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

the direct election of United
States Senators by the people.
We pledge our Republican Sen
atOrS and Congressman to the en-
actment by congress of a law
regulating the shipping of in
tOxicating liquors into states hav-
ing prOhibitOry laws.
We favor an amendment to the
United States constitution to pro-
vide for popular election of Fed
eral, Circuit and district judges
for limited terms; and we instru(6
our senators and congressman to
labor for the early enactment of
q federal code of civil procedure
TO simplify and expidite litigation
in federal courts, following the re
formed procedure now in vogue
IN the most enlightened and pro-
gresSive states of the union.
We endorse without qualifica-
ton the administration of Cover
nor Stubs. And we pledge the
people of Kansas during the two
years 20 come, the same fidelity
to public interest that he has man
ifested during the past twenty
months of his administration.
We pledge Republican members
Of the Legislature in both houses
to vote for a law that will place
statewide public utilities, rail,
road, telegraph, telephone, cleo
trio light and power companies,
street railway, distributors Of gas,
whether in cities or by pipe lines,
express companies and common
carriers of all kinds, under the
control of a state commission hav
ing authority over the issue of
stocks and bonds, having means
and power to obtain the physical
valuation of the plants of these
corporations, to fix and adjust
rates upon their own motion and
to regulate rates and services in
the interests of Kansas and the
investors and employers of these
corporations.
We hereby bind Republican
members of the Kansas LegiSla-
ture to vote for the enactment of
q law that will compel corpora
tons doing business in Kansas to
begin litigation in Kansas courts
and take no refuge in the federal
courts until the litigation in ques-
ton has been passed upon by the
Kansas Supreme court.
We hereby instruct Republicans
in the Kansas Legislature for a
law that will make the second Of
tense against the Kansas prOhibi-
tory law punishable by a SEN
tence in the penitentiary.
We believe that the first duty
OF every party is to put the re-
SpOnsibllity of government as d.
rectly as possible into the hands
of the voters, giving the people
veto power not only upon undeSir
able laws but upon those who en-
force the laws. To that end we
pledge our state senators and rep
reSentatives to that principle and
declare for the following policies
Ito submit to the people in
the election of 1912 a cOnstitu-
tiOnal amendment giving the peO-
pie the power to recall officers of
city, county, and state govern
mentS whom they believe to be
derelict or unfaithful under pro-
eedure similar to that now grant
ed to cities of the first class
adopting the commission form of
government and to give the re-
call promptly to the people upon
every officer under legislative
authority.
2TO submit to the people of
Kansas a constitutional amend
ment in 1912 giving them the
right to initiate legislation and
to vote upon certain legislative
enactmentS-the amendments that
have been adopted by the states
OF Maine, Oregon, and South Da-
kOta, with a five per cent petition
for a referendum vote and eight
per cent for an initiative vote.
3-TO adopt Immediately the
Oregon plan which gives the peO-
pie right to vote at the general
election for the nartiSan nominees
for United States Senator.
1.-The enactment of a law to
compel the publicity of campaign
contributions both as to source
and disbursement before primary