The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-08

the creation and retention of useless
offices.
State Questions.
2. We advocate an improved road
system with the view of constructing
and maintaining our public highways
so as to increase the facilities of travel
aud add to the wealth and comfort Of
the people.
3. We favor general diffusion of
education among the people, and to
this end such an extension and devel-
opment of our public school system as
will bring education within the leach
of all, relieving that education is the
suTest guarantee and the chief security
of development and good government,
We commend legislation in the past
on this subject instituted and carried
cut by the Democratic party. and
pledge ourselves to increased effort in
the cause of popular education.
and scientific Uraining of our young
men in mining, manufacturing, agri-
cultural and horticultural pursuits,
and the great work our State Uni
versity is doing and the great work
that IT can do, il provided with the
necessary means IN this matter, and
in ascertaining the needs, capabilities
and resources. mineral industrial and
agricultural of the various counties of
the State we favor liberal policy on
the part of our Legislature towards
the institution and such fair and reas-
enable appropriations commensurate
with our financial resources and con-
dltions, as will promote this great
work and especially such SIS will en-
able the university to proceed with its
work of organizing the farmers, plan
tiers and horticulturists, so that their
needs may be asceItained and made
known and their energies unIteu in
common effort TO build up these great
interests and bring prosperity to this
great class, and we likewise favor the
passage of law to authorize counties
to establish scholarship in the univeT-
slty 10 be filled by deserving young
men, and also such law, or laws, as
will enable counties at their discretion
to cooperate with the State University
ut horities in establishing County
Experimental Stations in connection
Temperance Plank.
with the Uoor forms and otherwise,
and TO authorize counties in their dis
cretion to elect agricultural chemists
and mineralogists totco- operate with
the university authorities.
4 We expressly indorse the Adams
law and ether temperance legislation
now on the statute books of the State
as having decreased drunkenness, vice
and crime. and oppose any change,
alteration or repeal of same. We favor
an extension of these laws TO portions
of the State not now embraced in their
operation, provided such extension is
with the consent of the people to be
affected thereby, believing that the
people of any locality have the right to
this question for themselves.
5. We favor greater certainty and
in our tax laws so as to
the assessment and collection
of taxes, and TO give such stability to
those laws as will prevent the necessity
Of back assessment and Ieassessment of
and the uncertainties and
vexatious attendant thereon.
9. We are in favor of retaining the
system of Commissioners of Election,
but we are also in favor of the enact
ment of a law which will take the
power of their appointment out of the
hands of the Governor and that some