Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-06-18
STATEMENT sY STANTON.
Candidate for Governor Denies Any
Alliance with Corporations.

Alliance with Corporations.
Hon. Zed S. Stanton of Roxbury makes
tie following reply to statements that be
considers derogatory to his candidacy
for the Republican nomination for
GOVERNOR
"The letters and editorials in various
Prouty newspapers attempting to make
me appear the tool or candidate Of the
railroads have not the slightest basis in
fact. An editorial in The Enosburg
Standard, reprinted in The st. Adams
Messenger, says that ii is asserted on what
is believed TO be good authority that a con-
ference was held in the Office of the Cen
trail Vermont Railroad Co. in st. Adams
at which were present Mr.. Stanton and
the attorneys and lieutenants Of the Gem
trail in the county, The statement is I'M
qualifiedly false in whole and in
every particular. A letter printed in the
Burlington Free Press in its issue OF
June 9Th and signed Fair Play by in
nuendo and indirect attack makes ssser-
ton that 1 have conferred with Nr.
Writers at St. Adams and attacks my
honesty and fairness. All the assertions
and insinuations in that letter are wholly
and entirely untrue. Not only are the
representations as to my attitude false,
ment whatever in the state favorable to
the repeal or weakening Of the valuable
corporation laws now on the statute
books, 80 that the argument Is based on
two false assumptions, one that there il
a movement TO repeal existing corpora
ton laws. and the other that 1 am allied
with such a Increment.
AZ have said before and now repeat
thai am in full accord with the policies
Of reform and the regulation OF corporate
interests that are already established by
law III Vermont, and IL elected to the
Office uf governor, | snail be Jealous in
my efforts 10 continue and make peryrs-
nent these policies. II individuals con-
uected With corporations adyocate my
nomination. they do so with full and
complete knowledge that ! am entirely
Independent Of any influence that would
urge back '7ard step in legislation caIcu-
lated 10 relieve them Of just obligations
10 the state NJ the expense OF the people.
"My opponent has rcsorted TO q meth
OF oi campaigning heretofore unknown
IN Republican politics in Ncrmont-that
OF paying for advertising space in the
newspapers in the attempt TO have the ma
terial winch he sends cut from Newport
appear under the misleading guise Of COM
Z fnuUlcatlOIs from iona Hut corte-poiiu'
enss or editorial matter. | could
no, il would, and ! would net IL J
could, adopt the same method, even IL !
knew IL would give me the nomination.
II SIR. Prouty sees fl TO buy and use adj
vertising space in the newspapers Of the
state TO further his own candidacy by dis
playing articles prepared under has direc-
ton calculated TO create false impressions
as 10 my Standing on public questions
and printed ia such form a. to deceive
the reader as to their authorship. would
under no consideration compete with him
in TINT kind Of canvass, believing tina;
such devices would be more properly en-
ployed In the sale Of patent medicines
and breakfast foods.
az have no machine to back me; am
still without alliances. / cannot believe
that public opinion in this state can be
successfully manufactured by such I'M
fair and deceptive methods, for in my
opinion the voters viii discover and con-
denim them. Mr.. Prouty has the where
withal TO conduct this kind of a cam
psign and may employ his money to this
end IL he sees fit, but the people OF Ver-
mont will decide whether the governor
ship is the proper subject of promotion
by such means"