St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-29
PROPOSED PLATFORM.
Fav0rS Tariff Board, Tax COmmIS-
sion, Publication If Campaign
Expenses, Trunk Linz
Highway.

committee on resolutions IN the state
convention at Montpelier, June 80,
have prepared the draft of the plat
form they propose to submit to the
convention and in accordance with the
plan adopted by the state committee,
1t is made public to invite general
public discussion before the conven-
ton assemblies.
The members of the committee on
resolutions are: Addison county,
w. A. Lawrence of Bristol; Benning-
ton county, w. Fl. Berry of Benning-
ton; Caledonia county, w. l. Powers of
Lyndonville; Chittenden county, c. S,
Palmer of Burlington; Essex county,
Porter H. Dale, of Island Pond;
Franklin county, frank l.. Greene of
St. Adams (chairman); Grand Isle
county. William Haynes of North
Hero; Lamoille county, Roger w. HUI
burd of Hyde Park; Orange county,
Luther B. Johnson of Randolph; Or
leans county, Zophar M Mansur of
Newport; Rutland county, Frank G.
Partridge, of Proctor; Washington
county, Walter H. Crockett of Mont
pelier; Windham county, w. c. Bel
KNAPP of Bellows Falls; Windsor
county, Allen M. Fletcher of CaVen-
dish.
majority of the committee were
present at the meeting in Burlington
last week Monday evening and pre-
pared this draft for publication:
The Proposed Platform.
We. the republicans of Vermont, by
our representatives and delegates in
state convention assembled, do most
heartily renew our allegiance TO the
primary principles and tenets of the
only political organization that has
been successful in the government of
the nation from the days when the
party Sprang into being with patriotic
vision and craftsmanship to save
nation to be governed at all. Even
as VermonterS were pioneers in the
-fnh IiCIOI1 ont of ha n r
more than a half century ago at a
time when it took the courage of con-
VictionS to advocate it's new doctrines
and purposes, so they have ever since |
been and are today the consistent
advocates of a party policy that will |
rise to the new duties of all new Occa-
SOnS with the Sober-minded ambition
of men whose discretion only makes
for the better choice of progress and |
not for faltering or doubt, delay and |
dO-nothing. We believe that if the
republican party OF to-day is to con-
duct the government of the nation |
tomorrow, it must not cease to take |
account of the awakening and rein |
VigOrated aspiration OF the people for |
the realization of higher ideals of |
civic righteousness. business hon |
eSty, equality of economic OppOrtun-
ity and political freedom. and we I'M |
hestatingly declare ourselves in SYM
pathy with that public sentiment that |
makes for unceasing progress along
the lines blazed by the patriotic lead
erShip of Theodore Roosevelt and fol-
lowed by his illuStriOuS successor in
the presidency. William Howard Taft. |
We are proud to express our hearty
sympathy with the high purposes and
admiration of the devoted laborS of
national government
The Tariff.
We desire to emphasize our belief
that the time has come when the ad-
juStment of tariff schedules should be |
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 other |
undue influences in a general revision |
by congress, but its schedules should
be amended, detail by DETAIL from |
time to time, under the suggestion
and counsel of non partisan tariff |
board commission whose function
it should be to promote the constant
adaptation of this statute to the de-
mands of varying conditions of trade
and economics after the methods of |
simple business prudence and nation |
al common sense.
Reciprocity.
We favor such reciprocal tariff re-
lations to the Dominion of Canada |
as will the more actively stimulate the
of profitable trade be-
tween the two countries upon a basis
fair to both and sufficiently pr0tec- |
tive of the interests of our own peO-
pie.
National Department. of Public
Health.
We commend the proposed creation
by Congress of national department |
of public health to have jurisdiction |
in such matters pertaining to its field |
as are not within the scope of the
of the state government.
The State Constitution.
While the organic law of the state
should not be lightly varied, but, |
above all, statutes should be staple
and certain, we are convinced that |
the time has come when hards should |
be reVerently laid upon the consti II
ton of Vermont and certain changes |
made in it's provisions that they may |
more clearly define our political lib
critics and the obligations they entail
upon US. We, therefore, commend to |
the General Assembly of 1910 the re
port of the commission created by au. {
thOrity of the General Assembly of :
1908 to propose amendments to the i
constitution of Vermont, and endorse I
and approve its several recommended s
tons for amerdm ents We cannot 700 r
urge upon the people Of ! i
this state and their representatives in 7
the Legislature our unqualified be- | /
lief that the amendment of the con- +
In these particulars is the c
most grave and responsible duty that | 7
s likely to confront the lawmakers S
1t the coming session and one that is
On no account to be put aside.
The Tax Law. +
We believe that the reform of the Y
AK law of this state so that it may t
impose the burden of the support of t
government euuitably among all men
md avoid So-called double taxation. | {
s one of the most serious and press /
ng duties that confrontS our people. | Il
We believe that one of the greatest L
wills under the present law is the c
ack of uniformity in its enforcement | t
n the 246 cities and towns, each local z
administration practically being a f
aw unto itself in this regard. AS a C
irst important step toward the re- o
orm of the tax law. we recommend | v
o the General Assembly the amend a
nent of the present statute to provide S