Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-08-04
BIG EMERY RALLY
Five Counties Represented at Signi-
ficant Gathering in Newport.

ficant Gathering in Newport.
The Orleans County Emery Club
held rousing meeting in School hall.
Newport, Tuesday of last week.
This meeting was called by M. M.
Taplin, chairman and D. N. Dwinell.
secretary of the club and Tuesdays
session was presided over by these
enthusiastic Emery workers.
Chairman Taplin in calling the
meeting to order gave cordial well
come to all and outlined the purpose
of the meeting which was to get the
views of those present on the best
way to carry out the campaign and
settle upon definite plan.
Sheriff Tracy of Montpelier was
first speaker. He gave a review of
the campaign up to date with what
the other candidates were doing and
what he thought would be best for
the club to do. Mr.. Tracy paid
tribute to Col. Emery and said Orange
county greatly loved and respected
him. He said our candidate did not
have money and if he was nominated
for governor "you and / will have to
put him in" Sheriff Tracy believed
| the best way to conduct the campaign
was to select four men in each county
| to get in personal touch with the peo-
pie.
: Hon. Hale K. Darling of Chelsea
| was the next speaker. He said he
came from Chelsea, the former home
! of their candidate and had probably
known him the longest of any person
in the hall. Mr.. Darling said ''it
seems good to me to see the meeting
start off with so much enthusiasm"
1T is gratifying to US, but not at all
surprising, that you people of New
port and Orleans county feel so proud
of him." Mr.. Darling referred to
the platform of the various candi-
dates, several of which reminded him
of the New York Sun review of the
platform of a presidential candidate,
which it said was BROAD as the
American continent, as elastic as in
dia rubber and as sweet as honey"
He said Col. Emery's platform was
"clean and straight" and if elected h
would carry it out, ''fearlessly, faith
fully, honestly and patriotically."
Hon. H. B. Amey of Island Pond
gave an enthusing talk. Mr.. Amey
said he came here to attend this meet
ing for s'I am so intensely interested
in your candidate for governor
"Other candidates." said Mr.. Amey,
"are trying to force themselves into
Office by the expenditure of money,
and 1 am glad to work for the nom
ination of Col. Emery for governor y
"We must get out with Emery but
tons, Emery pamphlets and talk with
Emery's fight is my own, and we
have got to see everybody" Mr.
Amey closed by making a strong ap
peal to the workers to get everybod.
: out to the primaries.
' ]. S. Sweeney of Island Pond wa
called upon and gave a helpful talk
He said he was glad of the privileg'
of being present at the meeting ant
helping in the work for Col. Emery
''We love him as a man and we can ge
him nominated and elected" EW'
5 have got to go into the field and se'
the people. Every town should be can
vassed." ''See the boys, get them in
, terested." Mr.. Sweeney's belief wa
in personal touch with the voters.
c. r. Powell of Island Pond, state
4 attorney for Essex county, Responded
d to the call of the chairman and eff
fectively gave his views on the cam
p paign. Mr.. Powell was not enthusi
, astic over campaign buttons, but wa
| strong on the personal touch wit
voters. He said, "we would like t
have Col. Emery come over into Esse-
: county" He did not agree with Co
Emery on all points but there wa
zone thing / like about him, h
stands somewhere for something" H
e spoke highly of the little booklet Nh
Z Emery was sending out. He hew
g straight to the ine," said Mr.. Powel
/. '.and / am proud to use my efforts {
II assist in the nomination of Col. En-
! cry"
> Mr.. Smith of Montpelier spok
earnestly and said, '1 am going t
II stick to Col. Emery. Hustle and worl
II Get busy. / am willing to help"
Mr.. Farnham of Montpelier whe
called upon, said he was not a speec
: maker, he came over to bring tn
ID ssgreater lights of Montpelier to max
a speech" 'They raise lot of goo
l. men," the speaker said, "where the
II had raisd as good men as Col. En-
cry" "I am with him and viii sta
II with him."
!; Mr.. Lance of Mortified gave
e. strong plea for getting in persona
touch with the voters and tell thel
? his talk with the timely query, "Whs
N viii you do to help?"
Ex-Gov. Grout gave a stirrin
S. talk on the campaign, the candidate
l. and platforms. Gov. Grout sal
S. "Col. Emery will be elected becausef
stands for something" "You ca
trust the common people" "Con
:, pare the platforms Rabbits
= tweedle dee, tweedle dunn Agan's
~ full of audacity and defiance, Har
= ness is all vapor." He closed with
n strong appeal to get the voters out
s, the primaries.
u Col Emery was called for, and 8
r he entered the hall was greeted wit
re continuous applause. Col. Emer
l. said, ssI cannot express how much
D. appreciate your assembling here b
r day, for I know what it means
some of you" eff / am defeated
Col. Emery said, "I shall be confer
if / have driven one single nail IN
the casket of money in politics." CO
r Emery said he stood and should woi