The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-03-24
DIR. BACHAND
CANDIDATE FOR
STATE SENATOR
st. Johnsbury Dentist An
nOunces His Platform on
the Republican Ticket

dentist, announcing his candidacy for
the State Senate
My friends have prevailed on me |
to become Republican candidate for
county senator, and | have accepted. !
1t is not question whether am this !
or that, it is desire on my part to go
to the Vermont Senate to work and
fight for measures which in my mind
are absolutely necessary for the well
fare of the greater number, and the
progress of our State. | know that
the good people of Caledonia County
judge man for what he stands for,
not what he is, regardless of extrac-
ton.
Although practising dentistry, I
have to earn my bread and butter by
the sweat of my brow. am cham
pion of the farmer, and of the work
ingman because | am one of them.
Their welfare is my welfare, their
battle is my battle.
Our State is actually distinctly one
of agriculture, hence agricultural de-
mands our particular attention from
our legislative bodies. Folks on the
farm are very much like folks in the
city. They have the same hopes,
the same wishes. Folks on the farm
| like to be educated, live comfortably,
and give to their children the same
opportunities as the city folks. The
possibility of transporting and distri-
| h1tipoO tho r,pOd,1ntc nf 70, in,
the shortest possible time, with the
least effort, will tend to give to the
folks on the farm the same opportu-
mites as to the city folks. The auto
truck has come to stay. The auto
truck will be in the near future one
of our solutions for our rural prob
lens, and we must take up at once
the making of Vermont roads for
truck traffic. When | mention Yer
mont roads, l don't mean truck lines
to the detriment of other commun-
ties. Vermont roads must be bult
for Vermont farmers
firmly believe in the working
mems compensation law. The high
cost of living has made the COM
pensation an obsolete affair at the
present time. An adequate compensa-
ton must be given to the working
man to meet constant increase of
necessities of life | also believe N
compensation and vocational training
as adequate as money can make it for
soldier boys and girls with the great
war with Germany and also for their
dependents.
In view of the manner that the
Shepard amendment was forced upon
the people, | believe in the initiative
and referendum. Vermont has
adopted the direct primaries-Ver-
mont will not stop towards a govern
ment for the people, by the people.
The right of American citizens to
favor or oppose modification of any
law is fundamental. The referen-
dunn is the just agency to exercise
that right.
| firmly believe in new banking
law, patterned on the Simon Swig
banking law of Massachusetts. In
terest should be paid monthly, or
fraction thereof, rather than twice
year. A great many of US have lost
interest on money, drawn before the
semi-annual payment. The law as
constituted is unfair to the public,
and | believe that majority of the
banks will agree that it is so.
Thousands of horsepower are
wasted in our State. The people of
Vermont must take in hand the de-
velopment of our water power re-
sources, which nature has lavished
upon our State, rather than let, some
day, a tremendous combination of
corporations exploit our white coal.
Actually, Vermont white coal is
transmitted to several cities of Rhode
Island. The federal department Of
the interior submitted to Congress
trunk line for transmitting electric
power from the streams of Vermont
to the great industrial centers be-
tween Boston and Washington. Yer
mont white coal must remain for Yer
monters excepting where surplus of
power exists and cannot be disposed
of in the State. We have several cases
of that sort, particularly in counties
on the border line The public SER
vice commission must be empowered, |
by our next Legislature, to take care
of such cases The duty of our next |
County Senator should be plain on
this question.
l firmly believe in an increased APP
preparation for our board of charity
and probation. Said increase should |
be explicitly spent for aiding children
by assisting the mother to care for
them. No mother should be parted
from her children on account of pow
erty alone. Motherhood shuld be hon
ored-children protected.
/ firmly believe in an increased
compensation for our school teachers,
a serious matter which your next
County Senator should champion at
once.
| firmly believe in fair earnings by
corporations and business enterprises
for money-expcrience-risk invest
cd.
/ firmly believe in an organized
as constituted. q
1t is said, and believe it to be t
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