The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-06-29

on the ticket, the former taking the nom.
nations for lieutenant governor, state
treasurer and attorney general and the
latter the positions Of governor, secre-
fary Of state and auditor
The ticket as agreed upon Is as fol-
lows:
Governor, Percival W. Clement of
Rutland.
Lieutenant governor, G. Herbert pape
OF Barre.
Secretary Of state, 5. A. Moulton of
Burlington
State treasurer, Wallace " Phelps of
Enosburgh Falls.
Attorney general, Y. A. Bullard of
Burlington
State auditor, Il. }. Hall Of Bcnning
ton
The state committee was chosen as
follows:
Addison county, A. Il. Calhoun Of Mid
dIebury; Bennington county, II. s. Har.
ris of Bennington; Chittenden county.
Il II. McAiahon Of Burlington Caledonia
county, b. Il. Bullard of Hardwick; I;
Essex county, j. w. Thurston OF Island
Pond: Franklin county, J. J. Thompson
Of st Albans; Grand Isle county. Chas.
Russell Of Grand Isle; Lamoile county,
g. L. Gates OF AIorrisyille; Orleans coun-
Is. c. y. Brady OF Newport; Orange
county, r. W. Farnham OF vershire;
Rutland county, d. r Carmody OF Fair
Hayens Nindham county, M j. Moran
Of Bfattleboro; Washington county, NJ.
J. MeGowan OF Barre; Windsor county.
John keating of Ludlow.
The Platform.
The platform adopted by the Demo-
cratic state convention j. as follows;
We charge the Republican machine
of Vermont with continuing The rotten
borough system to maintain supremacy.
Ne change can be made until an amend
ment to the Vermont constitution is en-
acted. and this cannot be done until
1910 aud each ten years thereafter,
The Democrats of Vermont pledge
their best efforts to secure the siIbmis
sion of an amendment and TO change the
present unfair and unrepublican method
Of representation by towns instead of
by population.
Only two or three states Of the uns
ion, all Republican strongholds, refuse
the right 10 fair representation. Bur
lington. by all rights. il entitled to a
delegation Of fifteen representatives,
While Glastonbury, ST George, Balti-
more. Somerset, Brunswick, Searsbulg,
Brookline. East Haven, Athens, t;ran-
BY and Lexington Nv population are en-
titled To 4 single representative. Bur
liupton has over 10000 inhabitants and
Il grand list OF Sl3,s77, ,26s; the eley-
en- small towns have population of
abont i,450 and a grand list Of $s96,
0fs.
We invite in the coming election the
aid Of all Vermont voters who believe
a. We do. that Offices should not be held
BY families. and that ability should be
considered in making nominations for
Office
We recommend the nominees Of the
convention to all the voters as able, con
seryatiye and worthy Of your hearty
support.
Up TO certain period, municipal
Judges were elected by The people; then
the law gave the appointment TO the
governor
In the matter OF taxation aad the
expenditures Of taxes, the state II now
depriving the towns and cities Of q
sacred right. Large sums Of money are
now raised by the state iaHation and
expanded rs officers over whose election
neither the state nor the municipalities
which raised taxes. have any control
Tue state imposes upon all towns and
cities state highway tax and school
tax. This money i paid into the state
treasury, and is there divided among the