St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-07-20
Legislative Suggestions.

If the people of the state are to exert a
marked influence on the legislation of the
present year and to have their ideas car
ried out, nowis the accepted time to talk
about your representatives. If you do
not make your ideas on this subject
known and remain supine, you cannot
consistently complain if your town or
city is not well represented in the legisla-
ture.-[Burlington Free Press.
We hope that Hon. Fuller c. Smith,
Percy w. Clement, and various other
advocates Of good roads will get at the
work of drafting bills for presentation
to the coming session of the legislature.
Let such bills be ready for presentation
by some member as soon as the commit
tees are appointed. This will give ample
time for due consideration and several
public hearings. Then, when careful
investigation has given them basis of
sufficient information and adequate con-
viction, they can draft bill which is
worthy of becoming law. The sooner
someone gets at this work the more sure
the state will be of having something
more than abortive measures as a result
of the deliberations of the coming legisla-
ture.-[Bar Telegram.
The duty and privilege of every town
in the state is to send to the next general
assembly the most active and capable
man of the town who holds opinions in
concord with the majority of the citizens
and will fearlessly and honestly represent
and care for the wishes of the people. He
should neither be man who possesses
and cherishes too strongly the ideas Of
his own, nor should he be one who can
be easily influenced by others. He should
be man who stands on an independent
platform, but willing at all times to bend
to the will of the majority of the citizens
of the state and work for the enactment
of the laws that will receive respect and
support of the people. The duties of a
representative are we'll defined and it is
the privilege of the voters to elect man
who will best perform the duties Of the
Office Vergennes Enterprise.
It will not be many weeks before the
people of Vermont will be discussing the
various questions to be presented for
consideration at the session of the legis-
lature which will begin in October.
These matters should be thoroughly
investigated and canvassed in advance
in order that the states lawmakers may
have an intelligent idea of what the peo-
pie want and thus be in a position to
faithfully represent their constituents.
One of the most important subjects to
be considered thus is the framing OF
an anti-trading stamp law that will be
constitutional.
That sentiment in Vermont is over
whelmingly opposed to this barnacle on
mercantile trade is shown by present
comment of the press on the subject as
well as proved by the fact that the legis-
lature passed a law prohibiting the use
of these trading stamps, which measure
was declared to be unconstitutional in
certain particulars by the supreme court
of Vermont.
The great majority of the merchants Of
Burlington have fourished without the
use of the trading stamp and after the
next legislature meets this pernicio us
parasite will be banished from the
Green Mountain state.-[ Burlington Free
Press.