Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-10-08
DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM


I'VE. the candidates of the Demo-
cratic party of the state of Idaho for
the several offices, acting as the rep
resentatives of the party, in conyen-
ton assembled as provided by law, do
hereby publish and declare the follow
ing platform of party principles:
We reaffirm our allegiance to thu
principles and policies of government
as declared in our last national plat
form,
I'VE favor the election of United
States senator by the direct vote OF
the people, and until such amendment
to the constitution of the United
men: to the election laws of the state
so as to provide for the nomination
or United States senators by the peo-
pie and pledging legislative candidates
to vote for the candidate for United
States senator who receives the high
est number Of votes at such election.
regardless of party.
I'VE favor the ratification by the
state Legislature of the proposed
amendment to the constitution Of the
United States providing for an income
tax.
We, denounce the Payne-Aldrich
tariff law as unjust, unfair and OPP
piessive and framed entirely IN the
interests OF the trIsts and monopolies
of the United States. We call the at
tentIon of the people to the wl1ul
failure of the Republican majority in
congress to carry into effect the prom
Use made in the party's last national
platform for the revision of the tariff.
We favor a substantial reduction of
the tariff on all necessities of life, and
contend that in no case should the
tariff on any article exceed the differ
ence 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 Republican majority in congress
for refusing to grant the people any
relief.
I'VE are in favor of the conserve
ton of our natural resources, both
state and national. and favor the en-
actment of necessary state and ma
tional laws to this end, but we be-
should be conserved in the interest
Of the people of this state We are
opposed to any attempt on the part OF
the United States government to in
terfere in matters of purely state con-
Germ or to deprive the people Of this
state of the benefits of the states
natural resources. Our natural re-
sources should oe subject to all
reasonable use consistent with pres
ervation under the control of the
ural resources be allowed to fall into
the hands of monopoies.
I'VE affirm our unfaltering allie
glance to the principles of the direct
primary and we demand such amend
ments to the existing law as recent
experience has demonstrated are
necessary to make it simple and eff
fective.
I'VE 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
I'VE pledge ourselves and Demo-
cratic party of the state to resort to
all honorable means and make every
effort to secure the passage by the
next Legislature of a joint resolution
submitting to the people of the state
a constitutional amendment provfd-
Ing for the initiative, referendum and
recall, 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
ant who has proven recreant to his
trust
I'VE favor an effective anti-truss law
and a just employers liability law In
lieu of the deceptive and make-shift
enactment passed by the last Repub-
lican Legislature.
1--WE favor an immediate revision of
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