The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-09-19

restraint Of trade. or agreements tc
fix prices.
8. We favor a just and reasonable
fellow servant law, which shall fully
protect all employees in whatsoever
capacity engaged
g. We favor the establishment OF a
legal bureau of the state for the pub
lication OF the statutes aud court re-
ports for the purpose of advising the
legislative branch of the government
on matters Of legal concern, to the end
that members may be supplied with
a competent advisor paid by the
state and responsible only to the peo'
pie Of the state.
10. We favor a constitutional pro
vision making a maximum of eight
hours a legal work day on all public
work
H. We favor the establishment Of
bureau Of Labor and Agriculture,
whore duties shall be to gather and
publish information off interest TO
these two great departments.
y. We favor the employment Of
convict labor on the public highways,
to the end that the gocd roads move
ment may be fostered and assisted
13. we favor liberal homestead
and other exemption laws and the re-
lief from general taxation OF person
al property to the heads of families
to the value of two hundred and fifty
dollars, and we favor the taxing of
all other taxable property at its actual
cash value.
IA. We are opposed tc government
by injunction whereby the rights OF
the people are restricted and trans
ferred arbitrarily into the hands Of
unfriendly judges
Is, a private monopoly is indie
fensible and we favor stringent laws
and regulations which will aid us as
people to protect ourselves from
the rapacity Of the trust which mer-
cilessly absorb our earnings and pro-
ductions and unserupulously resorts
TO bribery and coercion to thwart as
in our efforts for relief
l6. We favor the establishment and
maintenance Of a system of inspection
at state exrense. of an mines, fac
tories ANA railways where the lives
and health of the employees is hazard
oRs, and we insist that the position
Il 2h inspectors be filled by men
schooled by practical experience in
their respective craft
H. We favor the establishment of
a state Board Of Arbitration to adjust
disputes between employers and en-
ployes, also a law preventing child
labor I'm mill and mine. and we are
to the relaxation OF the
Chine immigration law and con-
denim the present administration for
winking at It's violation; also we favor
NhN g tHNNnNiuNNA VI 0AdAt hhdlA hl
Charities which will have supervision
and right az inspection over all the
state eleemosynary Institutions main
tanned by the state.
1S We favor constitutional pro
vision for the election of all state
officers, including the judges Of the
supreme court and all members of the |
railroad or other corporation commits
sion By an voters Of the state and 1
condemn as un-AmeriCan, unpnsce-
iented and uuconscionable the /
scheme OF the Republican party TO
Elect state officers by districts or a
portion Of the. vgters only. and then
such districts to the end
hat the win Of the people OF the state
nay be dehed and the control of the
rost important public Offices Of the
tate placed IN the hands q a minor
y Of the voters o; the state such
ftlcers nGst serve.
IS. We are opposed 70 the coal