The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-24
COUNTY MEETING
OF REPUBLICANS
Proctor and Greene Speak
To Nominees and Town
Committees
la AT SUPPER IN
BROOKS HOUSE

coming Governor Urges COmplete Har.
nl0ny Between Legislative and Exeeu.
tive observation-disclosures Predicts New
Political Alignment.
With Redfield Proctor of Proctor and
Congressman Frank l.. Green of st. AL
oans' nominees respectively for governor
ana United States senator by Vermont
Republicans. as the speakers, the party
nominees in Windham county and the
town committees, together with their
wives and some other invited guests tba
fourth county get-together under the
auspices of the Republican state commit
tee was held in the Brooks House last
night with an attendance of ia. Nearly
all the towns in the county were repre-
sented.
Mrs. Murray NJ. Tucker of Braftleboro
a member of the state committee nra'
SIDED. and among those present was Col
John Il. Plddock of Saxtons River. chair.
man of the state committee Previous
TO the speaking an excellent chicken suT-
per was served. beginning at about z 10
CLOCK, and between the two nrincinaI
speakers the chairman of the meetinD
called on Miss Jean Pinney of Norris
VliIe, woman factory inspector, who smoke
briefly of industrial conditions in Ver
mont and made plea tor patience with
the department employees, whom she said
We're DONG their very best with the inter-
ests of the state at heart
The manner in which Mrs Tuckar rra-
sided was the subject of much favorahIe
comment and revealed a keen interest in
the affairs of the state. She expressed the
sense of honor which she felt at uresid
ing at such gathering and thought the
state problems would be solved If instead
of passing responsibility to those higher
up each individual would take hold of the
state business as they would their own
housekeeping problems, but on a larger
scale.
Mr.. Proctor, after saying that the at
tendance was about equal to that of the
three previous meetings combined, took
the state platform as his text and urged
/ complete harmony between the legisIa-
| tive and executive branches. If / am
| elected. he said, | hope you will let me
know OF the changes you think should be
made in the laws. Tell me in writing if
| II happens that you are unable to see me-
| and tell me your reasons why you think
| such changes should be made Give as
much time as you can to looking into
state problems before the legislature
meets. Come to me very freely and talk
! things over with sincerity and frankness,
and promise to be absolutely frank with
you and acknowledge any mistakes I
make.
The speaker then took up various mat
ters favored in the party platform and
asked for an expression of the nominees
as to their sentiments with respect to the
/ various subjects.
He first took up the question of the
executive budget, which he thought
would be good thing and he asked
/ Representative Frank E. Barber to speak
on that subject. Mr.. Barber having been
the first TO advocate an executive bud
! get.
! Mr.. Barber said that heretofore the
practice had been for the legislature to
make various appropriations before the
| various state departments had been taken
care of. He thought the order should be
reversed and all necessary expenses pro.
| vided for before any other appropria-
tions were made The governor should
| submit a budget covering the necessary
things. States which have adopted this
policy have shown marked improvement
| in efficiency and economy, Mr.. Barber
declared. He added that such a policy
| would eliminate to a great extent the
lobbying by departments wanting more
money.
Resuming his talk, Mr.. Proctor said
it was his conviction that the state board
i of control worked to nullify the constitu-
ton and take away some of the COVER
nor's responsibility. He suggested in its
place a cabinet consisting of the depart
ment heads. who should be called to-
gether by the governor for the discussion
). of various matters. or 4 cabinet composed
of persons outside the departments, who
should act as a jury and pass Judgment
on the requests of the departments. f1c
mentioned various other subjects, but did
not undertake to get an expression on
many of them from the nominees as w
h Newton of Newfane said the nominees
were uninformed and not ready to take
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