Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-04-20

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from misruie' ~ Is eiai,neu wa. -
petition has been largely sigheu III
Bennington.
The blank petition sent out Is mead
cd as follows:
! Town OF --
''April, 1906.
..To Perciyal W. Clement.
Dear sir:-As citizens of the state Of
Vermont who love our state, feeling that it's
name has been bemished by shameful
mismanagement of state institutions, graft
amonr some of its officers administration
and extrayagance in its business affairs, due
IN ring rule throughout: and, believing that
IL is OF the utmost importance to the state
that its administration should be clesnsed
and that good roads. local option, and other
economical questions demand immediate ac-
ton. and realizing that no cure can be hoped
for from existing parties:
1--WE. the undersigned, voters OF the state
of Vermont. hereby ask you, that in justice
TO those who supported you four years ago,
and 10 the people Of the state at large, you
will run as an independent candidate for
poyeror of the state; organizing state and
county tickets, and making a determined ef.
fort TO end the misrule which has stained
the name of our state
blank netitions are sent follows:
..Tbs neonle Of Remington who gave Mr..
por.;,a, w Clement such loyal support four
-. 90 ,oeI that II is of the utmost i'm.
portance to the issues which he supports,
and to the interests Of the state, that he
should not go into convention controlled
by the men who have misruled our state for
many years They feel that II successful IN
republican convention, anu ,s sieo,eu a. -
republican goyernof' a ,ha. . ,hs Sbsncss of
60. eGn'paaa.re snnh m nnmination in a conyen.
,,or H., cou,roiled bv the machine are not of the
hest We have, however. the utmost conf.
dence in the wish of majority of the voters
of the state that he should be its next gov.
ernor, free and untrammelled by any party
affiliations.
We have, therefore, started petition 20
Mr oiement 70 run as an inaepynt a;sl",..;n ., !,
didate ior governor anu He w. IL ."rr hs.r,.
esa's .,;an 'omn - n' % ,h;s movsm.nt bonine
,ha, !, vii NEE, such an immediate response
from the citizens of Vermont as to sweep
aside all party ties and leave the questions
of good citizenship and good government the
dominating ones in the coming campaign.
''Will you circulate this petition IN your
town, and see that every voter mas onsnuv Ms,,
to sign NJ trusting .na' oa' ai. au.g w
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