Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-07-29
BRATTLEB0RO LOCAL NEWS
WARNED OF REPUBLICAN PURPOSES
Wndham County Democrats in Convention Assembled Says quo
Law May Be Repealed Taxation System Condemned

in convention assembled. we affirm our
adherence to the sterling principles of
Democracy and to the issues OF local
option and Just taxation, so long adVo-
Gated by the Democrats of Vermont and
of Windham county in particular We
call the attention of all good citizens To
the unjust. unreasonable and unwar-
rantcd system of taxation erected by the
Republican party of Vermont whereby the
powerful and wealthy corporations are
relieved from their Just proportion of the
public burdens. which fall douby heavy
upon tn honest individual And we
call special attention to the fact that
the Democrats of the House of 1902 SO
aggressively fought for measure of re-
lief that the Republican leaders were driv-
en- to forego the levy of state tax for
the present biennial term.
We condemn the policy of the Vermont
Republicans i'm clecting young and mex
perienced attorneys to hold important cN-
ecutive offices to such an extent that they
now advocate the creation of a new SUI
pervisors office that one more partisan
may be provided with means of support
at the expense of the state.
We cordially endorse the ticket nomi-
mated 10y our national. state and county
conventions, and pledge them our hearty
| support.
| We congratulate the people of Yer
/ mont on the partial adoption of one Dem
ocratic principle i'm the enactment two
| years ago of a local option license lazy,
/ for which the Democratic party has
/ fought steadily for 80 years. Though as
! enacted this law contains some grave de-
fccts and some niustices they are every
one due to Republican mutilations Of the
measure as it was formulated i'm Demo-
| cratic caucus and introduced by a Demo-
| Crat.
And we warn the people of the purpose
of the Republican machine to return to
the ways Of prohibition and plumber, and
at the very earliest moment it dares to
repeal this beneficcnt law by which every
measure possible to apply. and in spite of
it's Republican defects has wrought an
| improvement substantially equal to 81
per cent in point of sobriety, good order
and clean government. AS proof of this
purpose we point to the machine effort
| represented by a vote of more than two
to one of the straight Republicans in the
last legislature to assassinate the meas
ure with form of referendum which
they knew to be unconstitutional; Their
by a vote of nearly two to one to sub
stitute the Battell state store scheme. IL
shameless violation of the solemn prom
Use of it's platform and campaign; ant
then, failing that, by the mutilation o
the bill in every way possible, in effort t.
secure its rejection by the people. or a
least to make it unavoidable.
And yet, in the face of such record
the republican party OF Vermont has the
effrontery to ask to be entrusted with tn,
continuance and necessary amendment
of this law.
AS it would never have been enacted
at all but for the determined efforts o
Democrats, in alliance with Clement men
as it would never but for these cffort
have come out in anywhere near dccen
shape. so now its only safety in the fu
ture is with the Democratic party
y further resolution, adopted unan
mously by a rising vote. was as follows
The Democrats of Windham county i'm
prove this opportunity to pay their trib
ute of affection and respect to that eN
ample of good citizenship, of brave an,
true and enlightened public service
and of that untiring good neighborines
and generous wel-doing, alike as citi
zen. as legislator, as a state leader of GU
party. and in that most sacred of rela
tionships, the family doctor, which IN
life of the late James Conland so sgnall
afforded His memory is one for goo,
men and true women to cherish.
Under the head of "other business" ad
dresses were made by Eli II. Porter, Joh
f. Gale, c. II. Davenport, X. 5. Child
and f. w. Childs, after which the conven
tion adjourned sine die.