The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-28
PUTS QUESTIONS
TO GOV. CLEMENT
Putney Candidate for Sena-
tor Replies to Proc
lamatiOn
AIKEN STATES
HIS PLATFORM
States What He Will Do and What He
Will Not Do Believes Women
Should Be Allowed to Vote - Will
ing to Meet Voters Anywhere.

Editor of The Reformer:-
Governor Clement has sent out what lie
calls a proclamation, with the remark
that every candidate should be required
to declare his position without delay on
suffrage. l am perfectly willing to do
so. Mr. Clement. l voted for the bill,
and should do so again, for believe there
are thousands of women who are just as
capable of voting as many men who do
vote You say we were pledged before
hand / cannot answer for others, but l
was not pledged, and do not believe the
Others were. You were very willing to
sign the bill, to let women vote in town
meeting, provided they paid poll tax.
Now if they can vote for moderator, why
not for governor or president?
Mrs. Olzendam says you promised her
ON March "a and p that if the supreme
court decided it was legal you would
call special session to act on the mat
ter. Did you make that promise? Did
you mean to keep that promise when you
made it? The L. S. supreme court, as l
understand, has decided it would be legal.
Have You kept your word with the lady?
Not that it makes any particular differ
ence with me either way.
You also say that our old forefathers
who signed the federal constitution in
1871 admitting Vermont into the Union
did not know what they were doing.
1T,ly 1t
You saw the 10th and the 18th amend
ments were forced through congress and
the legislatures by a powerful and ire
sponsible organization operating through
paid agents and unlimited funds, and
that the 10Th is going the same way.
That is strange. | did not suppose any
one ever did such a thing Did the free
rum men ever do anything like that
Now be honest and tell us, isn't it the
18th amendment that troubles you more
than the 18th or the constitution?
You say you propose to 60 and come
as your duty calls you, both within and
without the state. My dear Governor, no
one is going to try to stop you.
/ do believe that important changes in
the government should be referred to the
people, and if the suffrage question was
referred to the people it would go
through with large majority.
Now how do / stand on the liquor
question? ! never voted for license in
my life. / do not believe in the open
saloon. There is not a drop of cider or
liquor on my farm. / have no use for it,
but if any one else wants glass of cider
or beer or wine and can drink it and
mind his own business it is none of my
bus mess, but if they want to make hogs
of themselves and get full, then. we have
laws to take care of them. The saloon
has gone for good; thank God for that!
Now the Agan club came out few
days ago with a double column adver-
tisement and said there might be candi-
dates in the field who believed in 10 per
cent beer. Now, dear Governor, suppos-
ing you got all rumsuckers into the
legislature, what could you do? How
much money and how many paid agents
will there be to elect such men?
The Massachusetts legislature passed
a biz to increase the per cent of alcohol
in beer Governor Coolidge vetoed the
bill and told them that if he signed it
they would not get their beer.
The New York legislature passed one
Just the same and Governor Smith signed
it, but the federal constitution and the
NOlstead act said no. ! do believe in the
people having their rights.
1t made no difference which way Yer
mont voted on the 18th amendment as
over 40 states had already voted to
ratify before Vermont voted, and it only
needed 3G. Now no governor or legisla-
turc or even the president can change it;
only congress can change it by amending
the Nolstead act and you know that. but
promises of more drink viii buy some
votes.
| have not meant to be offensive to
anyone. l would like to have ali the
candidates declare how they feel.
have one vote for some of them One
has come out with the slogan 'Iass GOV
eminent in business and more business