The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-09-13
country for only one language and

country for only one language and
room for devotion to but one flag.
Il am in favor of large citizen
army and am opposed to a big stand
ing amy. If one thild Of those brave
lads sleeping in the fields OF Flanders
could rise up and talk they would
say that they were not killed by Hun
bullets but those of their comrades
and all because Of lack of training.
"lf you could take the lads from
the hills and the country homes and
train them there would be no nation
in the world that could drag the Am
erican fihg in the dust
Speaking on the liquor question,
Captain Gibson said:
Il am against traffic in rum and |
am against the saloon. But regard
ing the 18th amendment, when there
is an act too drastic and not su2-
ccptible to enforcement generally it
cithel must be amended or it will be
violated and with thS violations in
creasing every year eventually the
whole thing would be tipped over.
Captain Gibson said the 18th
amendment Grants to one class Of
people what it forbids to others. He
said that it would allow a farmer up
in the hills TO make cider with alco-
holic content over one half of one per
cent but that person in s.. Johns
bury was prohibited from having
Dandclion wine or the like in their
possession. He said he would have
the physicians have the right to get
liquor for their patients.
In closing the former soldier de
clarcd that he believed his record
would bear as close scrutiny as the
record of any other man.
Each man took ten minutes for re-
buttal and most of the time of each
candidate was spent in denying accu-
aations made against them by the
Other.
In replying to Mr.. GorIon's state
mcnt that Barre had never had a
state officer, Mr.. Dale said that city
might have had one had Gordon been
running on the Republican ticket
whom he was running on the Demo-
cratic ticket. This drew hearty
LAUGH from the crowd.
Nj. Gordon declared he voted for
Cleveland on the Democratic ticket
but that since 1876 he had voted the
Republican ticket.
A hccklcr, who proved to be Viii
liam J. Kelley. of New York City,
asked Mr.. Gordon the difference be-
tween a Republican and Democrat
and the speaker answered by the tell
ing the story of the Englishman and
the American who entered drawing
room. One acted as if he owned it
while the other appeared as though
he didn't give damn who owned
it, This didn't seem, however, to
satisfy the interrogation.
The heckler, Mr. Kelley, landed on
Dale hard at the close Of the three
rebuttalS and told the Congressman
he took advantage Of the absence Of
the boys overseas and helped to make
the country dry He said Mr.. Dale
hadn't done anything to help reduce
The High Cost Of Living.
While waiting for the gubcrnator-
ial candidates to come over from the
Colonial Theatre, the band favored
with selection and the Male Quar-
tet sane the SONG "The Shin of State
Goes Driftino Along" The song
made decided hit and was well rem
dercd
Hccller Kelley was then invited to
make a short speech until the can
didatcs arrived and he complied He
knocked the trusts ,deplored the aw-
full housing situation TIN oughout the
country and decricd the "highway
robbery that is DING on. In his
talk, however, Mr.. Kelley failed to Of
fer any solution for all Of the serious
problems facing the American peo-
pie OF which he spoke about.
The gubcrnatorial rally did not
prove as spic. as the the congression-
al rally, PROBABLY because the condi-
dates were tired from their work in
thc other building.
The candidate spoke along the
same line as the have in previous
addresses tlthough perhaps Candi-
date Rabbit had less real stuff to
hand out than usual. He spent most
Of his time in attacks on COL Emery.