Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-10-15

as declared in our last national plat
form.
We favor the election of United
States senator by the direct vote of
the people, and until such amend
ment to the constitution of the Uni
ted States be adopted, we favor an
amendment to the election laws of
the state so as to provide for the
nomination of United States senators
by the people and pledging legisla-
i've candidates to vote for the candi-
date for United States senator who
receives the highest number of votes
at such election, regardless of party.
We favor the ratification by the
state legislature of the proposed "a
mendment to the constitution of the
United Staes providing for an in
come tax
We denounce the Payne-Aldrich
tariff law as unjust, unfair and op-
pressive and framed endrely In the
interests of the trusts and monopo-
lies of the United States. We call
the attention of the people to the
wilful failure of the Republican ma
jority in congress to Y. into eff
feet the promise made intdhe partys
national platform for the revision OF
the tariff We favor substantial
reduction of tariff on all the neces-
sites of life, and contend that in
no case should the tariff on any ar
cticle exceed the difference in cost
of production at home and abroad
The present excessive high cost of
living is directly due to Republican
policies, and we condemn the Repub-
lican majority in congress for refus-
ing to grant the people any relief.
We are in favor of the conserva-
ton of our natural resources, both
state and national. and favor the en-
actment of necessary state and nat
that the resources of this state
should be conserved in the interests
of the people of this state. We are
opposed to amy attempt on the part
of the United States government to
interfere in matters of purely state
concern or to deprive the people of
this state of the benefits of the states
natural resources. Our natural re-
sources should be subject to all rea-
sonable use consistent with preserva-
ton under the control of the state.
In no case should such resources be
allowed to fall into the hands of mo-
nopoMes.
We reaffirm our unfaltering allegi-
ance to the principles of the direct
primary and we demand such amend
ments to the existing law as recent
experience has demonstrated are nee
essary to make it simple and effective
We hereby pledge the Democratic
party to the continuance of the ex-
listing local option law with the coun-
ty as the unit and for the strict en-
forcement of the same.
We pledge ourselves and the Dem
ocratc party of the state to resort to
all honorable means and make every
effort to secure the passage by the
next legislature of joint resolution
submitting to the people of the state
a constitutional amendment providing
for the initiative, referendum and re-
call, to the end that the people
themselves may enact or veto such
Legislation as they may deem for the
best interests of the state as whole,
and that they may possess the power
to remove from office any public
servant who has proved recreant to
his trust
We favor an effective antitrust law
and just employers liability law in
lieu of the deceptive and make-shift
enactment passed by the last Repub-
ican legislature.
We favor an immediate revision of
our revenue laws so that the burdens
of taxation shall be borne equitaby
by the taxpayers and deman that
the enforcement and operation Of the
law in the collection of state reve-
nue. shall result i'm equal taxation as
between the different counties and
sections of the state. We favor an
amendment to the revenue laws
whereby improvements ON real prop
erty to the value of 5000 shall be ex-
empt from taxation for state and coun
ty purposes, as permitted by article
Z, section 2, of the constitution of
the State of Idaho
AS extravaganza In government liz
as destructive as extravaganza upon