The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-08-12

luton Of New Mexico f0F statewide
nd we condemn the so-called local
option as a saloon make-shift.
?. 1t should provide absolute pro-
ec,ion for vested rights of all kinds,
rom the most modest holdings of the
)oo~ man to the largest interests Of
ioh men, and there should be no I'M
lust discrimination against corpora
prohibition, thus settling the question
i the saloon and the liquor traffic,
ions organized for the pu. pase Of hep
vi industry ar enterprise. In other
words tla safne careful protection that
) extended to the individual shall BIZ
extended to the corporations.
3. 1t should provide for a Utility
Commission, to be elected by the peo-
Die, whose duty it shall be to maintain
In oversight over and properly ear4
tect the ,ates and charges af all Car
.iers AMI utilities, ana Whose deci-
sion sha.. be final, except, of course,
normal appeal to the supreme court
4. 1t should provide for a compre-
aensive system CT direct primaries
and system OF elections that will
insure the electors q fair expression
Of their will in both primary ana
najoH elections. The use 81 m6ney Or
undue influence of any kind shall
constitute felony.
8, it should abolish absolutely the
fee system for county officers, pro,
dding in it's place an equitable sys.
lem Of salaries, the income of the
various offices passing direct to the
people. Under this plank it is meant
that the people shall pay no more
'or service than would be paid in o..
binary business.
6. There should be general and
positive system OF tax reforms. the
base of which should be assessment
by voting precincts, ana the abolition
Of the office of county assessor, the
new system TO be based upon the
return of en- honest valuation on ex-
aotly the same ratio with the man who
has little and the man who has much.
concluding with the enforced collec-
ton of every cent of tax imposed
z 1t should provide for a system of
judiciary based as closely as possible
upon that in use in other states, the
base of which should rest upon the
election of all judges by the people,
for long terms, at a time when no
other issue is pending.
8. We believe that the Constitute on
should be as short and clear as possi-
bic, providing for the usual neces-
sary divisions of government, and leay-
ing to the legislature all plainly sta
tutory matters. The section filing tba
powers CT the legislature in this di-
reotion should be very plainly out
lined, as should the right Of the peo-
pie to amend TIE con stitution In rea-
sonable manner in such rational wag
as IS recognized by the best governed
states in the union.
y. We are squarely opposed to the
placing in the constitution of untried
phases of governmental policy. and
insist that the document be broa
enough to admit the adoption of neces-
sary reforms by legislative enactmen.
when the trend Of the times mako
it advisable.
10. We believe in the fullest D. O..
lection and extension of the educa-
lional system of the state. that o., v
school should be taught in the Bng-
fish language. the use of other ton
cues being purely supplemental am
optional
II. We believe in the equal pro-
lection Of capital ana labor. and tba
fullest recognition Of the rlghts~of a. +
individuals, with special PRIVILEGES IN
no man or combination of men.
~ We insist that there shall neve p
be In the state Of New Mexico ilny