The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-22
PARTY PLATFORM
PROPOSED BY
COMMITTEE
Preliminary Draft For Coming
State Convention
HAS MANY GOOD FEATURES
Calls for Trunk Line Highways, Re-
tention of Local option System
squints at Primary Law
HAS MANY GOOD FEATURES

Eight members of the platform
committee of the coming Republican
state convention met at Burlington
Monday evening and made a prelim'
mary draft of platform which will
be presented to the convention when
it assemblies a: Montpelier June 30
and will there be taken up as the first
business OF the convention after its
organization II is expected that the
preliminary draft VII be taken up
by sections and each section accepted
or amended II Is probable that add
lions will he made to the platform at
that time. Il is desired that every
delegate who desires to Offer amend
ments or new matter will have his
proposals prepared in advance in
writing so as to expedite the business
OF the convention as much as posi-
BE The preliminary irat OF the
platform Is as follows:
Wer the Republicans of Vermont by
our representatives ard delegates III
state convention assembled, d. mot
heartily renew our allegiance TO the
primary principles and telets Of the
ouiy political organization that hos
been successful in the goyornment of
the nation from the days when the
party sprang into being with patriot
ic vision and craftsmanship to save
nation to he governed a. all. Even
rs Vermonters were pionee;s in the
estah ~ - nt of tre l,ep ihlican par
ty more then half century ago at a
time wh-u II took Oh courdga o. con
" tons TO advocate rs n"N doctrines
and purposes, so they have ever since
been and are today the consistent ad-
vocates of a party policy that will
rs. 10 tie new dut IS Of all new oc-
casions wi'h the soh-l minded ambit'
IN of m.n whose discretion only
makes for he better choice for prog
rs>4 aud not for la'ter'ne or doubt
delay and donoth'ns We believe
that, If the Republican party OF today
Is ,n c)n'uot tho government OF III,
nuion 9 LOTION, It D." ST not cease
- take Of count of tie awakened and
reinvig r.,tcd aspiration II Ia people
ion the csiization OF n',lr ideals OF
cv'- righteousness, business honesty
equolity o, economic rri n"iuni'y ard
DO .ilcal freedom and wo nrhesltat
ingly declare ourselves in sympathy
with that public sentiment that makes
for unceasing progress along the lines
blazed by the patriotic leadership oil
theodore RooS ~ ~ followed 10y
MS i.ustrious sue lessor In the pres
idency, William Howard Taft. We
are proud to express our hearty sym
patty with the high purposes and ad
miration of the devoted lahUrs Of
President Taft in his conduct OF the
national government.
TIE Tariff
We desire to emphasize cur belle
that the time has come when the ad
justment OF tariff schedules should b,
taken out OF politics. The revenue
act OF this great government SHOULD
no longer be subjected to the caprice
OF local or sectional interests or othel
undue influences I'm a general revision
by Congress. but its schedules shoulI
be amended. detail by detail, from
time to time under the suggestion
and counsel of uon-partisan tarlt
board or commission whose function
II should be to promote the ccnstan
adaptation OF this statute to the dc
mands Of the verying conditions O
trade and economics after the meth
DDS OF simple business prudence an,
national common sense.
Reciprocity
We favor such reciprocal tariff r.
lations with the Dominion of Canad
as will the more actively stlmulat
the interchange OF profitable trad
between the two countries upon a bJ
sis fair 20 both aud sufficiently pre-
tective OF the interests OF our ow
people.
National Department Of Public Healt
We commend the proposed oreatIo
by Congress OF national departmer
OF public health to have iurisdictio
in such matters pertaining to It's feel
as are not within the scope OF IN
authority OF the state government.
The state Constitution
While the organic law OF the stat
should not be lightly varied. b.
above all statutes should be stabl
and certain, we are convinced this
the time has come when hands shoul
be reyerently laid upon the constt'
ton OF Vermont and certain change
made In is provisions that they ma
more clearly define our political III
critics and the obligations they enta
upon us. We therefore commend
the general assembly Of 1910 the r.
port OF the commission created B
authority OF the general assembly 4,
1908 20 propose amendments to n
constitution OF Vermont and endors
and approve It's several recommend
tions for amendments We cann'
too earnestly urge upon the people
this state and their representatives
the legislature our unqualified belt
that the amendment OF the constit
ton IN these particulars IL the mo
grave and responsible duty that
likely TO confront the law makers
the coming session and one that
on no account to be put aside.
The Tax Law
Ie believe that the reform OF q
I. law OF this state so that Il ma
ark.lrden OF the support
sntably among all me
- double taxation