The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-07-03
THE PLATFORM.
Republican Declaration Of Principles
Adopted Wednesday.


Tho republicans oi Vermont, by thei
delegates IA convention assembled a
/ Monlpelier, July let, lss, do declare;
I. We are proud 10 he republicans II
| this history making eta, The primaT.
principles OF our great organization haNl
ever been the protection Of the Wrak ifuu
The might ul the strong, the uplifting q
the masses and the control At the classes
the fair deal, the square deal 10 ever
man. Never have th0so principles bcei
- gandly eNemplliird aud 30 iofueiulll
applied az under the leadership OF Thee
doir Roosevelt. We praise his admins
tration aud rejoice in all the great work
IL has performed.
We heartily endorse and adopt as on
own the platform Of the republican part!
ol the nation, We endorse the oandidae,
Of that great American who has, by IA,
overwhelming eAprsslon OF the will 81
the people, hccn chosen a. our standard
l,earer, William H. Taft OF Ohio. II
him and To his associate We pledge our
fcaliy our best endeaVor aud We promise
the support al Vermont 10 TAFT and shcr
man by vote - nearly unanimous that
our state shall maintain IT, honord posi-
ton a. the int Of Republican common
wcalths
3. The republican administration OF the
state of Vermont bring. a, an open book
the account Of it, stewardship Tor the last
two YEAR,. We confidently make the a..
-eIti0n, proved by that account, that we
have met every promise with performance.
We pledged ourselves by our platform
OF 1905, to continued efforts 20 upbuild
and strengthen our public schools, Our
has made and enforced
laws TO provide state aid 20 the higher
education Of the youngi 10 lend the and Of
the state 90 better and more efficient su'
pcryision OF our common schools; 10 cN'
tend and make more beneficial our care
for the weak and the unfortunate; and 10
add substantially TO the permanent fund
dedicated TO the support of elementary
education. We recommend such altcra'
tions in the penal laws as would work TO
{ he more efficient administration and re-
suit in more direct and speedy punishment
of crime. There has been placed upon our
statute books a law requiring all sen
fenced prisoners 20 work, and in its ad.
il has worked 20 the uplifting
and improvement OF the criminal class.
We promised such needed changes in
the administration OF our penal instltu'
tions as would tend 10 make better men
and women of the inmates there. By
statute law and by rules established, a
lOng step has Dttu Adhti W AhdN thus
We pledged our support TO the cause OF
better highways. The republican legisla
lure has passed and the republican admin.
stration has carried out, law approprat'
ng from the general funds OF the com.
a substantial sum toward the
building OF permanent highways, and pro-
iiding efficient county supervision.
We urged the reorganization of our judi
'iary system, to the end that the admin.
strtion OF justice might be more speedy
md that the crowded dockets OF our
,ourts might be relieved. That rcorgani-
alton has been brought about with the
'esult that today the courts are relieved
md the number OF long standing causes
las been reduced 10 the minimum.
We promised legislation to strengthen
nd make effective our laws for the con
rol of public service corporations. That
egislatiOn has been passed. Our railroad |
has been endowed with au
hority and power to the resulting good |
/ both people and corporations. Effect |
re measures have been passed by our leg |
stature and enforced with the judgment I
the highest court of the land, to make |
II corporations, domestic and foreign, |
ubservient to the process and orders OF
ur courts.
We declared that economy in the ex-
enditure OF the money OF the people
lould at all times be the aim. So care
ally have we kept that pledge that all
ne expenses of the state government,
18th its widened scope and generous aid
, schools and highways, have been met
ithout one dollar of direct taxation.
We nominated for governor in 1906,
)ung man whom we placed before the
eople with the assertion that he was a
an rs ,naYl-nI ahilttu and mr. |
ess, believer in the application OF thor
Ugh business principles and methods to
lie affairs of government and a champion
the greater Vermont. There stands in
today not a man who can ques- {
on that our governor Is all we claimed
r him. We take pride in the admins ]
alton and the work of Fletcher ID. Proc
+, and our best endorsement of him is !
II claim that no one has ever better I
led the gubernatorial chair
The republican party in Vermont by its
nest effort to do what it has promised, |
5 made the party platform meaningful. I
We therefore here make to the voters
r promise for the future
Education. y
The republican party regards the edu- Z
ton of the young as the most important [
action of government. We have ever r
ven to make our state among the fore q
,st in this prime work. Our changing n
pulation demands even more effort to g
llntain and improve our standards Il
erefore, to meet the needs apparent, we
dge our support to further and larger st
for our general school al
ID to wider and more efficient super b
ion of our common schools; to mea- d.
es providing for better qualified and la
ter paid teachers for our rural schools; is
to the establishment, whenever prac II
ible of classes for industrial and man ii
training, and domestic science. fu
Taxation. III
We appreciate that the proper and ne
itable assessment upon property for tn
support OF government is ever trouble w
lie, and that no system yet devised is tn
oily Just. pr
We pledge the earnest and faithful work he
our party to the solution of the prob az
S of taxation as they arise. We shall 60
< such remedy for double taxation,
arever and however it exists, as will re-
alize the burden. But we believe that an
sion of taxes is the greater evil, and do
our first duty is to see to it that all bu
able property pays its fair share. We We
land the enactment of such laws as pc
make the duty to pay the lawful tax. ed
ebt which may be collected whenever
evidence shall appear, and that the jol
pletion of the grand list shall in no dis
J bar the right of the state or town dis
recover what the taxpayer ought to w
EFT
Judicial Procedure. ele
e recognize that changing conditions "a Ia
the development of society have made lol
jurisdictional lines between our vari- q.
courts out of harmony with the times lrl
higher courts are burdened with tri- ma
causes, with the resulting hardship to =
parties and great expense to the com g.,
1yaa1tb No lirua such nbanoac nc tho ITO