The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1908-08-13
Real Democratic
Harmony in State

Idaho sends greeting to the great COM
moner OF Fairview and confidently
pledge him that, purged of false lead
ers who would divide and destroy it,
again united, harmonious and milit-
ant we will for the third time bear his
banner to victory
Fourth-We yield to no man or par
ty in the patriotic enforcement of the
constitution and laws of our state and
we denounce in unmeasured terms
those who, with express contempt for
our courts and with no effort to en-
force the law, have maligned and viii
lifted the good name Of the state of
Idaho and have held her people, than
whom there are none more sober and
virtuous, up to the scorn Of the world.
Direct Primary.
Fifth--Firmly believing that the
first concern of the state should al
ways be to maintain a government
by the people, therefore as a means
Of bringing the people nearer to the
administration of the government, we
favor the enactment of direct pri-
mary election. We further favsr an
amendment to the constitution of the
ton of the United States senators by
direct vote of the people.
Forest Reserves.
Sixth-While we believe in the pre-
sefvation of the national forests. we
are unalterablly opposed to the inclus-
| ion within national forest reverves of
land which is capable of being trans
formed into homes for the people. We
denounce the policy of national land
lordism as exemplified in the pres
! ent national forest reserve policy.
Such a bureaucratic policy is unjust
to the citizen and tax payer of the
state, an impossible barrier to set
Element, progress and development OF
| the resources of the state and thor
oughly un-American and un-Demo-
cratic.
Railroad Commission.
| Seventh-We favor the enactment
Of law by our next state legislature
providing for the creation of state
railroad and warehouse commission
and the enactment of an adequate law
prohibiting and preventing the dis
elimination by any railroad or trans
portation company against any person
or corporation in the granting Of
| warehouse IdCllltloS.
Employers Liability Law.
! Eighth-We believe that the laws OF
| the state now in force are inadequate
to protect those seeking redress from
employers of labor for injuries or
| death sustained by employees and
| pledge our legislative candidates to
support measures which will enable
such Injuries to be adequate and am
| ply redressed
Safety in Mines.
| Ninth-The state has no higher
| function to preform than to adequate
| ly protect the lives, persons and prop
| erty of it's citizens. So believing, we
| favor a more efficient law requiring
the owners of miners to adopt safe and
sanitary means in the prosecution OF
such to the end that danger to the
lives, persons and health of those en-
gagged therein may be reduced to a
minimum We further favor the re-
vision of the state into such miF4ng
districts as may be necessary for the
convenient and efficient administra-
ton of such laws. I.
Conflict Over Lands.
Twelfth-Recognizin the conflict OF
interests between certain settlers and
the state of Idaho over homestead
lands in which the state has acquired
preference right through Inc public
land depart ment of The government
we recommend in view of the alleE".'
long residence and substantial and
valuable improvements of many Of the
aforesaid settlers, that the state land
board before securing cancellation
OF said settler that the state land
board before securing cancellation
OF said settler home stead entries and
issuance Of patents to the state foI
said land, that they inaugurate thor
ough investigation of the bona fides
OF the alleged settlement and improves
ment Of said land by said settlers, and
their moral and equitable right to title
thereto and that in the event OF the
establishing of such right by any 81
said settlers, that the state of Idaho
should waive any superior legal right
or claim to said land.
Protection to All.
MISUNDERSTANDING that the eff.
cheney OF government departments de.
ponds not so much on the volume Of
its laws as upon the strictness and i'm
Partially of their enforcement, We
would limit new legisltion to such
enactments only as may be adequate
to the functions of just and orderly
government, granting equal rights and
equal protection to all and special
privileges to none.-Statesman.
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