The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-03
What Election Means.

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branches of the state government.
The heads of part of these branch.
es will be elected directly by popular
vote at this election, while the rest
are dependent on appointment by the
governor who will be chosen at that
time 1t is therefore well to consider
the election with these points In
view and not settle the question on
the one single point as to, who shall
be governor.
Consider for q minute the secondary
places on the state ticket The sec
rotary of state, the auditor, treasurer,
and Encouragement. The same par
ties and factions which are trying to
defeat the Republican candidate for
governor, are also trying to -FIeat the
Republican nominee for these places !
The question in these cases is not
merely one of politics, but of ability
to serve the state al time when the
very best service is needed.
Vermonts present secretary of
state, Guy w Bailey of Essex June
ton, is a young man who worked as a
stonecutter to get an education. and
has never in his life known what it
was to have a pull. He has worked
his way to his present place by sheer
force of merit and ability You know
in part at least what he has accom-
plished. Not only has he attended to
the duties of his office in a way to
command respect, but without a cent
of salary or dollar of perquisite he
has built up new department for ad-
vertising and developing the state.
and this department has proved
wonderful success. A small start was
made last year and this year II has
increased by leas and bounds.
II would be little short of criminal
to retire Mr.. Bailey and put an I'M
tried man in his place, yet that is
| liar. These are receiving and disburs-
party in this campaign are trying to
DO.
The situation in regard TO Edward
H. Deavitt state treasurer, and Hor-
ace F. Graham, state auditor, is sim
liar. These arereceiving and disburs-
ing officers of the state of Vermont
| Have you heard of any scandal in
| their department? On the contrary.
the state has never had in office men
who have better safeguarded the in
terest of the state.
| The Republican candidate for attor-
| ney-general is Rufus E. Brown of
Burlington This is a place that re-
quires keen lawyer of great expert
ence in the actual trial of cases.
Such man is Mr.. Brown Few candi-
dates ever come before the voters as
well equipped as is Mr.. Brown for
the place for which he has been nom.
mated
OF equal and in some cases even
greater importance, are the heads of
| several departments. Take for in
stance the state highway commission
er, Charles w Gates OF Franklin.
! Under his administration the state OF
Vermont has made greater progress
in highway improvement than and
other state. and II has been done
without bonding the state, without a
direct tax, and without mourning a
dollar OF state debt A vote against
the Republican ticket is a vote against
Mr.. Gates.
Then there is the state tax commits
| sioner, j. +, Cushman of Burlington.
Through his careful and painstaking
administration, the state has collected
practically every dollar of corporation
taxes and has been able to meet it's
bills without assessing a penny OF d.
| rect tax. To keep up with the ad-
vance OF the state interests Vermont
has had to meet increased expenses
for highways, to promote the cause
OF education, to create new agricul-
tural school for the development of
| agriculture, TO increase the capacity
of the state industrial school, to care
| for the increasing number of insane.
and to take care of the deaf. dumb
and blind. and weak minded children.
That the state has been able TO do
all these and other commendable
| things without taxing the towns. has
| been due in no small degree to the
efficiency ana experience of MIR.
Cushman. A vote against the Repub-
lican state ticket is vote TO displace
Mr.. Cushman.
So also IL is with the commissioner
of agriculture. o. l.. Martin OF Plain.
field: the cattle commissioner, Fred
i. Davis of White R:-cr Junction:
and the trustees OF the agricultural
school, II. l.. Hatch of Randolph. T.
G. Bronson of Hardwick and George
T. Chaffee Of Rutland. These men are
practical farmers and through their
Efforts the agricultural welfare of
Vermont has been making greater
progress than for a generation. Do
the farmers of Vermont want these
men put out of their places in order
to give positions to part workers of
other faith?
The public service commission is
another important branch of the
state government Its members are
John w. Redmond of Newport S
Hollister Jackson of Barre and vii.
liam X. Warner Of Vergennes. I'm,
der their administration the state has
been making great strides in doing
away with dangerous grade crossings.
They have stood between the people
and the corporations and the rights
OF the people have been safeguarded
under their administration. They are
subject TO appointment and removal
by the governor. and a vote against
the Republican ticket is a vote against
him.
The state board of penal commits
sioners includes such sterling men &c
John +. Weeks of Middlebury and
Newman X. Chaffee of Rutland.
These men have. without salary and
without price, devoted themselves to
the question of prison reform and
have under way plans for the better
treatment Of prison problems and
especially looking toward the max
ing for useful citizens out Of men
committed for minor offences. A vote