Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-10-10


a law by which all pupils in our public schools
shall be supplied with the required textbooks
at the public expense
He bases his argument in favor of such
recommendation upon the broad proposition
that the education of the masses is absolutely
essential to the safety of the state and the
United States that it is, indeed, public ne
cessity and that the state, in recognition of
this principle, has established a system which
is compulsory in almost every feature and in
which little that is optional can be found and
he claims that the spirit the constitution as
well as its letter, requires that, inasmuch as
society is protected i'll it's enjoyment of life,
liberty and property in a thousand fold greater
degree by education than through its iiils and
PRISONS every member is bound to contribute
his proportion toward the expense of that pro-
lection, and that until taxation for the support
OF those schools in which are taught the re-
CURED English branches is substantially equal
lied among the towns and among the districts
the state has subjected a portion of its citi-
Zens, and those least able to bear it. to unjust
hardship. lime will not permit me to review
his argument. Its material is drawn from
every source, his facts are clearly stated, and
to my mind, his logic is unanswerable. A more
valuable report has seldom, if ever, been pre-
sented TO Vermont Legislature, and bespeak
for it the consideration it so richly deserves.
THE LIQUOR QUESTION.
In my first message to the general assembly
L called attention to the fact, as it seemed to
me to exist, that there had been a gradual
strengthening OF public sentiment in favor of
the enforcement of the statutes relating to the
traffic in intoxicating liquors. and that in To-
calities wheiS i'll the past few convictions could
he procured the law then found ready support
ers and was easily enforced; and that the chief
difficulty encountered by the prosecuting offi-
GERS was found IN the more populous communi-
ties. In this respect | have had no reason to
change my opinion, and extended observation
has convinced me that the proper enforcement
OF the law i'll the central localities would result
Ill its perfect enforcement in every town in the
state. 1t stands to reason that if men engaged
in the traffic in such communities are seen to
be successful, not only in evading the provi-
sions of the law. but in accommodating hand
some properties, weaker men in smaller places
will be stimulated and encouraged to make a
like effort though upon a smaller scale. If,
on the other hand. the business is attacked and
driven out of its strongholds it will be aban-
doned in its more exposed positions.
Much OF the opprobrium that has been east
upon the law has been the result of failure in
a limited number of the larger places to have
1t lmpartially and vigorously enforced. The
men there engaged in the traffic differ from
those in the smaller places i'll that they make
1t their chief and only business They are
men who calloused to all sense of RIGHT
and wrong; they enter into a criminal occupa-
ton with deliberation. they pursue it persist
80 - "OP' iio iit'9' desperate meas
to avoid the operation of the law, they do not
hesitate TO commit perjury and often suborn
- .i l." we Wy ene' .neif crime Is OF that
80 .i - M ~ J"Suhca'io,i' nor mas IL
% ',ie eNcuse 81 hot anger or other eVll pas
fences are often followed by long terms in the
state prison. 1t seems to me that in the past
these men have been dealt with too eniently.
od t by ',e ,,i'ahls power ana me courts
tnI ,f ~ ~ 80 "so pe"e',1h winch iney
H. ,tta,s, anu esery Avenue througn which
an,;nad a',dP 1850, '"o"io DE carefully eN-
- =; ~ Por'
,,;,t "a Is mna''er Vi io.otle,y ana one viewed
,,at t ANY, siia,l'e Ny an .noughtlul citlzehs
Ill a -, ..iii =, w i oo"i's' men VINO are
inv, n,amn,'tI l., 'aese o'S'.s commit per
;bat +LaI, Xix, 81 ',lueh as .llougnt
- ;t:1:. $50 u 4" 'iiiie' or 'i'' 'heie -
49, n ;,l''' iies may ne prosecuted
onnoI,s;, ANY ~ Wv 10 Pa'Jnt 10 an ana !he
% oais npl DC 'Noluea 'hat convection
na';nr, - .me mii'e .1 De prosecuted Tor
~ -; III r t.l' .ia. 'ie reason why
as - ,:''s oEen PeI,hl'teu 10 assume such
iies ~ t;le l'o. 'hat no statn
Wy 'n.ioi ny mas oeen sNer 10 our courts 10
nd =; ',;e eSt Vi such an oiiehuer'
~ ." ma ''oi' vi 1e part vi 'he prose-
"us S .La ~ pLoceeu AGAINST nun on ac-
;n'' nv VI nd;o,,,t 'ney encounter III ram
i'ls an 'nu.c'i;i ior perjury which' at the
u runoaso law Is 'aooiiouS ana paihstakmg
prT9TTtess: .e,.,. =.
loads ~ es y, ,llis eVli reedled
,o;d Inc ~ eie enactment OF statute
49,, n 'n.o m:en witness or party legally
~ "nu s @ Ut n;ahg ah aihdaVit,
III any .o"ra VI record tes,lres III sucn man
h 90 10 ans reaSoliaple presumption that
ne 10 suiitS Vi PtrJnry, the court snail nave
pu.et ~ In, oruer nm committed
v, w mo "'n sureties lor MS
P mi " ais"Sr W we GharSe OF perjury,
any sl,iI,i oI ;.e u'y oi 'ne state attorney
20 iiia,l.u.e the prosecution there
nI H. 'salns. ,i,ni anu 10 alu .he same END 1
"iso ie slf lne auoPuoh Dy law OF
s'npig iorlli Oh complaint or Indictment Tor use
~ .uen e.'se as ii',s oyel uohe III some OF our
sisaer STATES nus lacili1alng ine work OF the
tphos 1,,,;i.,s oin:er anu AVOIDING tne danger
tna' sul'y parties may escape thelr Just de-
seils .nrongn techMcalities IN pleadings. A
Ia,r pu. vigorous exercise by the court and
p iosfe";nns oiicer Oh the powers SO conferred
w s' III ny Judgment serve TO rid our courts
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