The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-19

ment of our youth. We favor more
liberal extension of the benefits of our
school system to the rural communities
and the introd of more efficient SUI
pervision of such schools. Our schools
should strive to foster love for the soil,
and to this end agriculture, as now ele-
waited to science, should be taught in
our public schools.
We condemn the failure of the Repub.
lican legislature of 1910 to enact rea-
sonable employers liability law and de-
mand the enactment of a law that will
relieve the employee OF those technical
rules and doctrines which deprive him
of just compensation for injuries received
in the course of his employment.
We condemn the Republican party for
repeatedly ignoring its pledge to enact
a law providing a generous exemption OF
employees wages from the trustee process
and we demand the enactment OF u law
granting such exemption.
We demand the enactment OF child
LABOR law which shall be effective to limit
the age at which children may be EN-.
ployed for any purpose and which shall
surround the youthful employee with
safeguards of limited hours, sanitary
conditions and proper moral influences.
We believe in good roads. We would
change the method of expanding money
on state roads by eliminating petty poll
ties in the selection of local commission
ers and by the introduction of business
methods in carrying on the work. The
work of permanent road building should
be more rapidly extended.
We believe in the retention of the
local option high license law and in view
of the possibilities of Vermont as
summer resort we recommend such mod
ifications of the law as will permit grant
ing, under salutary restrictions of IL
censes, to summer hotels, without refer
ence TO the vote of the town ON the
granting of licenses.
We demand that the state tax commits.
sioners, state road commissioners, county
road commissioner and judges of city and
municipal courts be elected by the direct
vote of the people.
We renew our repeated demand for a
law compelling candidates for office to
promise, under oath, campaign expenses
both before and after election.
We again call attention to the upward
trend of state expensive firmly be-
lieve this growing evil can be checked,
and our endeavors will be given to tina
end. We again proclaim our condemna
ton of many of the commissions created |
by the Republican party and recommend
their adjustment and that others should |
be consolidated We insist upon the |
and development of Yer
mont's natural resources for the benefit |
of her people to the end that employ
ment of labor may be stimulated and the
emigration of her citizens may
be lessened
We believe that manufacturing should |
be encouraged, and this can be promoted
by the placing of water powers and
privileges under state supervision,
Our party pledges itself to secure a
amendment for direct leg
slation, known as the initiative and ref,
arendum, giving the people, on proper
power at the polls to veto OBJ
ectionable legislation and to propose and
enact measures which legislatures re,
iuse.
Closing Acts of Convention.
A. II. Gleason of ST. Johnsbury of
erred resolution providing that com
nittee be appointed to revise the con-
ititution OF the party. The resolution
vas adopted. The committee consists
If Mr. Gleason, Elisha May, and II. E,
Elisha May moved that the national
delegates be instructed to vote under the
init rule. but the motion was lost
Mr.. Gleason congratulated the conven-
ion on work it accomplished. He asked
financial support for the state committee ,
n the coming campaign.
The convention then adjourned at 6:07
CLOCK.