Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-09-01
A SMASHING" CAMPAIGN.

Smash Roosevelt" is the desperate
order of the desperate managers Of Par
kers desperate campaign. and while the
recognized honesty Of The President is
one of his most pronounced and rugged
characteristics, the Parker people have
come to the conclusion that their only
hope is to seek to discredit and impcach
Roosevelt in the eyes of the people of the
United States. The managers of the re-
publican campaign are welcoming this
sign of democratic desperation, for they
realize such tactics will react on those
responsible therefor and prove dsas-
trous boomerang.
smash the republican administration
Of Vermont" was the battle cry with
which the managers OF the democratic
campaign in Vermont started out, and
they forthwith proceeded to libel every
governor and auditor and other republic
can otficial in place of direct response
blity the State has had since 1852.
1t has been said that figures viii not
lie, but this does not prevent prevarica-
tors from using figures to try to make
out a lie. An illustration of the way re-
publican administration has been libellcd
in connection with the question of State
expenses is afforded by democratic dis
cussion of taxation in Vermont. The
democratic managers say the States ex-
ponses have increased to s73S 36S, In 1905
and they proceed to make II appear that
this compels the average family to pay
into the State treasury s1052 and a frac.
ton
| Now as a matter of fact there has beer
no State tax for State expenses during
the past two years the republicans hav,
ingN PASSED laws compelling the corpora
tions to pay the great bulk of taxes, anC
not an Individual grand list in Vermont
pays cent into the state treasury fol
State expenses.
| In spite of this fact the democrati,
campaign document speaking of the ind
vidual taxpayer, makes this specious plea
And let him not imagine that he is get
ting anything in return for this $50 il
extra he is paying annually; for neither h,
nor any human being can point out any
| thing that the State gets in return for il
all but waste, extravaganza, usclcs.
multiplication of offices and commission.
ara abandonment of home rule meth
| DDS.
| But for the fact that tho taxpayer for
merly paid his tax for the State aXpenso,
in connection with his other taxes an,
did not take time to separate the Stat,
and local taxes. it would he impossihl,
to make even the most ignorant ndiyi
dual believe he is still paying tax to th,
state; and the adoption of this trick b,
the managers of the democratic cam
paign, which is an ahront to every in
teligent citizen, only illustrates the ex
tremes to which they will go in thoil
desperate effort to cut down the ropubli
can majority in Vermont to help then
win national election
This democratic statement quoted Il
false in general and particular.
We have already shown that the tax
payers of different towns formerly pai,
for the support od insane paupers, where
as the State now takes charge of sucl
persons and compels the corporations an,
other interests taxed to pay for their sun
port, saving this expense to the indvld
ual taxpayer. We do not imagine for
moment there is single taxpayer il
Vermont who would vote to return L
this form of home rule, but the money pai
thus for State support of the pauper in
sane figures in the democratic falschood
The writer of this paragraph in ques
ton covered up the fact that the stat
has established a soldiers homo for GU
! needy veterans, that the State has IN
stitWed "A laboratory in connection wit
the work Of the State board OF healtI
in order to discover and wipe out as wei