The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-17

Page made 90 secret of the fact that
his sympathy and work would be 10
Clements behalf OF course this atti-
mdo need not be expected TO drag
loyal party man like Governor Page
into the ranks of the fusionists, yet II
shows plainly enough that the COVER
morris support of the ticket is "bocause
10 Is the ticket and not because be- be-
liegos the nominees or the platform
the best that could be had. Brittle
boro lielormer.
1--WE win not attempt to follow The
Free Press into the future, but we
would say in reference TO the Burling-
ton conventions tbat, while the Demo
cratic convention was we'll attended,
the Independent convention was the
larger. Rutland Herald
"Whats Dragging about numbers
10 is easy enough TO get numbers when
you pay the freight. The l6 delegates
from Brattleboro were appointed. not
chosen. Loosing over the list 10 the
local directory we lind The makeup OF
Clements delegation from this town
OF the following complexion. Two
blacksmiths, livery stable employee,
lawyer. fish dealer, ex-bartendor. lunch
room proprietor, shoe ropairer, cigar
salesman, printer, grain sacker, hack
driver, borber. one delegate has no
occupation given bat boards a. GER
tain street number, and the names of
two delegates do not appear 10 the die
roclory 40 an Clements ticket from
here TO the Republican state convent
ion four years ago was made pp of
prominent and professional men with
large lot r .sts, but we lind none o.
them under Clements banner this
year. Vermont Phoenix.
We do not remember having seen
such "a smear ia the editorial columns
of our neighbour since we'll, IN a long
time What rs there TO prevent a
blacksmith, livery stable employee,
fish dealer, ex-bartender lunch room
proprietor, shoe repairer cigar sales
man. grain sacker. hack driver, or
barber from being as good citizen
as prominent or professional man
with large interests?n II The Phoenix
considers such tactics OF assistance TO
the Proctor cause its Judgment is GER
tainly warped Iirattleboro Reiormer
When =. W. Clemeut was president
of the Rutland railroad be eNempliGed
/ bis glove for the laboriug man by try
7 ing to avoid liability for negligence
by a shrewdly drawn contract which
he required the next OF kin OF employ
ees to sign. lie employed a young
man by the name of Arthur Tarbell to
work on the Rutland railroad and 10
avoid the penalty OF damages which
the law pot upon the company for neg
ligencc, he had a contract drawn and
signed 10y the father of the young man
providing that no consideration OF the
railroad company's employmeutof Ar
thur the father as next of kin, releas-
ed and discharged the company from
an damages that might accrue to the
father, as next of kin, by reason Of
the railroad company's negligence,
while Arthur was in its employ. This
is of course Just such contrac, a., Of
course every employer can force an
employee and bis family to sign when
/ he takes a job It's simply the force
OF the superior power of the employer.
Arthur, his father having signed the
contract went into the employ OF the
railroad company and was Killed by
the negligence OF the company, and
his father brought suit, and Mr. Clem-
ent for the company, undertook to de
fend on the contract. The case went
to the Supreme Court and is reported
in Vol. 70, Vermont reports, page 347.
The opinion is interesting reading to
any one who wants to know how the
Supreme court regards Mr. Clements
scheme. The court says in its opin-
ion; "Contracts OF this kind are clear
ly against public policy and invalid
for the reason that they tend to pro.
mote negligence on the part of rail
road companies in respect to the per
sonal safety of their employees The
court quotes Sec. 1924, Vermont stat
utes, and refers to Secs. 1886 and 1887,
and says, at is the law that courts
will not enforce contracts made for
the purpose of violating the statutes.
The court held the contract void as
against public policy.
A man who will force upon his EN-
poyees a contract made for the pur-
pose of violating the statutes can hard
ly claim to have very warm place
in his heart for the laboring man. The
Brattleboro Phoenix.
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