Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-08-23

the state 70 undertake the care OF tran
sient insane, but Il was not until 1886 Iha
( u assumed the entire burden Of the town
IN caring for eli the insane having no rela
iivts 70 look out for them. In 1890 W
had 50 patients; today we have 10. ID
you want 10 60 back to the old system o
caring for the insane II you do not, yoi
must expect the cost will be more. w
must consider, however, whether the COS
I per week Is more than il should be. II
other places it is given as S4.0l. In 1906
our rate was 3 IS, or IS cents a week les
than L costs outside. Yet supplies in IA,
way Of coal are higher on account OF on
distance from tide water. Is that extrava.
| CANT Do you want those unfortunate
/ people supported for less p? The veal
| point 10 the states treatment of the insan,
| Is the sending Of patients to Waterbury
who should be cared for at home. Greal
/ vigilance is always needed TO keep BUSH
ness 90 an economical basis, but Vermont
can III afford to run that or any other in.
sttution except according to modern
| standards.
"Twenty years ago Vermont began to tar
corporations, and IN June, 1906, this tax
had raised s714,000 for the legislature
asylum, etc. The last direct tax in Yer
mont was introduced by Mr.. Clement
who opposed Establishment the of the state
I
/ corporations. He saved s2s,0O0 by de
feating this increased corporation tax, but
Randolph lost 1921.
"Do you want to do away with the state
school tax, the school fund, the state
| laboratory, the highway tax Do you be-
/ grudge the old soldiers their support in
the Home at Bennington? | do not be-
I lieye Vermont has reached that point yet.
/ They say all this costs money. Every
thing costs something some sacrifice OF
time or money
"Mr. Clements program is one OF dol
lars and cents. II be elected your gov
ernOr, i shall endeayor TO administer the
affairs Of the state In accordance with the
highest duty OF the state. Vermont has a
higher duty than to see how shs may save
8 dollar at any cost. The sooner Vermont
comes 10 the performance Of that duty in
accordance with the standards Of practi-
ell Christianity, the better for the people
OF the state and the fair name OF he COM
mon wealth We honor and love So much.".
Mr.. Pruuty vas he next speaker and in
his remarks touched upon the few speci-
tic charges of graft that have been made.
zone Of them is the claim that Fuller G.
Smith Of ST. Adams, " ho wrote some sharp
anti-Clement letters, presented a bill for
800 days work in a year that did not
have so many working days. The first
quarter, for which the bill was rendered,
preceded Mar. rs, 1896 and the last quar-
ter ended Mar. IS, 1896. making Is months
instead OF y, as Mr.. Clement very well
knows.
"Mr. Ballard Of Georgia Is said to have
bought an old wagon from the state for a
dollar Later he gave il away. A sleigh
that cost SIPS was sold BY DR.. Hutchinson
while at the Waterbury asylum for 80.
Every one knows that wagons and sleighs
wear out and do not bring much al sec
ond- hand and Mr.. Ballard is Of the opin-
ion that he should have bought the prop
erty cheaper.
Mayor Burke OF Burlington stated that
Elias Lyman Of that city was getting a re-
bate on coal furnished the asylum OF from
five cents to 55 cents ton. be claimed
the fire ght rate from Burlington TO Wa
terbury was s. cents a ton and that - 30
ton was paid for the asylum fuel. As a
matter Of fact, the rate from Burlington
to Waterbury is 30 cents a ton with Is
cents added for unloading, which makes
an extra cost OF II .0s over the Burlington
price OF 80 90 ton for coal Mr.. Lyman
has said tie statement that he was getting
a rebate is a deliberate lie.
"Mr. Clement Is placarding the walls OF
your towns TO show the increase in state
expenses. That they have doubled and
almost trebled is what he expects you to
understand. Even so, DO you wish to
abolish OF even cripple such institutions
as the state laboratory, the common
schools, colleges, administration of justice,
the tuberculosis commission, the cattle
commission, and ell the other agencies
working for the welfare and advancement
OF the state
Look at your own village Have your
expenses increased i'm the last 20 years
Is It because your men have been dishon-
est IL you have any improvements you
must pay for them. Where we had tax
that averaged almost 30 per cent IN the
past, you are not taxed one single cent to-
day. Does that show that the leaders of
this party have stolen anything, or does Y
show good management II the Repu biz
can leaders have been grafters or machine
men, turn them down; bat II they have
done WE'LL used good business judgment,
give them your votes on the fourth Of Sep
te nter.h
District Attorney Martin located the
much talked-of machine right m the
town caucuses and advised his hearers to
attend caucuses and smash rings wherever
they found them, assuring them that II
would not be necessary to swallow Glenn
emit in order to do it.
ave have heard of Senator Proctor get
ting a man appointed TO some good place
on account OF his influence but so far is he
from controlling campaign affairs that ne
Is now in Newfoundland and letting
Fletcher d. run his own machine.
1.-THE Republican party demands the
same legislation for railways within the
state "a the United States demands Tor
railways between the states. When rail-
way makes secret rate with large cor
poration, 1t brushes competition. over a
stretch Of road that Mr.. Clement owned.
the rate on coal from Rutland to Brandon,
rs miles, was So cents; from Rutland TO
Middlebury, 81 miles, sl.l0; but from Rut-
land to Burlington, 81 miles, only % cents.
Mr. Clement says that isn't true. Nowi
have seen the letter fixing that rate Mr..
Clement knows to whom i was written
and so do /. II said in the letter tins IS
confidential When he was dealing with
in coal at Bristol, the rate from New
Haven Junction. IL miles was 20 cents
ton. Attorney General Fits found that
rate on the books but the very next day
# was cancelled. Now Mr.. Clement says
there is no such rate, but he does not say
there never has been. Republicans de-
mand that he shall not only pay back his
unlawful gains but that he shall pay the
penalty for such a misdemeanor.
URnf now this arch CRATER comes be-