The Mena weekly star., 1916-06-08
|FNAND THAT HAYS |OBSERVE THE LAW
form Adopted by the State Defh- '',.atic Convention Insists on Obe- ,'onoe to statutes as to Pardon
 .nnlications-Many Reforms.

.uulications-Many Reforms. ittle Rock, June 2--The follow nlatform as adopted by the \ ssmocratic State Convention; fWs inc Democrats of Arkansas in knyention assembled, indorse the btional administration of President Eilson
 zsye favor a revision of our tariff ,,s so as to fix and enforce a fair zsis of assessment. prevent tax gdeipe. and make all assessments Inform.
 &Aye favor an enforcement of the
 of the legislature of 1913 proyid- for a Budget system for the asrpose of keeping the expenditures & tbe state Government within the sinds of the revenue raised for Rte purposes.
 #hNe favor such legislation as will Bce the state on a cash basis. Eve endorse the primary election < prepared by the committee ap- &inted by the Democratic State 4nyention of 1914, and now being Htiated.
 apitaI and labor are nter-depen- |znf and each should have regard # inc rights of the other. We fa- \ such legislation as will protect Nh. kNe favor the passage of a law |5th proper safeguards for the pro- # tion of the state that will permit '6r Separations required to give bond & deposit our own bonds as secur- AVe favor a pardon board, and un- 4 if can be created with some DOW & we demand that the governor in # exercise of the pardoning power, N enforce Sections 2567 to 2575 X Kirby's Digest, requiring a pub 8htion of notice of the intention to #plv for the pardon.
 ANe favor the passage of Amend Int Mo- i2, submitting to a major .x vote of each school district the ''zht to increase their school taxes fsn1 seven to twelve mills.
 Ne ask liberal appropriations for hk State University. the State Nor M the Agricultural schools. and 1& Charitable Institutions. and sSarate millaee tax for said institu- 5sas. and demand their divorcement m politics.
 Ne favor the c0nNening of a con- |.autiOnal convention to frame a ~ constitution, more responsive |6fhe needs of a growing common Eealth.
 Ne favor. as soon as the finances E he state permit. the establish m of a State Reformatory for Re favor the enactment of a law EIfreby iie bonds representing the 1@fnanent school fund of the state 3tll be increased to such an ES2Dunt as will allow the interest n of six per cent per annum from E# date of their issuance to the @Hsent time, and that provision be |9zEle that said bonds shall bear six s& cent interest hereafter. sNe demand the abolition of use- &* offices and commissions; the H enchment in public expendi- LIS, the strictest accountability V the officers who handle public |sds, and insist that the aggregate E II appropriations by the General f#embly shall not exceed the in- m of the state.
 e denounce the Mob Law and *z forms of lawlessness and call up- E the courts and iuries to enforce =# laws to the end that life and #perty may be made secure.
 favor a system of marketing
 eaus for the distribution of farm Hducts, so as to enable the pro- Ter to reach the consumer at the
 cost and inconvenience < favor prison reform, the mer-
 *ystem honest business methods he management of state prisons. H rom politics. but demand that
 penitentiary should be self SUD- zNiing
 e favor immigration and ask # General Assembly to make lib provision for advertising the
 lurces of the state.
 2 laN0r the improvement of the
 llc roads of the state. and urge
 Legislature to make such chang
 aA existing road laws as will bring
 " thls result. and conserve the
 ls selected for that purpose. E T believe the Legislatures in the
 decade have indulged too much
 and special legislation in dis
 rd of the spirit of the constitu-
 and We urge the next General
 # innoy to reduce to a minimum
 eYlL We favor such an amend
 to the constitution as would
 tualy curb this evil.
 recommend the reorganization
 le state guard along the lines as
 eSled by the national adminis-
 isn and call upon the young men
 he state t0 lend their assistance
 ms plan.
 laVor the prompt perfeeting
 lials Tor the adequate handling
 le problems of the feeble-mind-
 " De carried out as fast as the
 pi,al conditions of the state will