Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-29
Recognizing. the great truth Of this
statement and the vast Benelts to &C.

this medium. we declare for COM
pfehensiVe SYSTEM of road building in
our state which shall conform to
general plan approved by our state
highway commission.
We recommend the enactment OF
such laws by the next legislature OF
Colorado az will enable counties under
proper and safe provisions TO call spe-
cial elections for the purpose of voting
bonds to provide funds for .he con
struetion OF common public highways
1 We favor the enactment into law Of
the parcels post bill now pending be-
I fore congress.
Save the School Lands.
The agricultural school lands OF the
state should be held in trust to be
disposed Of only 20 actual settlers aud
we condemn the present state land
board for its administration of these
lands The present Democratic board
has sold three times as much land as
/ has NY preceding administration. and
these lands have not gone 10 actual
settlers but have been disposed OF TO
spectators in large bodies.
We declare ourselves In favor OF a
complete revision of our revenue laws
alons lines which will permit OF eae
general adjustment OF all tax bur.
dens by n central commission or body.
to the end that the property of the
small taxpayers shall not he taxed at
a higher rate than that OF the large
taxpayers
We recommend the adoption at the
November election Of the proposed
amendment of section 8 of article XI
of the state constitutions: Funding
the state Indebtedness The Repub-
iican party has always maintained a
high standard Of commercial honor,
and the payment of all honest obliga-
tions OF tho state and nation.
Investigate Before Funding.
All state warrants to be funded un.
dor this amendment should be thor
oughly Investigated, and their validity
determined. and the losses to the pub
lie school fund by Investment in these
warrants should be made good, as
promised in the state constitution and
proposed in this amendment.
To the reimbursement of the school
fund the public faith Is pledged and
the Injustice OF more than twenty
years TO other bona fide creditors
The present railway commission law
should he vested in the commission.
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good service. equal treatment and fair
rates 20 all the people of the state.
We favor the election of the SUI
preme and district court judges in off
years, 10 the end that the courts may
be the more removed from political
and partisan Influences and that per-
, sonal integrity and ability may control
in the selection OF judges.
I Favor Direct Primary.
We favor the principles Of the direct
, primary, and It's enactment with such
+ securities as viii tend to make popu-
lar rule moro effective and will mini.
mize the influence OF great wealth,
2 whether that of corporations or OF in
{ dividnals. In political affairs.
We endorse the acts of Senator ST.
mon Guggenheim for the faithful per-
I formance of his duties as senator look
ing toward the upbuiding of our state.
and the advancement of the welfare
or It's people.
We are in hearty sympathy with the
fullest participation of the whole cleo
torate in the affairs of both the party
and the government and we hereby
direct the chairman of the Republican
, state central committee to include in
the call for the selection of delegates
to the state Republican convention to
he held in the year 1912. a provision
that the voters.a the time of making
the selection OF delegates to such con-
vention register their choice of a cam
didate for the United States senate
for the term beginning March 4, 1913.
In order to make the choice of the
Republican electors when so expressed
effective. we demand that all candi
dates for the senate upon the Re-
publican tickets to be voted for at the
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candidates upon the Republican ticket
for the election in 1912, be required
10 pledge themselves to faithfully vote
for and support the candidate so Sc
lected
Denounoe Democratic Extravagance.
We sympathize with the people OF
Colorado in the Increased burdens OF
taxation placed upon them by the
present incompetent and extrayagant
Democratic state administration. We
, denounce the blind partisanship and
unseemly struggle for office which led
the chief executive to burden the peo-
pie with the needless expense of an
: extra session OF the legislature. The
call for such extra session was with
out excuse or precedent 1t was a
violation of the spirit if not the letter
of the constitution. If any exigency
existed for the call, that exigency ex.
listed at the adjournment of the regular
/ session and notwithstanding this the