The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-01
CLEMENT OR MAYO?
HoIister Urges Republicans TO Show
Their independence.

Their independence.
Editor Of the Banner desire
through the columns OF your paper to
touch upon a few issues of the pres
ent campaign.
We are urged to vote for Clement
because he is the republican candi-
date. What is his record? In 1902 he
was defeated in convention and then
bolted and ran as an Independent In
1906 he ran again as an independent
and was also nominated by the demo
Gratis. In each of these years the re.
puhlicans defeated him Now, under
a new primary law, with an expendi
ture of $4,000. with a Statewide
campaign In the papers that this was
the old local-option fight over again,
with an appeal TO his former support
ers to vote for him again, and by the
aid of democratic votes, he secures
the republican nomination The dem
ocrats have really nominated two can
didates for governor this year; Mayo
on their own ticket, and Clement on
republican ticket. We are to choose
between them next Tuesday. When
there is a choice between a thorough
bred and a hybrid, ! shall select the
thoroughbred every time. Although
have always voted for a republican
governor, | prefer the thoroughbred
Mayo, who has a clean record and has
The welfare of Vermont always at
heart, to the republican discard whom
have fought in two previous cam.
Daigns, and had the happiness Of help
ing to defeat with my vote.
We are told in the little campaign
book Just sent out by the Republican
State Committee, that we should vote
for Clement in order to carry out the
ten great principles that the candi.
dates have selected for their platform.
This is a pleasant bit of camouHage.
There isn't one of those principles Of
any Importance that any man OF any
party would think of opposing, much
less Mayo, whose legislative record is
in harmony with them all.
The little book makes no mention
OF the great question that Vermont is
to vote on this winter-national pro
hibition. This is the most important
question to come before the next leg
islature. Nermont's voice is as pow.
erful in this question as that of the
largest State in the Union How
shall she speak? Shall she proudly
take her stand among the 36 and say
that this great evil shall be stamped
out of our fair country. or is she go
ing to drag her colors in the mire and
take the place that every liquor iourn.
al in the country has assigned to her,
a supporter of booze?
Why did Clement come into this
campaign? On his own statement he
came into it because Darling and
lf0we both favored national prohibi-
tlon and he wanted Vermont 10 vote
against IT, His supporters now say
that the legislature decides that ques.
tion and the governor has no voice in
the matter Another bit OF camou-
ilage. A governor appoints many men
to office, a governor signs or vetocs
all bills that legislature passes Can
governor who enters campaign for
the purpose of killing prohibition
have no influence over representative
es and senator's when the question
comes up in the legislature?
Republicans of Vermont Many OF
you have fought for prohibition for
years, YOU have nominated men ior
the senate and house who win vote
for the amendment Are YOU going
to vote for man for governor who
will use every means in his power Il
make your representatives change
their minds and misrepresont YOU?
cannot conceive how a man that
wants national prohibition can vote
for Clement
The bullfrog will swallow a piece oI
red flannel every time It Is held up IN
front of him Clement is held up IN
as with the republican tag and wo ar'
urged to take HIM hook aud all, be-
cause he is labelled republican
Isn't &c time for US to show our in
dependence by voting for Mayo who
is right on all State issues and Il