The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-08-28

Just 50 long as il depends upon the
service furnished by a private corpof'
alton, Just 50 long will the conditions
remain what they are today. Mr.. Fan
ming II IN favor Of such an amendment
70 the village charter as VIII permit
Brattlcboro To own and operate. ITS
own lighting plant. But there ~ a
right way aud wrong way of accom-
plishing this result. Because the rep.
rcscntatiye of power company has
a certain amount OF horse power 10
! dispose Of IL is no reason that the town
should be literally throttled into TAX.
| ing IL. When the thoughtful voters OF
/ Brattleboro get 10 work is IL going 10
be easy to sell them a "gold brieki'
/ Not for a moment.
Mr.. Tanning is against the bonding
I Of the town for exploiting purposes.
| Have You stopped TO figure out Just
what that means 10 youf DO YOU real
ize that, when you step into the tax
collector s Office TO pay your taxes, II
will take more than il does todayi
Do you realize how much mvrei IL is
well TO think over such an increase in
the per capita taxation before going TO
the polls.
And speaking of taxation. there is
another matter. one affecting the
whole state. which we ought TO con
slider. The present system of taxation
is unjust. manifestly so. Changes are
proposed. Mr.. Tanning stands for these
changes. and for such a revision of the
tax laws as shall more equally dis.
tribute the burden. forcing the man of
wealth and the railroads TO bear their
proportionate share.
The time has come, too, when the
State must control and regulate the
Telephone and Telegraph Companies
and other large corporations. These |
great servants of the people must be |
held within bounds. and their opera
tons wisely directed towards the |
would unhesitatinglv support such /
measures. Is il not TO your interest to |
send him to Montpelierl
The District School has been one of !,
the bulwarks of New England. No one
realizes the value of education more
strongly than Mr.. Tanning. He would
work strenuously for anything which
would add to the educational facilities
10 the outlying districts, and
as strenuously oppose any legislation
having in view any curtailment of
over by the voters scattered
upon the surrounding farmsi
The Windham County Fish & Game
Association is working hard for a re
vision of the present fish and game
laws. Such revision as is demanded,
IS needed. You will admit that. Who
IS best qualified by experience for I
such work. The lawyer. the business
nan, or the Republican who filed the /,
,ffice of Fish and Game Commissioner !
n q Democratic State and county,
must have done pretty good work S
ION t YOU thinkP He can do Just as
rood work for us in this county, if you :
1--WE him a chance. He knows what /
he sportsmen want; he knows what is S
eeded for the protection of the wild o
anne, and he knows how to attain $
hese ends.
Mr.. Tanning has said that if elected. C
e would 20 to Montpelier to repre- Il
emit the people of Brattleboro. He
,ould be their faithful servant in the fl
louise. He would advocate the forma. a.
ion of committees here among the va n
ous interests and in the various " :,
uarters of the town, which commit. =
aes would be in close touch with him, d
irecting him in his efforts in their be. SO
alf, and to whom he would report the =
end of events in the Legislature. AS
lch representative all personal inter. c
ITS should be banished, leaving him
zee to give the best that is in him to
e town of Brattleboro. At all times. y,
every situation, this would be para q
cunt to all else. .
What are you going to do2 Are you -
ing to vote for Democrat? There -
e one or two things to be thought of
that event. Suppose YOU do vote
+ Democrat. He may be desir-
lie man personally; he may stand
city fairly upon most of the local
sues, but that is not all. Remember
at once in the House he must and
Il take his part in legislation which
of vital Importance to the State as
whole. and not to Brattleboro alone.
wv will he stand upon such matters,
ues of a vastly. broader and more
'ious nature7
Are you going to "boltqn We hear
lite little nowadays, about the New
litics and the Younger Generation,
we are told that the thinking man
ties where he deems it to his best
rhaps. But there is one thing Ger.
n, in good Republican Vermont, and
It is that the "Boltern is without
J pale; he is hung up to dry in the
ic of the house polite, his useful.
s forever, at an end-save as hor.
lie example.
Viii you vote for a man whose only
OF the caucus we have
t seen, has been to say that Mr..
con knew as much about it as he
!? Is this any explanation at alls -
is hardly necessary to treat of this
iect in detail. The voters of Brat
,oro have good memories. II
his is addressed to "The Thought
Voter" and it is to be hoped that
nay be read by his family as we'll
} wives and mothers of the com.
atty exert greater influence, take
reater interest than many suppose.
little attention is paid to this
At, silent vote.
William Tanning asks you to cast
+ ballot for him on next Tuesday.
s to be hoped that you will do SO.
If you do, you will have registered
r vote in favor of clean politics
against the "Machine. And if
IS successful, you will have elected
epresent you in the General Assem-
an educated gentleman, not a fig.
lead, nor a mouthpiece for the
J. A man who will pursue no course
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, but will
n all things, sincerely and consist
Y, the Representative and the ser
of the people of Brattleboro.- Ill