The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-08-19

Expressing the Sentiments OF the He- .
publican Party of ChaVes County in
the Campaign for Constitutional
Delegates Ending Sept. 6, 1910.
We. the delegates to the Republican !
County convention held August 6, 1910, |
set forth the following as a declara-
ton of principles binding our dele |
gates, and which should be contained |
in the constitution of the new state OF
New Mexico:
l. The Constitution should absolute /
ly prohibit gambling in all forms, and |
we favor a provision in the Consti
tuition of New Mexico for statewide
and we condemn the so-called local
option as saloon make-shift.
2. 1t should provide absolute pro-
lection for vested rights of all kinds,
from the most modest holdings Of the
poor man to the largest interests Of
rich men, and there should be no I'M
just discrimination against corpora
prohibition, thus settling the question
of the saloon and the liquor traffic
tions organized for the purpose of help
full industry or enterprise. In other
words the same careful protection that
is extended to the individual shall be-
extended to the corporations.
3. 1t should provide for a Utility
Commission, to be elected by the peo-
pie, whose duty it shall be to maintain
an oversight over and properly cor
rect the tates and charges of all car
riers and utilities, and whose deci-
sion shall be final, except, Of course,
normal appeal to the supreme court.
4, 1t should provide for a compre-
hensive system of direct primaries
and a system of elections that will
insure the electors a fair expression
of their will in both primary and
major elections. The use of money OF
undue Influence Of any kind shall
constitute felony.
5. 1t should abolish absolutely tine
fee system for county officers, pro.
Yiding in its place an equitable sys.
tenn of salaries, the income CT the
various offices passing direct to the
people. Under this plank it is meant
that the people shall pay no more
for service than would be paid in or,
binary business.
6. There should be a general and
positive system of tax reforms, the
base of which should be assessment
by voting precincts, and the abolition
of the office Of county assessor, the
new system to be based upon the
return OF an honest valuation on OK
actly the same ratio with the man who
has little and the man who has much
concluding with the enforced collec-
ton of every cent of tax imposed.
T. 1t should provide for a system oil
Judiciary based as closely as possible
upon that in use in other states, the
base of which should rest upon tho
election of all judges by the people
Tor long terms, at a time When nc
other issue is pending.
8. We believe that the Constitution
should be as short and clear as posi-
BILE, providing for the usual neces
sary divisions of government, and leav
ing to the legislature all plainly sta
tutory matters. The section fixing tt,
powers of the legislature in this di
rection should be very plainly out
lined, as should the right of the PEG
pie to amend the constitution in a rea
sonable manner in such rational wa,
as is recognized by the best governe,
states in the union.
3. We are squarely opposed to tb,
placing in the constitution of untriet
phases of governmental policy, an
insist that the document BE- broa.
enough to admit the adoption Of neces
sary reforms by legislative cnaotmen
when the trend CT the times make
it advisable.
10. We believe in the fullest pro
lection and extension of the cduca
tional system of the state, that eve
school should be taught in the Eng
fish language, the use of other ton
CUES being purely supplemental an
optional.
II. We believe in the equal pro
toction of capital and labor, and tn
fullest recognition Of the rights of h
individuals, with special privileges L
no man or combination of men.
12 We insist that there shall neve
be in the state of New Mexico an