The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-04-03
Republican Platform.

We believe in equal taxation, that no
discrimination should be made be-
tween the home of the humble and the
banking institutions by taxing the
former 75 per cent of its value, and
the latter less than 40 per cent as is
now done.
We believe in higher valuation and
less taxation as the best advertisement
to secure foreign capital for invest.
ment
We believe in the assessor and col
lector and administering the oath re-
quired by law in listing property for
a>xation, and that married women
and children owning property be re.
/ quired to pay taxes.
| We believe that the accounts of al!
persons receiving and disbursing cit'
| funds should be examined and pu)-
/ lished at least quarterly, so that tie
people may know the financial condi-
| ton of the city.
We believe that all tax payers have
/ an equal interest in the waterworks
and street improvements, and We de.
nbunce the policy OF fayoring only the
streets upon which the mayor and al
dermen live.
We denounce the policy OF borrow
Ing money at an cXorbitant rate OF
/ interest to run the city government,
and oaly maintaining seyen-months
SCHOOL when more than fifty thousand
dollars per annum are collected by
AVIATION
We denouuce the policy of keeping
a sinking fund now amounting to
more than thirty thousand dollars, in
favored banks without interest, when
the law requires that outstanding
bonds shall be purchased with same
and interest stopped. and at the same
time borrowing money at large rate
of interest from the same banks.
We oppose giving away the valuable
franchises of the city to people for
speculation, thereby preventing capi
talists from developing our resources
and from investments.
We favor a Greater Ardmore upon
an honest and economical basis with
all acts open and free for investiga'
| tion by the public, and we denounce as
unwarranted the payment of more
4 than the contract price for publo
works as was done in the construction
of the waterworks dam. Bombastic,
imaginary claims of in's,rst in publ?
welfare is always cos'ls u the taa
payer.
We denounce the act OF the city
council and mayor in eyading the law
by fixing a salary Tor the mayor OF
$1,000 per annum upon the pretext
that he is superintendent Of water
works as an unnecessary waste Of the
peoples money.
We oppose liscening vice and I'm
morality by the collection of monthly
| fines, especially because II is the duty
{ Of the officers of law to suppress such
! crime, and not to wink at It.
We favor equal school facilities suf
fcleut to accommodate all children
without regard to race or color, main
tanning separate schools of efficiency
equal TO the best for nine months
each year.
We maintain that all employees OF
the city-teachers. firemen and labor
ers-- should be paid cash, and not by
warrants for their work as in the past
believing that the "laborer is worthy
Of his hire" without discount.
We believe that each ward SHOULD
have the street tax collected therein
expended within said ward, and tina
AL officers who draw salaries shoulC
pay street tax the same as the laborinl
man. and that warrants shall be &C
cepted in payment for taxes.
We announce these principles, Will
the assurance, If successful at the elec
tion, they will be faithfully kept, ant
we will call upon all patriotic voter
Of the city, whether Republican o
J not, to join with us to the end tha