The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-06-26
THINK THEM OVER.

In Its Observation-Disclosures the platform
campaign the ST. Adams Messenger ask,
series OF very pertinent questions 90 tn,
republican voter who is likely 10 find
himself on the committee ON resolutions
In the state convention next week. The
queries have 10 do with matters that have
been discussed considerably and are Of
interest TO every citizen OF the state
whether or not delegate to the conven.
tion. They are reprinted herewith in the
hope that they will be given careful con.
alteration by all OF those who are likely
to have hand in shaping the party :
declaration OF principles next Wednesday:
When the good roads question is pro.
posed Tor your consideration today, Mr..
Republican, and you are asked what atti.
tude you think your party ought TO take
toward the proposition that the state
should build the interurban highn avs,
what answer are you prepared 10 give!
lave you made up your mind upon IL
and have you spiked down reasons loo the
faith that is in your
What do you think about the reorgan-
ization OF the courts! DO you like the
present system, or il not, how would
see the fee system abolished and sheriifs
placed on salary basisy Would you like
TO see the justice OF the peace courts abo..
ished and the petty court business now
falling TO them concentrated in the jurls.
diction OF municipal or districts courts
under the administration of men trained
in the law
How far shall the state 60 in the matter
OF forest culture! Shall it buy and own
reservations Of land for this purpose, and,
II SO, to what extent and under what gen
eral policy.
Do the corporation laws require any
more amendment, and, if so, in what di.
rection.
What have you in mind to suggest for
model tax law or the fundamental prin-,
ciples of change in the present law!
Would you favor separate insurance
department in this state under expert
supervision!
What are your ideas of the centraliza.
ton OF state commissions. Here is a
pressing necessity for change, and yet
some practical substitute must be found
for the commissions now administering
various departments Of the government
we cannot keep on crying that there are
TOO many commissions and expect anybody
to do anything about it until somebody
comes to the front with workable plan
to do away with some of the commissions
by substitution of better device.
What do you say to the adoption of
uniform system of municipal accounting
throughout the state as another step in
line with the modernization of the state
auditors office?
What do you think about referring the
liquor law again to the people?
Are you ready to try primary elections
law instead of the present caucus system?
DO you think it advisable to establish |
the salary and expense allowance for the |
governors office at such reasonable adj |
vance upon the present figure that the |
governor will no longer be obliged to pay
part of the cost of serving the people out |
OF his own pocket?
What, do you say to the idea of paying
long or short. and doing away with the
present per diem plan of compensation
that makes every delay of the states
business profitable to the average law
maker and costly to others?
Have you studied the employers liability
law that the national party stands for and
are you ready to have the same kind of
a law passed in Vermont?
Are you prepared to amend the law
for debt along the lines that the laboring
men have been working for years?
Don't you think it is high time the state
began Systematically to encourage manual
training and the teaching of domestic
science in the public schools?
What would be your answer to these
and other similar questions, Mr.. Republi-
can, if you found yourself on the commit
tee. on resolutions in the state convention
and were called upon to trot squarely with ,
your constituents as well as be faithful ,
to your own honest judgment?