The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-08-02

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pesuus lo~ns. and The small io~ns be
compelled 10 pay tribaie 70 The large
towns ~iiheai rerompeHse o. remnn.
erNiaon Ia any say'
4 Do yoa favor the regulation 81
rnilrsd RATES by the government, ~
President Roosevelt dces' II 40. why
does your newspaper, the kaslAhd
Herald. oppose THAI las'
1. DO you favor a law ia Vermont
imposing = penalty upon railroads who
gran, secrc, rates and determinations
within ,he state ~ Vermont II SO,
why did yon uot have such plank IN
the platform, and why did you not
adopt The plank which the Republican
party has IN iis platform, and 4 you be-
lieye nov IN such law, did YOU believe
in such law when you were head
a. The Rutland railfoad' II You believe
there should be no discrimination or
iavors ID freight rates, why is Il that
when you were president u the Rutland
railroad the Standard OIL company had
special fayors from your railroad and
practically shut out other oil producing
companies from getting trade on the
line Of your roadf
And why did you, when you were
president Of the Rutland railroad com
pany, make discriminating freight
rate on coal, So that towns like Chester
and Ludlow, and other towns, which
had TO rely solely upon your road, were
compelled 10 pay larger freight rate
than was paid by other placesf Why
did you fix the rates 40 that Chester
was compelled 10 pay more for coal
which came through Rutland 10 Chester
than was paid at Bellows Falls for the
same kind Of coal that was hauled from
Rutland through Chester to Bellows
Fallsf
5. Are you in favor Of a weekly
payment lawi II so, what has changed
your mind since you voted against such
a law in the House Of Representatives
in 1872. and voted against II in the
Senate in 1900, and wrote a letter
against il in April. 1867 What has
brought about your conversionf
DO you favor an employers liability
law 10 help the working mani IL so,
why did you, when You were president
Of the Rutland Railroad company, com
pei employees and their families to sign
such contract as you made in the
Tarbell easel Are you in favor OF q
law which allows railroad to make
such contract with its employees, as
you made in the Tarbell case'
6. Do you favor living wages for
the workingmani II so, why did you
undertake to cut the wages OF the la
boring men in Rutland City, when you
were mayor, to VI - a dayf
Z. You complain Of the management
Of the Vermont state institutions. The
Republican administration, acting I'M
der the authority Of the Republican
legislature, has conducted an investi-
CATION of the hospital for the insane,
the state prison and the house OF cor
reciion. DO you know of any evidence
bearing upon the management OF these
institutions that has not been produced
before the investigating committcef II
80. will you tell the people Of the state
what that evidence is'
3. DO you know of a state prison
anywhere in the country where labor
of the convicts yields the state as much
as does that of the state prison OF
Vermont II so, name the prison. =
0. DO you know Of house OF cor.
rection anywhere in the United States
where the convict labor yields the state
as much rs does that Of the house OF
correction at Rutlandi II so, name the
institution. DO you know OF another
house Of correction in the United States
under as good business management
as the house of correction at Rutland
II so, name the institution.
Do you recommend that the state Of
Vermont use labor at the house OF cor
rection for something else than marble
work. II SO, what do you recommend
that the labor there be employed att
DO you know Of any employment that
viii yield the state as much a. il now
gets for that labori
10. You complain that the house OF
correction has bought rough marble OF
The Vermont Marble company. You
have had your expert accountant at
work for n long time on the books Of
that institution 10 examine lis dealings
with the Vermont Marble company.
Can you tell Of a single instance where
any favoritsm has been shown the Yer
mont Marble company by the dealings
Of the state officials with III Can you
tell Of single instance when the state
has paid for marble purchased more
than il would have had 10 pay elsewhere
or more than the Marble company got
elsewhere for the same grade Of msrblei
Can You tell Of single item or deal
which ever took place between the state
of Vermont and the Vermont Marble
company thai was anything else than
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