The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-11-16
DeBOER CLUB WAS STARTED
Continued from first page.)

hhiN VI tAAiNtHHHlp anu VIII w Hos dlh
not think il incumbent upon me to dis
card the duties for which ! am paid in
order to seek public Office. AT the same
time, | wish it to be understood that
can conceive of no greater honor for
any citizen of this state than to be
elected to the office of governor and, fur
Their, that, without regard to what the
sacrifice might be, any man elected to
/ that office should gladly and boldly ac-
cept Therefore ! appreciate from the
heart roots up the suggestions which
have been made from so many sources
that | stand for the nomination in the
party to which / have given strict ALE
glance since coming to my majority
"At the same time, without wishing
to make or even to imply criticism OF
any man living or dead ! am obliged to
say that in my judgment the interests
of the state require in the office OF gov.
ernor man who will come to il APP
proved by his life and work in the state.
supported by the people and free from
every pledge or circumstance of connec,
ton that might in the slightest degree
interfere with the due discharge OF his
duty in behalf Of all the people. / am
opposed to the old idea that the only
way in which we can do our politics is
by boss, machine or class. That idea
was once all right, perhaps, but to say
the least is now somewhat outworn. We
have come to times when our self-in-
terests, our homes, our state and our
political well-being call for a greater
interest in and personal selection of men
he srt ,.f lrtt
That IN n word signifies definitely pro-
gressive Republicanism, even in Vermont,
where the ticket of our party has won
in every election since the party was
formed In my address to the state
convention Of 1910, / pointed to these
facts aud | have not changed my views
upon the general subject In any degree.
"In the existing situation, ! wish to
correct certain misimpressions by saying
simply that | would consider il the
greatest possible honor to be elected
governor, that | should be pleased, ii
nominated, to make a campaign for the
utmost success of the ticket and that
my use Of the office would be in the
service of the state without limitation
upon either my energy or time. | have
not make a campaign for the nomina-
ton in the sense required by the exist
ing custom. That word I will keep, but
that did not mean that ! would not be
pleased to participate in any convention
politics or to discuss as opportunity af-
fordss issues of state politics particularly
and, so far as needed, national politics as
we'll My position is opposed to the
methods of somewhat long standing, by
which the Office was filled and | will
add that. when the system is changed,
very many men of entire capacity to
serve the state will be found and fol
that reason / have not particularly ex-
pected that the judgment of the people
would fall on me. | am interested pri-
marily in the selection of a governor
by the people under guidance of their
knowledge of the man and his work and
with the assistance of the press--a man
free from pledges and free from the
trammels Of organized political machin-
cry except so far as party organization
itself becomes dedicated to pure, hon
est and genuinely patriotic administra-
ton. OF course | think it wise for the
Republican party that there should be
harmony but not wise for the state and
final party interests If that harmony
means a continuance of non-progress
and on the peoples part, continued sup
port of petriiied organization.
81 am quite sure that we should con-
Germ ourselves about the development of
our natural resources, publicity of our
attractions local investments of more
capital, highways, scientific agriculture,
development of our water powers, edu-
cation, etc, and it is very satisfying to
note that immense progress has been
made in all these matters, especially
during the past decade. This progress
should be earnestly supported and con-
tinued in the future The real things
that we now especially want and need
are taxation reform, consideration of
our judicial system, the definite breaking
down of our rural isolation and really
practical support of our country schools.
We also need to have ii definitely es-
tablished in Vermont, at least, that our
laws shall stand for the care and pro-
lection of the home and of labor both
on the farm and in the shop and that no
government is satisfactory which only
aims at but does not actually obtain
the benefits of toll and thrift to the
worker everywhere
II have been asked II / favor the
mountain rule and have said long since
that, if mountain stands between you
and the man you want, cross the noun
tain.
II have been asked if I favor publ
cation Of campaign expenses and have
said yes, but with greater exactness
and detail than anything which has yet
maintained.
81 have been asked if I favor primary
legislation, and have answered that ev-
erything in law that will advance the
integrity of the ballot and the popular
selection of candidates would have my
support
Il have also been asked as to my po-
sition on national politics. My reply
was to refer to the speech which | made
as chairman of the state convention of
1910, although in that connection | win
say that in my judgment matters of
state policy are of more direct and inn
mediate value to our people than ma
tional politics, although Vermont in
1912 should, as usual, lead the way with
a rousing majority for its ticket.
I'm short, my position is that any
selection for governor on our ticket
should represent man free from pledges
and from obligations to special classes
man in sympathy with the idea of adj
vancing the progress and living condi-
ton of the average man, DESTROYS of get
ting laws for the benefit of all classes