Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-09-29
THE PEOPLE

cial welfare and public policy. To secure
this end, it pledges itself to provide:
!. That when an act. passed under the
police power of the state, is held unconsti-
tutional under the state constitution, by the
courts, the people, after an ample interval
for deliberation, shall have an opportunity
to vote on the question whether they desire
the act to become a law, notwithstanding
such decision.
2. That every decision OF the highest APP
pellate court of state declaring an act OF
the legislature unconstitutional on the
ground OF its violation of the federal con-
stitution shall be subject to the same review
by the Supreme Court OF the United States
as is now accorded to decisions sustaining
such legislation.
Administration Of Justice.
The Progressive party, in order to secure
to the people better administration of JUS
tce and by that means to bring about a more
general respect for the law and the courts.
pledges itself to work increasingly for TIE
reform of legal procedure and judicial
methods.
We believe that the issuance Of injunc-
tions in cases arising out of labor disputes
should be prohibited when such injunctions
would not apply when no labor disputes en-
listed.
We also believe that person cited for
contempt in labor disputes, except when
such contempt was committed in the actual
presence OF the court or so, near thereto
as to interfere with the proper adninistra.
ton of justice, should have right to trial by
Jury.
Department of Labor.
We pledge our party to establish De.
partment of Labor with seat in the cabi-
net, and with wide jurisdiction over matters
affecting the conditions Of labor and living.
Country Life.
The development and prosperity of coun-
try life are as important to the people who
live in the cities as they are to the farmers.
Increase OF prosperity on the farm will ia
vorably affect the cost of living and promote
the interests of all who dwell in the coun-
try, and all who depend upon its products
for clothing, shelter and food.
We pledge our party to foster the de-
velopment of agricultural credit and coop
Grafton, the teaching Of agriculture in
schools, agriculture college extension, the
use of mechanical power on the farm, and
to re-establish the Country Life Commits
sion, thus directly promoting the welfare OF
the farmers, and bringing the benefits of bet
ter farming, better business and better liv-
ing within their reach
Health.
We favor the union OF all the existing
agencies of the federal government dealing
with the public health into single national
health service without discrimination against
or for any one set OF therapeutic methods,
school of medicine, or school of healing with
such additional powers as may be necessary
to enable it to perform efficiently such du
ties in the protection of the public from pre-
ventable diseases as may be properly under
taken by the federal authorities; including
the executing of existing laws regarding
pure food; quarantine and cognate subjects;
the promotion Of appropriate action for the
improvement Of vital statistics and the ex-
tension OF the registration area Of such sta
tistics, and cooperation with the health ac-
tivities of the various states and cities of the
nation.
Patents
We pledge ourselves to the enactment of
\ a patent law which will make it impossible
for patents to be suppressed or used against
the public welfare in the interests of injur-
ious monopolies.
Interstate Commerce Commission.
We pledge our party to secure to the In
terstate Commerce Commission the power
to value the physical property of railroads.
In order that the power Of the commission
to protect the people may not be impaired
or destroyed, we demand the abolition of