The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-08-26
PLATFORM ADOPTED
BY PROGRESSIVES
Declaration of Principles Made
by the New Party.

Finishing touches to the platform
of the Morris county progressives
We're made at meeting Friday even
ing. Four new planks were added
upon recommendation OF the platform
committee, the members Of which
are Algernon t. Sweeney, Charles A.
Sharp, Frank II. Pierce, A. II. Pier
son, Frazer Sofield, Oscar f. G.
Megie and John A. H. Hopkins.
The platform as adopted is as fol-
lows:-
Candidates
We declare ourselves in favor of the
nomination of candidates for office
who have special fitness for the posi-
tions for which they are selected,
and who are equipped by experience
for an economical and practical ad-
ministraton of their respective Offices
Roads
We favor better and more perman-
ent road building. We favor fully
established system of road patrol and
repair by sections. We favor sys-
tematizing of our roads whereby not
only will towns be better united, but
whereby more roads will radiate from
market and railroad centers.
Capital Punishment
No man or community may take
away from another that for which
it cannot make restitution, If required
1t is decreed that no man shall
have the power of life and death over
himself: therefore, no man may as
sumo this power over another.
We declare that The inf1iction of
Capital Punishment is a relic of bar
barism and crime against the COM
munity and the individual, of which
the burden and disgrace rests heavily
upon the State of New Jersey.
We therefore advocate the abolition
of Capital Punishment and the substi-
tuition of Life Imprisonment therefor.
without the benefit of pardon except
upon unanimous recommendation of
the Board of Pardons ard the unali-
nous vote of the Cour. of Pardcns.
Parcels Post
We demand the improvement of
the Parcels Post Law by increasing
the weight of the railable packet
and reducing the present rates.
improved renal system
We hold the. present penal system
of the State TO be highly unsatisfac-
tory and its growing burden in taxa
ton intolerabe.
| We favor the State supervision of
all penal institutions, the farm colony
for beggars, yagrants and petty Of
tenders, and the utilization of prison
labor on public work
We favor the beneficient use of toe
probation system in treating juvenile
offenders and all others who can be
sately left In their own homes with
lnelr own families under the social
restraint of their own neighhors.
We urge the revision of laws giving
local courts and justices of the peace
i enlarged powers to prevent the need
less expense and trouble of referring
! every little neighborhood quarrel to
/ the Grand Jury and the resulting cost
of County Trial. ild me-
We hold that social Justice requires
that the earnings of prisoners, above
/ the cost OF their maintenance, should
| be paid to the family of the pl isoner
during his incarceration to aid in
! their support. If the prisoner has no
family, just part of his earnings
above the cost of his maintenance
should be held for his use upon his
discharge
We favor reasonable compensation
by the county for damages occasion
ed by the incarceration of innocent
persons.
We also favor proper compensation
for detained witnesses.
Small Board of FreehoIders
We favor legislation that will sub
stitute Small Boards OF Freeholders
4 for the large boards now in vogue.
! TIE members of the same to be chos
en- from districts created for that pu,
pose; and for second class counties
we advocate limiting the districts and
members to three, who shall devote
their entire time to the duties of
their office.
Labor Bureau
We favor the establishment Of q
Labor Bureau under The direction of