The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-06

in interstate commerce could be cas-
lily and perfectly controlled.
1 am going to stand by the prin-
c1ple that this nation is indebted
more to the veterans of the Civil war
than to any other class of citizens.
not only for the life, but for the de-
TASlopment and prosperity of this
country and propose, if 1 am elect
ed to the United States senate, to at
all. times favor such legislation in
their interest ~ will express the ma
tion's generc-/y, as. we'll as the ma
TONS justice.
I candidly believe it to be a matter
of inestimable economic good to the
whole nation, as well as an assurance
of uniform prosperity to business and
steady employment to the largest class
of the American people, for the gov
eminent of the United States to give
to labor every possible protection of
its rights and interests If 1 am
elected to the senate / shall use all
my influence towards abo1ishing the
power of the federal judiciary to in
f1ict punishment in any case of indi-
rect contempt until after a properly
empaneled American jury shall have
heard the case and passed upon its
merits.
am opposed to the federal govern
ment issuing government liquor
stamps in states where the sale of Ii
quor is prohibited by law.
The annual rainfall and flood waters
homa, Texas and eastern Colorado
are sufficient, if they could be saved
In reservoirs and utilized when needed,
to make this vast territory one of the
most productive and valuable agri-
cultural regions in the world. 1 am
in favor. therefore. insofar as it is
practicable to do so, of the United
States government extending it's re-
clamation service to save and utilize
the flood and surface waters in the
sem1-arid districts of the middle west.
am in favor of downward revision
of the tariff, particularly as to those
schedules affecting the cost of living.
In the past tie wage earners have not
received their just share of the bene-
fits of protective duties.
1 am in favor of the creation of a
permanent, non-partisan, tariff COM
mission that shall report to congress
every year the proportion of the pro-
tective tariff benefits received in
wages by the working people. Also
report the difference in the cost of
production at home and abroad, and
the duties that are necessary to pro-
tect the wage of American workmen
from destructive competition with for
elgn labor. am in favor of free trade
on all articles manufactured in the
United States that are regularly sold
to foreign trade cheaper than to our
home people.
I am in favor of a graduated in
come tax, believing that a part of the
money obtained should be assessed
upon the wealth of the country to
maintain the federal government.
am in favor of the most stringent
amendments possible to the antitrust
laws that will protect the American
people from the monopoly which the
great financial interests have over the
industrial, commercial and financial
analrs of the country.
| am in favor OF the initiative, the
referendum and the recall, believing
that the people are competent to pass
Judgment upon the wisdom of legisla-
ton. and that they ought to have the
opportunity of so doing
| realize that the initiative the
referendum and the recall are not ma
tonal issues, yet. If nominated as
member of the party council I shall
have a vote upon these matters and
my vote shall be cast and my influence
used in the party council and in Kan
sas politics in favor of these meas
ures.
In no less degree. If elected. shall
L exercise the power vested in me a
United States senator to prevent the
re-enactment of scenes similar to that
in which Senator Curtis by his vote
and influence. aided Lorimer to hold
his seat in the senate. Kansas should
go upon record in only one way in
such cases. and that way should be
an emphatic condemnation of politi-
cal trickery.