The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-30
CANDIDATE HANSON
REPLIES TO LABOR
Candidate for Governor Of Vermont on
Prohibition Tickets Gives
Seven Answers.

ton candidate for governor of Vermont,
has replied to the queries OF the Am
erican Federation Of Labor as follows:
Mr. Alexander Ironside, Secretary Of
Vermont State Branch, a. II Of j.,
Barre, VT:
Ny Dear Sir.-I have the honor to
acknowledge the receipt Of your letter
III official inquiry Of the 10th inst, adj
dressed to me as the candidate Of the
prohibition party for governor 81 Yer
mont.
! recognize the propriety Of the PEG
pie ascertaining the position Of candi-
dates on public questions. desire to
say at this point, however, that have
not given some Of the questions pro.
pounded the amount OF attention they
should receive to arrive at a final con-
emsion, but viii be pleased to state my
present views regarding them.
First Regarding weekly payments
This does not impress me as being an
issue Of as great Importance al some
others. What wage earners do with
their money ii of more Importance than
the frequency with which they receive
it. which Is equally true Of all other
classes. While it may be OF advantage,
In some cases, to receive pay weekly or
even daily, those who actually need il
oftener than one month are, as a
rule, those who have met with sudden
misfortune or do not make judicious
use Of their money when received Some
people if they received their pay hourly
would be in financial straits. The wage
easners, however are the backbone Of
out country and, if il can be shown
that it will be to their real advantage
70 nave their pay weekly / should surely
be in favor of it. / can not avoid the
feeling, however, that the most of the
wage earners who live along the lines
Of the best citizenship will Be quite as
much benefited by monthly as by
weekly payments.
Second Regarding employers liabil-
lity. Every person is subject TO certain
risks and dangers for which no one is
Irresponsible, and each OF us must assume
those risks. Where employers are at
fault, and employees suffer through that
fault employers should be held respon.
sibIe.
Third Regarding giving public en-
lployes an eight-hour day. ! am decided
ly opposed TO class legislation" / can
see no reason why a public employe
should have shorter hours on more pay
than a private employe doing the same
kind and grade Of work under present
conditions. | think legal days work
should be eight hours applying 70 both
public and private employees. ] would
not forbid employer aud employe mu-
tually agreeing upon a greater OF less
number Of hours.
Fourth Regarding Bureau of Sta.
tisties and Labor. have not specially
considered the necessity of sucl bur-
can for Vermont. Should such bureau
be created | think representation upen
! it should be distributed as widely as
possible among different classes of peo-
pie. Nv present impression j. hat
would not give either employer Of cn
ploye a majority representation, but
have q representation, IN part, Of other
citizens
Fifth---I would favor a law eliminat.
ing convict labor from injurious COM
petition with free labor. ] would, how.
ever, have every convict employed in
such way that each one would have a
trade learned at the expiration of his
sentence, whereby he can earn an honest
living and become good and useful
citizen. ! would also have the state
secure him situation. unless he had
definite plans for the future. SO he
could at once begin TO earn an honest
living before he might fall into criminal
ways again while unemployed ] think
imprisonment should be for protection
Of the public and for the reformation Of
the prisoner. Reformation and not rel
tribution should be the object.
Sixth-I think Inspectors Of plumbing,
steam fitting and pipe laying Should be
not only practical mechanics" but
should also possess good degree Of
scientific knowledge of those subjects
as we'll as Of sanitary matters in gem
eral.
Seventh am decidedly opposed to
''chiid labor as that term is at present
generally understood, but ! am no less
in favor OF every child being brought
up to work as a part Of his preparation
iul lilt duties o. iatef years ~ ~ nlLic
less than crime to allow q child to
grow up with habits Of idIencss. Both
the child and tile community will I'M
Ieyitably suffer for il in years 10 come.
believe in equality Of opportunity
and square DEAF for every man,
woman and child, with special unfair
privileges for none
| believe it is The duty, as Gladstone
has said OF government, ITO make it
easy to do right and hard TO do wrong"
Hence. ! believe it the duty Of the state
TO forbid by law whatever evils make
Tor the degrading Of our citizenship such
as the gambling evil, the lottery evil,
the social evil and the liquor evil, | am
opposed 70 making such evils matter Of
local option. The liquor evil no less SO
than the others mentioned. The prohi.
bitiou party i the only party III Yer.
mont that stands opposed to the licensed
saloon, whether b. local option 81 other
WISE and flo voter can vote 10 Ills vote
Viii not favor the focusing Of liquor sell
ing BY NIoeal option, except BY voting the
prohibition ticket, Ne favor everything
That hest eandneea to good citizenship
and happy hones. I.nborers and All
classcs have no setter political friend
tlmn The prohibition party. II you viii
place us IN power We viii demonstrate
this 20 be tllle.
Very respectfully yours,