The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-07-17

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tends. to an employees compensation
law providing adequate indemnity foI
injury to body or loss Of life.
Conservation.
We believe In conservation and the
development. for the use of all the
people, OF the natural resources oi
the country. Our forests, our sources
Of water supply, our arabic and oul
mineral lands. our navigable streams
and all the other material resources
with which our country has been SC
lavishly endowed. constitute the
foundation of our national wealth
Such additional legislation as may b
necessary to prevent their beins
wasted OF absorbed by special OF priv
LEGGED interests should be enacted and
the policy of their conservation should
be rightly adhered to.
The public domain should be admin
istered and disposed of with Que re
gard to the general welfare. Reserva
tons should be limited to the pur
poses which they purport to serve and
not extend 10 include land wholly un
suited therefor. The unnecessary
withdrawal from sale and settlement
Of enormous tracts Of public land, up
on which tree growth never existed
and cannot be promoted, tends only
to retard development, create discon
tent and bring reproach upon the pol
] icy of conservation.
The public land laws should be ad
ministered in a spirit Of the broadcast
| liberality towards the settler exhibit
ing bona fide purpose to comply
Herewith. to the end that the invita-
ton of this government to the land
less should be as attractive as pos
sible: and the plain provisions of the
forest reserve act permitting home
stead entries to be made within the
national forests should not be nulli
the federal constitution providing for
the erection of United States senators
by the direct vote of the people.
1t has secured the admission of
Arizona and New Mexico as two
sovereign states.
1t has required the publicity of CAM
paign expenses both before and after
election, and fixed a limit upon the
election expenses of United States
senators and representatives.
1t has also passed a bill to prevent
| the abuse of the writ of Injunction.
1t has passed a law establishing an
eight hour day for workmen on all
national public work.
1t has passed a resolution which
| forced the president to take immedi-
ate steps to abrogate the Russian
/ treaty.
| And it has passed the great supply
bills, which lessen waste and extrav-
agance, and which reduce the annual
expenses of the government by many
millions of dollars.
! An Adequate Navy.
We approve the measure reported
/ by the Democratic leaders in the
! House of Representative for the Gre
alton of a council of national defense,
which will determine a definite naval
programme with a view to increase
efficiency and economy. The party
| that proclaimed and has always en-
/ forced the Monroe doctrine and was
| sponsor for the new navy, will con-
tinue faithfully to observe the con-
stitutional requirements to provide
and maintain an adequate and well
proportional navy sufficient to defend
American politics, protect our citi-
zens and uphold the honor and dig
nifty of the nation.
Republican Extravaganza.
We denounce the prohigate waste
of the money wrung from the people
by oppressive taxation through the
lavish appropriations of eccentric Re
publican congresses. which have kept
taxes high and reduced the purchas-
ing power of the peoples toll. We
demand return TO that simplicity
and economy which BELTS a Demo
cratic government and reduction
liz the number of useless Offices, the
salaries of which drain the substance
of the people.
Railroads, Express Companies, Teie-
graph and Telephone Lines
We favor the efficient supervision
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press companies, telegraph and tele.
phone lines engaged in interstate
commerce. TO this end we recon-
mend the valuation of railroads, ex-
press companies, telegraph and tele-
phone lines by the Interstate Com
nierce commission, such valuation to
take into consideration the physical
value of the property, the original
cost. the cost of reproduction, and any
element of value that will render the
valuation fair and just.
We favor such legislation as will
effectually prohibit the railroads, ex-
press, telegraph and telephone com
panies from engaging in business
which brings them into competition
with their shippers or patrons; of leg
islation preventing the overissue OF
stocks and bonds by interstate rail-
roads, express companies, telegraph
and telephone lines, and Legislation
which will assure such reduction in
transportation rates as conditions will
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