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tional convention. The candidates
we're General Fremont, a Free-Soiler.
and William l.. Dayton, an old Wing.
and with the rallying cry, Free soil,
free speech, free men, Fremont the
party entered the campaign, and was
defeated. but elected 90 out Of 237
Congressman. But during the next
two years Thousands were added to
its membership, and in 1860 its
candidates, Abraham Lincoln and
Hannibal Hamlin, were elected. The
events Of the war threatened for a
time to split the party. and in 1854
the radical element went Sc far as to
hold a convention at Cleveland and
nominate Fremont and General John
Cochrane of New York. at that time
a popular Irish leader. But taking
temporarily the name Of National
Union Party, the Republicans nomin-
ated and elected Lincoln and Andrew
Johnson, a War Democrat.
l regret that time will not per-
NIT me to follow closely the history
Of the party to the present time.
During Johnson's term and the first
tain " uaasral Grant, who succeeded
him, the party was largely concerned
with dealing with the evils Of recon-
struction and the enfranchisement Of
the negro. This the party did by
coercive legislation and vigorous
executive action which caused a bolt
in the party in 1S7O-1872 with the
formation of the Liberal Republican
Party, but while the loss Of this wing
was serious, the party was not Grip
pied and Grant vas reelected yer
Horace Greeley. who was the candi-
dafo 0f tho Tfhnro1 nnrh1iro nc md
Democrast.
With the second Inauguration. of
Grant, the war issues began rapidly
to disappear, and financial questions
to take their place.
The nomination. in 1884. of
James G. Baline and John A. Logan
was followed Immediately by the re-
volt Of such Republicans as opposed
the political principles and methods
for which Blaine stood, by the forma-'
ton OF the Independent, or Mug
wump," party which resulted in the
Of Grover Cleveland. For
the first time in "a years the Repub-
lican party lost the presidency. and,
though it was regained in 1888 by
the election of Benjamin Harrison
and Levi P. Morton. it vas lost
again in 1892 by the reelection OF
Grover Cleveland. We again assumed
the reins by electing William Nc
Kinley, in 1896, continuing OH
through the administration OF
and Taft until 1912. when
the Roosevelt bolt in 1912, resulted |
in the formation of the Progressive, !
or Bull Moose" party, and the cleo !
ton Of woodrow Wilson. We again |
assumed power in 1920 by the cleo
ton of President Harding, and l am
from the serious plight in |
our country was placed by the
Democratic presidents who have
served since the Organization of the
party. hat none present
at this meeting tonight will ever see
the Democrat party in power again. |
, 1922-08-24
"UN-AMERICAN PROCEDURE"

1t Is difficult for the outsider to
understand on exactly what grounds
Colorado bases its summary election
Of William 2. Foster. labor leader,
and its threat to throw him in Jail IL
he Attempts to return to Denver.
Whatever may be Fosters radical be-
liefs. he is not under Indictment, he
has committed NO overt act, he has
tr~ansgressed in no way against the
laws Of state or nation. D~epriying
any individual Of his constitutional
rights without due process Of law.
merely because Of tenuous and unsup-
ported charges that he may be plan
ming to "incite strife and violence is
a very dangerous and un-American
procedure.-Laramie Republican.
, 1922-08-24

