The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-08-21

agent With large array OF clerks hal
assistants. for all the different Instltu
iions Of the slate.
No one denies that the state expense
have largely Increased during The year
OF Republican ascendency but Il il I've
cause Of the settled policy nf the stat
regardless Of party requiring such ex
pendltures sns shifting large burden
Of expense from the towns 20 the stat'
aud not through corrupsion, inefilei
sncy, prodigality or mtsnianageineni
Which part OF this settled polio,
would AIR. Clement rcpndiatef
We have now hospital fur the insan'
owned and equipped by the state
equipped with modern convenience
and conducted In accordance with nd
yaDced and approved methods for The
safety and recovery Of these unforiu
nate members OF our society. answering
the proper demands OF sympatheti,
and phIlanthropic people. =
We have House of Correction fol
the less incorrlglble 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 ihf
criminal classes. Our Colleges are
aided from our state treasury In order
that poverty shall not prevent the am
bilious youth from obtaining broad and
thorough culture. We provide instruc-
tion for the blind. the mute and the
weak-minded. We raise a . percent
state tax TO distribute among our towns
which are richer In road mileage than
In grand list. We equalize In degree
the burden Of sabool taxation by an
eight percent State tax. We i1ake lib-
eral provision for our State Normal
Schools. We care for the insane poor
at the state expense and thus relieve
each town OF this burden and secure
better treatment and care. We expend
a considerable amount upon our state
militia and our Soldiers Home.
All this and much more is done be-
cause the state has approved OF II and
yet this large expenditure aas been so
provided for by our system OF corpora
tion taxes that the state tax assessed
upon the Grand list Is less than II was
twenty years ago. Undoubtedly this
method Of corporation taxation can be
improved upon and extended and the
state tax be still further lessened and
even entirely dispensed with
A 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 1t
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
taxation because no additional
revenue was required, but as the chair
man of the Senate Finance Committee
If 1900, he In fact recommended the
y r thes s"s corpora.lon e TAX bH ihe nc "fisa.
.ax which you are now paying.
He descries the method Of liquor law
enforcement In his city and draws many
Illustrations therefrOm. He has for
many years been an influential citizen
II Rutland and has been It's Mayor and
yet these abuses continued without cor
rection when he had official power, and
without rebuke from him ns man.
Mr.. Clement alleges that he doubts
he sincerity Of the Republican party in
'ermont in Its plank concerning the sub
mission OF the license local option law
o the vote Of the people and seeks thus
o justify his secession. But when was
be Republican party OF Vermont or OF
he nation untrue to its pledges? From
Is inception to the present hour has the
,arty Of liberty under Fremont, of the
and Union under Lincoln
md Grant, Of sound money and protec-
ion to American industries under
Hayes. Garfield. Arthur. Harrison and
crowned by It's honorable
md phllanthropic position towards
,uba and the Philippines when and
wherein has It In either state or nation
Its trust or wandered from
he paths Of honor. justice md rectl-
ude? In the light OF its history then
le who would impugn the honor and
,ood faith OF the Republican party i'm.
peaches his own.
The Convention favored the submis-
ion to the people Of the question OF
icense and local option or state pro
llbition because II was deemed wise
nd proper concession to a growing and
nsstent demand for such reference
which came alike from the friends and
he foes Of the prohibltory law.
Those who opposed prohibition as
erted that local-option law would best
,ontrol and would best restrict the sale
Il intoxicating liquor, and that refer
nee 10 the people would show ma
orIty favorable to such law Friends
4 State prohibition claimed that such
reference would show that the peo-
lie were not In favor OF license local
pti0n law, aud that the wide and thor
ugh discussion and agitation which
vould precede the vote would result in
be rejection OF such law and In the
etter enforcement OF the prohibitory
aw and Its esta abllshment as the set
led and uDquestioned policy OF the
tate.
Both OF these asked that the proposed
lbstitute be submitted IN order that
be people might vote intcll!gently hav'
ig both the prohIbitory law and the
lw proposed before them. BeIievingin
be right OF the majority 10 determine
he action Of the state and In the right
the majority TO have opportunity Of
rpresslon the Republican pcriy
laced this plank in It's platform In good
iith, with AN honest purpose and with
view TO the highest good of the state.
he unrestricted sale OF lniorlcants IN
,garded by Republicans as public
VII and by this action of the coByen'
on II IL now left first with The lerisla'
lre and next with the pcple TO de-
srmine whether this restriction and
sstraint shall be found in the present
wv. some wise notifications Of the
ra9euf statntss mr. n ilc.us. lus,al.opflou