Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-22

ed matter. you will nnc the reasons
set forth in detail
For Better Moral Conditions.
Now. friends. II become governor
Of this state. you have my pledge you
have my promise, that will favor
every measure which tho Legislature
may pass or which they propose TO
pass. which will create better moral
conditions in the communities Of tho
state of Idaho. I'll approve any bill,
any legislation, which has for It's CD
Ject the promotion of your welfare,
and I'll veto any bill II l have a good.
legitimate cause for it, but ri not as
sign cause for veto aud then sign
the bill.
Just a word or two more, my
friends and then I am through.
Progressive Platform.
Il had the pleasure Of being the
chairman of the resolutions committee
which drafted the Progressive platform
OF the state of Idaho. and had hand
in declaring for some things in that
platform that I would like to call to
your attention Just briefly, very briefly.
For instance. We ,vrots into that
platform a demand which goes beyond
the national platform on that question
And that is a demand for the direct
election of the president OF the United
States.
I'VE wrote into that platform q dec.
laration in favor Of direct election OF
senators. and we want that amendment
which Senator Borah was SO instru-
mental in having submitted for your
approval so that hereafter you can vote
directly for our senators, and want
to say to you. my friends, that II we
had that law in force in the state OF
Idaho today, there wouldn't be any
doubt about Senator Borah going back
to the United States senate. Applause
and cheers).
I'VE declare for the initiative, refer
endum and really We want such a
condition in this state as will make It
possible for you to pass legislation
yourselves If your Legislature won't do
for you to veto legislation II your leg
islature passes laws which you do not
want which will enable you to recall
your public officials. If they do not
serve you honestly and competently.
I'VE declare for the short ballot sys-
tenn of nominations ana elections. We
want it so the business of each county
in this state and each municipality and
the state. itself. shall be transacted
just as you transact private business.
If you organize a corporation under the
law OF this state, the stockholders select
board of directors, ana under the law
they have the control and the manage
ment of the business of the corporation.
and they hire the officers. and II they
don't do their work they discharge
them, they recall them, and why not
run your county that way? And why
not do like we do In the United States?
We elect the president in the United
States and he appoints all the other
executive officers. Why not elect Just
your governor and let him appoir.
the other executive officers? And then
If he does not do his work right, or II
his subordinates do not do their work
right. recall him and put a man in his
place who will do 1t right. Elect your
legislature. of course
we would have and we declare for
the election of judges by separate, non
partisan elections. 80 that they will be
removed as far as possible from parti-
san politics
ave want a corrupt practices act
We declare for that.
We want a Carey act commission
to handle those Carey act projects over
yonder in a businesslike way. a COM
mission made UP of non partisan skilled
men in that kind of business.
"Those people are entitled TO- that
and they pay for It, 1t wouldn't in
crease your taxation one cent because
the law provides that the cost OF ah-
mfnistering those projects shall be
paid out of the fund created by the
purchase OF the land and tho water
rights in those projects. The old par
ties both turned down that proposition
for the committee Of Carey act people
down there and we declared for It,
And that's prohibition upon the
low class immigrants that are coming
into our country by the Thousands
and hundreds of thousands. II we
continue the policy that we are using
now of permitting them to come prac.
tically without prohibition. what kind
OF proposition are your children and
mine going to be up against Is years
living? / believe In that kind Of pro-
lection. and while there isn't much
that can do If am elected governor
of the state to bring that about. what
little l. can do. will be done. have
had presented to me one proposed blu
and have been asked to say whether
l would approve that kind Of bill. Il
is a bill to require corporations IN the
transportation service and things OF
that kind to file with the county audi
tor of each county In which It does
business statement showing the