Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-02

The repeal OF the law creating the
Office of state immigration commits
sioner by the enactment OF such laws
and amendment to the constitution as
VIII make the same effective.
We favor the repeal OF the law Great
ing the office OF state insurance COM
missioner. and the enactment of such
laws as will require the duties Of that
ONCE to be performed by the state bank
examiner.
superintendent of public instruction
and the office OF commissioner Of edu-
cation.
Inasmuch as a supreme court de-
cision. recently rendered, has shorn
the tax commission of all its power and
rendered the same a useless expense
upon the state, we therefore favor the
repeal Of the law creating the same
Oppose Five Justices.
We most earnestly oppose the adop-
| ton OF the proposed amendment to
the state constitution increasing the
number of justices of the supreme
court from three to five and pledge
ourselves to use all honorable means
to defeat the same
| We favor such changes in the fish
and game laws of the state that will
more economically and efficiently ad-
minister the affairs OF the office Of
fish and game warden and remove the
same from the field of political activ-
ity and that the fees shall not be d.
verified to any other use.
We favor a constitutional amend
ment abolishing the office of the pro-
bate judge and creating a superior
court system having jurisdiction in es-
tate matters, the judges to be paid in
the same manner as district judges
are now paid.
We reaffirm our allegiance to the
principles of the direct primary for
the nomination of candidates for Of
flee, including presidential primaries.
We favor the enactment of an eff
cient workmen's compensation act.
We favor the enactment OF a law
guaranteeing bank deposits.
We believe that 1t is the duty of the
state land board to see that every con-
tract for the construction of irriga-
ton works under the Carey act is car
ried out, and we pledge all of our can
didates for office if elected to take all
steps necessary either in court or
otherwise to compel such contracts to
be carried out in strict accordance with
the terms Of the same.
The Carey act and irrigation district
| projects of this state, in order to at
tain a speedy development and ulti-
mate success require such financial aid
as only the national government is able
to extend; we urge upon the national
reclamation board the necessity of the
national government taking over such
projects.
We favor the principle Of the short
ballot.
Sale of Timber.
! We condemn the action of the Re
publican party for the sale of state
lands upon which the timber thereon
has been sold to timber companies,
| thus enabling the purchasers to re-
tard the development OF the country
and the manufacture of such timber
for an indefinite length of time, and
we favor the holding of such state
lands upon which the timber has been
sold indefinitely.
! We favor an amendment to the con-
stitution Of the state permitting the
sale of the agricultural school lands
Of the state to the extent of 1000
acres per year until the said lands are
disposed OF; such sale to be made at not
less than the present minimum price
and to actual settlers only in amounts
not exceeding $40 acres.
We favor an amendment OF the d.
rect primary law providing that state
platform conventions Shall meet upon
the same date but not more than one
such convention shall be held in one
town or city.
The Republican legislature of 1913
adopted a hastily considered public
utilities law; a patchwork copy of a
similar law Of the state Of California
This law has been interpreted by the
Republican commission and affirmed
by the supreme court of the state of
Idaho as giving the commission sole
and autocratic power to permit ex-
isting public utility monopolies to con-
tinue their exclusive possession of the
market supplied by them; competition
is killed; the needed and desired de-
velopment Of Idaho's natural resources
is blocked and discouraged. The Re
publican party has again declared IT.
self the party of monopoly and spe-
cial privilege. We condemn this SUBJ
stitution of three men commission rule
for the public policy of competition and
development OF natural resources. We
pledge the Democratic party to such
changes in the public utilities law as
will secure regulated competition in
place Of protected monopoly.
Good Roads and Auto Tax.
We pledge ourselves to the enact
ment Of laws providing for the admin
istration, construction, maintenance
and Improvement Of our highways in
an efficient and economical manner un-
der the supervision OF competent men
We favor the automobile license tax
now collected by the state be re-
turned to the counties upon the follow
ing bases: 10 per cent be kept by the
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