Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-26
GIVES
OUT PLATFORM
Candidate for Governorship
Would Not Dictate the Par
ty Policy.
STATES HIS OWN POSITION
Compares Present Administration Ia
That of Housewife and Fnvors the
C"rtlnuancc Of Policies which
HIVE been =" We'll
Begun.
STATES HIS OWN POSITION

Newport. March oi.--TJeut. Coy.
George II. Prouty issued Tonight the
following statement i'm regard tn his
position on various matters of public
interest:
AS n candidate for tho office of Gov
crnor of Vermont let me say first. If
has always seemed to ne that n can
ddatc for that high Office should be
very careful not to arrugatc to him
self the right TO dictate the marty mol
fey. do not at this, or any other
time wish to place myself I'm any such
position. believe that the duty OF
formulating such policies rests with
the republican convention called for
that purpose as well as to nominate
those to whom shall be intrusted the
carrying ont Of such policies as may
be decided on by the representatives
of the people While. therefore. |
would not .ttempt to outline the plat
form to be adopted 7 do feel that il
is proper thpt I should state NV posi-
ton regarding matters of vital inter-
est to the public.
fNNIN 'EfohNS ACCOMPLISHED.
Tho Republican party has been
working the past two years along
1inoe si,ri,,r 10 ,boso col,,,.o, t -
larger way by the Roosevelt admins
trotion in national affairs has irstt-
tuted measures to project the rights
Of the people against cncroachinc cor
poratc Interests. has paesed laws prc-
venting discrimination in railroad
rates, has commenced the work Of
aholishng grade crossings and has
given the railroad commission real
powers 50 that It's orders must bN
oh"Ncd. has passed laws opening III"
books of corporations 10 inspection
Ni IN" courts. ana instituted other
measures to guard tn" rights or the
p'op'" against iaw-hr"aktng corpora
'onS' whether railroads or otherwise
II I'r''d Governor ! should FAVOR con-
"nU'nS In' Po'ci"s "hich nave h'eh
>" well n's -" anu S"oui" '"Nor P.ac-
ing an P"o',o ,"' po','''""S NV 'uI'"s
anu 80 "l'i' ''t''r'"l III"
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rtrt,. ,f ,h, neo,Io
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,.,r ho 90 ,to ,,ro,,os, hanac. 60 ,ha
c,,.o ro,io,.o ,ho+ thora ,ho,,d Iva so
backward stem taken REGARDING those
laws I'm, rqthor that we should strive
IN nerfert ihcr1
-'O''r' "'D r''' "'oD hoND'
The working Of the new highway law
| has proved that il was an eminentlv
wise one. | believe we should not only
retain all it's best features but that we
should also endeavor to improve il, al
"i'H nav ms IL. NM ..'' n'''l.'''1
o,a ,ho, or,v ,y ovna~t sunorvieio, c,p
uo succeoa :, o,,r efforts 10 make otr
| -i,.h,,.o, u.ba. ,bov .ho,,Id Iva Tra
c,o.o sh,r,, co,+ir,e tho nolic, Of doing
an +, oar oeord 70 assist IN ,biy worl,
| ,iu.o,., ,,,,o,,,i,oriro ,La+ ~ 10 in,,oesiiIa
Gov .ho s,,,ol,o,. communities N coue nm
:, NO hiyhost standard oxcan+ tbrorgh
| 49, oi, -. ,ro ,,reor communities
| o,,r ,oa, ,rs,it,,,iors 90 to-do, ,,,,or
~, a,o.roI 81 mot, 90 yroo, ohui,,, ,,or,
,, ;,,aar,.,. ord ais. i,,a,ro,, ava
aao, raeorr,s have boon brougr, ohou,
I,rinc ,no rost tvo yoors hu, n,uo,
,,,u ro,,o,,s ~ 10 doro avid a., r,,,.t
oo,,ir,o o1ors two lives uhicb w. ave-
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