Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-22

more speedy 1nv0StlgatlOnS ana remOVa
of such as may be found derelict o.
portant laws is that which created the
state board Of education. defined its
duties and powers, and placed into the
hands of that board the vast interests
of our state educational institutions,
! thus removing the government Of these
. schools from the frequent changes Incl
dent to state politics. The system OF
building and maintaining our public
highways has been greatly improved,
and the lively interest taken by the
people in this legislation is evidence OF
the value Of good roads to the business
and commercial interests of the state.
More Is yet to be done toward perfect
ing plan Of operation already 1naug-
urated. w
A tax commission is now at work
preparing to recommend to the thirty
fifth general assembly some plan which
will more nearly equalize, and, II pos
sible, reduce the burdens Of taxation
and improve the present method OF
raising the states revenue, and the
recent provision for the taxation OF
monies and credits. it is hoped. may
open the way to uniformity and relief
as to this class of property .l -.
An employers liability commission is
nnraged in most important work
seeking to recommend such legislation
as will best protect the employe and
determine his liability in his relations
with his employer ....ss.
By recent enactment the people have
been provided with commerce coun-
sci, whose duty it is to guard their
interests in state and interstate COM
merce rates and transportation.
The office of state fire marshal has
also been created. charged with the
duty Of protecting from the ravages or
the flames the property OF the people
OF the commonw ealth. t~ y
Approves Legislation. ~
Material changes have been made IN
our criminal code, with reference to
trial upon information without indict-
ment by grand Jury, and looking
toward more speedy and Intelligent
administration Of justice in the courts
Of the state. Measures suppressing
vice and immortality wherever found
and encouraging all our people to still
better and more profitable living, have
characterized In no small way the en-
beavers of our late legislatures. All
of these pieces of legislatio meet my
hearty approval and Endorsement.
A great state cannot be built In n !
da- OF year, or even in one short gen
Grafton of time. and no one set OF
men or measures is likely to contain
all that is best and most desirable for
an intelligent and progressive people,
but the collective wisdom Of the whole
body of people, of the state or nation.
as the case may be, exercised through
their legally. chosen officials and rep
and through an unbroken
series of years. has in the case of our
own commonwealth built state among
the younger and yet among the great
est in the union.
The natiopal government, consisting
as it does Of states bound together in
IN "inseparable union" is entitled tn
our loyalty and consideration when
matters of vast Importance affecting
he nation at large are involved, and
We should not allow the general well
are Of all the people to become entire
he same time we should not and will
lot neglect the things in which the
state is most vitality Interested.
l have sought thus briefly to out
inc some Of the more prominent mat
ers which concern our citizenship in a
ore primary campaign. Opportunity
will no doubt be afforded between this
additional matters affecting the inter-
,sts of all our people.
Suffice it, therefore, for the present,
o add. that my home for the full half
century of my. life has been within this
state, and for all the years of my vot-
ne age I have affiliated with the
party whose suffrage ! now ask. labor
ng for the upbuilding of the state in
IS moral, intellectual and commercial
life, and I shall continue to stand for
he further development Of the state
long an legitimate lines of endeavor.
nd for the equality Of rights and priv
leges guaranteed by the constitution,
nd for uprightness in private life and
n public station, and for faithful and
onest service on the part of every
public servant, and for the enforce
nent of all law as it may be found
lpon the statute books.
With these suggestions I confidently
ubrnit my candidacy for favorable
onsidera ton and support by all the
epublicans of the state.
~. A. V. ProudfOOt
Indianola Iowa, Feb. 10, 1912.