Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-09-29

We favor an effective antitrust /
law and just employers liability
law in lieu of the deceptive and make
shift enactment passed by the last
republican Legislature.
We favor an immediate revision Of
our revenue laws so that the burdens
Of taxation shall be borne equitably
by the individual tax payer and de-
mand that the enforcement and OPP
Grafton of the law in the collection
Of state revenue shall result in equal
taxation as between the different
counties and sections of the state. We
favor an amendment to the revenue
laws whereby Improvements on real
property to the value of $500 shall
be exempt from taxation for state
and county purposes. as permitted by
article Z. section 2. of the constitu-
ton of the state of Idaho.
AS extravaganza in government is
as destructive as extravaganza on the
part of the individual. we pledge the
democratic party to a businesslike
and economical administration Of
state affairs and at the same time 10
keep pace with the rapid Develop
ment of the commonwealth.
We denounce and condemn in the
strongest terms the policy of the re-
publican state land board in the man
agement of its affairs pertaining to
the state land and Carey act pro-
jects and charge its members with in.
competency, dishonesty or negligence
of the grossest kind. The highest
use to which the lands of the state
can be put is in the establishment of
homes and the building up of com
munities. and in all cases the bona
fide settler is entitled to the pre-
ference over all interests and we
charge the republican state admins
tration with leasing extensive areas
of state lands suitable for agricuI-
tural purposes to large corporate in
terests to the exclusion of such set
tiers. thereby preventing the building
Of homes and thereby retarding the
development of our natural resourc-
es and the increase of the taxable
= wealth of the state.
The Indictment of this board for
its maladministration of certain Car
4 ey act projects contains too many
counts to be set in this platform, but
h we promise the people to fully ac-
\ quaint them with the details of each
charge during the progress of the
campaign
We demand a full and complete in
4 vostigation of the land board mat.
ters and pledge the democratic par
tv to bring about such investigation
to be held openly and publicly in or
der that the people may know tho
exact condition of affairs and the full
z extent to which they have beer
wronged and we contend that under
the circumstances and the conduct oi
the members of this board fail
and fearless investigation of its mat
ters cannot safely be intrusted e.
the republican party
We demand the enactment of Law
making it a felony for any membsI
of the land board or any empIoye Of
appointment thereof to become inter
ested, directly or indirectly in an,
Carey act lands or any contracts will
the state relating to Carey act pro
iects then under the jurisdiction o
the land board.
4 We favor a non-partisan judiciar,
and to effect this we favor amend
ments to the existing law so as to pro
q vide for the nomination at primar
elections Of two candidates for eae
: position with regard to party gen
eral election without party designa
., ton.
= When most of the Unmarried oooa