The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1912-01-03
The creation of a Public Utilities

Commission.
A uniform system of accounting
for all public offices handling money
Laws for the protection of la
borers engaged in hazardous EN-
ployment and regulating the arbitra
| ton of labor troubles.
| A law prohibiting peonage and thu
slave trade, regardless of color.
The imposition of severe penaltie,
upon officers who fail to protect pris
Oners.
Religious as well as civil liberty il
Kentucky and opposition to raising
any religious test as a qualification
for holding any office in state ol
| Nation.
He warns the legislators that after
presenting the financial conditions OF
the state. as furnished by the Audi
tor of Public Accounts, that Sena-
tors and Representatives should be
careful in making appropriations.
and be sure that there is money
available to pay such appropriations
! is may be authorized by law.
On the subject of direct primary
elections Governor McCreary writes
''If We wish voters to take an in
terest in the candidates and in the
elections, we must have methods fol
nominating party candidates which
will insure general participation il
the election and | believe that pri-
mary elections is the best plan to Sc
ect nominees for the various Offices.
The direct primary is in line with the
advanced thought of the time, and i,
The hope for good men in office ang
clean government in administration
| recommend the enactment of di-
rect primary election law providing
that primary elections shall be con
Quoted under lawful authority and al
public expense and to be regulated
IN the same manner and subject to
the same penalties and violations a.
IN the ease of regular elections. !"
The next subject discussed by Gov
ernor McCreary in his message is the
County Unit. Ills ut;erance on this
subject is as follows: .'. asa
$50 much has been spoken ana
written about extending the present
local option law as applied to the
sale of liquor so that the citizens Of
each and every county in the state
may determine for themselves whethl
er spurious, vinOus or malt liquors
may be sold therein, that I do not
deem it necessary to discuss this i'm
portant question at length. Thee
State Democratic Platform declared
in favor of it in strong and unmis-
taxable terms, and | have already in
this message declared for it and for
legislation to carry out the pledge.
| want to say, however, with empha-
sis that the question of regulating or
suppressing the liquor traffic should
be settled on its own merits without
regard to other questions that will
come before you and wisdom, as well
as harmony, demand that you settle
it, and take it out of politics."
Second in Importance to the coun-
ty unit plank. Governor McCreary
discuss the taking of the States
penal institutions out of politics. He
sets out in his message the entire
plank on this subject and says that
the State Democratic convention was
no stronger or more emphatic on any
subject. He points out the declara-
ton adopted unanimously by the
State Convention and approved by
the people and by the press of Ken
lucky. Quoting Chapter 81, article
1, section 1895 of the Kentucky
Statutes, that "The General Assem-
bly,. may at any time remove any or
all of the members of the Board of
Commissioners. with or without
cause" the Governor has the follow
ing to say:
"In accordance with the platform,
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