The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-28

secure the Progressive nomination and am elect
e TO Congress in the Fourth Kansas District, want
70 have part in the following constructive national
legislation and Want to have that part in The Pro
eressive Way, free man serving free people. work
want to meet in open discuss these problems
and leave that caucus free to vote my conscience
dictates.
want to help secure open meetings Of Congress
sional Communities.
want to help bring about National Prohibition
want to help give National Suffrage to Women
Dental Primary Law and favor it because It brings
the closer to the people and enlarges the
powers of the individual voter
want to demand that Agriculture our basic national
INDUSTRY, shall not be Disseminated against, that
Farming and Stock Growing receive the same protec-
ton given Manufacturing that land the source Of
all wealth. may give the farmer the returns essential
to his material welfare. AS a recognition of the
worlds best securities right to the rate of inter-
est and to aid in the better development of the land
favor an efficient system of farm
want to help enact laws that recognize stealing
by stock jobbing and high finance as on a par with
horse stealing and help secure efficient governmental
supervision of all stock and bond issues and Of inter-
state commerce to fully protect the public and
guarantee fair play to legitimate business.
want to help secure Tariff Commission with
schedule at time insure business stability
and fair and just consideration of every change
business administration of the government and save
the appalling waste of public money caused by the
want help take postoffices out Of politics and
promote to postmastershps postal experts from the
postal service.
want to help secure smplfied methods in judicial
procedure that will approach the true ideal of free JUS
tce speedily administered.
favor the Alaskan Railroad because it serves the
people of Alaska and conserves her resources.
want to help in the great program of Social and In
dustrial Justice of The Progressive Party and want
to help the worthy immigrant, well as the native
born to full opportunity to all the privileges
and blessings of the highest type of American citizen
ship and to eliminate those evils social indus
trial life that stand in their way.
l want to help work for National Highways, free
1sn1s,.
ter market roads for the farmer and good roads for
all people.
want to help better country life conditions and
recognize the need of a fuller social educational and
religious life needs of national Importance
recognize that the individual voter is the source of
all governmental authority and want help encour-
age and develop such feeling of individual respon-
sibility among the voters will insure their whole
hearted cooperation in solving of every problem of
our civilization and guarantee that government
of the people, by the people and for the people shall
not perish from the EARTH" but rather that these
United States of America shall truly be Liberty En-
tightening the World"
want to be of those who will earnestly strive to
do the practical constructive work necessary to make
these ideals work out in the nations life and will not
hedge, dodge shirk any service this work may
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Wamego, Kansas, February 4, 1914.