The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-27
NO MENTION OF PROHIBITION.
Vermont Democratic State Convention
Passed Over It.

The Vermont Democratic state conven-
ton at Burlington Thursday afternoon
made no reference to the Sheppard
amendment. The platform as adopted
was as follows:
We, the Democrats of Vermont in CON
vention assembled, adopt the following
as declaration of our party principles
We stand for the winning of this war
of freedom for all peoples Of the world.
In our hearts we hold unbounded thank
fulness for what this nation has been per-
mitted to accomplish to that end, all
that has been done therefor, by the
matchless words of its president, by the
wise enactments of its legislators, by
heroic deeds of its soldiers and sailors,
the living and those dead on fields of
honor, by faithful efforts and patient
elf-denial of its people, and in humble
ness of spirit we bow before our fathers
God, the God of nations, in appeal that
we and all the people of our state may
be given the will, the strength, the forti-
tude, the patience, and the rich grace Of
understanding hearts, needed to complete
this work to which we have pledged and
do now pledge ourselves and our all.
To the president of the United States
we pledge our unfailing support. At a
critical time in the worlds history, his
wise counsel in formulating the policy
and aims Of the allies has received the
appreciation and applause of the entire
civilized world; while under his wise
leadership American arms have achieved
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We endorse the national army law and
the selective draft law as the best means
of winning the present war, and we de-
plore any attempt by any state, faction,
or individual TO interfere Herewith by
propaganda or otherwise.
We condemn every individual group or
organization having for its object the
promotion of its own interest in disre-
gard of the country's welfare We par
ticularly condemn the recent attack upon
the administration by the chairman Of
the Republican national committee. We
hold that any party or faction that en-
dorses or fails to repudiate such action
surrenders its integrity and forfeits its
right TO the support Of loyal citizens.
We approve of the action Of the ma
tional government and the state Of New
York in relation to the matter of deep
waterways, whereby transportation viii
be facilitated and cheapened; and we
recommend Vermont's cooperation there
in.
We declare the present primary cleo
tion law to be a signal failure, compli-
Gated and expensive. We recommend its
repeal.
We stand for such revision of the stat
utes and of existing orders of procedure
as shall correct evils found to exist in
any department of state government, ex-
ecutive, administrative, inspecting or
auditing.
We approve enactment already passed
looking to the enfranchisement OF won
en-, and we favor such further action as
may be needed to make suffrage for
women and men equal.
In the light of experience and of our
growing knowledge concerning existing
possibilities and present and future needs,
we favor cooperative efforts by the
state and nation in the conservation, de.
velopment, use and control of the water
resources of the state; by the state for
the benefit of its citizens. We believe
that for doing this there can be found a
plan, both proper and feasible, which will
enhance and stabilize private investment,
and which will in the largest measure
guarantee reasonable return TO the in
weston a fair cost to the consumer and
full return TO the state for any expendi-
lures that It may make; and to the peo-
pie as a whole the maintenance and
preservation of their common heritage in
natural resource.
The conservation of coal in our state
under present conditions is an absolute
necessity, without which extreme suffer
ing is the penalty. We, therefore, OPP
pose any plan to waste the same by an
unnecessarily long session Of the legisla-
ture during the coming winter; and We
urgently request the federal authorities
to limit the amount to be used for this
purpose,
Free public service should be the atti-
tude of every American citizen during the
war With this in view we are opposed
to any increase of salary or remuneration
of any state official during the present
war.
We pledge our party and our candi-
dates to the support of the foregoing
declarations.
The state committee is as follows:
Addison-Richard Smith, Bristol.
Bennington--John p Mulligan, Ben
nington.
Caledonia--Arthur Gleason, st. Johns
bury.
Chittenden--M G. Leary, Burlington.
Essex-John w. Thurston, Island Pond.
Franklin-H. A. Pond, Berkshire