Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-10-24
WHAT IS YOUR CREEDa
Wherein Do Your Principles Diffe.
Z from Those Named in the Pro
gressive's Convenant with the
People?

gressive's Convenant with IL
People?
People, who have read and con-
sidered carefully the progressive
platform, know full we'll how dit
feTent it is from the usual polita-
cal platform. In two respects IN
particular is this true:
I, The first is that it isl NOT d
collection Of indefinite generan-
ties, worded SO cleverly as to meaA
all Things to all men. And thlA
other is that lit is evidently meaht
to be fulfilled, since the party
pledges itself and its candidates.
unc nconditionally to this endL
l In view of this, voters oughh va
know just what it's provisions alre
and what parts OF it coincide with
their OWN views. 1t is introducea
by the sentence below:
This declaration, is our cove
nant with the people, and w'e here
by bind the party and it's canllA-
dates i'm state and nation to the
pledges mad. herein
1t pledges itself to- secure
Direct primaries for the nonsi
nation of state and national Off
GERS, including president. r.
Direct election of UNITED States
Senator.
T(te immediate repeal OF the CaE-
adi'n Reciprocity act.
The estabMs nmentt Of no A-par.
t:san. scientific tariff comm .sion
reporting to ttth president sAd
Congress.
| A downward revision OF e1cesr
sive tariff schedules. with the
idea of protecting American labor
only. but net OF protecting mono
poly. or industries which are uR-
fair to labor, or which are opera
lting i'm violation of law.
| Conservation OF our great ma
ltural reesouTces, and immediate
deyelopmnt of same under laws
which vii bring to the people q
moderate return for benefits con
Tferred.
Laws to compel strict limitaticS
ON all campaign contributions, ana
detailed publicity regarding samsN
both before and after all prim maries
and elections.
Extension of civil service laws
to include postmasteUs, marshals,
collectors, and other non-partisan
officers.
Legislation providing that Wihem
an act, relating to thiel PUBLIC
WELFARE, has beeen passed by
any state legislature, and subse-
quently has been declared by the
state courts to be contrary to the
statel constitution, the people shah
later be given am OPPORTUNITY to
vote ON the question whether they
wish it to become a law or not, in
spite of said court decision This
is the much maMgneed RECALL OF
the, Judiciary Consider DIT catre-
fully Its deadly character as
LOUDLY attested by it's enemies.
The establishment of a commits
sion similar to the IntefASStata
Commerce Commission, which shsala
have active, supervision over all
industrial corporations, just as the
Inter-StatA Commerce Commission
has at present oyer the railroads. OF
the nation. This proposed COM
mission must ENFORCE complete
|publicity of those corporation tran
lsactions which are OF public anr
lterest. must eliminate unfair COM
petition, false capitalization. and
special privilege.
i Conservation OF our HUMAN re-
sources. This program Includes.
Legislation to prevent industrial ac-
cidents, occupational diseases. pro
hibitiom of child labor, one days
rest dm seven for an wage eaTuers,
mi minimum wage standards for all
working women, and OtneT 6us
lar legislation. all good, and all
beneficial to the several millions
OF wage earners OF the nation.
I The foregoing includes the most
important provisions OF the pro-
gressipes' platform. 1t is noticeable
that the organs OF other parties
have had litt Definite criticism to
make regarding 1t. They have
made a bugaboo of the recall OF
the Judiciary" which was umwar-
ramted. They have sought to give
the impression that the entire
platform is visionary, which is un-
true. But they have devoted their
greatest efforts to the personal
abuse and defamation OF the char