Barton County democrat., 1914-10-23

WOTk anu Increased eIllClenCy.
We did not promise 10 appoint
women, if elected, but we are
now coming to you with a reccrd
of accomplishment. Twenty
three women are a part of our
state administration, holding some
of the most important positions
in the state, and we expect to in
crease the number of women en-.
plOyeS because there are certain
departments in This state over
which women should preside. by
reason of their peculiar fitness
and qualifications for these posi-
tionS.
FavOrs Mothers Compensation.
| have always been strong ad-
vocate of a mothers compensation
law and | believe that every de-
pendent mother with children
should be provided for-the child
rem fed, clothed and educated, at
The expense of the slate, that they
may grow up as useful, law-abid-
ing citizens. | believe the depen-
dent families of the men who are
confined in the penitentiary
should be provided for by the
state, and that these dependent
children should be educated.
clothed and taken care OF by the
state. The mother and children
are not responsible for the fathers
crime, and the state owes them an
obligation so long as the husband
is confined in the Kansas peniten-
tiary. 1t is costing the stale Sl65
a year to educate each child ut The
Orphans Home. A mother could
be given $500 a month to take
care of these babies, and they
would be surrounded by family
ties and a mothers love. stand
firmly committed to these things
end | hope the next legislature will
provide ways and means for these
great humanitarian needs.
The Capper Personal Platform.
MIR. Capper'S platform declares
for 81 different measures, and Mr.,
Capper knows or ought to know
that II of these measures are now
laws upon the statute books of
this state. He declares for a white
slave law-and a white slave law
was passed by the last legislature.
He declares for free text books
owned by the school districts
and the POpuliStS passed that law
1S years ago. He declares for an
equitable workingman'S compen-
SatiOn law-and that law was
passed in 1907. He declares for
open school houses for public
mPetingS-and that law has been
on the statute books for years.
And ! say, they are your school
houses and you can open them
any time you please for public
meetings and social center ideas.
He declares for non-partisan gov.
ernment in cities. The commits
sion form of government for cities
has been evidenced in this state
for years and we have a number
OF cities acting under the nom
partisan form of government. He
stands for vigorous prosecution
OF wife deSertion. We have had
a wife deSertion act upon the sta.
tute books for years and | was a
strong supporter of this measure,
We have several men in the Kan
saS penitentiary now for wife de-
Serlion-and they will stay there
as long as | am governor of Kan.
Sas. We have a number of men
IN The Kansas peniientiary who
have been convicted in the last lS
months for while SIavery-for
trafficking in the virtue of inno.
cent girls in this state-and thew
will stay in the penitenliary as
long as | am governor of this state,
The disgusting spectacle of Mr..
Capper coming before the people
OF Kansas on a platform of issues
that are already enacted into law.
argues Ills utter ignorance of puh.
tic affairs or that he is presum-
ing on the ignorance of the intel.
llgen' womanhOod of Kansas
They know of the virtuous acts
written on the statute books of
Kansas governing immortality.
vice and the sterilization of the
mentally and morally unfit, which
nave been passed by the various
legislatures in the past. | REPEAT
that of the 81 personal platform
pledges that he makes, ~ of them
are now Iavc unon H.