Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-08-10

h.. ,l,,t,r,p. aud wiiy DID y"u uu' sd"i" d
h.. nls.k uhirh the r-puhiira" l,a''H
II. :, n, pi,tfusr. aud il N"u ls-i''-Ar
Mas, IA ,ach llN. did A"u i"''''-'T ~
.n,b a law Wh.u Vou N-re pr''si T. "a ''' !
m. Euil,nd railroad: II A"n i~i'.''
,t.,t fb,.r.. SLauld IT. uo ii>rriuina.t'"
,r favor ia fright rates, NhN d. 81 ,"',
:, hen ynn N-r,. president oi the ha'''''.
r,ii,,,d IA. STANDARD Oil company hah
sn.cial iayorS irnm y"nr railrn'i '''"
shut uut other oll producing
'.nunanirs from getting trad" "n '"'
lin. of Your road Aud Why h'd You,
when yuu were president al the h"'''"'
railroad company, make discriminating
FREIGHT rate nn coal. ~ thai towns like
chester. Ludlow aui other towns, "h''"
had Ia RELY SOLELY mpou your road ""''
COMPELLED tn pay larger freight Ih'"
than was paid 10y other places N"N
did vol Tx the rates 81 that Ihr>.r' "''N
comI-ll.d TO pay more for coal when
came through Rutland tu Chester ihah
was paid at Bellows Falls Tor the sane
kind of coal that WAS hauled FROM h"'-
land through hester Z" Bellows fa"s
). Are you now in favor ol . weekly |
u tyment law! Ii 81, what has change" |
your mind since YOU vut'd against such |
a Law i'm the hous- ui representatives. !"
sg1. aud voted against II IA the S'na'"
i'm 1900. aud wrote a letter against 1t IN
April. 1906? What has brought about
your conversion? Do You favor az EN-
blowers liability law to help the work
| iueman? II so. why dill YOU, when You
were president of the Rutland railroad
company, compel emPi"yrrs aud their
| families to Sign such contract as you
made in the Tarhrll case Are you ~
favor of law which al ows Il railroad
to make such contract with It's employ
eps. as YOU made in the Tarhril case:
i. Do YOU favor living wages for tn"
workingman? If So, why did yon nn-
dertake to cut tue wages a. the labormg
men in Rutland city, When Non were
mayor, to 81 - "a day.
Z. You complain of the management
of the Vermont state institutions. The
republican administration, acting under
the authority of the republican leglSla-
ture. has conducted an investigation ct
the hospital for the INSANE, the state
prison and the house of correction. Do
YOU know of any evidence bearing upon
I he management OF these institutions
hat has not been produced before TIA"
Investigating committee: II so, Wit
you tell the people of the state what that
evidence is?
). Do you know of state prison any
where in the country where labor ut the
conyicts Yields the state as much rs do :
. that OF the state prison Ut Vermont
Name the state prison, ii Nou know OF
one. Do YOU know of Il state prison any
: where in the Quilted States under a>
good business management rs the state
prison of Vermont If 50, name the
prison.
E .. Do yon know of u house ri cor
recrion anywhere in the United States
where line convict labor Yields the >tatr
E As much as does that of the house ui cor
i, rrctiom at Rutland: If 50, name the IN
! stitutiou. DO You know OF another house
= of correction in the United States uudrr
; as good business management Is til"
| house Of correction at ut'audE II So,
name the institution. DO NOd recon-
mend that the state of Nrrmost usr
. iahur AT the house OF correction tur SOME
y thing else man marble work II SO
what do yOn recommend that the Ia. rI
there he employed at? Do yo- know al
e any employment that will yield the stat,
e as much as it now gets for that lalorf
, 10. You complain that the house o'
: correction has brought ROACH marbl" ui
i the Vermont Marble company. You
g., have had your expert accountant Al
! work for long time on the books o
that institution to examine its dealings
:. with the Vermont Marble company. Gan
d you tell of a single instance where an,
favoritiSm has been shown the Vernon
Marble company by the dealings of til,
O state officials with it? Can you tell of
e single instance when the state ha, pal,
for marble purchased more than it woulo
have to pay elsewhere, or more than tin
q company got elsewhere for the sam
j. grade of marble? Can you tell Of a siugI
Il item or deal which ever took place be
" tween the state Of Vermont and the Yer
II mont Marble company that MAS any
l. thing else than fair, square and honest
! IL. You have charged the republica
administration of the state Of Vernon
t with graft. Can you name a single otli
IS cial of the state of Vermont who ha
:, ever received one dollar from the stat
" treasury which did not legally belong t
l. him?
ir ID. You complain that the state ex
, penses have largely increased in the las
twenty-five years. You are an intrligrn
III man and know what constitute the chic
r. items of that increasA. Therefore yo
=, know that these items, which make al
most the entire increase. are the eN
penses OF the county and supreme court
at the expenses of the state board OF health
the care OF the state laboratory of hvg
enc, the remuneration to owners of di
eased cattle, the care of the insane poo
I. 10y the state, the education of the deaf
blind, and feeble minded, the care G
the old soldiers at the Soldiers Hon
and the increased appropriations for e,
nc ucational purposes. Now'which of the>
l" items are you going to cut, if you al
," elected governor?
On DO you advocate the repeal of the Ia
De for state care of the insane poor?
ny DO you believe that the appropriate
KS for the education of the deaf, blind an
Ell feeble minded should tie cut down?
We Would you make the appropriate
}" for educational purposes any less tina
the law now provides?
IN Would you withdraw the state s,,ppc
r. for the home for old soldiers of the civ
he war ?
ed What of the expenses of the coun
." and supreme courts would YOU C