Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-08-15


ence, make license the law of the
state
He processes devotion and loyalty to
his native state but TO advance his own
selfish interests he causelessly defa nes
and degrades her. He assumes the
role of exemplar and teacher of political
honesty and morality but enters upon
his new role by teaching that men may
participate in caucus and convention
and without political dishonesty ay
bolt the convention when It's action is
not IN accord with their own desires.
AS an exemplar in political morals he
leads in the most causeless and wicked
bolt known to political history.
He attacks the financial management
of the state and yet his convention ac-
cepts as its Candidates the nominees of
the Republican party who are the re-
sponsible financial managers of the
state.
He discourses upon the increased
state expenses, expensive commits
slons and unnecessary Offices but names
no change except to establish another
salaried state board to be its purchasing
agent with a large array of clerks and
assistants, for all the different institu-
tions of the state.
No one denies that the state expenses
have largely increased during the years
of Republican ascendency but it is be-
cause of the settled policy of the state
regardless of party requiring such ex-
penditures and shifting large burdens
of expense from the towns to the state
and not through corruption. inefiici
ency, prodigality or mismanagemcnt
Which part of this settled policy
would Mr.. Clement repudiate?
We have now hospital for the insane
owned and equipped 10y the state,
equipped with modern convcnlences
and conducted In accordance with ad-
vanccd and approved methods for the
safety and recovery of these unfortu-
nate members of our society. answering
the proper demands of sympathetic
and philanthrOpic people.
We have House of Correction for
the less incorrigible law breaker where
reformation may be secured; we have
the industrial school for the young
where virtuOuS manhood and woman
hood may be wrought out Of what would
otherwise become fixtures among the
criminal cIassns our CoII.,o. oro
aidod from, our etato ,ro,s,,,.,. i, ,,.Ior
that poverty shall not prevent the am
bitious vouth from nol,t,inin,, hro,d and
ti.t..,uI rnIturn W. nro,.i1.. inst,,,,
tion for tho hind tbo u,,,to oud tbo
veak-minIod We roisa : nnrcnrt
state tov IN 1is+rihuto ear. or., o,,r towns
which oro ri,bor !, rood u,ilooo, ,b,n
in rronJ LIST Wn nnuuIizo I'm q, 1ooroo
tho hurdan Of school toxo+ion h,. nm
eiob+ norcont Stoto t,v Va,,,l,o III
oral rrovisiop for o,,r St,+o \orn,ol
Schools \Vo coro fo,. tho insane Moor
ot tho stotc oxnenso ana Tins rolinvo
ooch town of tbis h,,rlor and .ocure
hottor +roo+,ror+ ,rd ooro U.,,oDno,,1
q consi1orobIo omornt unon ,,,,r e+o+o
militio and nrr Soldiers, Home
All this and n,uch mora &c dono bo-
conso tba c+o+o hoe onnrovod of - ord
vet this large expenditure mas been so
provided for by our system of corpora-
tiOn taxes that the stnte fax assessed
upon the Grand list is less than If WAS
twenty years ago Undoubtedly this
method of CORPORATION taXation can he
improved upon and extended and the
state tax be still furthey lessepcd and
even entirely dispensed with
y commission reporting when Mr..
Clement was in the Senate that the cor
porations were bearing only about one
fourth Of their fair share of the burden
of taxation an effort was made TO in
crease corporate taxation, but Mr. Glenn
ent was strenuous in opposition and it
was defeated. He was then President of
the Rutland Railroad system. He now
asserts that no state tax was needed and
| that he voted against increased cor
pOratiOn taxation because no additional
revenue was required. but rs the chair
man of the Senate Finance Committee
of 1900, he in fact recommended the
very day, he brought about the defeat