The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-01-08
Below Are Given in Full the Platforms Adopted by the Two Republican
Party Factions Through Their Proposal Committees at Pierre
Monday.

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and county boards of health to n
municable diseases. We further be,
lieve that the physical welfare of the
school children, although of para
mount Importance, has been sadly
neglected. Therefore we favor the
enactment of a definite law which
will provide for the protection OF
school children for the proper sani-
tary arrangement of school houses.
We favor and will enforce TO the
best of NJ ability the enactment OF
legislation to compel the adoption of
all modern methods to preserve the
lives, health and safety of working
men and the general public, in fac
tories, in mines and on railroads, and
we insist upon having posted at ali
times warning of danger wherever
hazardous work is performed. "Safe-
ty First" should be the MOTTO of all
employers of labor and of all trans
p%ortation companies.
The state, having enacted and now
having in successful operation a
mothers pension law, we favor fur
Their legislation along the same lines,
in the form of an old age pension
properly safeguarded, through which
the sober, Industrious workingman
and workingwoman who is unfortun-
ATE may avoid the alternative of the
poor house or the privations OF pow
erty.
We favor the abolition of all USE
less appointive offices.
We condemn the political spoils
system through which men are paid
for doubtful campaign work in be-
half OF successful candidates, a svs-
tenn through which the funds of the
taxpayers are made to serve mere
office seekers in acquiring and per-
~petuating their control of govern
ment affairs.
We are opposed to the calling of
constitutional convention now pro-
posed by the present state admins
tratlon. Instead, WI favor submit
ting proposed amendments separate
ly, each upon its merits. An entire
new constitution must of necessity be
submitted in bulk, compelling the
people either TO vote for the bad with
the good or 10 reject The good be
cause OF the bad with which the good
is inseparately connected.
The safe process and welfare Of
the state demand d faithful observ-
anca of all constitutional and statu-
tary laws. One OF the great dangers
of the present time is a tendency TO
ignore established law.
Since we, as republicans, condemn
Il national policy of purchasing in
discriminatory in the markets of the
world, TO the unfair disadvantage OF
the American farmer, laborer and
manufacturer, so must we condemn
a stale policy hat exposes the com
mercial and manufacturing industries
OF the state to unfair attacks by in
dllstrles OF other states hat aim on.
ly 10 fatten later through the Grip
l ping of our home institutions.
We pledge our candidates for seats
in the congress of the United States
to use their utmost efforts to secure
the enactment of a law to release
settlers on former Indian reservations
from the payment Of any purchase
price for lands entered under the
homestead law and for the repayment
TO settlers of all such sums hereto.
fore paid, the government TO assume
and promptly pay to the Indians the
.. heretofore agreed price for sucl
lands. We believe the settlers ives
of the Missouri river should be givel
homesteads upon the same terms a:
were extended to settlers east OF thu
$ river. and further that they SHOULD
be accorded enlarged homesteads a.
may be not in conflict with the RICH.
of others. nsESEsaa
We pledge the nominees of thi
! conference, ii elected, TO practice ev
cry In keeping with the eff
4 ticient conduct of public affairs. L
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penses of the state have been increas
ed nearly three fold during the pas,
seven years, while the population
during the same period.
d We regard the creation of the pres
ent tax commission as beng the i'm
position of a more than useless bur
:. den upon the tax payers, and thi
i for no better purpose than to Civ
l the administration an o%Trortunity 1,
Z fll still more hungry parish , mouths
> Ihe only outcome of tie labors O
this commission has been to furthe
complicate the amer of maxim,
assessment and to increase the a X
ton OF farm lands greatly beyon,
any increase in other classes of prom
y efty. III futility of the commissio,
IS emphasized by the fact that it /
. already calling for the adoption O
y new constitutional amendments an,
) the enactment of new laws that will
y give 1t an eXcues for existing. Prac
. tlcal policy would dictate first tn
II enactment of laws. and afterwards
III necessary, the creation of a com
;. mission to administer them. Thi
: commission, running amuck as it i;
y can be regarded in no other ligh
man as a menace to public welfare
- AS all men + equal under tn
= Jaw SO mould the property of al
:, men and all classes be equally asses
u sed and taxed. ~
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