The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-26
quent women moro than IS years old
Concerning the Railroads.

quent women moro than 18 years old.
Concerning the Railroads.
We favor the demands Of the or
gained trainmen of Kansas as fol-
lows:
First For a law to conserve the
lives and limbs of trainmen by remov-
ing overhead and side distractions
observe which compel men to take
hazardous risks.
Second. A law providing that rules
for the performance Of duty by train
men shall be only such as may be COM
piled with and providing for the elm
inatfon of rules which cannot be obeyed
under the present quota OF men per
crew.
Third. For a law providing for the
use of the block system Of signals and
automatic train control.
Fourth. For a law providing for a
reasonable Limitation on the length of
freight trains.
Fifth. For a law providing for stand
ard cabooses with end platform.
We favor a board of arbitration to
settle disputes between employers and
employees with power to secure settle
ment.
We favor a law providing for the
establishment of semimonthly pay day
by all large employers Of industrial
labor.
We favor a poll tax on every voter to
be RENTED only by the appearance of
the voters name on the voting poll
books except in cases Of sickness or alb
sence from the state; this tax to be APP
piled toward the cost of elections.
Rural High Schools.
We favor rural high schools that shall
relate the schools more directly with the
farm home; and we believe the state
Al<>~n
and county superintendents should be
elected by nonpartisan ballots. We
favor also a strong state department of
education, but do not believe in the
present method Of putting all higher
educational institutions under one
board, paying members who are not
educational experts the salary of skilled
experts.
Too Many Officials.
We demand the simplification of state
government under a constitutional
amendment which will give Kansas q
modern economic system Of state gov
eminent reducing the number OF OF
ficers and simplifying responsibility.
We demand the authorization by Law
for municipal ownership Of all public
utilities.
We favor a law establishing perma-
nently a two-cent fare on all Kansas
railroads.
State Life Insurance.
We favor a law authorizing the state
to issue life insurance at cost plus 9
reasonable additional charge ON premi-
ums for the purpose OF building up q
substantial reserve fund which fund
shall be loaned on real estate security
wholly within the state at reasonable
rate Of interest.
We favor an amendment to the con
stitution providing for the return Of &
verdict by three-fourths of a jury IL
all civil cases.
We favor the enactment of nationa
LEGISLATION to provide for the conserva
ton and impounding Of the floot
waters flowing through the grea
plains country into a national system
Of lakes and reservoirs and thus aiding
| irrigation in the plains country and a
the same time experimenting the worl
of flood prevention in the lower Mis-
sissippi valley where millions Of dol
| lars have been spent for that purpose
We favor the adoption Of the pend
ing constitute nal amendment which
gives the tax commission power tt
classify various forms of property fol