The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-14
CAMPAIGN PLEDGES
The Republican Majority In the Late
Legislature Carried Out Its
Promises to the People.


perfectly willing to submit their rec
ord to the people. They are confident
that the verdict will be the same as II
has been for many years-that is, that
the Republican party has attempted
to obtain the enactment of wise laws
on subjects that are of vital concern
to the people.
A brief summary will show what
the Republicans in the legislature ac-
complished. The following important
measures were put through by them:
The Bland bill fixing the cost of
railroad fares at two cents a mile.
The Woodfill bill, to establish public
repositories.
The Rsemler bill. providing for a
good primary election system.
The Ganiard bill providing for strict
state supervision of private banks.
The pure food bill, authorizing the
state board of health to enforce all
pure food regulations.
The Hugg bill, clothing the railroad
commission with authority to enforce
its decisions.
The Ganiard blind tiger" bill, which
will eventually enable the authorities
to run out Illicit liquor joints.
The Daily shippers bill, giving the
shir pers and manufacturers relief
from existing inadequate transporta-
ton facilities.
The Hawkins antitrust bill, which
l.
evils and which is admitted to be the
best law on the subject ever enacted
In Indiana.
The Cavins bill, providing for ade-
quate safeguards for men who work
in the mines.
The Cox bill, by which the citizens
of Indianapolis will be able to get ar
tificial gas for 60 cents a thousand
cubic feet. They are now paying 80
cents.
The Kelley bill, repeating the objec-
tionable features Of the ditch law en-
acted two years ago.
The tax board bill, removing the
governor as member and making ar
rangements that will eventually light
en- the burden of taxation.
Several measures prepared and
pushed through by Senator E. E.
Moore to raise the qualifications Of
school teachers and fixing a minimum
wage scale for them.
The Andrew bill, transferring per
cent of the sinking fund to the school
fund, so that it will not be necessary
to increase the tax levy to increase
the wages of school teachers.
The foregoing is only partial list
of the good laws that were put
through by the Republican members.
Careful consideration of it will show
how well the Republicans did their
work. In fact, it is ample Justification
of the statement that no prior session
of the legislature has accomplished
so much in behalf of the people
The Republicans not only passed
these bills, but most of them are as
good as could be made on the subject
and are far in advance of anything of
the kind in any other state. 1t may
be said truthfully that the Republi-
cans, this time, took an advanced step
and it Is not unreasonable to believe
that the work will be greatly appre.
ciated as soon as 1t is understood.
In view of the foregoing summary
of what was actually accomplished. II
Is difficult indeed to see where the
Democrats have any great amount OF
comfort from what they did during
the session.
A comparison of what was done By
the Republicans and Democrats is In
teresting. 1t is indeed q deadly par
allel for the Democrats. Their worl
may be summarized as follows, with
out fear of contradiction:
| Defeated the Mattingly high license
bill that would have provided about
$1.S00,000 annually for the benefit Of
the school fund and about 81 900 ,00(
for policing the various cities ant
towns. Every Democratic member bu
six voted against this bill.
Defeated the local option bills.
Attempted to defeat the amendment
to the Moore law placing the burden
OF disproof OF remonstrance signatures
on the applicant for saloon license.
Defeated the Anti-Saioon Leagu,
amendments to the Moore law to pro
vide for city and county remonstrance
Voted practically as a unit agains
the blind tiger" bill.
Attempted to defeat the pure foo,
law.
introduced and passed in the hous
q bill to Increase the school levy pc
cent. Their scheme was to tax tn
people in general per cent rattle
than place an extra burden on the So
loon keepers that would have raise,
hve times the amount that would hav
been obtained by the taxation bill
Tried to annul the antitrust bill g
that 1t would not have been effective
Their position on this measure was II
direct contravention of their represer
tation to the people
| Opposed the public depository bill
although they were pledged to enac
one.
| Tried to prevent the enactment Q
good private banking law.
Obstructed the enactment of a goo
ditch law,
Attempted to repeal the metropol
tan police law at the instigation Of tn
whisky interests.
Killed bill to cut down the cost Q
state printing several thousand do
lars a year.
The foregoing gives only a brief II
sight into the work done by the Demo
Garlic members and for which the
would like to have great credit. B
reason Of the fact that they had abou
as many members of the house as di
the Republicans, they were in positio
to have made a good showing In b.
half of the people they represented
but it can be said without fear of COZ
tradiction that majority of them di
the bidding of the lowest element {
the state and that from start to fiji
| ish thew were engaged I'm DrOfectin