St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-07-08

conclusions, report having been made
to the governor but not yet made pup
lie. This report will come to us as from
the hands Of experts and should be given
due consideration and from its findings
law should be formulated which will re-
lieve the burdens by which we are now
oppressed. We cannot, however, pass
proper legislation along this line until
we have carefully studied the report OF
the commission and the recommends
tions made by them. Until such report
has been made public, believe we should
retain an open mind prepared to accept
what NAV be best for the majority and
not for our personal beneht.
There are many other subjects which
will come to your attention through the
medium of the platform which you will
adopt here today, and they should all
receive due and careful consideration,
but these matters | shall not call to your
attention, believing that the declaration
of principles which you will adopt today
will do so more fully than ought to at
this time. The great Improvement IN
the methods of conducting the business
of the state, under the guidance OF Gov.
Proctor, has demonstrated that the
application of business methods to the
carrying on of the affairs OF the state
was much needed, and if elected to the
high office for which you have chosen me,
| shall, to the best of my ability, CON
tinue such methods during my term OF
office.
at is unnecessary for me to call to
your attention the fact that the state
election which occurs in September is OF
great Importance, not only to this state
but to the whole country, because as has
been said so many times, as goes Yer
mont so goes the national election.
Vermont elections come first in the list OF
state elections, and whether she gives a
large majority or a small one is an indl-
cation of the feeling of the public towards
the great questions which will be in
volved in the national election. 1t is
necessary, therefore, that we have from
now on simply one thing in view and
that is the casting of the greatest vote
and the rolling up of the largest majority
which we have ever given in our state
election.
1--WE believe in the Republican party
and the principles which it represents,
1t has been the party of progress and
accomplishment. No great reform has
been carried out and no great financial
measure has been inaugurated except by
it. We do not have to go into ancient
history for its record of greatness for
under the leadership of that great
president. Theodore Roosevelt, more has
been accomplished than ever before in
the same period of time, not only in
actual legislation enacted, but more
than all in the spirit Of devotion to those
principles of honesty and justice as ex.
emplihed by his own life.
Let us by our devotion to the prin-
ciples which we profess and by our
earnest efforts for the success of our
party show to the nation that we most
of all have imbibed this spirit and are
determined TO win"
The platform adopted by the conven-
ton endorses the present national adj
ministration and pledges support to
William H. Taft.
Further and larger appropriations tor
school purposes are recommended.
II is declared that the evasion of taxes
is a greater evil, even, than double taxa
ton, and that all should pay their fair
share of the taxes. To this end il is
recommended that lawful tax be made
debt that can be collected, and that
the completion of the grand list shall in
no case bar the right of the state or a
town to recover what ought to be paid.
Certain changes in the judiciary sys-
TEN of the state are recommended tor
the purpose of making the administra-
ton of Justice more speedy.
In view of the fact that a time is ap.
preaching when the constitution may
be amended, it is suggested that that
document be changed so as TO give the
legislature a wider scope in the enact
ment of these reforms
The weekly payment law is endorsed
and an employers liability law drawn
on the same lines as the federal statute
is recommended. a law making the
wages of a workman up to SO exempt
from the process of attachment is also
recommended.
There is a paragraph about forest
preservation.
Other recommendations are for a law
giving the state supervision over cor
porations and the continuance of high
way improvements and the state high
way tax,
An amendment to the present liquor
law is advocated which will make il
impossible for a town voting YES tc
nullity the no vote of an adjoining towr
by placing a saloon close to that town.
boundary line 1t is also recommended
that some power higher than the license
commissioners be given a veto power or
the granting of licenses, and that tn,
license commissioners be elected by some
method other than the present system o
appointment by the side judges. With
such recommendations the present
license law is endorsed.
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