a slave state or as a free state. II
was represented by such men as
Abraham Lincoln. william M. Sew
ard, Horace Greeley. Thaddeus Stew
ems. John Sherman, and others. A
third party va contributed by the
Know-Nothings. This party was or.
ganized in 1852. and became an i'm.
portant factor in American politics.
It assumed the form Of a secret or
g%anization, of whose name, nature
and objects nothing vas told. ever to
Its members. until they had reached
its higher degrees. Their conse
quent declaration that they knew
nothing about 1t gave the society ita
popular name Of "Know-Nothings,'
but 1t assumed the name Of the
American party. Its design was to
oppose the easy naturalization OF
foreigners, and to aid the election OF
native born cltizeus to office. Its
nominations were made by secret
conventions OF delegates from the
various lodges, and its nominees were
to be voted for by all its members.
under penalty of expulsion in case of
refusal. For a time 1t was quite suc-
cessful in state elections. and then
aimed at a greater extension Of It's
usefulness. At first 1t had intended
to ignore the slavery question. but
after a few years of its existence, the
complications arising from the dis
cussion Of this subject affected its
organization, and resulted in its di-
vision. 1t was represented by such
men as Nathaniel P. Banks, Schuyler
Colfax and Henry Winter Davis. A
fourth part came from the Democrats,
under Hannibal Hamlin of Maine.
Simon Cameron of Pennsylvania,
Gideon Wells Of Connecticut. William
Cullen Bryant and Montgomery Blair.
Finally there was a contingent of
Wal Democrats. who Joined it after
secession began. and, in many in
stances, drifted away in the days of
reconstruction. Such men were An
drew Johnson. John A. Dix. John A.
Logan, Daniel E. Sickles, Benjamin
F Butler, and Edwin NJ. Stanton.
The political factions these men
led had little in common. save a
strong determination not to see the
territories. and especially those
north Of the thirty-six-thirty line.
opened to slavery. Everywhere in
were holding conferences
Au otoSo SoAVCuLloAb IL IuIuk
fusion tickets and naming the new
Just when the name Republic
an was applied cannot be determ-
ined. IT was used at a conference in
Ripon. Wisconsin, in March. and by
state conventions in Michigan, Maine,
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa.
Success attended the party from the
start, and at the lections in 1854 it
Is out of 81 states. securing
IL senators and a plurality Of the
House Of Representatives. This was
so encouraging that in December,
the state committees Of Maine,
Massachusetts, New York,
Pennsylvania. Ohio, Michigan, In
diana and Wisconsin issued a call
for a convention at Pittsburg. Feb
ruary %, 1856, where the national
organization of the party was COM
Their nominating convention
declared against the repeal
Of the Missouri Compromise, against
the extension Of slavery into the
free territories. called for the admis-
sion of Kansas as a free state, and
for a railroad to the Pacific. our
Union Pacific railroad being the out
come of that first Republican Ma
, 1922-08-24

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Mrs. Laura Palmer. Mystery booth
Mr. w. O. Thorn and !. C. Richter.
Fancy work booth, Mrs. Garfield
Darling. Canday booth, Agnes
Mackay and Doris Craig Ice
cream booth, Miss Elizabeth Park
err and Mrs. Gotttried. The ladies'
parlor was converted into a tea
room where appetizing food might
be obtained at reasonable prices.
In the evening a pleasing musical
program was given including vocal
solos by Mrs. tit and Mrs. c. F..
EMERSON. The greater part of the
articles on sale were sold a few
being put up at auction in the eve
ming by w. P. Thorn, auctioneer,
The proceeds amounted to 1923,
The girls A. d. B. V. Grub met
Saturday with Mrs. Elsie M. Chat
fec. Nearly all the club were pres
ent. Refreshments of lemonade and
cookies were enjoyed,
Peacham Bano goes to West
Barnet Wednesday to play for a
Grange picnic.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith went to Cab
OF Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs, Ora
Dow to attend Old Home Week.
Mrs. Benjamin Sprague and son
of Lynn are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
J. F. Dubois.
Mrs. Anthony Baldwin and son
have been visiting in West Dan
willie
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Current Business


"HE leading topics of interest
in the past month have been
the crops and the strikes
The crops have come along finely
The wheat crop is fully as large as
last year, the corn crop promises
to be around 3,000,000,000 bushels
and other food and feed crops are
good. The amount of dairy prod
ucts going into storage is larger
than las year. Altogether, the cost
of living so far as foodstuffs are
concerned promises to be on about
the same basis for the coming year
as for the past. The cotton crop,
however, is disappointing and
likely to be short of the worlds
needs. The tendency of clothing
materials is now upward, but man
ufacturing costs are slightly lower
than last year.
The Improvement in industry
has proceeded so far that the
amount Of cntorced unemployment
is scarcely ffaore than in any time
of moderate prosperity, but the
pending strikes have not only
stopped the earnings of the strikers
but are beginning to cause unem-
ployment and losses in. other quar-
tiers. President Harding has been
active in his efforts to settle both
the big strikes without harsh or
unusual measures. He proposed
for the coal industry that the
miners return to work immedi-
atcly at the scale of wages being
paid when the strike began, this
situation to last until public conf
mission, to be appointed by him,
could render a decision upon
wages: the commission later
to make thorough investigation
of the industry, looking to the de-
velopment of permanent policy
for the preservation of peace and
wholesome working conditions.
The miners rejected the proposal
The President has also made a
proposal for the settlement OF the
railroad strike, but a. this writing
the outcome is undetermined.
With thes. strikes in industries
that are vital to the public welfare
out of the way, the outlook is
good for fall business, although it
cannot be said that a complete and
equitable readjustmcnt of wages
and prices has taken place In
dustrial costs, in which fuel and
transportation are leading factors
arc too high for the prices of farm
products and raw materials gen.
orally. and a full measure of pros
perity cannot be realized while this
remains the case.
1t goes without saying that the
two strikes are very grave
menace to the public welfare. The
industries cannot run without coal
and transportation service. Unless
q settlement is reached, industries
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Conditions

