Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-30

basis with the existing rates In Iowa on
Ike commodities
Physical Valuation.
As a basis for iust rates, there should
he physical valuation Of the Union
stock Yards At South Omaha and OF other
private utilities, We endorse the planks
on serial and industrial Justice In our ma s
First-For the prohibition OF iniunctlons
wv labor disputes when injuncuone would
not apply u no labor disputes existed.
disputes between labor and capital
Third-For minimum wage laws, both
rational and state.
FHfth--For state serial insurance and an
adequate employers liability law,
SiNth-For good roads
SeVenth-FOr more effective means OF
conserving the public health.
EiEhth--For state and national civil
yervice and we denounce the recent as
saults of the democratic party on The
merit system.
For WOrkhouses.
We favor work houses and work farms,
where practicable, the application Of
prisoners earnings to the support OF their
dependent families, convict labor on the
roads and In prison production for SOW
ernmental consumption only, the abolition
Of the prison contract labor system. We
urge the passage OF national law
prohibiting interstate traffic in convict
We specifically endorse the three pro-
nosed constitutional amendments for
preater latitude In taxation, for five-siNth
executive and legisiative salaries.
First--Waste and extravagance defraud
taxpayers an much as graft and theft
and we favor buainess-like methods and
strict economy In governmental admin
second-state commissions. overlappins
boards and bureaus should he either
"a. tnt aF "a IN q
departments when the short form ballot
ThirdNWc are for state scientific
budget OF proposed revenues and expenses
and oppose log-rolling legislation and APP
Fourth-The option should be given to
counties TO abolish unneoeasary county
Offices and to establish a new form Of
county government giving counties ef-
flcient and modern administrative ma
chinery.
Educational Policy.
We pledge our party to an educational
| policy looking to greater practical eff
cheney OF Instruction, Industrial, Rgriqul-
tural and VOCATIONAL training. fitting
| young people to make q living and build
Sp ShGrsstsT Gsre as We Ts favor ~ r
| schools and giving counties the option TO
change TO the county unit as the unit OF
school administrati9n school houses ss
and county superintendents chosen at
nonpartisan elections.
| First-We are opposed to the immortality
! flowing from the increasing divorce evil
In this state We favor uniform marriage
and divorce laws and public notice in ad-
vance before the granting Of marriage
| licenses.
Second--We are for a state white slave
law, supplementary TO tho national act,
prohibiting under heavy penalty the
| transportation of women for immoral pur-
poses within the state OF Nebraska.
| Third-A drastic law should be passed
! prohibiting the traffic In opium, morphine.
cocaine and other narcotic drugs, and we
demand rigid enforcement Of the pres
ent Ant-cigarette statute.
For National PrOhkBftion.
The manufacture and sale of intoxicat.
ing liquors as a beverage is a social and
economic evil, The orRanized liquor in
tercsts must be eliminated from politics
both state and national, and as part ol
the new national platform for which We
contend we take our stand for nationa
constitutional prohibition of the liquor
traffic throughout the United States ant
all places subject 70 federal Jurisdiction
II We recognize In Theodore Roosevelt thu
greatest constructive statesman OF mod
ern times and we summon all real pro
gressives. regardless of past politica
! affiliations, 10 the support OF this pro
gram of social, economic and moral re
! form In firm reliance upon the fact tina
our cause II Just, our important prin
/ ciples inflexible. our ultimate victory Ger
tain.