The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-07-22
STATE PLATFORM.

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| The democratic party has been in
| complete control of the national gov
| ernmcnt for less than a year and half.
| In that brief period it has turned the
general prosperity of 1912 int" the gen
era depression of 1914. 1t has injured
| the producer without benefit to the CON
! sumer 1t has destroyed the profit of
| the home manufacturer without III
| creaSing the wages Of labor ANA with
out reducing the price which the pe"-
pie must pay. 1t has increased our i'm
ports, diminished our exports and re-
| duccd the volume of our domestic pro
| ductiOn without lessening the cost of
| living.
1t has transferred to foreign coun
| tries the work formerly dbne at home
and great numbers of our working men
| and women are now without employ
| ment. 1t has Opened our ports to vast
quantities of agricultural products 50
| that the markets of our coast cities are
America, butter and eggs from A$i;r
and wheat and barley from Canada.
| thus driving our farmers from their
| own market places without lowering
the cost of any of these things to the
man who consumes them.
UNWIsE FOREIGN POLICY.
1t has revised our financial system
by strengthening the lender without
adding to facilities of the borrower.
1t has established foreign policy
which will inevitably involve us in
those entangling alliances which our
| torefathers labored so earnestly to
| avoid, and which if carried forward,
will fasten upon us the perpetual hos
tnity of our sister republics of this
continent, unless we are willing to
submit to the pilage OF our public
treasury to satisfy their demands.
II has filled many of our high offices
nj ~ nf
the body of the people and the less
important places by return to the
spells system. .Et-
In all these things, or the proof of
which we appeal to the common knowl-
edge of the people, the democratic
party has again exhibited its incom-
potency to conduct the AFFAIRS OF
great nation
We ratify the action of the national
republican comInitte i'll respect to de
terminins the basis OF the representa-
ton of the next national republican
convention. In doing this, however, we
do not endorse the election laws OF
southern states uniustly DISTINGUISHING
thousands of American citizens in con
traventOn of the fourteen tn and III
teenth amendments to The constitution
of the United states: and we recommend
to the next national convention the fur
Their modification of the rules govern
ing the holding of national conventions
to the end that the representation IN
succeeding national conventions shall
be substantially in proportion to the
republican votes cast in each state,
c. emo ofptio vdacs 10th onnis tow
sdAuec r:wes .atls:de icaltf > .-ofh
FAVOR TRADE COMMISSION.
We favor such amendments to the
Sherman antitrust law as will make it
effective in accomplishing the purposes
for which it was enacted and we IN
dorse the policy OF trade commission
I.tt nfrn1
enforcement of the laws governing
large aggressiOns of capital, com
monty known as trusts; and we favor
the enactment of such laws as will
stock and securities by corporations
engaged in interstate commerce by the
federal government, to the end that all
stock or bonds issued should represent
canital actually invested in the enter
FOR EQuAL1z1Na TAX BURDENS.
We adopt as our Recommendation to
the legislation of the state Of Iowa, in
the language Of GoNern4ri clarke:
THAT no more Of the peoples money
shall be taken than is necessary for a
government administered that Tor
every dollar taken there shall be real
lied it's fun value in 4 permanent public
good that our revenue laws in the
matter of assessments shall be "beyed
or revised, to the end that there shall
be equality of sacrifice as between IN
u,viduals and uniformity as between
taxing districts and counties and to
the end that tax levies may be very
greatly reduced and Iowa known not
as a land of high taxes, but as iahu
of assessments at fair actual value ana
very moderate rates" And we recon-
mend to the legislature such further
legislation may ho Necessary 10
submit to the vote of the people an
amendment 10 the constitution OF the
state of Iowa for the taxation Of rail
al NJ
panies etc. and exempting and divorc-
| ing the counties entirely fro mtaxation
- SHORTER BALLOT.
| We heartily endorse the principle of
| the primary law of the state, but be
leve the law as now enacted should be
emended that lite ballot will be short
ened, and the voter" required to vote
only FOR the candidates for the most
| important state offices and for local
candidates.
We favor a law limiting the hours of
employment of female labor in CONNER
cia ana industrial enterprises to ten
hours per day. soy
We are opposed to the contract labor
system at our penal INSTITUTIONS ana
believe that the same should be aho'
ished at the earliest possible moment.
" PRISON rARMs.
We are opposed to the present system
of maintaining persons convicted or
crimes in the county lIilS in ldleneS3 AT
the expense of the taxpayers, ana be
lieve that the county Jail should be
used only as a place of detention for
persons awaiting trials and petty Of
tenders, that as d substitute for the
present Jail system there should be es-
tablished custOdial farms so located as
to best accompodate the varionS sec
tons of the state with "A sufficient
number of industries to provide pro-
ductive employment for all persons con-
fined at said institutions.
We express our confidence in our pub
lie school system, and in the conStruc-
tive legislation that has aided SO much
to solve the great problems of modern
education.
We commend the legislation for sub
hitting to the voters of Iowa an amend
ment giving to women of the state an
equal right of suffrage, and we further
urge the next legislature to take the
necessary steps to secure submission or
the question to the vote of the people.
INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM.
We believe that a free government is
a government of the people, and there |
fore we believe that the people should |
have the right under their state consii-
tuition, and under proper Safeguards. to
initiate and adopt both legislation and
amendments to their constitution ana TO |
review through the referendum the |
work of their Legislators |
We recommend that such legislation |
he enacted that will preserve and pro- |
tect the lakes of Iowa
We approve of the present law enacted |
for the protection of children from the |