Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-08-18

next session Of the legislature, enact
law effectively prohibiting, by d.
rect legislation, the manufacture and
the sale, by prescription or otherwise.
OF intoxicating liquors of all kinds
within the state of Utah, n law which
Shall be thoroughgoing, unambigu-
GUS and as incapable of evasion as
language can make 1t; and that said
law go into effect within six months
after its passage,
! We also pledge our candidate for
the United States senate to favor by
his vote and In every other way pos
sible every measure that shall be In
troduced in congress for the elimina-
ton OF the liquor traffic and for the
securing of national prohibition.
Workman's Compensation.
! We favor the enacting of COM
prehensive workman's compensation
law providing liberal schedule of
payment for death and injury result
ing from accident to employees OF all
kinds, whether state, municipal on
private.
We favor the prompt submission by
congress and ratification by the nee
essaEy number of states OF the pro
posed constitutional amendment intro
duced by Senator Sutherland con
ferring the elective franchise ON wo-
men, and in that connection we 'espe-
oially congratulate the Republican
nominee for president, Governor
Charles f. Hughes, on his emphatic
and unequivocal approval of this
proposed amendment
We pledge the Republican party to
provide proper recognition OF women
by appointment on all state boards
and commissions not incompatible
with women's work.
Public Utilities.
We favor the creation of a public
utilities commission, and we pledge
our party to put on the statute books
of this state at the next session of
the legislation adequate laws for the
carrying out of the provisions of sec.
ton 10 of article Is of the constitu.
ton relative to the establishment of
reasonable maximum rates of charge
! ACA thN NidhopOl bdlloh vi pdHStIBtl ;
and freight, for correcting abuses and
preventing discrimination and extor.
ton in rates by all common carriers
The constitution and statutes OF our
state provide adequate mileage for
travelling expenses of public officers
Of our state, and in line with legisla.
ton by a Republican congress and be.
lieving that wholesome legislation lie
hampered and endangered by the sys-
tenn in vogue OF giving passes to pub.
lie officials, We pledge our Legislature
and governor to pass an adequate an.
ti-pass measure for the correction OF
this evil.
We pledge the Republican party to
the enactment of snch Legislation as
may be necessary to secure to the
workers the legal right of voluntary
association, for mutual protection and
welfare. protecting their rights
against unwarrantable issuance OF
writs Of Injunction
Labor Legislation.
We favor the enactment OF legis.
lation calculated to secure the safety,
conservation and protection of labor
from the dangers incident to industry
and transportation.
We demand the faithful observance
and enforcement of the eight-nour law
in mines. mills and shelters, as well
as on all public works.
We pledge the Republican party to
the enactment of law giving to the
workers of this state zone days rest
in seven"
II elected to power, we pledge the
Republican party to the broadening OF
the law creating the office OF com.
missioner OF labor and statistics with
such additional power as the general
welfare may demand.
We disapprove the Democratic pol
icy In time of peace OF taxation upon
special articles. A tariff law con.
structed in accordance with Repub
lican principles would produce, as Il
has always produced under Republican
administration, sufficient revenue to
carry on the operations of the gov.
eminent without resort 10 vexatious
taxation such as that contained in
the so-called emergency revenue act.
Denounce Democrats.
We denounce the attempt OF the
Democratic administration to interfere
with and abridge the just rights OF
the settlers upon the former Uinta
Indian reservation to the use and con
f. troll of the waters which they have
appropriated for irrigation, and we de
clare that in the matter OF the appro
priation and use of these waters, as
well as all other waters within the
state, the state law is supreme.
| We believe that the public schools
OF the state should be kept entirely
free from partisan politics, and to
that end we favor the non-partisan
selection of the state superintendent
Of public instruction.
The home brings to its owners no
income. Yet the safety and perpetuity
of every republic is guaranteed where
the people own their own homes and
is undermined where the burden OF
taxation is so great as to threaten the
ownership OF the home by those OF
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