The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-10-28
Democrats Fill ArmOry
at Lively Rally
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his whole time to the duties of9 the
Office better roads and system OF
state control; scrap the present high
| way commissioner and place the road
program in the hands of a commits
sion of three, consisting of a business
man, an expert accountant and an
expert engineer; a complete patrol
system; revision OF the workmen's
compensation law to make benefits
larger; agricultural development to
make Vermont farms moro attractive
and profitable; a system of ware
housing for agricultural products; a
change in the educational program
whereby the schools are brought to
the children and not the children to
the schools; in favor of the normal
schools at johnson and Castleton
rather than the centralized school at
Burlington.
Mr.. Martin said the Republican
platform. was a series of generalties
without any hint of how it was pro-
posed to carry out the plan. The
Democrats offer, he said, definite
plan and pledge themselves to carry
it out, The only way, in the opinion
of the speaker, that Vermont can
become the new Vermont we are all
talking about is to make an entire
change all down the line.
1t YVES entirely appropriate for
Mr.. Writer'S to discuss mis- congress
aonal platform, which his opponents
have described as "woefuily wet,
with the rain coming down in tor
rents upon the roof. Mr.. Writer'S
platform has three planks and he
says he Is advocating 1t because he
beaeves IN it and not to catch votes
In the first place he believes in the
right of the people to rule in this
country and that when an amend
ment to the constitution is proposed,
it should be submitted TO the people
Of all the states for approval or dis
approval and not to the legislatures
Yone. In the second place he said
he was opposed to the 18th amend
ment because he thought it was un-
wise and voted against it as a NOM
Der O. the Vermont legislature on
that ground. He thought the pconlc
should have a right to pass upon the
measure. Nj. Writer'S third contcn-
ton was for the immediate modiiica-
ton of the NoIstcad Act, because il
goes beyond the intent of the
amendment end so cannot be enforc
ed because it does not have public
sentiment behind it. Dsrespect and
contempt Of law is an injurv to the
United States.
Mr.. Writer'S called attention to the
disregard to game laws in neigh
boring county and the consequent
difficulty or imposs bility of p.osccu-
ton simply because local public sem
timent fails to stand behind enforce
ment. He claimed that there was ten
times as much violation Of the liquor
law in s.. Johnsbury TODAY a there
wa ,~under tho local option law lie
claimed that the present law made a
criminal Of the woman who made
dandc,ion WINE or the farmer who
made cider and "as it had been dI,-
covered he said, "buttermilk con-
tains more than the lawful per cent
of alcohol, l suppose even the COW
are GUILTY
lIr. Writers said that if we expect
to stop SMUGGLING ana moonshining,
we must modify the Law to permit the
sale of beer Light wines, cider and
allow physicians the needed supply in
case of illness. In closing Mr.. Writers
urocd the election of the democratic
national ticket as the only way to
guarantee the peace Of the world,