The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1915-06-26
WALTER sIlLERS, JR.
ISSUES HIS PLkTFORA n

1
AS candidate for representative
in cur state legislature, I think YOU
have a right to know what stand
for. aud III the following statement
I give you in my platform views on
the laws and measures which l
think are Of most interst to you
In politics. I am 4 Jefferso lian
democrat. And if elected as one
OF your repre- ;entatives will en-
deavor TO live up to ths high ideals
Of this great exponent of demo-.
racy.
stand with Mr.. BRYAN and M
Wilson for the initiative, rete rsnduul
and recall believe the people
have a right to propose laws and to
pass upon laws of great moment to
them.
If Mr.. Vardaman had had the
right to have referred the
question of an Emergency
loan OF cotton last sum
mer and fall to the people. the
South perhap; would pro oably not
have lost nalf billion dollars in
the slump in cotton-the harvest
of which is now being rsaped by
the manufactures and speculators.
Aud il Mr.. Williams had had the
rig 10 appeal to the pc ,ple. Pres
dent Wilson's ship purchase bill
ould probably not haze been
struck its death blow, and the con.
g.stlon of cotton and cotton goods
would Lten re!ived.
l am in laver Of the Recall to
apply to state, county and mu lici
pal officers. believe that when
man is selected by the people to
serve them and he fails, ngle,ts or
refuses to do bis duty, thea the
eople should have the right to re-
call that man and select anothzr i'll
his plas.. We see the need OF ths:
recall daily, and if it weie law in
this state we would be assured OF
more efficient service by onr public
officers. Better the power of the
government be in the hands
of the people than III the greedy
and arrogant few,
l am also in favor amending the
constitution SO as to provide tha'
when the Governor refuses 10 call
the Legislature together to meet an
emergency, such as confronted the
South bv the outbreak of the Euro
pean war, the lieutepant-governor,
OH petition Of tie majoaity OF the
Legislature, may call it, and it lie
tails or refuses TO do so, a majority
of the Legislature may call it, and
select a Governor and Liutenant
Governor pro teu,, to set IL their
PLACES during the call session.
| am in favor OF the strict ell
forcement of the liquor laws.
and believe in National Prohibition
/ am in favor of child labor laws
the child is the future citizen
and the states best asset, aud every
safeguard, meraliy and physically,
should be thrown around it.
/ am in favor of juvenile re-
folmatorv where the young who
violate the criminal laws of the
state may be sent instead Of to pris-
on with hardened criminals, whose
influences will te pernicious and
corruptihg. The young offender
under such influences soon be
becomes as bad as the worst. l
believe that every chance tor re-.
form should &c given the young Of
tenders, rather than cast them into
prison with the old. hardened and
callous violators of the law. l be-
llieve, and it has been demonstrated
in great many OF the states of he
union, that by placing the young
who are convicted of crime III re-
formatory where the surroundings
and Influences are for cleau and
uprigh life great per cent ofthem
will reform and become good citl-
zens.
As to woman suffrage. I have
not set taken position. Mr..
BRYAN says: women can't hurt
politics. That is not the ques-
ton with me. Tue question with
with me is: Will politics hurt wo-
man? This question is too close
to sour hearts and homes to
be settled without asull express
ion from our women. The home,
the heart and the soul are involved
in this great question. The great
vital question is: VIII wom.n be
benefited! l feel inclined to see
it tried out in those states where
women is not held as sacred as she
is in the South. Probably nv
81 nthern training has disqualified
ne. or perhaps l am better quail
fed than those who live IN the
states where women are not revsred
as they are In the South,
l can't see how women can he
! improved, ,.or improved on,i looks.
condition or otherwise. They dom
iuainate in all essential things
viii she gain or lose by the bal
lot? l will be governed by the
decision OF the good women of the
.to+a ON IN foxCy cf the refer.