The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-10-03

as All IL u l II H. i A. L.
truly III grsaf ii6tS aIlit
real achievements Ar ! people ~
measured BY the efficiency Of their
system Of popular edtlcstion. look
well to the education Of the youth Of
the land, for therein lies the safety
and hope of the future, for no state
or nation can rise above the intelli-
gence of its citizens. While we have
q good public school System, yet we
should endeavor to increaSe its effi-
cheney and improve the service. Our
public school teachers are progress
i've, and we should enact laws which
will enable them to give the people
the maximum benefits and bring the
opportunities Of liberal education
to the door Of every home. The con-
stitution requires that at least one
fourth of all the revenues be given to
the public schools and, realizing that
popular education Is the first element
of state and national success, the
Democratic party adopted the policy
of giving, not one-fourth, but one
third of all the revenues to the pub
lie schools and extended the helping
hand to the weak, 80 that every boy
and girl in the land might be given
the best opportunities to equip him.
self or herself for the battle Of life. /.
immigration.
Missouri is great state and has
been made such by reason Of its re-
sources and imperial citizenship. Mis-
souri, is now really the first state in
the Union, the only difference Is the
world does not know it. We have
here the rich valleys and plains, the
minerals, the forests, the climate, the
water, and the great opportunities
which go to make Missouri the fore
most of the sisterhood. We should
make it known to the world by ad-
vertisement. {
Reclamation of Land.
I believe in the reclamation of our
swamp and overflow lands and in the
enactment of proper laws to accom-.
plish that purpose. This rich alluvial
soil is awaiting the time when it's fer
tile acres will bear abundant harvests.
The laws should be improved, SIM
plif1ed and brought into one compre-
hensive whole.
Workingmen's Compensation Act.
With the growth and development
Of our transportation facilities, fac.
tory system, and industrial progress.
and with the increase in the number
of unskilled workmen about high.
power machinery, ETC., the necessi-
ties Of the hour demand the enact
ment of a workingmen's compensa-
ton act. Such law should be fair
and just both to the employer and
the employe.
Home Rule.
In accordance with the platform
declaration, we favor giving the large
cities home rule because such is q
Democratic principle.
Local self-government is Democratic
and sound, and to that end we favor
giving them the right to elect their
excise and police commissioners az
they now elect all other officers, or
in such other manner as the munich
palities may wish.
Presidential Preferential Primary.
A Republican form Of government
is one in which the supreme power is
lodged in the body of the people. The
closer the government can be brought
to the people, the better and safer.
Believing in full and fair expression
Of the people both as to their NOM
inees and their servants at the gen.
eral election, for every office from the
lowest to the highest, l favor the en-
actment Of law providing for presi-
Dental preferential primary.
Taxation.
In the matter OF taxation no sys-
tenn can be devised which will be per.
feet. No more taxes should be col
ected than are necessary to efficiently
meet the burdens of government and
give the best of service. oppose any
policy or effort to unnecessarily in
crease the burdens of taxation ON the
as our revenues are ample to
meet the demands of the state gov.
and support it's institutions.
law Enforcement.
The laws of the state represent the
will of the people as expressed
through the legislature. The people
'ule through the laws and the laws
should be enforced and adequate pro-
'isions made for proceeding against
,ublic servants who fail and refuse
o perform their official duties.
Without further frightening this
address,, 1 wish to impress az these
hings I have said upon the citizens
# this state, confident in the belief 4
hat the service rendered by our
Democratic servants has met with
he approval of practically the en-
ire citizenship of Missouri service
endered in the interests of the whole
eople; service which reaches to
nd has it's beneficial effect in every =
ome in the commonwealth.