The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-03-24
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 20 per cent of its value. and
the latter less than 80 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
| tlXatiOn, 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 city
funds should be examined and pu,.
lished az least quarterly. 50 that tl.,
/ people may know the financial condi.
tion of the city.
We believe that all tax payers have
an equal interest in the waterworks
and street improvements, and we de.
nounce the policy of favoring only the
/ streets upon which the mayor and al
dermen live.
We denounce the policy of borrow
ing money al an exorbitant rate OF
interest to run the city government,
/ and only maintaining a seven-months'
school. when more than fifty thousand
/ dollars per annum are collected by
/ taxation.
/ We denounce the policy of keeping
sinking fund now amounting 10
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 a 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 win
all acts open and free for investiga-
tion by the public, and we denounca as
unwarranted tht payment of more
than the contract price for pubic
works as was done in the construction
Of the watarworks dam Bombastic,
imaginary claims of in's,rst IN pubic
welfare is always costly to the IA
payer.
We denowce the act of the city
council and mayor in eyading the law
by fixing a salary for 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 liscenng vice and i'm
morality by the collection of monthly
fines, especially because it is the duty
of the officers Of law to suppress such
crime, and not TO wink at it..
We favor equal school facilities sui
ncient 10 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 oil
the city teachers, fremen 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, ana mat
an officers Who draw salaries should
pay street tax the same as The laboing
man, and that warrants shall be ac-
ceptcd in payment for taxes
We announce these principles, with
The assurance. If successful at the cleo
lion, they will be faithfully kept, and
We will call upon all patriotic voters
of the city, whether Republican or
not, to join with us to the end that
Ardmore may prosper as never before,
upon an economical, honest and bust
ness-like basis.
Campaign headquarters.
The Republican central committee
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