Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-09-02

ldAeS were So,IJo,UI4. An IN
creased population of 242,S63 anC
: an increased state tax of 81 al,
72O is out Of all proportion tC
the growth and development Of
the state and shows waste and
extravaganza on the part of the
dominant party. We pledge our
selves to an economical state ad.
mlnlstratiOn, and to require all
public servants to devote their
entire time to the business of the
state.
Believing that the intelligence
OF the voters of Kansas Is such
that they do not need pictures or
emblemS to guide them in the Sc
lection of their candidates for Of
flee, and believing that in a spir-
it Of fairness it should be as easy
for an electOr to vote an indepen-
dent ticket as party ticket, we
pledge our senator's and repreSen-
ta'lves in the Kansas legislature
to vote and work for a measure
that eliminates what is known
as the straight ticket, and provide
for a ballot stripped of all en-
ulemS over party candidates and
tC provide that the names of all
the candidates for each office on
ell tickets shall be printed under
the same head. This form of bal
lot is known as the Massachusetts,
ballot. In enacting this measure
into law, it shall be so written
that no electOr shall be assisted
by the judges or clerks of the
election board to cast his vote un-
less said electOr shall be physical
ly disabled from so doing.
The settlement of labor diSput-
es concerns the general public to-
gether with the employer and EN-
plOyed. The state should inter-
vene, either through receiverShips
OF compulsory arbitration to COM
pei the arbitration of the industry
affected until a settlement is Sc
cured.
We demand that the present
fellow servant law be extended
to cover employees in coal mines.
We demand the recall and we
reiterate the demands of our
state platforms for many years
for the initiative and referendum.
We believe that our Judiciary
and public school systems should
be removed from the influence of
partisan politics and favor the
election of judges and school Of
ficers on nOn-partisan tickets.
We favor the abolition of all
unnecessary offices.
We are in favor of extending
the power of the state railroad
commission over all state wide
public utilities.
We commend and endorse the
state bank guarantee law, passed
by nOn-partisan vote Of the last
Legislature and particularly call
attention to the fact that this is
the only law that has stood the
test of the superior Federal courts
and we reaffirm our faith in the
principles of our platform of two
years ago as provided in this
law.
We are in favor of amending
the present primary law so that
voter NAV cast an independent
vote.
| We pledge ourselves to an ag-
gressive. and progressive policy,
LOOKING to the development and
improvement of the common
schools of the state, especially the
rural schools, and charge the Re-
publican party with neglect and
indlIterence toward these schools
Of the people.
We pledge our support to the
educational institutions of the
state wisely and economically ad-
ministered and favor a policy to
remove them from political IN
fluence. Money appropriated for
education should be considered as
an investment and not as an ex-
pense, and board of regents and
school officials should be held rig
idly responsible for adequate re-
turns on the investment.
We believe that the law known
as the inheritance tax law is an
unnecessary burden on the peO-
pie of this state and should be re-
pealed.
We favor the amendment of tht
long and short haul clause of the