Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-07-16
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amended to give added force to the
statutes and the enforcement of the
law transferred from the hands of the
local officers to a specially appointed
State commission, notwithstanding all
Of which, the law has been and is be-
Ing strictly disregarded by the local
officials and the State officials in many
sections of the State We denOunce its
pretcnded enforcement as dishonest,
hypocritical and inimical to good gov
ernment We demand that every law
on our statue book shall be sincerely
enforced or repealed and recognizing
that no law can be effectively enforced
unless it Is framed in obedience to the
highest law of all, the will Of the peo-
pie in order that that will may be reg
istered with regard to the prohibitory
law, we demand the immediate resub-
mission to the people of that portion
of the Constitution relating to it,
pledging ourselves, should they affirm
it, to enforce prohibition by every
means within our power, and should
they reject it, to enact and enforce
such laws in relation to the liquor
traffic as they shall approve
3. We demand the abolition of the
State liquor agency system which con-
stitutes a: best a mere evasion Of the
prOhibitOry law and the administration
Of which has been and is corrupt and
dishonest.
T. We condemn the scheme to con-
fer upon the Governor of Maine by
constitutional amendment the power
to arbitrarily remove from office duly
elected servants Of the people and to
appoint others in their stead as con-
trary to the spirit Of American insti-
tutions and n violation Of the great
principle Of local self-government and
we shall resist by every means within
our power this suggested change in
our organic law.
5. We demand an equality of taxa
ton whereby public service corpora
tiOns and lands in unincOrpOrated
places shall assume their just propor-
tion of the burden of taxation, which
they now escape and so relieve the
farmer, the mechanic and householder,
the manufacturer and the merchant
from unfair discrimination, and we
recommend the adoption of a direct in
hcritance tax.
g. We demand honest caucuses and
curing them, we insist upon such leg
islation as shall ensure full publicity
of all expenditures of candidates or
their agents and political committees,
either in connection with campaigns
for party nominations or for election
to office.
T. We recommend to the voters of
Maine to accept the amendment to the
constitution offered for their consd-
Grafton in September whcih provides
for direct legislation by the proper
means of the initiative and referen-
DUN.
s. We demand the passage of s.
hour law for children and women en-
ploycd in factories, an employers La
bility law which shall safeguard the
interests Of both employer and en-
ployed and a law which shall prohb-
it the employment of children under
IA years of age in all factories and
workshops.
., We pledge to the Democratic
nominee for President and Vice Presi-
dent, to the nominees of this conven
tior and to the local candidates of our
party our earnest and undivided sup
port and call upon all men, regardless
OF party. who desire good government
in Maine, to join with us in bringing
about these changes which shall enable
this State to take that place among
It's sister states which 1t once held
and which of right belongs to it.
We recommend such changes in our
laws and in our State Constitution as
will provide for the election by the
people of the attorney general, secrc-
tary of state. state treasurer, railroad
commissioners and State assessors.
10. We demand reasonable economy
In public expenditures. an abolition of
unnecessary officers and q careful
scrutiny of the expense of conducting
the various state departments and
maintaining the various state insttu-
tiors. We insist upon absolute honesty
in ali dealings between public officials
and the state. the Immediate dismissal
from the public service of all such Of
ficials as have been guilty of dishon
esty in the past and the taking of
proper steps by the attorney general
to recover from such officials every
dollar which they have illegally re-
ccivcd from the public treasury.
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