everybody goes through the streets
more freely because of them.
What is included in the right to
strike? The right to quit work in
itself is not questioned. The Presi-
dent has said that the Government
will compel no man to work against
his will. But the activities of the
union coal-miners and shopmen go
far beyond the peaceful abandon
ment of their jobs in order to bet
ter themselves elsewhere. Their
actions and language show that
they are engaged in an organized
effort to prevent the public from
having coal or transportation eX-
cept upon the conditions laid down
by them. Combinations of that
kind among any other class of
people are against. the law. Labor
CARNATIONS were excepted for the
purpose of giving them a stronger
position in dealing with employers,
but it never was contemplated that
they would use this power to the
serious injury of the public.
Railroad Labor Act
The statement is made that the
railroad companies have set the ex-
ample of refusing to be bound by
the decisions of the Labor Board.
The facts are that the companies
have taken appeals in certain cases
to the courts, on the legal ground
that the Board had exceeded its
jurisdiction under the law. This is
class of actions frequently brought
against new administrative BODY,
to determine authoritatively the
scope of its powers. The employees
have the same right to bring such
actions OS the companies, and in
neither event is transportation
suspended by such an appeal.
The provisions of the Railroad
Act, which give instructions rela-
tive to the action of the Board in
settling wage disputes are al
follows:
In determining the business and
rcasolableness t such wages and
salaries or worn4ng conditions the
Board shall, so far as applicable,
take into consideration among
other relevant circumstances:
CD The scales of wages paid
for similar kinds of work in other
industries.
GU The relation between wages
and the cost of living.
(3) The hazards OF the employ
ment.
(D The training and skill re-
CURED.
(5) The degree OF responsible
ity.
CO.. The character AMI regular
ity of the employment; and
% Inequalities of increases in
wages or of treatment, the result
of previous wage orders or adjust
mentS.
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Vt. Legion Convention
on Sept. 1916 Here
Continued from Page u

The department commander, Bert
S. Hyland of Rutland will preside
at the meeting.
Preceding the big general meet
ing in the evening will be the get
together assembly at 900 p. m.
Friday when a big "feed" will be
served the boys and every effort
made to harbor and cherish chat
old esprit de corps" that distin-
guished the boys during the World
War. Seven speakers from various
parts of the state of Vermont will
elaborate upon different topics of
vital import to the efficient con-
duct of the American Legion.
Saturday morning, the general
business meeting of the convention
will take place, and all matters
that concern the American Legion
at large throughout the State will
be considered.
The state committee consists of
the following: Chairman, DR.. J. P.
Tierney, Judge Leonard F. Wing
Of Rutland, Jutten A. Longmoore,
of st. Johnsbury, Cecil Burns of
Lyndonvile, and Ralph Howes and
Harold G. Powell, both of St,
Johnsbury.
Mr.. Powell is also chairman of
the local committee and has the
following to aid him in this i'm
portant work committee to confer
with Commercial Club, Dean Nc
Lellan; committee on feed, Capt.
H. A. Wilcox; committee on hous-
ing and accommodation of dele
gates, George Human; committee
of welcome and on decorating,
Paul Gilman and Chester Burns
and H. B. jerks; publicity and
programs, Philip Racette; commit
tee on convention hall, Bernard H.
Daniels, Sam Matson and DR.. R.
H. Burke; committee on music,
Ralph Howes.
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Bv GEORGE E. ROBERTS

