The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-03

PROPOSED BY
SOCIALISTS
PLAN PROGRAM, AND AMONG
OTHER THINGS, ASK ExEMP-
TiON FROM TAXATION OF
HOUSEHOLD PROPERTY.

lSIdtlNe plOSIdHl uldppeu Out ny the
socialist state convention in this city
this week includes a great many
things. The program is designed to
| be IA guide TO socialist members of
the legislature, and they are eX-
| pected to hammer away on these
| lines whatever may be their degree
| of success or disappointment Among
the items are demands for equal
representation among the three DOM
inant parties on all election boards .
that any initiated measure shall be-
come law when it receives a ma
jOrity of the votes cast thereon; that
the legislature shall have no power
to amend or repeal any law adopted
by the people under the initiative
and referendum; that any county or
subdivision thereof in Oklahoma may
elevators and other industries with
the $restriction and use of credit Of
such county or subdivision to any
amount necessary; that public school
teachers shall have civil service pro
lection and equal pay for men and
women teachers; that money OF the
state shall be loaned upon ware
house certificates for non -perishable
farm products at rate of interest
not to exceed 5 per cent; that school
boys shall be- furnished by the state
free to pupils in the public schools:
that the state sSall establish hos
ptais for the treatment OF tuber-
culOsis or other diseases requiring
special treatment, that jury COM
missioners shall be elective and iur.
ors selected from the voting list Of
the counties.
This program also asks that ex-
einption from taxation be allowed on
all dwellings, improvements, domes
tic animals and implements on farms
to the extent of $1,000. They also
recommend that lands held for spec
ulation shall be taxed upon its full
rental value. Some other recon-
mendations are as follows:
A measure providing that all land
now owned by the state or hereafter
acquired by the state to he rented
TO landless farmers at the prevailing
rate of share rent, the payment of
said rent to cease when the total
amounts to the rent paid equals the
cost Of the land, the right OF cOntin-
uous occupancy to be vested in the
tenant and his heirs, the title to re-
main in the state.
a measure providing that no sum .
mons. execution. writ of attachment
or replevin shall he issued by any
court IN this state until after an
affidavit has been made and filed
that usurious interest has not been
charged and is not sought to be col
lected with proper penalty for maxi
ing false affidavit.
4 measure to repeal the law lin
ting the time for securing signatures
for initiative and referendum pcti-
tions.
measure providing that an ac-
tuai residence of thirty days in the
county and ten days in the precinct
shall be sufficient time for fixing the
qualification to vote. The right to
vote shall not be lost until after
the expiration of twenty mine days
from the date 1i removal from one
county To the other In this state.
\ measure depriying the gOve.-
nor of this state Of the power Of
veto
An amendment abolishing the
state senate
4 measure abolishine the appoint
i've power and providing for the etec-
ton of all officers, state and county.
A measure reducing the present
mileage of members of the legisla
ture from 1Oc per mile to the actual
cost of transportation.
An amendment to the constitution
giving equal suffrage to both men
and women.
We recommend that our members
in the legislature accept no commit
tee assignments; that they form
themselves into a separate legisla-
tive group and vote as a unit upon
all measures presented by this
group. We recommend that they
consult with the state executive
committee when possible upon ques-
tions of legislation involving social
ist demands or party politics. We
recommend that they take no part
in the election OF any clerk. page
or other officer OF the legislature
outside of their own member or
party.