Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-11-01
POLITICAL
Proctor and Greene Speak at County
Republican Gathering.


Tuesday afternoon there was held
at Orleans a Republican rally which
in point of numbers and enthusiasm,
reminded the members of the party
of the days when political spirit ran
high, and all the old war horses felt
it incumbent upon them to be present
at any gathering of like nature.
This Orleans county rally was
among the last of the meetings of
a similar nature that have been held
throughout the state, and some 15O
representative men and women re-
sponded to the call of the chairman
T. F. O'Rourke of Derby Line and
Mrs. Alice Rowell of Albany and the
state committee.
A banquet was served at the Or
leans hotel at 1890 o'clock at which
some 125 persons were bountifully fed
the menu being of the finest quality,
and abundance, served by a force
of young ladies who saw that every
one was satisfactorily supplied.
Rather novelty at political gath
ering was the fact that grace was
said by Rev. John Kinball of Glover
Republican representative nominee,
previous to the company being seated
at the tables. However, that is a
good precedent to follow. Another
characteristic of this gathering was
the numbers of women who were
present Many of the prominent la
dies of the county were to be seen at
the tables and in the hall later, and
they seemed to take as much interest
in the proceedings as any of the old
war horses of the party. There was
general interchange of fellowship
IN the hotel previous to the banquet
and the discussions overheard by the
scribe were not always confined to
matters political
At 2:30 o'clock the company ad-
journed to the town hall, which was
filled to repletion. While the people
were gathering the audience were
favored with several selections by the
Orleans band, which rendered selec-
tions between the addresses. This
feature of the occasion was much
enjoyed by the large audience present.
On the platform were gathered rep
resentative men from the various
towns in the county, including among
several others, Col Emery of New
port, "Stod" Bates of Derby, o. W.
Locke of Orleans, T. F. O'Rourke of
Derby Line, Wallace H. Gilpin of
Barton, Mrs. Alice Rowell of Albany,
Cong. Frank Greene and Redfeld
Proctor, candidate for governor.
The meeting was called to order by
T. F. O'Rourke of the state committee,
who introduced Wallace H. Gilpin as
the presiding officer on the occa-
sion. Mr.. Gilpin made a few re-
marks, and introduced the first speak
er, Redfield Proctor. Mr.. Proctor
was received with continuous ap-
plause, and in a very calm and quiet
way proceeded to take his audience
into his confidence. He felt that the
executive and the legisture should get
together on all questions, and urged
all the prospective candidates to
study state questions, not with the
idea of making more laws, but of
seeing all around the circle. He said
if he should be elected he wanted the
legislators to come to him and discuss
their problems, giving their reasons
for any laws or changes in laws they
favored. He briefly discussed the
executive budget, the reduction of de-
partments, the board of control, the
auto tax plan, and called for show
of hands from the audience concern
ing some of these schemes, so as to
get a line on the feeling of the peo-
pie about these matters.
Mrs. Alice RoweQ of Albany, a
member of the state committee, was
then introduced and made rafting
good speech. She was given the
courtesy of a rising audience when
she was presented, and in the most
graceful manner, and with real elo-
quence which brought out applause,
she put her statements over in con-
vincing way. If she is elected to the
legislature from Albany it. is fore
going conclusion that she will be
heard from there.
Of course, the star speaker of the
afternoon was easily Congressman
Frank Greene. He made an illumi-
mating and convincing speech, and
was literally applauded. His witt
cisms got the crowd all the way
through, and his speech was an earn
est appeal to stand by the platform
and principles of the party in the
state. He spoke of the changing
conditions of society in all the world,
and showed how old party lines were
breaking down and there was GER
tain to come a new alignment in
many ways.
Mr.. Greene made strong argu-
ment against the bureaucratic gov
ernment of these days. Paternalism
has done much to unsettle the people
and warned the audience against tax
ing it's government from Washington
instead of telling what kind of gov
ernment it wanted. We must
not allow a class to run this
country, nor take us by the throat
and tell us what we must do. Re-
publicanism is standing by the faith
of the fathers. We must keep our
state government at Montpelier
where We can keep our eyes upon it,
and refuse to be directed by bu-
reau with it's paid propagandists
swarming out from the national
capital.
Thompson Replies to Jenkins Appeal
for Independent Votes.