will close down, wages will stop
for millions of people, food cannot
be supplied to the cities, public
utilities such as waterworks will
be unable to function and society
will be faced with a calamity even
greater than war, because women
and children will suffer as much
as men.
1t cannot be supposed that the
strikers are indifferent to the suf-
fering thus threatened, and which
affects the families of all classes
alike. They must assume that their
opponents will give way in order
to prevent it, but there is as much
obligation to protect the COM
munity on one side as on the other.
Every individual and group has
responsibility to society but So
ciety ought not to be dependent
upon the grace of any minority.
1t must have the pow0r to protect
itself.
The Common Interest in Order
One OF the first conditions of
civilization is that there shall be
orderly methods of settling differ
ences as they arise between mem
bers of the community, according
to principles based upon equity
and the common interests, instead
of allowing such issues to be
fought out with fists or clubs or
otherwise. The appeal to force
has no place in civilized society cx-
cept as society itself may discipline
its unruly members.
1t is a condition Ct every game
in which rivals contend that there
shall be rules and authority to en-
force them and decide every ques-
ton that arises. Abolish the UNI
pire and the rules, and the game
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| was going past Mommy SIM
minses store with a cent and there
was a box of small size gum drops
in the window saying, Special TO-
day, 5 for a cent.
Ne thinking, O boy. On account
of gum drops being my next fav-
orte candy besides chocklit car
mels, and | went in saying, | wunt
5 gum drops mostly red.
They come all mixed and that's
the way you'll get them, Mommy
Simmins sed. Being more meen
than wat she IS obliging, and she
put the gum drops in a bag and
wen I got outside | counted them
and there was insted of 5, me
thinking, G herray,
And | started to wawk home
eating them, and al lof a suddin
| thawt, Gosh, if she put the exter
one in by axsident it mite be steel
ing if | ate it.
And | kepp on eating them fee
ing sorry | thawt of it, and wen |
was half way home there was ony
) left, me thinking, . we'll, l CESS
| better go back and tell her about
i and then if she says all rite wy
then its all rite.
And | started to go back still
eating them and by the time | got
there ony one was left, being the
exter one, me looking at it and
thinking, o well, watts the use of
steeling, maybe she will say | can
have it anyways jest for bringing
it back so honest. And then |
thawt, Ony maybe she wont. And
| took a little bite out of it just
for luck and went in saying. You
gave me 6 gum drops for a cent
and the sine ony says 5, you can
have the exter one back if you
wunt it, it's all rite ony its got
small lpeece bit out of it.
Wy dident you eat it all up and
then come in and tell me, you mite
as well keep it now, Mommy Sim
Minis sed.
WITCH | did. Proving honesty is
the best policy.
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reunion and picnic of scholars,
teachers and friends of the EwelfS
Hollow school association will take
place at the Pondside. The Peach
am old home day picnic well also
take place there the same day.
Music will be furnished by Peach
am band.
The event of great local interest
the past week VS. the church fair
held on Friday afternoon and eve
ming at the Congregational church
The vestry of the church present
ed a very attractive appearance
with it beautifully decorated
booths. The children's booth was
in charge Of Mrs. Mabel Somers
and Miss Marion Thorn. The
handkerchief booth, Mrs. Gervis
Abbott. Apron booth, Mrs. Guthrie
and Mrs. Ordway. Corner Cupboard
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Aviation Meet
At BrattIebOrO
(Cotniued from Page ~

for the bringing of mail from Bos-
ton and New York by aeroDlane as
a SPECIAL feature u the dedication
of the landing field.
The six entries already made
for the meet are IS follows: H. f..
Stickney, Bellows Falls, Curtis
Plane; Walter f. Cleveland, Gov
entry, Standard j Plane; j.
Carleton Jones Randolph Standard
j Plane; Lieutenant John Wood,
Randolph Standard j Plane; Cur
tbs Aeroplane and Motor Corpora
ton, New York City Curtis Oriole
Army Plane, De Haviland fight
er.
Invitations have been sent to
several other aviators who are eX-
pected to be present.
The Brattleboro Outing Club
hopes that Citizens Of Vermont
will make evey effort to attend this
biggest Aviation Meet ever held in
the state.
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Island Pond Wins
Tennis Matches

