Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-02-25

1886 ateH@At-Nf
g.0oo 152I1
Increase .................. sll1,372.a |
New asylum ..-.......+ss.-.s.-sF 49, d3
House OF correction ............ lagVo.gl |
FORMER EFFORTS TO REDUCE
STATE EXPENSES.
Now / am not finding fault with the ae-
ton OF the Republican conventions OF
with the action Of the legislatures. nave |
had some acquaintance with the legisia-
tors OF other states, and l know that YER
mont has had the most honest leslalatuIes
OF all that | have become acqhalhteu
with. -, "a,
10 reduce state expenses. GOV. Sfnilh
called attention In a forcible message 70
the condition Of things, but the ni9Nei ,
did not get anywhere Gov. ss ,l,t,itsr
made reference 10 the necessity OF greater
economy and better system OF aceounuhs'
but the movement did not get anyN9eIe.
When / had the honor to represent hut-
land county in the Senate, ! lntfodueea a
bin providing for a new system OF az,
counting and purchasing, which Wouia
have gone a long ways toward pIouuiTSil l
a large saving in state expenses. IN
bin passed the Senate. but when i struck
the pothouse politicians in the House OF
Representatives, 1t was killed.
THE DEMAND FOR RET RENO FMENl
SHOULD COME FROM THE PEOPLf
The reason that all such movements ar
futile is because they don't come ltoIn ~
people IL Is not demand maze ny lne
people for something, and the legislature
without giving such matters mueh atten,
tiau turn them down because economy viii
interfere with graft, That the Nhol5
situation Whatever is done has got 70
be- done in the same way thal lhe ptullD-
/ itory law was repealed. IL has got 70 come
| up as a demand from the people, anu
| then there will be no difficulty about II
Local. ISSUES LOST SIGHT OF.
/ glory I'm the republican party and the
I 100 IfF,. or flIuafriOr1g uatFtutE VINO nave
1 been lbs leaders In It's glorious aehivNe-
ments during the last ~ years, ana " w
part Vermont has taken IN creating anu
/ sustaining IL. IL is toward us that iepup
/ Ncans All over tile country have looked
| every four years Qn our September eject,
/ ionsl TO give the first note OF approval
4 to the national republican platform. III
/ proud Of the answer vermont mas alWayA
I returned to the republicans OF the hauon,
/ but while we have been doing thati W
| have neglected our own affairs ana nave
| allowed a gang of political shysters an9
| frra fters 10 rob the state treasury, anu
! no one has been able 10 stop theini al
| though we have sometimes had so9d men
I in Office who have made Vaheht ehoit ~
| do So. The trouble has never peeh
| brought TO the attention OF the people
| and We have been Indifferent ana per
| hans negligent. You can assign any cause
YOU have a mind to,-the result y the'S
and cannot be disputed.
/ DECREASE IN MARKET VALUES.
Now while the expenses of operating the
state government have been lheftdslils
rs per cent In the last 30 years whal ne, mas
been the course Of all values alue s
during that time have decreased IN some
cases more than % per cent. tafih'
which in 1870 was worth Sloeu, can q
bought today for 5000 ana farm prop
erty generally throughout tls sac I re-,
decreased in value tremendously, t ny
values of 1870 were inflated Yalues. w
had not at that time gotten over the ", W.
prices for things, but suppose lhat lhseeiu
| ~ increasing our annual state expenses
! hundreds of thousands Of dollars r an
mum. we had held them where they WeIe
or had voted the money wmch we nav
squandered, for permanent mp -, ~ @
/ In the 3O years We would have putt NOR {
/ permanent roadways than any state IN
the Union now has. II that haa pee s
done. 30 you suppose for one momenl INA
our farms and other property Wouiu 81
~ tha low, price Il now sells forf do
! YOU suppose that there would nave peeh
/ a single abandoned farm In all vermont
II we had spent In the last y years tal ~,
| 900 900 in permanent roadMays NeIhlo,l'
! would he eridironed with beQutitul ROADS
and / believe that instead OF depregation
/ in values the old high values OF wal
| times would have been practically man,
| tained INT IL IL useless to surmise Wha'
would have been, except as II may s.iN'
us in the future.
NATIONAL APPRoPRIATl.o,,NN, fOi'
GOOD ROADS PROPOSED.
l noticed the other day that a bill ma, ma
been introduced INTO oosn q, az, "a I,
rress. appropriating S4.Vo9wo towaI'
the building Of good roads IN lIls co ~
try. The income OF the COUNT = 49, -,
mense and the ability TO pay Is ldi -
than that OF any other country IN th'
s ss,,,iiia 80 I saw IL would be a propel
measure for Congress TO adopt nv NV
no doubt but that WITHIN snort uiii
such an appropriation VII pass vorroon
The present bill provides that vernon
shau have $4,000 on condition that sh'
contributes as much more toward IN
building Of good roads; I LET US se
ready 10 have that S2500 We can con
trihnte that much toward building GOO
roads without really costing us cele
that is we can save II from our pIeseh
large plant to construct works OF such
ynagnitude economically. Let us star
now and not be behind our neighbors.
WHAT OTHER STATES HAVE DONE
New Jersey has spent more than aSee'
600. and has 1900 miles built ana uhue
eo Gonnecticut has spent s2.5OO.OOO.
Massa chusetts S5tvVvN.
New York St,OnVOu. .,.. !,
And in orde. to begin let the matter
atscnssed al LONE and in the stores an
in an places where men meet, anu W. -e
send vour men to Montpelier charge
and the rest will be an easy matter
work out.
NO STATE TAX LEVIED IN 1907.
To The wear 1900 / told the legislator
, that no state tax was necessary, put the
did not believe IL. In the campaign
! YaS5 I called that fact to the attention
tbe peopie. and in the very next sesslq
~ ne legislature for the first time IN y
history OF Vermont the legislature az
moi levy a state tax. | presume that u
poiiticians will say that my feeble II
marks have nothing TO do with their a.
T ton perhaps they didn't but anyhow
; is a mighty strange thing that the legi
: iature should have gone on Tor the last
wears raising a lot OF money that u
state did not need and spending II, az
: then suddenly conclude that state %
vas unnecessary for the hrst uIne IN -.
Whatever the reason was Ior that aetl'
q a. vas good and I, as NermonteT, a
e gisd 70 he relieved OF my portion OF N
, S,,rden ~ lebt. which we have been sta
e SerinT under for the last % years
. Fl am not criucising particularly =
4 lagisiqtlre OF Vermont, nor the uelesat
: ~ 2enublican conventions the fault u
! hsrl, "a an that. II rests with the Poop
q ana II Is 10 the people that / appeal, az
v n is from the people that fehel hu
r ror,e AZ il comes at all
t rT'l,e rnuvc ions were mace up OF 80
Il Wen but men charged with nothing a.
, / thew did nothing. -. -. 49,,
: The legislatures have been MADE uP
? | ecod mon but men going 20 Montpel
Z 5-ttb no particular object IN view.
q troubie lies ack Of the convention y
= ~. ie~isiatu e. 1t lies with the peoi
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