The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-06
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM
Principles Adopted at Recent State
Convention

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TIE Square Deal.
1--WE are proud to be Republicans
in this history-making era. The pri-
mary principles of our great organ
ization have ever been the protection
of the weak from the might Of the
strong, the uplifting of the masses,
and the control of the classes; the
fair deal, the square deal to every
man. Never have those principles
been so grandly exemplified and so
forcefully applied as der the lead
ership of Theodore Roosevelt. We
praise the administration and rejoice
in all the great works 1t has perform
ed.
National Candidates Endorsed
1--WE heartily endorse and adopt as
our own platform of the Republican
party Of the nation. We endorse the
candidacy of that great American who
has, by the overwhelming expression
of the will of the people been chosen
as our standard bearer, William II.
Taft, of Ohio. To him and to his as
sociate we pledge our fealty, our best
endeavor and we promise the support
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a vote so nearly unanimous that our
state shall maintain It's honored pos
ition as the first OF Republican COM
monwealths.
Record of STATE. Administration.
THE Republican administration of
| the state of Vermont brings as an
open book the account of its steward
ship for the last two years. We con-
| fidently make the assertion, proved by
that account, that we have met every
promise with performance.
I'VE pledged ourselves by our plat
form of 1906 to continued efforts to
upbuild and strengthen our public
schools. Our administration has made
and enforced laws to provide state
aid to the higher education OF the
young; TO lead the aid of the state
to better and more efficient supervis-
ion of our common schools; to extend
and make more beneficial our care
for the weak and the unfortunate;
and to add substantially to the per
manent fund dedicated 10 the support
of elementary education. We rec
commended such alterations in the
penal laws as would work to the more
efficient administration and result in
more direct and speedy punishment
of crime. There has been placed up
on our statute books a law requiring
all sentenced prisoners to work, and
in its administration 1t has worked
to the uplifting and improvement OF
the criminal class.
we promised such needed changes
in the administration of our penal In
situations as would tend to make bet
ter men and women of the inmates
there. BY statute law and by rules
established, a long step has been TAX
Ell to that end.
I'VE pledged our support to the
cause Of better highways. The Re
publican legislature has passed and
the Republican administration has
carried out, law appropriating from
the general funds of the common
wealth a substantial sum toward the
building of permanent highways and
providing efficient county superyis-
ion.
1--WE urged the reorganization OF
our judiciary system, to the end that
the administration of justice might
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dockets of our courts might be re-
lieved. That reorganization has been
brought about with the result that to-
day the courts are relieved and the
number of long standing causes has
been reduced to the minimum.
I'VE promised legislation to streng
then and make effective our laws for
the control of public service corpor'
atoms. That legislation has been
passed Our railroad commission has
been endowed with authority and pow
er to the resulting good of both peo'
pie and corporations. Effective meas
ures have been passed by our legis'
lature and enforced with the judg
ment of the highest court of the land
to make all corporations, domestic
and foreign, subservient to the pro
cess and orders vi our courts.
I'VE declared that economy In the
expenditure Of the money of the peo
pie should at all times be the aim. Sc
carefully have we kept that pledge
that all the expenses of the state gov
eminent, with its widened scope and
generous aid to schools and highways
have been met without one dollar OF
direct taxation.
1--WE nominated for governor In
, 1906, young man whom we placed
before the people with the assertion
that he was a man of marked ability
and progressiveness, a believer In the
application of thorough business prin
ciples and methods to the affairs Of
government and the champion of the
greater Vermont. There stands In
Vermont today not man who can
question that our governor is all we
claimed for him. We take pride in
the administration and the work Of
Fletcher ID. Proctor, and our best en-
dorsement of him is our claim that nc
one has ever better filled the guber
, Material chair.
, 1.-The Republican party in Vermont
. by its earnest effort to do what 1t has
promised has made the party plat
form meaningful.
I'VE therefore here make to the
voters our promise for the future.
: Education.
The Republican party regards the
education of the young as the mos
: important function OF government
: We have ever striven to make oul
! state among the foremost In thu
prime work. Our changing popular
, ion demands even more enort u
maintain and improve our standards
Therefore. to meet the needs appar
ent, we pledge our support to furthe
and larger appropriations for our gen
eral school fund; to wider and more
> efficient supervision of our common
schools; to measures providing TO
d better qualified and better paid teach
a ers for our rural schools; and to TIL
i establishment, wherever practicable
Y of classes for industrial and manua
e training and domestic science