The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-06-11
THE eovERNoRsHlP
Hot Controversy over Mr.. Fletcher's
Tax Record

Tax Record
The fact that the voters of Vermont
have been doing great deal of think
ing lately over the governorship ques
tion has been frequently alluded to in
these columns, and these voters are
looking for tangible facts and definite
statements, and the following based
on most reliable reports, We believe
to be accurate and true.
Apropos of the governorship stu
alton we report below the secretarys
account of the recent organization OF
the Windsor county Progressive Re-
publican League in so far as IL per
tains to the governorship. US
"A long discussion followed as
to the action the league should take
relative to the governorship. AZ
was unanimously agreed that Wind
sor county is no longer willing that
the idea should be conveyed to the
rest of the state that the county w.
poses to stand behind the candidacy
of Hon. Allan NJ. Fletcher of Cayen-
dish Mr. Fletcher's record as a
member of the house of representa-.
tives, as a state senator and as cit
izen and tax payer in Cavendish was
reviewed and 1t was unanimously de-
cided that upon the facts shown, all
substantated by evidence that would
be admissible in court of record In
any state in the union, no man pres
ent among the sixty-two was\willitg
to stulify himself by rendering any
aid to Mr. Fletcher in his efforts TO
obtain political preferment.
ut was unanimously voted that II
is the sense OF this meeting that JOS
eph A. DeBoer represents the policies
of the Windsor County Progressive
Republican League and that said lea
que heartily endorses his candidacy.
The above bears out our state
ments that Windsor couty is opposed
to the candidacy of Mr.. Fletcher. II
is the first evidence OF our remarks
that the people and not the ring are
going TO decide matters this year
We now openly charge that Aller
NJ. Fletcher when he made his resi-
dence In Cavendish made some sort
of a deal with some of that towns Of
Gals whereby he should not be re
quired to make out an inventory Of
his personal property. that there wa!
an understanding as to the amount
that would be satisfactory TO Mr.
Fletcher, that later on about the yea
1906 certain OF the Cavendish listers
demanded that Mr.. Fletcher make
out an inventory of his personal es
tate for the purpose OF taxation II
said town; that Mr.. Fletcher DELHI
erately refused so to do on thu
, ground that he had an arrangement
with the town; that for ten years a
least this condition existed; that tn
present year said Fletcher has made
out an inventory and has CRANE
list far greater than under the so
called arrangement" that said Flet
. cher early in February came out a
favoring the removal OF the burdel
OF the inequalities OF taxation ant
that on his own record he stands be
fore the state OF Vermont as an In
sincere man.
We further charge that said Flei
NUti 10 ullttAil VI Ant OMI
o er of thousands OF acres OF Vernon
timberland farm lands wherein tn
policy has been to abandon farmin
operations and in fact all systems O
improvements and that in the town
OF Plymouth, Reading. Bridgewate
and Woodstock can be seen a vast r.
gion wide, desolate and drear by hi
influence where the chief sign tina
the hand OF man controls is the sig
prohibiting fishing and hunting.
Fletcher also came out as favorin
the uplift OF the rural communities.
we further state that soon after sal
Y coming out" nearly all OF the voter
!. OF the town Of Plymouth in Windso
u county signed a petition wherein the
l. begged Leighton p Slack to becom
II a candidate for governor and that 8
a result Of said canvass there wei
: found In all of the town OF Plymout
but two men who said they woul
vote for Fletcher and In respect {
:. his treatment OF the small towns "
" again charge Mr.. Fletcher OF insince
e ity.
l. II Is further believed that Mr.. File
), cher's record In the legislature sho,
d. ed him a weak man and many belle
# ed him a dodger that at one OF n
e sessions at mock session he was ele
q ted president OF the "ducker's club
i. And We further state that the mea
" ures that he has been most strong
20 Identified with have been in the
Or terest OF the few We further sta
ni that we believe the common vote
W OF Vermont are going to run thin
ID this year and that ring rule and Il
Q. intricate system OF wire pulling al
u. covert intimidation are to receive
TO death blow at their hands.
as And again we assert that Jose
he A. DeBoer In the logical man OF {
er hour. That he has been charged
IN papers in which II Is suspected N
A.. Mr.. Fletcher has a financial inter,
with not being a popular man and =
"a having strength. as though a fain
ke to run an auto up and down the sti
~ formonths "aeeing" the people
,,a and failure to go IN for self
lContinuad ON iaat napa1