Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-04-01
FULLER C. SMITH
ANGLES FOR VOTES
His "GOvernorship" Platform Favors
Everything for Everybody


Fuller c. Smith in an announcement"
to The Mortified News. Launches" his
campaign for the governorship Of Yer.
mont on an assuring platform. he de-
clares he thinks the state needs really
good breakfast food and asks for the
support of the state house gang and de-
clares the party's demands for more
commissions should he instantly needed.
He also thinks well Of the Ten Command
ments and with some reservations would
ratify them. Mr.. Smith in his statement
which is dated ahead to April l. says:
ITO the Editor of The News:
II am a candidate for governor Of Yer
mont and. like all the rest. want NV
platform understood of all men and I
therefore feel impelled to tell the peo-
pie what will promise in return for their
votes. Now want to he perfectly frank
and four square about this. do not
want it understood that I guarantee to
do what promise I am In favor of. any
more than the rest OF the candidates
But what promise shows my competence
and ingenuity in angling for support and
II my bait is Just as toothsome az any
other kind then claim the first bite of
every voter because my platform Is hon
est o-goodness- -odness-a and was
not borrowed from the encyclopaedia
| a. I am in favor of good weather In
haying and lowry weather for fishing.
80 ] think well Of most of the Ten
Commandments. and with certain reser-
vations would ratfy them: but would in
sert the word bottle in lieu of the word
ass in the fourth line Of tho tenth COM
mandment during such time as the eigh-
teenth amendment to the Constitution of
the United States Is in force: thus re-
moving from that priceless stone docu-
. IN al
member of the present administration In
Washington. II such allusion was in
tended in the original draft Of article
tenth I am not sure about this.
"3. I believe in a safe and sane set.
Element of the labor question. I don't
know what that is. but my notion Is
that every man should work " he has
to, and that the matter OF compensa-
ton and hours should be left to the rest
Of us 10 dispute about; then the man
who has to work won't have to stop ex-
cept to die. In word. this whole labor
question is summed up IN the aphorism:
ITO He'll with the poor; the rich can take
care of themselves
| -. | strongly desire the support of
all the friends of former governors and
the State house gang. bid seriatim be-
ginning with our latest governor and to
back as far as can remember. I want
"a |.
cohol in all its forms and am distinctly
opposed to any eX-governors being pun
ished for crime l am in favor Of an open
treasury openly arrived at insist upon
rough and rugged roads and the string
bean policy of building them: one OF the
greatest needs of Vermont is the Flet-
cherizing Of the Supreme Court and a
Bull market In Wall street Anyone who
voted for a governor before this has for
gotten why he committed the offence
/ 81 think there should be more school
teachers and better looking ones and
that the pay should depend entirely upon
the latter qualification teach our boys
and girls the Shimmy dance and how 20
wear over-shoes without buckling them
on, and our men and women will take
care Of themselves
| 81 am strongly In favor OF trunk line
highways, either Of macadam, brick or
cement construction with lateral lines
all over the State as to serve all of
our people and that these roads shall be
built without bonding or otherwise pay
ing for them! IL elected will use every
effort to get DR.. Stod Bates, b. r. b. g.,
Norwich University, 49, to complete tho
work next year.
~ earnestly desire the open poll for
women. whether they want It or not: n
box Of candy doesn't cost 81 yet. thank
God. This will distinctly bring down the
cost Of being governor.
81 am a Arm advocate Of a League OF
Nations, especially for Vermont: II elect
ed ! will appoint Marshall j. Hapgood,
OF Peru. general manager
's-l would treat the returned soldier
land Will do so If he will come to my
house. II Is verboten elsewhere) But I
would not forget the service to humanity
rendered by the various golf clubs
Society Of Colonial Danes, and the
Loyal Order of Moose
III recommend n reduction in the
cost Of living and an increase In the price
OF everything the farmer produces and
the merchant sells. These checks and
balances are imperatively necessary II
we are to keep the heart Of the world
from breaking.
il-State expenses should be reduced
and we should appropriate money to
build few more State armories at $4,000
per and have tho books OF the auditors
ONCE examined by two sets of expert
accountants, one at $1l 900 per mot to be
used and one at $500 per for keeps. This
will prevent both petty and grand
larceny II done two or three times a
year. The armories come mighty handy
for basket ball and cotillion parties
'12-We should spend more money for
the education of the idiotic and feeble
minded children of the State and not so