The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-02

the people.
There should be a strict form Of
regulation Of all the utilities and ear.
riers.
The principle Of the recall should be
unrestricted upon all elective officers.
There should be a complete system
Of local opinion.
There should be a proper educational
qualification which must be met by
every voter, who can not cast his bal
lot unless he carries n poll tax re-
ceipt, showing that he has paid this
tar In person-
IL should contain a clause granting
absolutely equal suffrage under which
all men and all women should have
equal right of ballot in all elections
whatsoever.
The most rigid form Of Australian
ballot law should he applied to both
the primary and general elections. Al.
lowing either man or woman to he
come a candidate Of the party holding
the primary, provided a petition sign
ed by 100 legal voters is handed to
the county clerk at some time before
the election.
All old bachelors shall he required
to pay double poll tax, and all poll
taxes shall 20 to the school system,
and receipts for same to be necessary
to suffrage.
Its system Of taxation will be eom.
plcte, ~embodyiug; \ rigid inheritance
tax OF not less than three per cent
Of the money involved; a complete
a system of corporation taxes, which
every g~aiuful occupation or any bust
ness in which money is received, shall
pay a small per cent TO the state; and
a system of corporation taxes by which
every g~Binfui occupation or any bust.
ness IN which money is received, shall
pay a small per cent to the state; aud
a system of corporation taxes which
shall include a return to the people Of
not less than one per cent OF the annu.
al gross profit, in return for the fran
chise aud the charter If there be no
franchise.
Religious beliefs shall not in any
wise eject the RICH; Of citizenship.
No one shall be compelled to support
or aid in the expansion Of any relig
ious Reorganization.
No money shall be taken from the
I public treasury directly or indirectly,
in the aid Of any church.
Religious corporations shall not be
established except such as may be ere.
ated for the purpose Of holding real
estate.
Its judicial department should be
complete. The lowest court should he
that Of Justice Of the Peace, next
comes the District Court, then the
Supreme Court Of the state. In the
last two mentioned, the guilt Of the
accused shall be decided by a jury of
IL men. The accused man should be
given a hearing as soo as possible
~ bhhA Nv Ulas ave u Nuhh'' w PloNN
his innocence.
/ an aware that this is going the
much discussed Oklahoma constitu
ton Il iew better, but | contend that
| have rather exalted authority for all
of the principles outlined. All of those
contained in the Oklahoma charter are
approved by the staid republican Des
Moincs News and the rest by the
! Louisville Courier Journal, which VIII
Reedy says is the only paper lief, in
American cities Of the second class
which Is uncoutaminated by corporate
Interests. / have been watching
these particular points for many years,
and do not claim TO have originated n
single plank given above. ] have
simply gathered them from the thinks
Of the greatest American political
economists. Think them over, heloy
ed, aud hold them under consideration
until it comes time to express your
opinion. Most Of all, try to think Of
the matter ~ statehood outside Of
partisan lines. There is no party in
the real patriotism OF New Mexico, now
about to be renewed with statehood
after a struggle Of forty odd years.