The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-01
REPUBLICAN
PLATFORM
Strongest and Best Put Forth
in Years.
WRITTEN BY Mr.. BARBER
FavorS Retention of License Law
with Amendments and Per-
manent Roads,
WRITTEN BY Mr.. BARBER

After the completion of the ticket at
the Republican state convention
Thursday, the following platform,
written by Hon o. M. Barber, chair
man OF the committee on resolutions,
was presented by Mr. Barber. and
adopted without DEBATE;
"The Republicans of Vermont by
their representatives in convention as
sembled again declare allegiance to
the principles of the Republican party
and pledge their most loyal and hearty
support to its candidates in the com
ing presidential election.
sin the nomination of Theodore
! Roosevelt to be the twenty.six presi-
dent of the United States, we recog.
nize the same careful selection and
wise choice that has heretofore so
abundantly and successfully appealed
to the courage and the patriotism and
the devotion of Republicans through
out our land, and believe that by his
election the continued prosperity of the
people of the whole United States, ir-
respective of creed, color, or political
affiliations, will be assured.
1T is with an honorable pride that
we regard the action of our govern
ment, made possible by the Republican
party, in the prompt securing of
route connecting the waters of the At
lantie and Pacific by an isthmian canal.
Vermont, the then independent com
monwealth that in l777 adopted the
first written constitution prohibiting
slaverly, and one OF whose judges in
early times declared that title to a
human chattel could only be shown by
II bill of sale from God Almighty, can
not now look with Indifference upon
the attempts recently made in certain
states to deprive the colored race of
the election franchise, and we there
fore emphatically endorse the plank of
the national Republican party that
calls for congressional investigation
mating legislation be found unconsttu-
tional, we urge our delegation in Con-
gress to use their best endeayors to
secure the enactment of legislation
proportionally reducing the represen-
tation of such states in the United
States Congress ana in the electoral
college.
1--WE believe that now is fitting
time to inaugurate certain improve
ments in the administration of our own
internal affairs, and to that end we
again request the general assembly to
enact law regulating primaries or
caucuses called for putting in nomi-
nation candidates for the various state,
county, and municipal offices, to the
end that nominations of any party
shall be made by the free, uncorrupt-
ed choice of the voters thereof, and
punishment commensurate with the of
fence shall be meted out to offenders
against such law"
"We recommend such legislative en-
actment as will properly limit munich
pal indebtedness; and further suggest
for the consideration of the general
assembly the question of whether or
not a uniform system of municipal ac-
counting applicable to all cities,
towns and incorporated villages with
in the state would not, If accepted,
lead to economy in the administration
of their municipal affairs.
ga careful scrutiny of expenditures
by persons clothed with authority to
audit the same, always tends to econ
omy. Hitherto it has been the policy
of our state to entrust its auditing to a
department that, under the law, cannot
be provided with force adequate to
do the work required of it, We be-
lieve judicious reorganization OF this
department will result in a net saving
to the state.
''The creation OF the Office OF attor-
ney general would be step in the
line of progress and we believe that
the expense contingent upon the crea-
ton of such an oficewould be equaled
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