Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-07-27
NO. 30
INTERROGATORIES FOR PERCIVAL w. CLEMENT

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? If so, what do you recommend
that the labor there be employed at?
Do you know of any employment that
will yield the state as much as it now
gets for that labor?
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
a long time on the books of that inst-
tuition to examine its dealings with the
Vermont Marble company. Can you tell of
a single instance where any favorltism has
been shown the Vermont Marble company
by the dealings of the state officials with
it? Can you tell of a single instance
when the state has paid for marble pur-
chased more than 1t would have had to
pay elsewhere, or more than the Marble
company got elsewhere for the same
grade of marble? Can you tell of a
single item or deal which ever took place
between the state of Vermont and the
Vermont Marble company that was any
thing else than fair square and honest?
H. You have charged the Republican
administration of the state of Vermont
with graft. Can you name a single off,
cial of the state of Vermont who has
ever received one dollar from the state
treasury which did not legally belong to
him?
u. You complain that the state ex-
penses have largely increased in the last
twenty-five years. You are an intelligent
man and know what constitute the chief
items of that increase. Therefore you
know that these items, which make al
most the entire increase, are the ex-
penses of the county and supreme courts,
the expenses of the state board of health,
the cost of the state laboratory of hy-
giene, the remuneration to owners of
diseased cattle, the care of the insane
poor by the state, the education of the
deaf. blind and feeble minded, the care
Of the old soldiers at the Soldiers
Home and the increased appropriation
for educational purposes. Now which
of these items are you going to cut, If
you are elected governor
Do you advocate the repeal of the law
for state care of the insane poor?
Do you believe that the appropriation
for the education of the deaf, blind and
feeble minded should be cut down?
Would you make the appropriation for
educational purposes any less than the
law now provides?
| Would you withdraw the state support
! for the home for old soldiers of the civil
| war?
What of the expenses of the county
and supreme courts would you cut down?
Would you make the witness fee less
than it is?
Would you pay jurors less than they
now receive?
Would you cut down the salaries of
the judges of the supreme court?
Would you put the states attorneys
and county clerks back onto the fee
system?
Would you abolish the state board of
health and do away with the state lab
oratory?
Would you repeal the provisions of the
law for the inspection of cattle and the
:
10. You were chairman of the Senate
committee on finance in 1900. Why did
you report from your committee a bill to
levy a direct state tax for the support
| of the state government and oppose a
reasonable increase in the corporation
tax? Was it because you were a heavy
stockholder in the Rutland railroad COM
pany? Why was it that when you were
in the state Senate in 1900. you worked
and voted to save the Rutland railroad
from paying more than one half the
rate of tax that the property of the
common people of the state had to pay,
| and at the same time voted to add to
the burden of taxation of the common
people by levying a direct tax.
H. Do you now favor a direct tax on
the people of the state for the support
of the state government. and do you OPP
pose an increase in the railroad tax so
that the railroads shall pay in proper
ton to what other property does? If
So why is your platform silent on that
subject?
Is, Can you name a state in the Union
which is more economically and honestly
administered than is the state of YER
mont?
Here are the real State Issues in this
campaign.
1t is for Mr.. Clement to meet them
fully and without evasion.
What do you say. Mr.. Clement?