The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-02-11
FRED G. FLEETWOOD
ISSUES PLATFORM
Has No Campaign Manager, NO LAW
airy Bureau or Money to HIRE
Halls. But VIII Discuss
Issues After March !.

Issues After March j.
r. d. Fleetwood has given ~. pres
statement regarding his rahdila.N ,a ~"
the republican nomination i9i E,,. an.
of Vermont, Mr.. fleetwood y va ,i",,
hc mas no campaign manager. NO mon't
will which 10 hire halls. OF 20 pay ioi
brass bands or for printing, aud has w.
literary hufpnu lie puts hllhs''
snunrely before the people on the sln,r
men, he gives herewith and SAYS thal
~ Inns NO desire 10 force his chhiliaeh
"non them, hut after March !, he WIN
Ia ready To discuss state issues upu"
Invitation from any place IN the s'a'''
Here is his statement; ,..,,,u
Party Platforms,--A party platform
il a PARTY pledge to carry OUT measure
favored therein. The promises Oh .
partv should he a. sacred as tue li"h,''a
of h person, The first business " .
marty convention after nfFahlHa.'V.
should be the reading of the report OF
,he committee ON resolutions before
nominations 10 office are made lhs
standard should precede the stahaalu
benrer The usual method postpohes
the reading of such report until tue 3lhgt
business Of the convention u eomilei.I'
Consequently such reading meets Win WIN
s.nnt attention aud little interest. Ihe
adon,ion of the report u pcfinnctofN' N
The nature of a benediciion instead eI
The niierance of matured CONVICTION
Direct Nominations. 49, The people
should directly select candidates whom
they directly elect. The caucus anu lel'
gate conventions are largely dlscf'aIt,,u
rs representatives OF the popnlhl WIZ
Direct nominations make candidacles
la. "a "a
Vermont. the nomination II genetallV
eauiyalcnt To an election. Hence, popu
lar interest should lac fully ccntered on
The first choice of candidates through
direct primaries aud this choice should
not br left To the mercenarN manlpuia-
tion of u caucus or the interested com
hinations of "the night before the
convention.
Corrupt Practices Act. A corrupt
practices act should be passed by me
legislature. Such act should limit the
amount which candidates for office may
cxpend in obtaining both nomination
and elections: should define the pur'
poses of all expenditures; should com.
nel an candidates to file in the office of
The secretary of state an itemlZed state
mcnt under oath of the amount and ma
ture of all expenses; should provide that
if any false statement is made IN such
affidavit that the person making the
same shall he punished as IN ease "i
perjury.
District Believing that the
pressure of expense in Judicial proceed
inas comes largely in the initial stages
of litigation. | would favor the estab'
lishment of district courts with maj lur-
isdietion in civil eases of at least two
hundred dollars and appellate lurlsdle.
tou of AT least $500. The neueleus OF
such system is found in the municipal
courts, This system would tend to re
licyc the congestion of small cases in the
superior court would hasten trial and
decrease the cost of obtaining justice.
HighwayS.--tiood roads decrease the
expense of the farmer IN hauling the
products of his farm. attract travel and
increase values. 4 trunk line system of
highways. state controlled and main
tanned. would tend to further develop
the state and would improve the cross
roads connecting with such main lines
and such a system should be established.
Schools emphasis should be
placed on the mastery of the fundamen'
tai elements in education, reading, writ |
ing. spelling and arithmetic and in
creased attention paid to the teaching !
of agriculture in schools and industrial, |
manual and commercial training.
Forest Reserves. State forest re-
serves should be created in each county, |
Such reserves aside from the value of
I he timber would be educational centers |
for the people of the vicinity where
they could learn the methods and re-
suits of good forestry.
Taxation.-Belieyine that the faith |
full administration of the existing tax |
law would reveal wherein changes |
should be made. | would favor the es
Establishment of a state tax commission of |
which the commissioner of state taxes |
should be chairman. as recommended by |
he report of the special committee on |
taxation. Such a committee would |
greatly aid in making the administra'
ton of the present law uniform through
out the state,
Referendum. Direct nominations and |
supplement each other. The
first pass upon men. the second up
on measures. The State Grange has
passed resolutions favor
ing referendum of the act relating to
the traffic of intoxicating liquors. While
a referendum is contrary to the theory
of our representative form of govern
ment. vet when a wide. general sent.
ment exists that an act vitality affecting
public welfare should be submitted to
popular vote. the question whether such
an act should be repealed or continued
in force should after such act has had a
fair trial be submitted to the people for
determination At the same time such
measure as is proposed as a substitute
for the existing law should be submitted.
W.