Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-09-01

proved by duly constituted authority
of the state or municipality.
That interest of Is per cent now
permitted to spectators and others
in tax titles be reduced in amount,
and that means be devised for the
state or county carrying the same so
as to eliminate the professional deal
er in tax titles.
We favor law allowing dana ges
tc be recovered for the death of hui
man being, and permitting the same
to descend the same as personal
property.
Medical attendance as first aid to
injured should be allowed under the
industrial insurance law.
The labor law of this state should
be amended to the effect that q la
borer shall be entitled to his pay
promptly upon the termination Of his
employment.
The enactment of laws providing
that all county officers shall be elect.
ed on q strictly non.partisan basis.
A presidential primary law.
A secret primary ballot. similar to
! the ballot now in use in our general
elections.
A stringent corrupt practices act,
such as will effectually preserve the
purity and secrecy Of the ballot and
prevent the undue power Of money
st our elections.
The immediate survey and taxation
Of the millions of acres of unsurveyed
lands now in this state in the hands
Of various great corporations and
others.
| Our election laws should be amend
ed so as to permit the name of any
candidate to appear on any or all
party tickets at the same time.
We consider the present constitu-
tional provision relating to taxation
to be antiquated and inequitable and
we favor such an amendment to Ar
ticle VII of the state constitution as
will empower the people to enact a
revenue system that will be in thar
mony with changed economic condi
tons.
We believe that elections are toe
frequent, with the result that the
people become careless and indiffer
ent in affairs of government; also
that too many officers are put on our
ballots; that reduction in the mum
Der of elective officers would cause
closer scrutiny Of the personnel and
qualifications of the various candl
dates and that therefrom public ser
wants of higher ability and greater
worth would be obtained.
We, therefore, favor a reduction in
the number of elections and a ma
terial shortening of the ballot.
We indorse the plan of Governor
Lister further to reduce the cost OF
administration by the consolidation
and elimination of some Of the exist.
ing commissions.
We favor the recall Of judges and
the amendment of existing statutes
relative to the initiative referendum
and recall so as to make them effec
tive instruments in the hands Of the
people. We believe that measure
brought before the people, either by
referendum or initiative, thereby be.
comes essentially a non-partisan mat.
| ter.
We commend the action Of the
state legislature and the governor
and the national reclamation service
in providing for the survey of the
Palouse project in Eastern Washing
ton, looking to the irrigation OF
many thousand acres of our most fer.
tile lands, and the providing Of homes
for many thousands of people, and
we pledge the party to continue its
efforts for the completion of said pro-
ject.
| We favor a complete recodification
of our irrigation laws.
We favor the sale to actual settlers
Of all lands not chiefly valued for
timber, mineral, gas or oil, derived
from the government of the United
/
States and now held for the construc-
ton, maintenance and operation OF
state, educational or penal institu-
| tions, and for state and educational
purposes generally, upon such terms
and in such manner as shall yield the
! full value there is to our state.