The New England magazine . WHATS THE MATTER WITH VERMONT? ii. Representative D. J. Foster, of the first district, Vermont, who is talked of for Governor of complaints makes it impossible for theroads to stifle complaint by controllingpublic attorneys, which is the too commonpractice in some other States not a thousandmiles from Vermont. The members of the Vermont RailroadCommission are John W. Redmond, ofNewport, chairman; Eli H. Porter, of Wil-mington, and S. Hollister Jackson, of Barre—all good men, of sound common sense andsome special fitness for their work, and in themselves a guarantee t
The New England magazine . WHATS THE MATTER WITH VERMONT? ii. Representative D. J. Foster, of the first district, Vermont, who is talked of for Governor of complaints makes it impossible for theroads to stifle complaint by controllingpublic attorneys, which is the too commonpractice in some other States not a thousandmiles from Vermont. The members of the Vermont RailroadCommission are John W. Redmond, ofNewport, chairman; Eli H. Porter, of Wil-mington, and S. Hollister Jackson, of Barre—all good men, of sound common sense andsome special fitness for their work, and in themselves a guarantee that the new rulewill amply protect the rights of the public,—whether passengers, shippers, or investors,—without doing injustice to the non-resi-dent capitalists who own and manage theStates public highways. It is worthy of note that Vermont, theState that first led the way out of chattelslavery, now leads the way out of the newerand hardly less galling politico-industrialslavery that has been laid upon all the 12 NEW ENGLAND MAGAZINE
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