The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-07-29

/! whose aim would be to serve his country
and to cooperate with Woodrow Wilson
and the democratic party in making the
government sensitivcly responsive to
the aspirations of the common people.
| The people should send to Washington
as their representative a man who Will
and uphold the hand of the president
in his efforts to redeem the pledges OF
the democratic party. and to bring
about the enactment of the laws to the
ultimate end that the great reforms to
which we are committed may be made
realities. and the people of our land
made more prosperous, more happy, and
more contented. because of just law j
honestly made and honestly enforced.
| The democracy of Iowa calls the ma
ton to witness that it's representatives
in the nation have kept the faith. The
party has given the people in Woodrow
Wilson a chief executive endowed with
a vision of democracy, the genius of
equipment, the zeal of noble purpose and
the morality of the truly great.
| We enthusiastically endorse and COM
mend this administration for the great
and successful work that has been ac-
complished along the line of progress
| sive and beneficial legislation, and here
by express supreme confidence even
| greater achievements will result, and
| that the welfare of the people and the
| dignity of the nation will be wonderfully
enhanced.
Democracy has given the people a
congress whose record Of achievements
| surpasses that of any other in our his
tory.
1t has deprived monopoly of it's shell
| ter and taken the taxes off food 1t
| has effected downward revision or
the tariff. and the democracy Of Iowa
| rejoices in the evidences of prosperity
presented in farm, in office and factory.
mer has to sell in disproof Of the
false, vicious and hoary doctrine that a
| tariff on his products is essential to
his prosperity.
1t has substituted in the income tax
q tax on wealth. for tax on the neces-
| saries Of life; it has rewritten the bank
| ing and currency laws and cmancipated
the unatural and monopolistic control
of Wall street; 1t has rescued the honor
| of the nation and set its face against
| nation at interest throughout the coun-
| try, recognizing that there are states
| beyond New York, and that one is Iowa,
a custom that gave New York banks
| out interest: it has revitaliZed the
principles of the declaration of indie
pendence and has put this nation fore
most among the powers of the world.
1t has by faith in the right and steady,
patient purposes to avoid unjust war
| opened the way for wip!ng out OF the
IlaSt 'vestige" of feudalism on the North
| American continent.
We commend the policy, of the admin
istratien in relation to the foreign af-
fairs of the nation. We further assure
the administration that the American
people view its high standard of inter-
national obligations as an adornment
| to the public service. meriting the last
ing gratitude of the party and country.
| Franchise for Absent Voters.
We consider the right Of ballot, as
the paramount privilege Of every citi-
zen of this state, and therefore favor
such legislation as will guarantee to
the commercial travelling man, railroad
man. and Others. the exercise of this
privilege. by which they may be en-
abled TO cast their ballots at any reg
| ular voting place In this state. when
through business engagement, they
condemn the action of the republican
legislature of Iowa in failing to enact
! proper legislation along this line.
Roads.
We pledge to the taxpayers of Iowa
the most painstaking investigation and
study of the road problem to the end
that inequalities. waste and inefiiciencS
of the existing system may be reme-
died in an intelligent manner
Il Farm and Factory.
We pledge our support to any meas
ures tending to make farm life more
attractive and promising to our young
people. =.
Realizing that in order to retain In
the state the natural increase of our
population and to attract immigration
| further development along industrial
lines Is essential. we favor any just and
equitable policy that will increase the
business of the home manufacture and
attract to Iowa new, legitimate indus
trial enterprises.
Compensation Act.
We favor such changes in the Work
mems COMPENSATION Law as will pro-
tect the heads of families engaged IN
the industries of Iowa aginst the
present unjust discrimination in favor
Of the unmarried man, and the corrcc-
ton of other existing inequalities In
the law.
The Initiative and Referendum.
Favoring as we do the principle of
the initiative and the referendum, we
recognize in that principle the best
method of submitting to the people the
question of woman suffrage: questions
of extraordinary state expenditures. and
similar questions of state wide char-
acter.
Railroads.
We are in favor of control by law or
physical valuation OF all railroads to
the end that such valuation may be con-
sidered In establishing the rates Tor the
transportation of commodities and pas
telegraph and Telephones
We favor of the control by law of the
| operation and rates of telegraph and tel
ephone service, and are in favor of the
government ownership of such. that
private monopoly of these means Of
communication may DO abolished.
Labor.
We are opposed to the contract labor
system in our state rcformatories. the
system should be entirely abolished at
the earliet practicable time. Prison
labor must not he exploited for private
profit or in unfair competition with free
labo:. ~
| we are in favor of the enactment of
law prohibiting the employment of
fen,a lie labor in all of the industries for
more than ten uO hours in any one
day, Of for more than tifty-four t5D
hours per week.
We are in favor of legislation that
will insure to the Industrial wage earn
ers the payment of wages at least semi
monthly and immediate payment on dis
mssal.
Free Labor Exchange.
We favor the establishment of a
free state labor exchange. under the SUI
pervision of the commissioner of labor.
so that the unemployed labor In one
section of the state may quickly meet
the often pressing demand for agrcul-
tural and industrial labor in another
section.
1eformatoriss.
We favor in connection with our re-
formatory institutions the Introduction
of such educational. technical and up
lifting training as will assure and facll-
itate the early. complete and perma-
nent redemption of our unfortunate Sis
tiers and brothers and return them to
society as useful and self respecting
members.
Pension for Teachers.
Tn tho Safe keepinr of the teachers