The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-24
CLERGYMAN HEADS
PROGRESSIVE TICKET
Rev. Fraser Metzger of Randolph Nom.
mated for Governor of Vermont.
Full State Ticket Named Yes
terday Afternoon.

Burlington, July 24.-Following the
action of the forenoon session in voting
for a separate state ticket, the Vermont
Progressive convention yesterday after
noon nominated the following candi-
dates:
For governor, Rev. Fraser Metzger,
Randolph.
For lieutenant governor, NJ. l.. Asel-
tine, st. Albans.
For secretary Of state. Dir. ]. M. Blake,
Barton.
For treasurer, Harry s. Howard, Bur
lington.
For state auditor, Z. W. Gibson, Brat
tleboro.
For attorney general. Richard A. Hoar,
Barre.
Delegates to the national convention
OF Progressives at Chicago August 5;
Frank +. Howard of West Woodstock,
b. n. Summer of Montpelier, Ernest kel.
lev of Salisbury, + b. Pope of Benning-
ton, G. c. Campbell of Lyondonvlle, l..
w. Burbank of Cabot, Walter X. Farms
worth of Rutland. 6. II. Thompson of
Brattleboro.
State committee. one member from
each county-Addison, ". l.. Kelley Of
Salisbury; Bennington. William FL. Mich
OILS of Bennington; Caledonia, DIR. r. r.
Styles of St. Iohnsbury chittenden, II.
s, Howard of Burlington; Franklin, 0. A.
Ricksford OF Highgate, Lamoille. T. G.
Cheney of Morrisville; Orleans, DIR. John
Blake of Barton; Windsor. S. l.. Abbott
of Bethel; Windham, n. w. Gibson of
Brattleboro. Several counties had no
10 lsxfs 20 h.,
committee to fill vacancies.
The summary of the platform is as
follows:
The preamble contains a reference to
those pioneers who framed the govern
ment Of Vermont and denunciation OF
the stealing of Taft's nomination" at
Chicago, adding that such choice is
not and cannot be binding.
A Republican vote for the state tick
ct is held to be an endorsement Of the
Taft administration and it il laid down
as the imperative duty of the free men
of Vermont to nominate a state ticket
and presidential electors. The efforts
of crooked business in unholy alliance
with crooked bosses to rsurp the powers
of government is denounced
Any man who is candidate for office
or holding office. who does not make open
and specific declaration of fidelity to the
principles laid down by Theodore Roose
welt is repndiated as unworthy of the
confidence of the people.
The delegates TO the national Progress.
siye convention are pledged TO vote for
the initiative, referendum and recall and
universal direct elections. equalization Of
taxation, parcels post, postal savings
banks, government ownership and oper-
alton of express and telegraph compan-
les, reasonable valuation OF railroad
extension OF the powers of the
commerce commission. federal
regulation of interstate business of all
kinds. extension of civil service law to
service, severance of diplomatic
service from interests seeking exploitation
Of defenseless nations, opposition to the
Aldrich bank plan, maintenance Of pro-
teetive tariff except where competition
has been destroyed by monopoly. con-
servation OF natural resources and equal
suffrage.
A demand is made that the legisla-
ture OF the State OF Vermont enact an
employers liability law, child labor laws. |
restrict the employment of women and
exemption of $40 from trustee
process, investigation OF the alleged ex-
stence of white slave traffic in Vermont, |
that individuals may borrow
pr loan money under the same eondi- |
tions as banks.
Crediting TO Theodore Roosevelt the
requirement and construction of the |
Panama canal free access for American
shipping is demanded. The platform !
loses with the statement that to the |
md that the people may resume their
'ightful sovereignty no person should |
be elected to office who will not live up
to the spirit and letter Of the law.