The tennis matches played at
Island Pond Saturday by local
wielders of the racquet all termin-
ated in favor of the Island Pond
artists. The rcsults of the singles
were as follows;
Campbell beat Fairbanks Sc,
6-3. Tenney beat Steele So 90.
Wilson beat Shields 81, Cd, jerks
beat Long 81, 6-1..
The results of the doubles were
as follows: Tenney and Wilson
beat Fairbanks and Steele 81,
4-6, 6-3. jerks and Campbell beat
Starr and Shields so, 60.
Stearns and Hobson beat Fuller
and Long 6-1, 6-3.
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WEST LUNENBURG

Clayton Perkins Of East Con-
cord is cutting the hay on the
James King farm.
Miss Elizabeth Carpenter of
Lancaster is the guest of her un-
Gle, w. H. Carpenter.
RAYMOND King has finished work
for w. H. Carpenter and return
ed to his home in iLttleton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Fannier
were in Concord SUNDAY.
Quite a number from this place
attended the dance at Gilman
Friday night.
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Monroe

A large number from here went
to Haverhill, FRIDAY to attend the
Farmers Family Field Dav.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Sears of
Keene are visiting relatives in
town.
Isaac Jacobs of Holyoke, Mass,
is spending a few days with his un-
Gle, Enos Wellington.
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North Ryegate

DIR. and Mrs. l.. B. Morrison and
son Harvey of Brokline, Mass, and
+. and Mrs. Edward Tomlinson of
Schenectady, N. Y, have been Wis
iting their mother, Mrs, G. Morri-
son.
The annual Nolan reunion was
held at Lakeside, West Barnet
Friday An enjoyable part of the
program wa sthe talk by Miss
Grace McLam about her Red Cross
work overseas.
Herbert Gibson and family visit
ed relatives in Fairlee Wednesday
and Thursday of last week.
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An exchange calls attention to
the fact that a male wasp never
9tings, but unfortunately, as far
as the ordinary person is concern
ed he and his sister dress exactly
alike, which makes it a Kipling
case Of the female being worse to
meet than the male.
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BACK TALK

Speaking of his candidacy for
lieutenant governor, the White
River Junction Landmarks best
judgment is the Col. Franklin S.
Billings of Woodstock will make
the type of public servant that
Vermont needs.
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Almon Thorn of Boston who has
been visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. P. Thorn, has gone home.
J. F. Dubois and George Miller
have gone to Boston where the
took a truck load of chickens to
market.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Granger of
Passumpsic have been visiting
Mran Mrs. Harrison Mclaughlin.
Mrs Herbert Blair who has been
away for some time came home
Sunday.
The ball game Saturday between
Peacham town team and Barnet
resulted in a score of 8 to. 7 in
favor of Peacham.
Saturday Aug. 10 the 7th annual
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Devils Food Cake covered with
White Mountain Cream makes an
exceptionally delightful dessert.
For flavoring it, most celebrated
cake makers use BakCr's Vanilla
Extract. advertisement
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A Chicago professor is going to
South America to hunt for fossils.
The Montpelier Argus wonders
why he bothers to go so far from
home.
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W. J. Bryan has had his hair
cut short for the first time in
years. It this TO give room in his
hat for a political bee to buzz
around?
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A Ford car stolen from Mont
pelier the other night was found
later in a cemetery over in Barre.
Eventually, why not now.
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WEDNESDAY,, AUG. 10, 1922
EDITORIALS

The moon is like the gas meter,
not much light on the last quar-
ter.
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Peachar
Old Home Week Celebration in
Full Swing

Old Home week began Sunday
Aug. Is with a very appropriate
sermon by Rev. w. A. Warner and
special music by the choir. In the
evening a sacred concert was Civ
en- which was attended by a large
audience. At the Sunday morning
service Rev. w. ii. Warner was
happily surprised when about for
ty members of his former parish
in Barton motored to Peacham to
attend his service On their return
they stopped at Pondside for a pic
mic dinner.