Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-09-24
LxREnALxTY TOWARDS TIE UN.
FORTUNATE.

mosynary institutions oil the state
have likewise grown with the public
demand. -Four great asylums, equipped
according 10 the best modern seien-
tifie knowledge, furnish hospitals Tor
those mentally afflicted and homes.
for the incurably insane. a school
for the feeble-minded has been found.
ed. where, by careful training and
special attention, many OF those uii-
fortunates who otherwise would be
charge upon the community, are pre-
pared TO take their places in the var
ious walks OF life. Reform schools
for both boys ana girls have been pro-
y;ded. that the youthful offender, ior
whom there is still hope, may not
he Confined with the hardened Grim
NAL The penitentiary, under Repu0-
Iean rule a charge upon the taxpayer
OF the State, has been made praetiealiy
self-supporting. III. -
Not only has democracy built up
these great institutions, but the IN
terests Of the people have been fos-
tered by wise and benefieent laws
passed under democratic admimstra-
tons.
RPrcrPIo LAWS IN BEHALF oFILABoR.
No state in the union has more
carefully or eonscientiously sought 10
improve the conditions OF the LABOR
ing man than democratic missouri
Child labor has been prohibited. nc
hard rule OF the English common law
that prevented the injured party from
recovering compensation where the
negligence was that OF a fellow ser
want has been modified TO meet the
changed conditions OF modern eiNlh
cation. The inspection OF mine ana an,
factory gives greater security 10 nIe
and improves the conditions undet
which so many OF our fellow men
must work Inspection OF food ana
boards OF health are improving inc
conditions under which We live. Inc
INSPECTION OF banks. building and loan
associations and insurance companies
has given a security TO savings ana
investments not heretofore known
The regulation OF railroad rates, while
not vet satisfactorily worked out
gives 10 the farmer and the merchant
hope OF transportation at a tair cost
HOME RULE IN THE CITIES.
The problem Of the cities is always
with Us. IL is the serious and I'M
communities where men are crowded
together. and life so frequently de-
pends on the days work, government
presents conditions unknown to the
ireer life of the country districts.
From the city government has come
the boss, a product OF modern times,
and the most difficult character that
confronts the statesman dealing with
T.
frage. The republican platform an
nounees it favors the principle Of
home rule for the cities, and possibly
former democratic platforms have
made similar pronouncements.
| have never agreed with those who
would put the police force OF a great
city wholly under the control OF local
authorities. The general public di-
vides its vote along lines of political
principles. The law breaker and those
seeking special favors at the hands Of
the police will always be able to
unite for personal advantage and
protection; we cannot afford to make
the control of the police force of our
cities a prize to be won by such a
combination.
Aside from their pride in them, the
terest in the prosperity and good gov
eminent of our great cities. They are
the markets through which our prod
ucts must reach the world. They are
o the marts of trade that furnish u:
the articles we demand Their street:
are walked by the citizens OF every
county, and the security of life, ant
property, and preservation of health
-. H. Ga &c az n,
terest 20 every. community in the
State.
These police officials are officers o.
the State enforcing its laws, as wei
as the laws of the city, and il is bes
alike for city and country that som'
power over them be reserved in thu
State.
EFFICIENT NoN-PoLITIoALN PoLIcl
FORCE PROMISED.
One thing above all others must b.
recognized II police force is to b
efficient--it must be kept out of poll
tics. The individual policeman ha
the same right as any other citizel
20 his party preference, but on dut.
he must be peace officer, and not
partisan. When the force become
an auluuCt OF pOntlSdl luaCHiHe1 DOt
the police and the party are corrupte
by the power it wields.
II lean elected Governor Of thi
State, no police force in any city un
der a board appointed by me will b
used to control an election or pei
mitted to exercise its power for tn
benefit Of either party at the polls Q
any faction at a primary.
HOME RuLR A soP TO ADVOCATE
or SUNDAY SALOON.
charge here and now that III
home rule plank in the republica
platform was put there for a speeifi
purpose, and that purpose was
eounteraet the promise made in Ii
next lines OF the platform, that II
saloon should be closed on Sunda,
had supposed the policies of bot
parties in relation 10 the liquor ira