Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1913-07-11


) law, with the militia system abol
ished, it is net to impossible tc
build roads without bonds being
voted Tor that purpose Indiana
has law which places the roads
under the control of the Depart
ment OF Education and the result is
well pleasing to the people of the
State want this reform brought
to Kentucky with all haste
The State stands in dire need Of a
law fixing a minimum wage and a
maximum number of hours for a
work day or week ia each branch
OF unskilled labor, vi il elected !
shall strain all NV power to have
placed upon the statute such law
as shall he satisfactory to the large
army of wage earners in the State.
The farmers OF the State are pay.
ing larger portion OF taxes in pro.
portion To the valuation of proper.
ty assessed than any other tlass of
citizens. In return for this exces
sive OUTLAY of taxes, | propose that
the State hereafter shall make APP
preparations out of the public treas
ury with a view to helping the
farmers rather than some other
class as has been done in the past.
Anot her reform needed by our
State is the Initiative and Refer
endum This is coming soon To
Kentucky as it has already come To
such powerful States as Oregon,
Arizona, California and Ohio. When
it comes to Kentuck Y it will prove,
as it has proven wherever tried, a
gateway to other lasting and vital
reforms shall work unhinchinglv
for the Initiative and Referendum
Crying to he SKY is the need of
temperance Reform The liquor
traffic has outhved its dav OF use
tulness, it such time ever existed.
and the time is ripe and rotten ripe
for a change. A law should go
upon the statute book next year,
which shall sweep with the force OF
a cyclone, every brewery and dis
tillery, every saloon and brothel out
of the Stais--lrom Middlesboro to
Golconda, from Newport to Iellico
| will introduce the necessary bill
it given the chance by the electorate
OF this 69th district.
The next need OF our State is an
impl ovemen OF the marriage laws
There is something radically wrorg
with system OF laws which per
mits Young children 10 get married.
while unprrpared either physically
or mentally to earn a living aud
being compelled IN a short time Ia
seek reliet in the Divorce Court
from a he'll nf horrors which vouth
iul and ignorant la aginations had
previously woven Into "holv OF
holies," the lovers third heaven
am not preaching against Divorce
nor am drnouncing Divorces; but
when from % to forty per cent
OF marriage ties aIe united hy the
Divorce tuurt, turning a large mum
her at peopde out upon society Ia
marry again and some oi them tn
be divorced again, substituting pro.
gressive puigamV for the Mormon
kind, think 1t Is time ia CALI a hal
and change the laws so such a
travestv civilization can not hap
pen in The wrntieth Century, and
especially not in Kentucky ! will
lend all nv power /" this project II
elected
In this State are numerous insti.
tutious where children are being
kept as mothrrlrss children. who
have living mothers. o,pi.snagvs
are run upon. allowances made by
the State IL would lie tar brtter II
these allowances were made To the
mother of these children and she
were euahled thereby To rear them
in her owu home. where a mother
love may snothe aud bless them, not
only white they ATE growing up,