The Iola register., 1899-08-25

State Society of LaborD, whereby
seven or more laborers of any kind
may organize in any county, or city O
this State, aud form labor society
whose members may participate in
the election of n Labor Commissioner
thereby making the same nom partisan
and to the act which regulates the
telegraphic service in this state, re.
ducing the price of messages, and we
demand that the same be enforced
and to the State banking law which
has placed the banks on stronger
footing than any other State in the
union; and to the law requiring corp
orations seeking charters in this state
to pay an increased fee therefor; aud
the act which requires insurance com
panies doing business i'm this State TO
pay percentage of their receipts into
the state treasury, which laws have
added to the states avenues thous-
ands Of dollars annually. And the
law reducing the eXorbitant commits
sion and feed charges collected by
stock-yards; and the wise and benefi-
cial measure that secures uniformity
of text books in the schools through
out the State.
And we commend the fusion legis-
lature for enacting the wise and Just
laws regulating railway freight
charges in the State and we condemn
the present Republican administra-
tion for not enforcing such laws.
We condemn the present Republic
can administration because notwith-
standing the increased revenue de-
rived from the two last mentioned
sources, they have increased the tax
levy for the state purposes from 40 to
30 cents on the 500 thereby increas-
ing the tax payers burden nearly one
half for state purposes.
We condemn the action OF the pre-
sent State administration in Temov-
ing two of the ablest Regents the
State Agricultural College ever had,
as the most disgraceful piece of
partisan work that has dishonored
any state in recent years.
We glory in the record made by
Company | and the Twentieth Kan
sas regiment in which so many of our
boys are engaged, and while we re-
gret the unfortunate war with the
natives Of the Philippine Islands, we
commend the noble efforts made by
our soldier boys to bring honor to
arms.
We condemn the Republican party
of Allen county for it's cowardice in
not declaring its policy in county af-
fairs, in the platform recently adopt
ed by them.
We call attention of the people of
Allen county to the fact that by II
reckless and unwarranted expenditure
OF the peoples money the general
iund in the County Treasury is al
ready exhausted and the running eX.
penses of the county for the last
quarter of this year are yet to be paid;
we declare that this condition of the
county finances has been brought
about by the extravaganza of the Re.
publican county officials, and that 1t
is direct result of such extravaganza
that caused the Board of County Com
to raise the tax levy for
county purposes from 60 cents to 80
cents on the 500, an increase of one
third And we further declare that
if the nominees of the Republican
party are elected they will continue
to waste the peoples money in the
future as they have in the past.
We condemn the Republican party
Of Allen county for their efforts ito
prevent the enforcement of the law
providing for the assessment and tax
alton of gas and oil leases, and declare
we favor taxing that form of property
the same as any other kind of prop
erty.
We condemn the methods now en-
ployed for assessing property in AL
len county, and declare that a large
quantity OF money, notes, bonds,
and merchandise escapes
taxation for the reason that the own
ers thereof do not lst them, and the
proper officials are not duly diligent
in enforcing the laws providing a
remedy for such cases.
We commend the nominees of this
and of our township con-
ventiOns to the people of Allen county
and pledge them, If elected, to faith
fully and honestly perform the duties
Of the various offices, and to carry
out the reforms advocated in thi
platform.
We carry a full line of iron and
wood pumps at lowest prices s.-Schell
4 Baird.
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