The record., 1914-12-29
Senator Frazier
Outlines Program
WILL PUSH Ills TAX
MEASURES
Advocates Changes In A Number OF Laws In The
Interests OF Economy

lar for each vote cast at each ell
ection. 1t seems to me the pri-
mary does not serve the purpose
for which it was enacted-of
taking the control or power to
nominate candidates from the al
legged bosses under the conven-
ton system, and bestowing it up
on the people. And, further, it
is very expensive and ought to
either be abolished or amended.
1t not only costs about one dol
lar for each vote cast at the pri-
mary, but l have been informed
by those who should know that
the candidates who ran for nom
ination on the county and state
tickets the past year spent over
100000 to be nominated, or de-
feated, as the case might be. So
we find the present law is not only
burdensome to the taxpayers, but
a luxury to the individual who as
pires to serve the people"
Senator Frazier is of the opin-
ion also that the present primary
law is seriously defective be-
cause of the seperate party pri-
mary ballot system, and that at
least the state should return to
the former plan nf having all the
party tickets on one ballot sheet
thus placing chat protective Sc
|crecy around the voter in accord
with the American principle Of
the freedom Of the voter from in
fluences which might otherwise
be brought to bear upon him by
interests of one kind and another
A bill will be introduced by the
senator to do away with the pres
ent system Of collection and dis
bursement of automobile licenses
for and by the state, so as to per-
NIT the counties to assess the
machines for taxes, the money
to be collected by the county
treasurer, or to require that the
proceeds be turned over to the
commissioners Of each county
for the creation of fund for the
building of permanent highways.
The present collection of Ii
censes on automobiles and the
method of distributing the pro-
ceeds appear to be generally un-
satisfactory, both to the owners
cf cars and to the counties.
The senator will introduce a
bill to change the present system
of handling the proceeds from
fish and game licenses. The
measure will be Tor the purpose OF
requiring the state to return to
the commissioners of the coun-
ties in which the license moneys
we're paid the proceeds, to be
placed in a fish and game fund so
that the counties will be able to
hire their county game wardens
and also be able to establish and
operate county fish hatcheries.
other bills which the senator
intends to introduce will be one
to make it unnecessary for the
supreme court judges to write
detailed opinions in deciding
cases on points of law, which
have been previously decided by
the court.
Another bill to be introduced
will provide that when real es-
tate which is more adapted to
farming, and is more beneficial
as such, than it could be if class
flied as town or city property, and
the owners can show it to be thus
better adapted. the owners may
| go into court and make such
showing and have the property
declared outside of such corpOr
ate limits. The proposed law will
be applicable both in instances
Iof proposed new inclusion of such
lands in corporate boundaries anC
Of lands previously taken into
municipal boundaries. A SIM
liar law was introduced at a pre-
ceding legislature, and defeated
by a narrow margin.