Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1922-10-27
Greene, Fleetwood, Proctor,
Piddock Speak at Addison
Wednesday Evening
PREDICT FLEETWOOD
WILL BE ELECTED
Necessity for Organizing
Men and Women Voters
Emphasized by Speakers

Declaring that here in Vermont Re
publicans should take an interest in
politics and "set their own house in
| order Congressman Frank L. Greene
urged the Republicans of the County
express their Confidence in the party,
at a meeting of County candidates for
office and town and county committees
held in the Addison house Wednesday
night
The meeting was called by Mrs. L.
{, Russell and Millard + Barnes of
the State Republican committee and
took the form OF an informal confer
ence, in which problems were discussed
and pleas made to organize and get
out the Republican vote on November
T.
Supper was served at the Addison at
Z O'Clock to about 70, including
County candidates for the legislature.
members of the County and town
committees and invited guests Music
wa, furnished by the College orchestra.
Mr. Greene, who is the Republican
candidate for United States Senator.
spoke at some length, outlining briefly
the history Of political parties in this
country and how they were aligned on
great questions of the day He stated
that the old order of things had q
passed that a new alignment of par
ties was coming and that the Repub-
lican party was the party qualified by
examples Of patriotism and staunch-
ness in the past, to lead in this new
alignment. The Congressman, warned
of the dangers of class legislation and
spoke of the fast growing publicity
bureaus that have sprung up in Wash
ington and that were gradually en-
circlng the Capitol, pressing their
special and selfish interest without re-
gard to the whole welfare of this great
country, just so long as they get legis-
lation through that meets their ends
He reiterated his stand against too
strongly centralized government and
in favor of state rights and said that
the purpose of our fathers in estab-
fishing a representative government OF
this kind was to work the government
up to Washington and not for the gov
ernment at Washington to reach out
and cover its people like a blanket
In touching on the present cam
paign for Congressman in the First
District and the issue that is being
raised by the Democratic nominee, Mr..
Kennedy, Mr.. Greene stated that the
people should remember that the Vol
stead act is not the prohibition law,
but merely the machinery by which
the principle OF prohibition, or the law
is carried out.
"The Eighteenth amendment is the
real prohibition law" declared the
Congressman, just remember that
1t is part of the organic law of the
land and you violate the spirit OF the
law if you tamper with the law of en-
forcement." He stated that he op-
posed the amendment because he
thought purely statutory laws had
no place in the constitution, which is
a statement of principles. However,
he stated that as long as the Eight
eenth amendment was part of the
organic law the only way to do was to
provide for its enforcement, and not
to violate the spirit or nullify it.
Mr.. Greene expressed confidence in
the Republicans of Vermont and pre-
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