was
fortunate in her present representation
in Congress. He also said that II Senator
n. =. - -. : Iii
be "fitting recognition of faithful serv-
ice, of a steady performance of duty and
of untiring presence in the committee
and Senate chamber
Senator Sherman then launched into
an attack on the Democratic party, say
ing in part:
"The Democratic party Is now well into
the fourth year of its term. IL began
with many promises. II will end with
little performance. 1t elected it's presi-
dent on the 1912 Baltimore platform. The
country will defeat him on any platform
because he has kept none Of its pledges |
and If he had it would only have empha-
sized the utter incompetence of his party |
either to write platforms or. To govern
the country. The proper criticism is that
the Baltimore pledges were used to get |
votes and afterwards abandoned and ig- |
nored. II savors Of obtaining political
property on false pretenses.
"The Democratic promises Of 1912 for
tariff reform have accomplished nothing
except to demonstrate their folly. Under
the revision of October, 1918. neither the
rich have grown poorer nor the poor rich
er. Neither the American farmer nor
the laboring man have been benefited.
The wage Garner has felt the increased
cost of every staple necessary of life. 1t
has far exceeded any increase in wages.
Our export trade receives no permanent
benefit and our home markets are open
by increased imports to the competition
Of the world. The Democratic tariff act ,
contains the elements of disaster. The
external protection OF the European war
has delayed it's natural effect Credit is
claimed for vast export trade. The
activity of certain manufacturers and !
the absorption OF idle labor everywhere
In evidence in 1913 and 1914 are the nat {
ural result of war orders in a colossal !
sum.
Contra band munitions of war. as well
rs non-contra band during peace periods t
md war periods, are the test. The nor {
nal condition Of mankind is the perma J
lent level from which to calculate the re- r
'ults Of economic forces. From July /, u
1913, to Feb, /, 1914, we exported 1885, o
i2s, 900 of 80 forms of merchandise di-
ectly used in or relating TO war. For
he like seven months we exported OF the
anne 32 articles in 1915 SI.242, ,4l2000.
This is an increase of ss46, $4,000 of the
var period of 1915 1916 over the peace
,eriod of l913-l9l4. This abnormal in
rease in exports cannot be sustained in
eace. =
For the like seven months ending Jan .
/, 1912, our total imports were S9l2,-
99.6l6. For like seven months ending
an. 81. 1915, our total imports we're ?
/ ,097 las, ,99l An increase OF Sls5000,- u
90 in imports in seven months war !,
eriod as compared with a peace period. =
his increase in imports is not acciden- =
al IL is the certain result of certain u
auses. We would not expect an in
-ease in war when the principal nations !, !,
xporting to us from Europe are occu-
led in great military undertakings. The -
lcrease in exports calls for our surplus u
tr1ceable to war uses The "a
lcTeased imports are the result of free -
sting 20 per cent of all merchandise ia
,ming through the customs houses into = =
If market This increase in imports IT
i'll rise steadily until peace is declared, d,
hen IL will swell into a flood TO over u
helm our markets, our employers, wage ga
lrners and producers. u
Against this unwise policy the Re y,
Ibliean party sets up a protective tar W
Z IL frankly avows its purpose is to az az
We the American market 20 the Amer . IN
an producer. 10 the employer and the " :,
nploye, to the man who meets the paw On
lis and the man carried on the psyrolls
stained by an American scale Of wages m lii'
ID an American standard Of living. The m m,la
st Of this living has not been reduced "a,
: the Democratic free trade tariff act. W
ven before the war came. statistics Ni'
thered from the department Of labor re- re-
owed steady rise in the staples of ~ ~
e. The Republicans therefore appeal IN
the country to condemn the Demo an
attic tariff revision Of Oct 3. 1918" PR
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