Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-07-05

section, thus permitting municipal
corporations to acquire public utilities
anu to restrict the Institutional lint
tatonS of Indebtedness to debts In
CURED for non-productive property.
Municipal Gas Rates.
We favor the passage of n law by
the next Legislature comforting mou
and delegatng to municipalities the
power TO fix the price at which public
service corporations within the mu.
inequalities shall furnish their service
and commodities to users and con,
sumers.
For Two-eent Fare
We are IN favor of maximum rate
.of charge by all railroads doing bust.
ness in the state of Wisconsin of .
cents per mile for passenger traffic
within this state.
We favor the enactment of laws pro.
Vlding full protection for policy hold.
ers in all life insurance companies
transacung business in this state.
We favor the enactment and en-.
torcement of laws giving labor and
capital impartially their Just rights.
Capital and labor ought not TO be enc.
mics. Each is necessary TO the other.
Each has its rights, but the rights
OF labor are certainly not less vest I'd
nor less sacred and no less inalien.
able than the rights of capital
Equality OF Taxation,
Equality of contribution to the pub.
lie burden is essential to equality of
social and political rights. The re.
cent decision of the supreme court I'm
the railway cases has opened the way
for amore equitable distribution of
the tax burden and a speedy return
to the constitutional rule of uniform.
lty. We now insist that all laws i'm.
posing a license fee on earnings in
lieu OF taxes, except as to foreign cor.
porations, be repealed, and that al.
property within the Jurisdiction OF
this commonwealth be assessed and
taxed on an ad valorem basis until
superseded by more scientific
method. We incline to the opinion
that graduate income tax as -he
groundwork of all taxation will prove
TO be a more scientific and equitable
method than the antiquated system
now in use. We therefore favor the
adoption of the constitutional amend
ment permissiye of a graduate income
tax.
Good Schools and Good Roads.
We are in favor of the highest of.
iciency of the public schools and all
institutions of learning, including
manual training and agricultural
schools. And we demand that party
considerations be wholly eliminated
from the management Of these inst.
tutions.
The construction OF good highways
Is entitled TO the highest consldera.
lion of the state.
About the War Money.
We demand that the present state
debt of $2,251 900 borrowed from the
trust funds of the state for war pur.
poses and bearing interest at the rate
OF per cent. per annum, for which
an annual tax levy OF $l57,570 is
made, shall be paid in accordance
with the mandates OF the constitu,
ton; and we condemn the action Of
The republican administration for di.
verting the sum of s1,1S4,659.7S, re.
ceiyed during the years 1903 and
1905, from the United States govern
ment in repayment Of the war claims
OF the state, from the trust funds,
from which this fund was originally
taken, to the general fund, and It's use
In the payment Of general state ex.
penses.
For Primary Elections.
We favor primary elections as be.
Ing democratic In principle, but rec.
ognize some defects in the present
law and favor such changes and
amendments in f. as time and expert.
ence may demonstrate 10 be neces-
sary after fair trial.
Climax on Bryan.
We regard with just pride and ad
miration the typical American who
has been journeying In foreign lands
the past year, and, although only a
private citizen with none OF the allure
ments OF place or power abou him
has been accorded distinguished con.
sideration and attention wherever he
has gone. solely because his course
In public and private life alike has
shown him 10 be a patriotic citizen
a wise and farseelng statesman, and q
thoroughly honest and upright man
In whom the people can safely repose
their utmost confidence. We there
fore declare that we are heartily In
favor OF that typical American. WI.
lam Jennings Bryan. as the democratic
candidate for president In 1908. and
We Died1p our united p6oy4s ~ aa.~ure