Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-07-31

party for its impartial, unwise and auto
cratic legislation. in Hawaii, Porto Rico,
and the Philippines.
We believe in developing in the people
living in those islands as rapidly as pos
sible the capacity for self government. and
that the nation pledge its good faith to
support them in sclf-Eovcrnmcnt whcr~
ever they shall have reasonably cstab-
lished the same.
With shame we call attention to the
failure of Congress to keep the pledges
made by the officers of this government to
the people of cuba, and We insist upon
| the prompt fulfllment of those pledges.
The trusts are legitimate children OF the
Mckinley and Dingley tariff bills and will
never be suppressed so long as the pres
cnt prohibitory importation laws are in
force The slow and make believe prose
cution of the trusts will result in failure
and the proposed legislation by which all
the trusts will be compelled to make pub
lie their affairs will be futile. and the Re
publican party know such to be the fact
! We favor the immediate abolition of al
tariffs upon trust articles.
! We believe that capital and labor SHOULD
/ work tremendously for the best Develop
/ mont Of all our industries, and that any
! disturbance that binders or delays such
! industries is seriously detrimental to both
| We therefore, pledge ourselves to use al
/ proper means to secure the passage oi
/ state and national legislation that shat
/ cause immediate arbitration and settle
/ mcnt of all serious differences between
/ employees and employers.
! The prosecution of and proposed lcgis
/ lation for trusts are solely for campaign
| ing purposes in the fall election of 1902,
STATE ISSUES.
We invite the candid consideration o
/ the voters of Vermont to certain condl
! tions that are known to exist in the State
the remedy for which lies in their owl
hands.
Nominees for the important office of gov
ernor are named years in advance of nom
mating conventions by the republican
leaders. But even then large sums o
money must be furnished by the dcSignat
ed candidate or by his friends before h.
can reasonably expect the actual nomina
ton.
4 In the preliminary canvass for govcrno
of Vermont before the republican convon
II tiOn in the year 1902, the methods tina
prevailed in New York and Philadelphia
were followed by some Of the candidate
, and money was lavishly and unfairly spen
to procure such nominations.
We denounCc these corrupt. degrading
/ methods and ask foB the good name AM
fame Of the State, that the authors an,
hcnciiCiarieS Of these methods may be pun
ished at the ballot box in September
= We believe the present statutes rclat
, ing to the traffic in intoxicating liquor
|, are unwise, unfair and in violation Of tn
great right of personal liberty. We faNo
temperance, and pledge our support t. tn
enforcement of all laws now found o
the statute books. We lament the evil
2 of liquor drinking, but cannot agree wit
the Republican party of this State that tn
present liquor laws afford the best or sur
est aid to the cause of actual living TEN
pcranoe. We believe the best way to Sc
a
-, ample and not by any law that undertake
, to regulate appetite or to prohibit the sal
, of Intoxicating liquors. We firmly adher
= to the principles of the Democratic part
that the sale of liquor should be legalin
and regulated by the enactment of a licnst
, local option law
y We are opposed to the frequent change
; in the penalties prescribed by the liQuo
laws by which minors who have ncVt
committed any offence other than to &,
drunk have been sent, on conVictinp there
e for, for n term of many months to II
Il workhouse where they are compelled
= work day after day by the side of graz
yates from states prisons,
We are opposed to liquor agencies
which large quantities of poor liquor al
daily sold to persons who could nev'
buy at any respectable licensed saloon
= hotel. and through which liquor agencie
l. liquor agents, town officers and lilu'
: dealers combine to cheat the general pu
e lie and to furnish the vilcst sort Of liquo
l. to purchasers
s. In practice for half a century the liqu,
II laws have developed cringing, hypoCris
l, downright lying and perjury, and in OF
n opinion will continue to do so as long
y they are in force.
The liquor law, I'm many of its provision
s. has been repeatedly condemned by Il
he Democratic party and the legislature M
- been pcrsistently asked to submit the la
y to vote of the whole State. Up to Il
IS present year, every republican Conventic
h has been asked to entertain a resoluti,
L faVOring submission Of the law to q
1t voters Of the State. All these requests
$, the LEGISLATURE and to the Republican par
is have been disposed of as unworthy
e. notice, until the present year.
T. We affirm that the resolution of the +
of publican state convention favoring a refo
u endum of the liquor question is simply
o" prctcnse.
n We believe that the election of senate
and representatives in September next ia
is will fairly represent the sentiment of We
ut mont Oh the liquor question; that the Leg
lature of 1902 ought to pass a striuge
g. license local-option law which shall hccor
ty operative Immediately on its passage al
Ill that referendum will be useless ceremo
IN if not without any warrant of law.
We pledge our sincere support to a IL
~ license, local-option law and If passed
n the Legislature We oppose any referendu
r. OF the same to the voters OF Vermont
ne We denounce the eNtravagance of I
ve Republican party by which State expens
ne have, within short period, more th
doubled.
IN We are opposed to the reckless work a.