Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-06-26

dependent government to Cuba by which
IL has set liberty in the place of depotsn
and added another to the list Of sister re.
publics.
"Resolvcd, That this convention recon.
mcnds that the next Legislature enact a
law regulating primaries or caucuses call
ed for the purpose of putting in nominal
ton candidates for the various town city
county and state offices and to provide
such rules and regulations as shall safe
guard the purity of nomination as well ms
election, and also to provide adequate pun
ishment for those violating the same.
Resolved. That we heartily approve
trade reciprocity as recommended by Pres
idcnt Roosevelt; we believe that the urg nj
dmand of the expansion of our export
trade in view of our enormous and ever
increasing productive and Industrial ca
pacity impcratvely requires enlarged reel
procal trade arrangements and that such
result may be produced without serious
impairment of our protective system
That most sagacious statesman James G.
Blaine. early foresaw this and President
Mckinley, in his last public utterance at
Buffalo, gave emphatic utterance in favor
of this principle. International commerce
on any large scale must be two sided. by
the conditions which we impose upon Gu
ban independence we make her in no
small sense our ward and are therefore
bound in honor to give her opportunity to
develop her natural resources by which
alone can she maintain her separate indie
pendence.
Resolved. That while we recognize the
fact that the enormous business of the
country in the several departments of
finance, industries and transportation can
only now be done by combination, corpo-
rate or individual and that this necessity
arises from trade and business conditions
which lie outside and beyond the control of
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soning or unreasonable hostility, we are in
favor of the utmost vigilance, legislative,
judicial and executive in guarding the pull
lie against any and every abuse of such
combined power and of the swift and sure
punishment of all offenders whose greed
should resort to undue exaction, and we ia
vor strict legislative safeguards against
over valuation of corporate property and
the issue of fictitious stock, and are for
such publicity of exact and verified state
ments by the official managers of such cor
poratons and combinations as shall clear
~ show to the public their actual financial
condition,
Resolved, That the republican party of
Vermont adheres to its long cherished be-
lief that unrestricted traffic in Intoxicating
liquors is public evil, and that material
modification of existing law on that sub
Ject should be made only after thorough
discussion and mature deliberatiOn by tho
people. and we request the State LegiSia-
turc at its next session t. make provision
for ascertaining the will of the people by
direct vote upon the acceptance or reiec-
ton OF Il license and local option law iegu-
lating liquors. and further providing that
upon popular vote in favor of such law.
duly ascertained, the same shall he and be-
come statute law of the State in force.
Mr. Stewart then announced that he
would call up the resolution on license Of
of ,s,,i,.
said: I'VE don't want it," Mr.. Stewart
replied: Il must, for | agreed to-" He
then moved that all the resolutions ,X-
cept that referring to temperance be adopt
ed which was carried. Mr.. Stewart then
moved that the resolution on temperance
reported by the committee be substituted
for the resolution offered by Mr.. Jones.
MIR. Jones asked for ten minutes recess in
order that they might give the resolution
more consideration. This was granted
When they came back Mr.. Jones inter-
roSated Chairman Stewart regarding the
committees resolution. Mr. Stewart eX-
planned that this committees resolution
requested" did not demand" the pass
age of a high license-local option law; that
the effect of the resolutions regarding ref
erondum were the same Mr.. Jones said
that the he would accept tho committee :
resolution. but new opposition developed.
w. w. Miles of Barton moved that the
committees resolution be amended so as
TO declare against the unrestricted liquor
traffic. f. g. Butterticld of Derby favored
this amendment but it was voted down.
q. H. Prouty of Newport then moved
to amend the resolution so as to make it
pure referendum upon whether the pro-
hihitory law should be repealed. Mr.. Jones
spoke against it and this motion was de-
featcd. The committees resolution was
then adopted.
1t was S;}5 p. m. when the convention