Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-08-10

pay elsewhere, or more than the Marble
company got elsewhere for the same
grade of marble Can you tell of single
item or deal which ever took place be-
tween the State of Vermont and the
Vermont Marble company that was any
thing else than fair, square and honest
II. You have charged the Republican
administration of the State of Vermont
with graft. Can you name a single
official of the State of Vermont who has
ever received one dollar from the State
treasury which did not legally belong to
him?
~. You complain that the State ex-
penses have largely increased in the last
25 years. You are an intelligent man and
know what constitute the chief items of
that increase. Therefore you know that
these items, which make almost the entire
increase, are the expenses of the county
and supreme courts, the expenses of the
State board of health, the cost of the
State laboratory of hygiene, the remun-
GRAFTON 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!
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port for the home for old soldiers of the
Civil war?
What of the expense 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 to 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
killing of such as are found diseased?
10. You were chairman of the Senate
committee on finance in 1900. Why did
you report from your committee bill to
levy direct State tax for the support of
the State government and oppose a ,rea.
sonable increase in the corporation tax
Was it because you were heavy stock
holder in the Rutland railroad company :
Why was it that when you were in the
State senate in 1900, you worked and
voted to save the Rutland railroad from
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 taxa
ton of the common people by levying a
direct tax?
II. Do you now favor a direct tax on
the people of the State for the support of
the State government, and do you oppose
an increase in the railroad tax so that
the railroads shall pay in proportion to
what other property does? If so, why is
your platform silent on that subject?
IS. Can you name State in the
union which is more economically and
honestly administered than is the State
of Vermont:
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?