Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-08-31

. felony or doing otherwise than q state
LAYING citizen and man who had held high
once" should have done. ! did not then
think aud 1 do not now think that u was IN
cumbent upon me 10 assume the prerogaiiYe
u the executive Of this state d'd thihk
that | had the right a. citizen taxpayer
and a voter 10 call the attention Of my fell
iow.eitiIens 20 the NAL administration OF
state affairs by the party Ia power, then
thought aud now think that the republican
machine, which claims TO reap all the brne,
ats Of prosperity. should also be charged
with the maiadministra,lon of the commits
sions appointed aud sustained BY u.
II IL evasion for Col Chapman To say
that GOV. he'll aid not know OF this, IL was
his business TO know Of H. Perley Pope
AFFIDAVIT given rs can be seen by Mr.. shurt
lens statement, after due consideration
shows not only that the cattle commission
entered into this traffic In diseased meat
knowing that II was 20 be sold for food, but
that this was known TO other officials,
charge aud will endeayor 10 prove that the
facts contained In the aildayits Of Frank T.
Hutchinson, Frank Whitney and Perley
Pope are not one'tenth part Of what can
be- shown regarding this iraife IN diseased
meat carried on by this commission both IN
Vermont and In our sister states, The hon
urable chairman of the republican machine
cannot avoid this issue. II has come AS part
Of the result Of the republican adminisira'
tlon. II Is the same as u was at windsor
IL il the same as IL was At Waterbury IL
Is caused as they were caused, by the ma
chine politics Of this state which places In
positions Of trusts and profit old political
hacks instead OF men qualified for the posi-
lions.
Fletcher u. Proctor, the candidate Of the
machine republicans, has publicly stated
that he has no apology to offer for the past
administration Of state affairs, that II has
been conducted on lines Of strict economy
aud honesty, and he mus, stand or fall by
his own statements.
Mr.. Chapman cannot avoid this issue by
charging that John II. senier suppressed
this information, as an excuse for the ma
chine oAicials misconduct. 1t is the bust
ness Of the governor Of this state and Of the
party, that for 50 years has controlled ey'
cry Office in this state, 10 know what the
subordinate officers are doing. IL is the
business OF Attorney General Fits, who has
seen ft in public speech TO ailege that
had these affdavits nine months previous TO
my public announcements, 10 have investi
gated this matter and not to hide behind
the curtain Of my alleged default II Mr..
Fits made the statement at his speech at
l.yndonville referred TO In the Burlington
we're made nine months ago, and that held
back this information for political effect he
s not only a liar. but a yindietye, willful
liar. Those aifidavits were not made until
after had publicly asserted these facts and
until after the facts had been published In
the Montpelier Evening Argus, the Mont
clier Daily Journal and the Burlington
Free Press have song doubts about At
iorney. General Fits having made that
statement, foi the reason that 1t appears IN
90 ring organ. the Free Press, that in IT,
self is pretty nearly a conclusive presump'
ton that Fits never said any such thing
and. until | have better proof ! cannot ad-
dress myself TO Mr.. Fits upon this state
ment
Mr. Chapman says that Perley +. Pope
has retracied his statement made in sol
emn affidavit before H. c. shurtlef
still think that in the hurry OF the campaign
Mr. Chapman has neglected 10 read what he
calls Pope's retraction. Pope does not deny
any essential thing that his affidavit con.
tanned but he says he did not understand
that it was to be used for political pur'
poses. Perley Pope, in his innocence, sup
posed after he had seen the afidavits Of
Hutchinson and whitney after he had
hard the declaration ! had made about this
matter that his affidavit was wanted for
framing to be put in a back parlor. Mr..
Chapman admits that / made this deelara.
ton at Burlington, where the Swift Beef
company is located, on the sth day Of Au-
gust Nobody yet has dared deny the
statement that | then made. Mr.. Graham,
our state auditor, has never denied the
statements that Perley Pope made. Further
than that / have affidavits TO show, beyond
any question of doubt, from men whom he
would admit are truthful, that ! haven't
begun to tell this meat story yet. That
Vermont through her cattle commission and
with the knowledge OF her state officers, has
been putting this meat on the Massachusetts
market. The governor may not be respon'
sible. The chairman Of the republican state
committee may not be responsible, for Wind
sor Waterbury or the cattle commission
They may not be responsible for the in
crease In state expenses from a little more
than $4,000 to more that SS65,000. But,
one thing is certain, that the republican ma
chine has had full control OF this state for
the last so years; and, il they are not re.
sponsibe. ii is time some party was put in
power who will assume responsibility. II
our present state officers are not responsible,
let us put into office men who will give some
attention to state business, officers who will
give us clean, honest, economical business
administration of state affairs, men who
realize that public Office is public trust,
and state officers who will not attempt TO
shirk their responsibility.
John H. Senter.