The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-07-09
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM AS
PROMULGATED FROM BOISE

terest on delinquent taxes from Is to
l. per cent per annum.
Sale OF State Lands.
Under existing methods of disposi-
tion of our state lands centuries would
eiapse they are sold. and the ad-
minstrative costs will in the meantime
be enormous. We therefore pledge our
selves to submit for approval con-
stitutional amendment that will permit |
OF the sale of the agricultural lands
| of the state in annually increasing |
quantities at not less than the minimum
| price of $40 per acre, and extending |
| the terms of payment on such sales |
and existing contracts to period of
| 40 years, thus providing more homes |
| for settlers, and adding to the popula-
tion and wealth of the state, the i'm
mediate building up of the school fund,
and reduction of taxation, and that
such lands shall be taxed the same as
other lands The amount of land sold
| to any one person to be limited to 16O
| acres as at present.
The decreasing ranks of the veterans
of the civil war. and the increasing age
of its surviving members reminds us
of the sacrifices by these brave SOL
diers With the end in view that their
last days may be spent with their chill
dren and relatives, situated in differ
ent parts of the state, we recommend
to the state utilities commission that
an order be made granting all honora-
bly, discharged veterans of the civil
war, half rates on all railroads in the
} state.
Workmen's Compensation.
4 We favor the enactment of work
mems compensation bill which will
guarantee to the workman injured in
, the course of his employment, prompt
, and reasonable compensation for such
injuries regardless of the question OF
negligence. And IN this connection, we
, desire to commend the work of the
, commission appointed by the governor
pursuant to resolution of the last
Legislature, and to recommend to the
I next legislature the serious considera-
tion of the report and compensation
bill recommended by that commission.
. Without any intention desire to
take backward step in the regula-
q tion of public service corporations, we
believe that some changes are neces~
: sary and favor such amendment of the
: law relating to public utilities as will
permit full development of power and
q all other resources of the state.
a Fewer Law Makers.
4 We favor increasing the efficiency OF
the lawmaking department of our state
d government by decreasing the member
# ship of the legislature. and lengthen-
q ing the tenure of office.
O We commend the reclamation serv'
ice of the general government for the
good and efficient work which 1t is ac
complishing in reclaiming the arid lands
l. of this state and hereby pledge to i
: the support and cooperation of the re
e publican party of this state. And w
e favor the extension of water payment
e on reclamation lands for a period o
II 20 years.
n We favor the enactment of legisa
u ton which will carry into effect tn
7 initiative, referendum and recall amend
ments to the constitution as hereto
's fore adopted by the people
y State Educational System.
= On the subject of education and GU
educational system which we believ
/ to be among the most serious and vita
with which the people of the state hav
to DEAL we favor leaving the solutio
- of these questions to the state boar
|" of education, and the legislature an
we commend the efficient and intelli
III gent and comprehensive efforts of I'll
y state board of education in its work {
a reorganization and readjustment
our educational system.
Z The Liquor Issue.
- Firmly believing that national prob
e btion offers the most sure and eff
:" cient means of doing away with II
liquor traffic and its attendant evil
z" we favor an amendment to the const
tuition of the United States prohibitir
the manufacture and sale of intoxica
b. ing liquors within the confines of II
n. nation, and urge cur members of coi
e. gress to do whatever lies in their pov
n er to bring about tie submission to Il
s. states of such an amendment.
m Pending the final and belize
hit complete solution of the temperan
r. question in the above manner v
ap hereby declare in favor of statewi'
of prohibition within the state of Idah
gh and to that end favor the submissi
IT, to the voters of this state by the ne
ill legislature assembly of a constitutio
k al amendment embodying that prov
si- sion, and in the event of the failu
al, of the republican party to secure t
sal tWO-tnlrOS vote IN the leSisldtuTe ne
We essary to the passage of a fesoluti
to of submission. we pledge our membe
m of the legislature to the passage Of
m direct prohibition legislative enactme
,e Good Roads.
ost We favor the construction of sts
lat highways under the supervision a
we control of the state highway comm
,rd sion. and the enactment of such amer
X ments to the present road laws as v
md enable the Improvement of local his
ent WAYS to meet present needs. We
lch preciate the efficient services rend
ed the state of Idaho by the state his
the way commission.
our We deeply deplore the legal and bu
of ness controversies which have arisen
hat tween those engaged in the promot
or of irrigation projects and the settl
me hereunder existing largely because
in n lack of sufficient legisla tion and n