The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-03-05
Public Schools.


o. We favor the placing OF the
public schools and educational insti-
tutions OF the state upon a non. partisan
basis.
School Lands and Funds
10. We favor the enactment Of such
laws as will protect the school funds OF
the state, and which will protect all OF
the public funds and lands of the state,
and which will place the administration
OF the school land department of the
state on strictly economical and bust
ness basis. We condemn the manner
of handling the national endowments
OF our states school fund, and charge
that these two departments are being
conducted as n part OF the political
machine OF the Democratic adminis-
tration at an unnecessary expense to
the public. and with the rankest par
tishty among our citizens and with
great injustice to the lessee.
We favor the losning OF the states
permanent school fund aud all funds
arising from the sale Of school and col
lege lands, at rate not exceeding five
per cent, only on farms actually occu-
pied and farmed 10y the owners, for the
purpose Of encouraging agricultural
development and enabling tenan, farm
ers to purchase the lands they farm.
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II We favor the regulation OF ell
public ser vice corporations so as to in
sure to the citizens OF the state a
square deal, without destruction OF
business, or driving capital away from
the state. We declare in favor Of laws
providing for graduated tax on net
profits from business enterprises In lieu
OF mineral gross production taxes
Protect the Miners.
i2 We favor the enactment Of such
iaw- as will protect miners from eI-
plnsions and other mine disasters as
fully as may be possible
Woman Suffrage
10. We favor the admission OF the
question Of the right OF women to vote.
to the voters Of the state, under such
conditions that n fair expression Of the
people can be had.
Conspiracy 20 Defraud.
IA. We favor the enactment OF a
law providing for the punishment of
conspiracy to defraud that will be
commensurate with the crime, and
effective in the prevention OF frsad.
Election Laws.
i5. We favor the enactment Of an
efficient election law that will insure
to every authorized voter the right to
cast his ballot, and have that ballot
fairly counted and returned. with suf-
ficieut penalty to insure the enforce
ment thereof.
Minority Representation.
TO- We favor law providing for
minority representation en- all ap-
pointive commissions and boards.
Publicity Of Expenditures
II. We believe the people OF the
state of Oklahoma should know and
understand in what manner the public
funds Of the state. county and town
ship, have been disposed Of, and to
that end we pledge the people OF the
state that in case OF the election OF
Republican officials, that the records S
OF all expenditures of public funds
shall be made public for their intor-
nation.
State Treasurer Custodian.
is. We favor the enactment OF a
law which will make the treasurer of
the state the custodian of all funds of
the state arising from every source,
in cluding the school funds, and pro-
viding that no money shall be paid out
by the state treasurer except upon
legal warrants issued by the state
auditor made payable to the "order"
of the payee, instead Of to the "bearer"
OF the warrant
Concluded in next issue.)