The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-04

this the only patriotic course for
voters ana best for the party.
1T II good for an obetreperous, UNI
roiy or quarrelsome child 70 be dis
clpnned occasionally. Even the best
OF them need discipline at times. Fol-
lowing the Populist chastisement Of IL
years ago. the Republican party,
Wnen II returned to power in Kansas,
gave the people its best constructive
work. 1t has just had another dis
c1plining for QuArreling I'm the family
ana when the Republican party again
taxes the reins OF government in Kan
sas, as 1t surely viii. next year, the
people OF Kansas will receive from It
better and higher quality Of public
service than they have ever enjoyed. -
Capper's Platform for 1914.
Mr.. Capper outlined the following
as some OF the measures In the inter-
est Of good government which he ia
vored:
For national prohibition.
For national suffrage for women.
For single standard of morality
ana tho absolute determination of
public vice and white slavery.
For wage standard for women that
Will enable them to live comfortably
and decently. and for the regulation
OF hours Of employment 20 that wo-
men In industrial occupations NAV be
protected against conditions harmful
to health or morals
compensation or relief to needy moth
ers Tor the care Of minor children
when husband Is dead. imprisoned or
disabled.
For stringent welfare laws for chill
dren. including the complete abolition
tories and measures OF hygiene and
sanitation which will mjnimixe infant
mortality.
Especially for every welfare meas
ure tending to human conservation
and development Of the best type Of
manhood and womanhood.
For vigorous prosecution Of wife de-
sertion and willful failure to support
wife and minor children.
For elimination of the excessive
fees exacted by probate courts and
especially should legal procedure in
the court of widows and orphans be
simplified.
For the election of state and county
superintendent Of schools on q nom
partisan ticket as the judiciary IL now
elected.
For open school houses for public
meetings and the encouragement of
the social center idea, in rural com.
munities especially.
For better rural and grade schools
for the benefit of the vast number Of
persons unable to obtain the advan-
tages of higher education. For more
attention to the fundamental and prac-
tical in education. adjusting the
schools to the needs Of the people and
to meet the actual problems Of life.
For adequate and equitable work.
ingman'S compensation laws.
For good roads and a more practical
system that will do away with the
waste and inefficiency Of present road
methods.
women on boards in charge
Of all institutions where women and
children are detained.
For a strict application Of the civil
service and merit system, the dis
placing of the abominable spoils sys-
tenn in all public business. For clean
as against selfish parti-
sanship. to the end especially that
prisons, charitable and educational In
situations shall not be under incom-
petent and inhuman partisan control
For a more practical and business-
like system Of state. county, city and
government that will slime
p1ify and consolidate the public busi-
ness do away with the waste, extrava-
gance and inefficiency Of present meth-
DDS. and cut down the expense OF con.
Quoting public affairs.
For the strictest economy in public
for a reduction in tho
Of officeholders, and the WHIP
ing out of useless boards and bureaus,
and other unnecessary jobs created for
political purposes: for the elimination
of all extravagant appropriations; and
the encouragement and election 10
office Of public officials who will ro-
gard their campaign promises az .
binding agreement between themselves
and the people who elect them, who
will respect their oath Of office, and
who will render faithful, honest. effi-
Gent service.
For less technicality and speedier
Justice in all courts. For q legal sys-
tenn that will simplify all court pro-
cedure make justice moro expeditions
and less expensive to the poor as we'll
as the rich.
For imprisonment for big thieves as
well as little thieves, the strict and
impartial enforcement Of all laws
against vice and crime; the repeal of
useless laws. and for q larger measure
Of popular government, especially IN
behalf Of human welfare, social and in
dustrial Justice.
For initiative and referendum: and
for recall of unfaithful public officials.
For a presidential preference primary
law.
For a non-partisan tariff commission.
JAIL HAS A "PET."