News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-05-29
The Candidates and an Issue.


Under the lead of the men who
have usurped control of state affairs,
the expenses of the state have been
increasing year by year, until for the
year ending with June 30, next, the
state treasurer estimates that they
will have reached the enormous fig
ures of 1865, 666.92, or more than
double what the yearly expenses were
before the rebellion, when there was a
session every year. What guaranty
has Col. u. A. Woodbury., one of the
active candidates for the republican
gubernatorial nomination, to offer
that, if he is elected governor, there
will be any curtailing of these ex-
penses? Let us see.
He is, and for the past two years
has been, the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of
the state. In his official capacity he
presided over the senate at the ses-
sion of 1888, and if he did not use
his influence, he yielded a tacit con-
sent to the vast expenditures voted
by that Legislature, which was con-
fessedly the most recklessly eXtrava-
CANT body that has ever assembled
at the capitol. Not only did he not
raise his voice in opposition to the
appropriations, but he even allowed
himself to be made a member of a
iunketing commission at a salary of
five dollars per day and expenses, a
commission that proved a very costly
one; its members travelled in palace
cars to various parts of New Eng
land, and, when they had ended their
iunket, knew as little about the mat
tiers for which they were appointed
as they did before they started and
had to rely on an architect, who
could have been employed before all
this expense had been incurred.
Again, does he make any profession
that he will attempt to alleviate the
condition of the people by curtailing
expenses and, so far as is in his pow
er, insisting on the most rigid econ
omy? We have failed to see any
statement from him or his friends to
that effect; and furthermore, we feel
assured that he dare not make such
an avowal; for if he did the interest
of a large part of his army of heelers
would Immediately flag, and he would
be in the cOnsOmme so early that he
could not see out by June 10.
On the other hand, what is the po-
sition of his chief antagonist in the
republican party, Hon. Carroll S.
Page, of Hyde Park
His record as a manager of state
finances will bear inspection; even
his most vituperative and windy OPP
pOnent, the Free during the cam
paign) Press, does not attempt to
pick flaws in it. As inspector of fl
nance he won the highest encOmiums
of the people for his watchful care to
prevent the banks from getting in
dangerous places because tempted by
large rates of interest. He followed
the law, and was infeXible in insist
ing that it's provisions be adhered to,
and that if there was any departure
from its strict letter, it should be on
the side of conservatism. Hemade a
study of state finances, and so thor
oughly did he become conversant
with the subject, that one of the
ablest lawyers in Chittenden county,
who had written a studied opinion in
opposition to some of his rulings.
was, after an interview, forced to ac-
knowledge that Mr.. Page had con-
WINGED him that he was master of the
subject of state finance. This is I'M
testimony as to his ca
pabilities as IA tinancier, and, in addi-
ton to this public record, his private
career has been marked by the most
careful and economical management
of his affairs. Further, in every of
fetal position that Carroll S. Page
has held, representative, senator, in
spectOr of finance, and chairman of
the republican state committee, his
ideas of rigid economy have ever been
manifest, and he has never hesitated
to use his voice and his influence to
further those views.
Finally, Carroll S. Page is not |
bound by any clique or ring, and |
wears no ring in his nose that will |
prevent him from standing up
against any such jobs as
were rushed through the legislature
of 1888, with the consent at least. if |
not by the advice, of Lieut.. Gov. U. |
A. Woodbury.. He has the manliness
to openly declare his determination,
if elected governor, to use every pre-
rogative of his office to reduce the
state expenses, and in this way re-
lieve the people who are now groan-
ing under the enormous tax made
necessary by the extravaganza of
such men as L. A. Woodbury., Mill
tArX Historian Renndict and thni1. |