The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-04-30

thin towagds the passage If AZ employ
ers liability scts
We have never had IN employers
liability aet in this state, but have dr.
pended upon the common law. ! don't
know 10 what extent you propose to 20
ia making employers liable for aeei-
dents tu employees. but X seems ~ naa
thar the comlaon law, which makes the
employer liable for his oxn neglect,
aaa which has become the Law after
ages ~ thought On this subject has
BEEN applied 10 hmitaers experience, Is
the safest law and the wissst law for
All pecrle tn adhere tc, | can see mo-
good reason for i change.
Third Do YOU favor giving public
employees an eight hour dav.
Why give public employees an eight
hour days- Neither YOU nor ! are limit
ed bY law in enr labor to eight hours
The employees az this state arr NOT
ovev burdened In reasFd ID the hours
of labor and il would b. linwise at this
time, when We are trying To reduce the
expenses 0f state government. to need
leSsiv increase then in this way. IT
elected governor. my influence would be
70 have the employees of the stete give
such proper seryies as the employees
of other business de. The state en-
ployee should BE- required 10 perform
his full duty and should not be- allowed
70 consider his Job soft snap Such
service is fer the interest Of every in
divisiAai in she state and not in the
interest Of any enc individual IN par
ticsllsr
Fourth D0 you favor the creation Of
d bureau Of statistics aud labor, giving
competent members OF organized labor
majority representation on such a beard :
The state has gut more commissions
n0w than wc kn0w what 10 do with
In 1870 all the commissions OF this
stste cost about 1900 Ia 1900 the
expense had gone up 30 ever S90.a 1na
4 would trv to obtain ssIeh statistics
a. are necessary without the iasfalla-
tion 81 another commission OF bureau
Fifth. Woald yuu endeavor to have
enacted into law bill eliminating con
WIT labor in ear penal institutions.
whenever such labor enters into eumpe-
titicH With free labor
Conviets must be employed. Il would
BE- iHhuman 70 eanhne them in idleness
They must b~ maintsined. knew 0f
no reason Why the state should not *
ereise the same care in administering
its affairs that wise business man
would The labor which eur e0Hyicts
perform mast enter into competition
with free labor 70 certain extent. but
il Is 40 small in Vermont thar ii Drae-
ticaily cuts no figure. ard unless some
other provisions could be made which
would be equally advantageous to the
eonviets and to the state. | should not
be willing to change.
sixth VIII you favor the endorse
meet Of state law providing for the
appointment of practical mechanics 20
act a. inspectors for all plumbiBe and
steam fitting as safeguard To public
health Rules for the laying Of pine
and che making Of sewer connections
are to be provided for in this bill.
entirely agree with you that there
Should b. : law providing for proper
plumbing ard steam fitting, aud for the
laying 81 pipe and ths making Of sew
er connections. as safeguard Is pub
lie health. and there should be appoint
ed competent nseu uho thoroughly I'm
derstai1a their business 10 inspect such
work The expense Of that inspection
should be borne By the people for whom
the work Is done Ii i not a proper
charge upon the STATE Inspectors of
national bsnks are paid in that way for