Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-10-29


of you jumped the conclusion that the question OF
the personality of candidates the whole issue involved IN
the United States senatorial contest and that outside or tat
single consideration will make little difference which cam
ddate elected You may have wholly overlooked the far
reaching fact that the influences which each candidate rep
resens involve your personal interests in Vermont far
directly than would be the if each candidate stood
entirely aone-tha the ISSUE shall combine dominate
affairs in Vermont? is far important than who
shall represent in the United States Senate?
You about to elect governor Of Vermont, to be
Of your business and financial interests well as the
defender and mantaner of the prestige of Vermont during
the coming years Whatever may be your personal
choice rather expect Charles W. Gates will be the next
governor of Vermont But if Howe or Adrich, or
Smith, the candidates of the Democratic party the Progress
sve party and the Prohibition party respectively were to be
elected he would be confronted in connection with the next
Legislature and throughout his administration by the same
powerful combination of hostile forces will Gates
How you strengthening his hands for the terrific
struggle that confronts him? The gigantic movement to
smash laws for the taxation of foreign corporations doing
business in Vermont has been started by the American EX
not by you your representatives and that
test for the New Haven and other doing
interstate business If these taxation then you
face a Tremendous Direct Tax
Another great issue which will confront Governor Gaess
administration will be whether your Public Service commits
sion order little pcayune improvement like that direct
ed in the Vegennes passenger station and have the matter
tested in Vermont courts if the Rutland wants to appeal
whether must to federal court and eventually to
Washington.
1T will be incumbent upon the Gates administration to
out the pledges Of the republican PLATFORM far
allowed by the combine" have platform and of
the most important of those pledges the enactment of d
rect primary law. That genuine direct primary and
not merely in
The Gates administration and our party will be held
sponsbe two years from also for the rewriting of the
corporation laws Of the State under the amended constitu
ton which prohibits special privileges in the form of char
for corporations and you do need be told of the
powerful influences that will be brought to make corpora
OF Attorney
G. Sargent claims is law taxing such concerns in
the Express company and
An effort has already been started to egislae out of
existence present efficient Public commission
and note that is already out with proposition
consolidate this public body with other
mission which will efectuay to emasculate
this efficient protector Of your interests in the public
ice is also in progress to reorganze the courts
and these only few of the tremendous issues at stake
No governor since the Civil War confronted by
many farreachng and fundamental questions involving the
good faith and prestige of the Republican party will at
the very outset face Charles W. Gates. Are you repub
cans going to strengthen his hands ask him lay down
his hand You of Strengthen his hands by all
MEANS
Do you think that combine" will help give you gen.
uine direct nominations bill? It's newspapers like the
land Herald ST. Johnsbury Caledona and the Montpelier
Organ are already msidousy attacking the direct primary
Members of the combine saying openly they do not
believe in direct nominations
You do not need to be told where brilliant and person.
ally magnetic attorneys like former AttOneyenera Clarke
c. Fits w. B. c. Stckney, former Attorney General John
G. Sargent and others allied with them will stand in the
Legislature in the of Corporations the People As
ISOLATED with these gentlemen in defeating various advanced
in the last Legislature former Secretary of
State Fred A. Rowland and former Speaker Of the House
William A. Lord
This combination Of interests is also soidy behind the
candidacy of Senator Dillingham; shown at the State
convention their 'combine controlled well by the
Of representatives of the political platform during
these days of the campaign If this combination of inter
ests prevails in the senatorial campaign to which it is de-
voting its attention almost exclusively indicated by the
speeches Of Mr. Fits all along and by the Paid Advertising
you have in all the papers, then it will continue its fight
in the Legislature under the most favorable conditions
In that you will have tied the hands of Governor
Gates the who is to look after the interests of repub-
can and democratic and progressive taxpayers alike dur
ing the legislative session and the next two years
You saying Gates Garry out the pledges of the
platform and stand for fundamental principles yet if you
vote for the combine which is behind Mr. Dillingham; and
of which his political organization is principal factor,
then helping to make difficult for Gates to do the
very thing rightthnkng of all political parties want
him to do.
The Bureau of Misrepresentation" says Mr.. Dling-
ham is not with the Interests in Washington Is he with
the Interests" in State think voters of Ver-
mont? Can he shake these off, the he steps into
the national Capitol and he is with and against those
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