The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-01-12
REPRESENTATIVE PoSToN
DEFINES HIS POLICIES.

Following is the letter:
BONNIE TERRE, Mo-,
December 81, 1910
As shall leave for Jefferson City
Monday morning to be present at
the opening OF the General Assem-
bly, 1t perhaps is not amiss that !
state to the people some OF the things
l expect to labor for, in order that
people may write me and give me
the benefit of their advice as to what
they think Of any Legislation.
expect to represent every person
in the county, Democrat, Republic
can, Socialist, etc. | shall be the
representative OF all, and shall APP
preciate letters from anyone and
stand ready to present to the Gener-
al Assembly any petition or view
which any OF the residents Of this
county may wish presented.
| A few Of the matters | shall favor
and on which shall introduce bills,
If no one else does, are as follows:
believe that the method OF APP
pointing road Overseers by the COun-
| ty Court is wrong and that these Of
ficials should be elected by the peo-
pie Of the several districts.
shall favor selecting the party
nominees for L. $. Senator at the
General Primary instead Of at the
General Election.
/ shall favor Joint and Concur
rent Resolution giving endorsement
| to the proposition to elect United
States Senators by popular vote.
expect to favor Bank Guar
antce Law.
shall favor extending the State
Factory Inspection law to cover the
whole State aud shall favor making
1t saluried Office instead of fee
office.
IT is fact that in nearly every
large school Of the State some house
in the Text Book Trust has one Of
| their agents who constantly works
| for the Trust interest in demoraliz-
! ing the Text book situation in their
locality, and for their service the
| Trust pays them commission di-
rectly or indirectly. |, for one,
! have become tired of the eXhorbitaut
prices asked by the Trust and shall
favor not only a uniform system Of
text books but shall favor the State
furnishing the books up to the Sth
grade at least, and shall favor the
| State printing its own books.
believe that the present Poll Tax
System is II relic OF the past. II
was enacted Mt time when there
were no large aggregations of
wealth, and when every man owned
Il horse or team and used the
roads. At this time very few men
own horses and few use the roads
The people of Missouri recognized
this principle when they passed the
law authorizing the County Court to
make levy for road purposes.
do not believe it fair to the dollar
and n half IA day man to make him
pay the same poll tax as the million
aire, and | expect to introduce bill
abolishing the poll tax entirely and
will compel the wealth of the sever
al counties to pay the road revenue.
| shall favor regular opening
and closing hour for all saloons. A
few particularly disreputable dive
keepers will oppose this but | be
lieve most saloon keepers will favor
1t.
! understand that in Arkansas
they have law providing for twic,
month pay on the railways.
have written to find out and IL suci
Ia the case | expect to introduc,
such bill in the Missouri Genera
Assembly.
We have in times past heard q
threats of IA shut down by cOmpan
, les operating in Missouri. 1t is
disastrous thing for any communit,
and IL would be worth something t.
every person In st. Francois count,
to know that shut down was on
of the question. | have given thi
matter considerable thought. be
; lieve that the mineral wealth under
lying this county belongs first to tn
State, and the law recognizes tina
the State has final jurisdiction owe
this mineral. If 1t meets with tn
approval of the laboring and farm
ing people of this county ! will In
-, trOduce } oint and Concurrent Res
olution providing that In case an
S deep mining company closes dow
!, its plant In this State, that the Stat
A shall have the plant inspected an
. appraised by its State Mine 1nspet
tion Department and that the Stat
= be empowered to take charge OF til
8 plant and operate IL, first paying I
- the stockholders of the cOmpan
, from the earnings an amount equt
to 8 per cent on the appraised valui
,. ton and that the balance of tn
Y earnings be pro rated among thos
/. who work in the mines. If you fl
vor this write me.
expect to favor n law compellin
' all railroads In this State to sen
out full train crew on all trains {
;, over % cars.
. / do not expect to do all the la
o making ut Jefferson City and II oti
h ers have bills prepared along TIL
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