The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1914-07-17
THE STATE PLATFORMS
REPUBLICAN

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tives and senator's in congress.
Condemns the repeal of the Pana-
ma canal tolls exemption.
Denounce the democratic tariff
policy.
Condemns the Wilson-Bryan
watchful writing policy in Mexico.
Endorse the present republican
business like state administration.
Favor a national rural trade.
Favor returns of rs per cent of
automobile license to the county
where the same has been collected.
Favor rigid economy in state
expenditures.
Oppose the creation of any more
commissions, boards or officers
creating addition expense.
Favor decreasing the rate of in
terest on delinquent taxes to twelve
per cent per annum.
Favor increasing the amount of
school land that can be sold in one
year and extending the time of pay
for a period of forty years.
Favors giving veterans of the civil
war half fare rate on railroads.
Favor state wide probition by
constitutional amendments and if
not able to secure its passage then
by legislative enactment. Also favor
national prohibition.
DEMOCRATIC
Endorses the present national ad-
ministration.
Endorses the present tariff system.
Endorses the currency system just
enacted by congress.
Endorses the elimination of the
lobby from the halls of congress.
Condemns the present state ad-
ministration for it's extravaganza
the large number of unnecessary
office holders in the state.
Favor abolishing the office of
state immigration commissioner.
Favor abolishing the office of
state insurance commissioner and
combining this work with the state
bank examiner.
Favor combining the office of ed
ucational commissioner and superin-
tendent of public instruction.
Oppose increasing the number of
supreme judges from three to five
members.
Favor more economy in the fish
and game department.
Favor the abolishing the office of
probate judge and the establishment
OF a superior court system.
Favor workmens compensation act.
Favor guaranteeing bank deposits.
Favor the principles of a short
ballot.
Favor the selling of agricultural
state school lands up to an amount
not exceeding 100000 acres a year
and not to exceed 800 acres to each
actual buyer.
Favor changes of the public
utilities commission on account of it's
powers to create monoplies under
the present law.
Favors the return of 80 per cent
the taxes collected by automobile
license to the counties where they
are collected, the 10 per cent to be
retained by the state for collection
of same.
Favors corrupt practice act.
Favor repeal of all poll taxes.
Favor state wide probition by
constitutional amendment.
Favor the initiative and referen-
dunn.
Favor minimum wage scale for
the women.
PROGRESSIVE
Immediate statewide prohibition
both by law and by constitutional
amendment, and a national prohibit
DRY amendment.
National woman suffrage.
More equitable distribution of
the fruit of industry and the con-
servation of human life and energy.
Regulation of great wealth aggre-
cations through competent national
commission.
Non-partisan tariff commission.
Rural credit and loan of postals
saving banks money to farmers at
similar low rates now made to banks.
Enforcement of every provision of
the Idaho constitution.
Submission of constitutional a.
mendments for effective initiative,
referendum and recall of all officials.
Abolition of the offices of immi-
grafton commissioner, superintend-
ent of public instruction of commits
sioner of education, state veterinar-
ian, pure seed commissioner, bee
inspector, state chemist and water
commissioner and that the fees and
expenses of the office Of pure food
and sanitary commission state game
warden and state horticultural in
spector be reduced to such a sum
as will permit these officers
merely to supervise the enforcement