Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-07-02

lndorse the weekly payment law and
ask that IT be strengthened in the in
terest OF the employe.
We deprecete the manner in which
the nomination OF the present candi-
date to the Republican party for tho
presidency was secured for him. New
er before In the history of the nation
has n retiring president. with the all
OF his of1ccholdcrs, committed 50
g%rievous an offense against propriety,
decency and popular government as
that which has forced upon a party
and the people a candidate so little
desired and so sparingly trusted; but
although unblushinRly perpetuated
this orcrsc should not now be allowed
to pass without rebukc and such n re-
buke only should suffice ms Is worthy
OF free men, in n free country with an
untrammcled ballot.
Referring now more especially to
tho AFFAIRS of the tate we cali atten-
ton to tho fact that in 1866. Just after
the War of the Rebellion. tho state ex-
ended only $500 900 per annum. This
paid everything. Since that time,
without excuse, this expenditure has
constantly increased until now the
state with rs government In the hands
Of about thirty different boards, con-
missions and superintcndents, emhrac-
ing more than one hundred oh1cehold-
ers In addition to the usual and neces-
sary ones. all of them republican poll
t%icians, In Office for political favors
rendered their party, requires nearly n
million dollars each year for the same
purposes with little or no return for
the excess but a system OF undesirable
poi''''S' piehsihR only to the politician
a"n '"e brHt'er'
IL IS cIear 'hat II the caiafnities
"h''H nave h''oh1od inc long years or
r'Puoi''"0lSm ar" 10 ne aNerted, pol
'c'es o'"'r IMAM those pursued by TINS
party must DO adopted
we 'h'r'iore demand mat the pres
eht "hJust ana 1lloglcal system or tax
atom whereby the poor are compelled
W pay 'aNeS upon 'hat wh'ch 'hey 10
"'' Nv" ana 'h' w'HltHS escap" TAXA
'oh' y" anolished ana wirhout fnr-
ther d''aE ana mat instead n JUST
ana ea"''apie system OF TAXATION be
adopted
lha' Jaws Tor inc reEuIation ana
INV JUST "Ndtioh OF corporations IN
ciuuinR ~'eiephone. telegraph ami rail-
road be mmedlateiy passed and en-
iorced.
mat laws having for their object
and purpose tho regulation of tho fire
insurance companies. doing business
IN Inc state as one great trust, arhi-
'rarliN nXlhE rates or insurance, the
terms or contracts to he signed by
ehe insured ana inc amount paid
IN case or loss regardless OF tho
premiums paid and received,
be enacted without delay. that the rights
and the interests OF the people shall be
better and more fully ~safeguarded in
their relations with these companies. To
This end, we favor what is known and
termed a valued policy law such rs was
passed by the House of Representatives in
IAN but never reported by the committee
on corporations TO which II was referred.
IN the Senate.
We also favor the present license-local-
option iaw, a democratic measure. as
originally passed. and fully believe that
under 1t the traffic in intoxicating liquor
Is much better conducted than under
the law which existed before 'ts adoption.
But we condemn the republican amend
ihen's 10 uls Ia" ana especially the one
! which places the appointment Of license
commissioners In the hands OF the as
slstant Judges or the county court. ana
demand that TINS authority DE gwen 10
the people OF the several towns VotnS
license, ana we also cohoemn Ike course
pursued ny the hepuDNHan pI''N through
It's license commissioners. IN the oistrioa-
ton OF licenses for poi'ticai purposes
we ihSist mat the IA" De SO at'ehded
by the coming Legislature as 10 remove
the liquor trhnic from the neid OF po'ucs
and beyond the reach or republican
politicians, bosses and grafters.
we rei'erate 'he long 'a"oilR ocna""
Of the democratic party tor the cutting
of. In the State government or all I'M
necessary commissions. boards ana Of
fcials; a consistent but radical reduction
In state expenses. a thorouSh business
system of auditing and Keeping OF 'hc
accounts 90 'e ''"''' ~ 49,"
political enect only, mas oeen pro"l'scu ny
the republican party out zone oi WHICH
promises have peeh fuihiieo
we 1aVor 'he oui'oihs u pe'"'"
roads the state Out ihS'S'
that this can he done as II well may
with money saved, oy reducing state eN-
pehses'
we also FAVOR NoeFa' coh'riou''o"S "
the State, To be obtained also oy the re-
ducnon OF H'a'e e"penseS' ',
,,d maintenance Of our common schools
and those training institutions of the
Sta,. witch wear nv year. from the
young mcn and women of the State.
ror s.sa scbools skiI,d