The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-22

an active par in promoting these pro
gressive measures, and, more than
that, in his work and service he has
gained a knowledge and familiarity
with state affairs that specially fits
him for the office of governor No
man can act intelligently or effect
lively on questions with which he is
not familiar and there is no other
man in Vermont so familiar with
these state questions as Mr.. Fletcher.
Ii is impossible in the brief limits
of a newspaper article to go into de
tails as to each of the important
measures which have marked the
steady progress of our state. Among
the measures may be instanced the
weekly payment law,Athe public SER
vice commission act, the act which
has already done away with ninety
four dangerous grade crossing in
Vermont, the various acts extending
state aid to the rural schools and to
promote the cause of education, the
acts establishing and extending the
present state highway system which
is doing so much to promote the
building of good roads in this state,
the laws doing away with graft and
fee abuses in connection with justice
and municipal courts, the establish
ment of the agricultural school at
Randolph, the act which has made a
fair start toward giving the people of
Vermont a just system of weights and
ha ~ -,
the extension of agriculture and for
estry, to provide for a just enforce
ment of the tax laws, and to bring
about fair and equitable system of
taxation, TO secure the proper care
and the education as far as possible
of the deficient children of the state,
laws for the safe guarding of the
public health, the sanitation of
school houses and public buildings,
to prevent the pollution of streams
and the suppression of contagious dis
eases. the act to wipe out the white
slave traffic and to severely punish
those guilty of this crime, to tax
corporations justly, to increase the
state income without gripping the
business interests of the state, 10
regulate the use of the motor vehicles
in the interest of public safety, TO Sc
cure improved efficiency and system
in the conduct of state business and
the several state departments, and
to keep down expenses in order that
the state income do as much as pos
sible for the good of the state.
These are a few of the things
which have marked the progress of
Vermont during recent years and in
every one of them Mr.. Fletcher has
been found working and voting in
the affirmative. Isn't it a record that
iustifies the voters of Vrmont in sup
porting him for governor?
In addition TO these there have
been a number of things which have
been urged in the Republican state
platforms but which have failed of
passage by the legislature? Among
these there might be mentioned EN-
ployers' liability act, a bill to stop
the lavish expenditure of money BY
candidates for nomination or cleo.
ton, a direct nomination bill, the
trustee process exemption bill the
bill to provide for a uniform system
of town accounts, the bills to provide
a general incorporation act and
thereby stops the granting of special
charters, and the proposal to remove
the timelock from the constitution.
Oh all these questions Mr.. Fletcher
has worked earnestly and fearlessly
to carry out the platform promises
of his party.
1t is TO be doubted If there has
ever been member of the Vermont
legislature who has worked harder
or more consistently and continuous
~ to advance the best good of Yer
cont. 1t has not been claimed that
he has been absolutely right in every
case, or that ne has made no mis-
takes. but, taking his record as a
whole, is it so apparent that of all
the five candidates before the state
in this campaign, Mr.. Fletcher is the
one who has done and will do the
most in behalf of the advance, pro-
eress and prosperity of Vermont and
ermont people.-Swanton Courier.