Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-10-03
STATE POLICIES AND PRO-
GRESSION.

There are many questions OF i'm
portance to the people of this state
which must be considered by the next
administration. A progressive spirit
is abroad in the land and we must
push the dome of our commercial and
civic achievements still higher in the
skies.
Public Roads.
Chief among the questions of the
hour is the permanent improvement
and building of public roads. The
public roads of the commonwealth
are it's first great highways of COM
merce. They constitute the strong
est link in the chain of commercial
greatness and are the first evidences
of commercial progress. Build more
good public roads and permanently
improve the roads we now have, and
land and other property values will
increase rapidly while business and
commercial activities will follow as
necessary sequence.
Public Schools.
The public schools of the state are
truly it's great universities, and the
real achievements of a people are
measured by the efficiency of their
system of popular education. Look
we'll to the education of the youth Of
the land, for therein lies the safety
and hope of the future, for no state
or nation can rise above the intelli-
gence of its citizens. While we have
a good public school system, yet we
| should endeavor to increase its eff
cheney and improve the service. Our
public school teachers are progress
I've, and we should enact laws which
will enable them to give the people
the maximum benefits and bring the
opportunities of liberal education
to the door of every home. The con-
stitution requires that at least one
fourth of all the revenues be given to
the public schools and, realizing that
popular education is the first element
of state and national success, the
| Democratic party adopted the policy
| of giving, not one-fourth, but one
third of all the revenues to the pub
lie schools and extended the helping
hand to the wea2 so that every boy
! and girl in the land might be given
the best opportunities to equip him
self or herself for the battle of life.
| immigration.
Missouri is a great state and has
| been made such by reason of its re-
sources and imperial citizenship. Mis-
souri, is now really the first state in
| the Union. the only difference is the
world does not know ii. We have
here the rich valleys and plains, the
minerals, the forests, the climate, the
water, and the great opportunities
which go to make Missouri the fore
most of the sisterhoOd. We SHOULD
make it known to the world by ad
vertisement.
Reclamation of Land.
believe in the reclamation of ou1
swamp and overflow lands and in thC
enactment OF proper laws TO accom-
! plish that purpose. This rich alluyia
sell is awaiting the time when its fer
tile acres will bear abundant harVests
The laws should be improved, sim
plified and brought into one cOmpre
hensive whole.
Workinemens Compensation Act.
With the growth and development
of our transportation facilities, fac
tory system, and industrial progress
and with the increase in the humble
of unskilled workmGn about high
power machinery, etc. the necessi
ties of the hour demand the enact
ment of a workingmen's compensa
ton act. Such law should be fai
and just both TO the employer an
the employe.
Home Rule.
In accordance with the platforI
declaration, we favor giving the lars
cities home rule because such is
: fundamental Democratic principle
Local self-government is Democrat
and sound, and to that end we fave
giving them the right to elect thei
+ excise and police commissioners q
they now elect all other Officers, c
in such other manner as the munic
palities may wish.
Presidential Preferential Primary.
A Republican form of governmeI
= is one in which the supreme power
lodged in the body of the people. III