The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-09-24
THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY PLATFORM.



with pride' nor in 'viewng with alarm. We will at
declare attitude the questions of the day and
adopt this, covenant with the people,
We pledge candidates to support the national and
platforms of the Progressive Party adopted in
1912.
We favor national presidential primary law and de-
mand that the next legislature enact presidential pr
mary law for the state of Washington that will guarantee
the candidates and party policies to remain in the hands
of the people and be subject to the whms of party
BOSSES.
We demand the enactment of a 'blanket primaly law
that will allow free choice of candidates by the voter
as at the general election and allow elector to vote
for one choice for candidate if so desired.
We demand the enactment of NON-PARTISAN city
and county primary election law.
We demand law placing all state county, and city
employees under civil service regulations.
We demand that the registration laws be SO amended
that registration be not required except when voters
change their places of residence provided they exercise
their franchise every election
We repledge our legislative candidates to submit to
the voters constitutional amendment providing for the
recall of judges, and also an amendment providing for
the initiation of constitutional amendments, in accord
ance with the bill which passed the house in 1911 and
which was defeated in 1913.
We recommend amendment of the minimum wage law
for women workers. eliminating any possible abuse as
applied to apprenticeship in industries employing unsk
ed labor and favor the adoption of statewide mimi
mum wage law for all wage earners.
We recommend the appointment OF a fair proportion
of all state boards and commissions and on the
boards regents of universities and state normal schools
We favor the enactment of law for the establishment
of vocational training and domestic science in public
school system.
We favor uniform series of text books for the public
schools of the state to adopted by the state board of
education instead of having 176 different boards
We demand broader construction OF the mothers pen
sion law so include all mothers upon whose labor
children are wholly dependent
We advocate law making it felony for legislators
to trade votes pending legislation.
We favor the enactment of budget system OF hand
ling state expenses.
We favor the enactment of legislation doing away with
dupcaton in our state asyums and educational and
nal institutions
We demand a law reducing interest on delinquent gen.
era and local improvement assessments from date
of delinquency not than 10 cent with no pen
aty attached and all delinquent sales made to the coun-
ty or city government.
We urge representatives in congress to secure the
speedy passage of the PoindeXer bill relating to the
taxation of unsurveyed lands.
We demand and pledge representatives in congress
and the state legislature pass such laws will destroy
monopoly in natural resources and especially IN the
state of Washing the monopoly of timber water pow
er and fishing industries
We demand the enactment of law which will clothe
the neope in cities the first class with full power to
conduct and regulate local public utilities.
We pledge legislative candidates to submit TO the
voters an amendment to the constitution permitting the
OF the state TO auOpt VI SoN
enment.
We pledge representatives in congress to do all IN
their power the restrictions placed upon
post savings banks to depostors and amounts OF de-
posts and establish in connection with our post office
or land office government department for cooperative
banking to loan money directly to farmers at not more
than per cent interest on long time loans
We favor the passage of law creating state employ
ment bureaus and abolition of all private agencies
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FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR:
III .EHANSON