The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-09-09

first class adopting the Gomnaission
form of government and to give the
recall promptly to the people upon
svery officer under legislative gu.
thority.
CD To submit to the people OF
Kansas a constitutional amendment
in 1912 giving them the right to
initiate legislation and TO vote upon
certain legislative enactmentg-the
amendments that have been adoptsd
by the states of Main, Oregon and
South Dakota, with & five per cent
petition for a referendum vote and
eight per cent for an initiative vote
CD To adopt Immediately thc
Otegon plan which gives The peop|,
a right to vote at the general eleesign
tor the partisan nominees for Uaitee
States senator.
(d) T Enactment Of a Law
which shall compeI publicity Of
campaign contributions both as tc
source and to disbursement before
primary ana general elsctioas po.p
for campaign committees and 70
individuals with severe penalties l9
violation.
(e) Aud we pledge Republican
in tbs Kansas legislature SO tr
amend the Kansas primary law the
delegates to the national ecnventiot
may be elected at the primal
election and that the names IT 10,
candidates fer president and vice
president shall be piaGsd en- toe
ballot that the people OF Kansas
may instruct their delegates Or
nominations for president and vicp
president,
We pl. dge all Republicans in tn,
Kansas Legislature to vote for the
ratification of the amendment to tn,
United States constitution Frovidiag
for a federal tax on lncomes. Ano
ae pledge our congressional delega-
lion 10 vote for = law providing fo'
graduated tax Without waiting foi
the G@endmen ent.
We pledge the Republican mem
oers in the Kansas Legislature to
vote and work fer measure Great.
lug commission uader tbs authortj
If the hsxt KanssF legislature which
shall make inquiry into the practlca
billy of working MANS eompeHsa-
ton law framed 60 meet labor
conditions In Kansas,
Ws pledge the enactmens og ar
employers liability law, following
,ae provisions Of the federal lev
and the advanced viaws OF the
Supreme csart Of Kansas on ,hal
subject.
We commend and indorse the
bark guaranty law passed by the
last legislature and we call particular
attention TO the fact that 1t is the
only guaranty Law that has rsaeivso
the approval Of the superior federal
courts. We commend the present
state administration fer Its successful
defense Of the law In The courts, and
We hereby rsafiim Gus faith in the
principles embodied In this law, ard
instruct our representatives. in con
gress to favor such legislation as
will permit national banks to par
ticipate thereiR.
We favor increasing the exc mp
lions to direct heirs under the
inheritance tax law.
We pledge our Republican men,
ners of the legislature to make such
appropriation for the practical work
# the farm departments of the State
Agricultural collegs as will bring il,
as near the Prachcal everyday life
Of the farmer as possible.
We favor a uniform system of
county and township records and
state publication of county and
township blank books.
We send our greeting to Theodore
Roosevelt and the new world's
ebGmpicn Of the rights of mna in
the world-o cid contes, between rising
humanity and Tie encroachmeats of