Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-08-09
POSERS FOR PERCY.
Republican Newspaper Asks Mr.. Clement
Some Questions That He Doesn't Answer.

: The Brattleboro Phoenix asked the
following pertinent questions, IN the
answer TO which every voter and every
e taxpayer in Vermont is interested:
a Percival w. Clement, the Democrat
E ic candidate for governor, Is to SPEAK
:. in Brattleboro next Monday evening
on state issues. He purports to stand
, upon the Democratic platform, and Il
: viii be in order Tor him to declare spe'
officially whether he approves the va
rious planks which the opposition
party have declared 10 be their belief.
: Let us interrogate this candidate,
I once a Republican and now a Demo
crat."
l. Do you, Mr.. Clement, believe in
putting all public officers, including
sherifs, deputy sheritfs and justices OF
the peace, on a stated salary, as is adj
yocated in the Democratic platform
Do yon believe that that would be a
prudent and economical thing tor the
state TO DO?
2. Do YOU believei in the repeal OF the
state highway and state school tax, as
the Democratic platform urges Do
YOU think il is fair to the smaller COM
munities to take away from them the
aid which they need, and which they
now receive under Republican rule, in
the support OF the rural schools and in
the building OF the main highways
Do you think it is fair 10 the smaller
towns that practically all the states
money be spent in the large and more
prosperous towns, and the small towns
ha fprtanQtla1 70 fFaIanfa 10 ha
large towns without recompense or re-
muneration in any way
3. DO you favor the regulation OF
railroad rates by the government, as
President Roosevelt does? II so. why
does your newspaper, the Rutland
Herald. oppose that law
{. DO YOU favor a law In Vermont
imposing a penalty upon railroads
who grant secret rates and disciimi-
nations within the state OF Vermont
II so, why did you not have such a
plank in the platform and why did you
not adopt the plank which the Repub-
lican party has in its platform, and IL
you believe now in such a law, did you
believe in such law when you were
president OF the Rutland railroad 4? III
you believe that there should be no
discrimination or favor in freight rates,
why is il that VIII, n you were president
of the Rutland railroad the Standard
Oil company bad special favors from
your railroad and practically shut out
other oil producing companies from
getting trade on the line OF your road
And why did you, when You were
president OF the Rutland railroad COM
pany, make a discriminating freight
rate on coal, so that towns like Ches-
ter and Ludlow. and ether towns. which
had to rely solely upon your road. !
were compelled to pay larger freight
rate than was paid by other places
Why did you fix the rates so that Ches-
ter was compelled to pay more TOR coal |
which came through Rutland to Ches- |
ter than was paid at Bellows Falls Tor
the same kind Of coal that was hauled |
iron Rutland through Chester to Bel
lows Falls?
,. Are you now In favor of week |
~ payment law? If so, what has |
changed your mind since YOU voted |
against such a law in the House Of
Representatives IN 1892, and voted |
against 1t in the senate in 1900, and |
wrote a letter against It in April, 1906? |
what has brought about your CONVEX
sionp
8. Do yOu favor living wages for |
the workingman? Ii so, why did You
undertake to cut the wages OF the la
boring men in Rutland city. when you
were mayor, to Sl.25 day?
z. You complain of the manage
ment OF the Vermont state institutions.
The Republican administration. acting
under the authority of the Republican
legislature, has conducted an inyesti-
CATION OF the hospital for the insane.
the state prison and the house OF cor
rection. DO you know OF any evil
dence bearing upon the management
oil these institutions that has not been
produced before the investigating
committee? II so, will you tell the
people OF the state what that evidence
is?
s. DO You know OF a state prison
anywhere in the country where labor
OF the conyicts yields the state as
much as does that of the state prison 4
OF vermont? Name the state prison. II
II you know OF one. Do YOU know OF
a state prison anywhere in the United
States under as good business manage
ment as the state prison of Vermont ?
II so, name the prison.
3. DO you know of a house of cor
rectlon anywhere in the United States
where convict labor yields the state as
much as does that of the house of cor
rectlon at Rutland ? If so, name the !
institution. Do you know OF another
house of correction in the United
States under as good business manage
ment as the house of correction at Rut- I
land Ii so. name the institution.