Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-07-14

pledge them the support of our state
regardless of politics and we further
pledge them such assistance as may
be necessary for their devoted fami-
lies.
Prohibition
We heartily favor the enactment of
an amendment to the constitution of
the United States providing for ma
tional prohibition of both manufac-
ture and sale of intoxicating liquors,
and urge upon the coming session of
the Idaho legislature the passage of
memorial to that effect. We also
urge our members of congress to do
whatever lies in their power to bring
about the submission to the states of
such an amendment.
In our platform of 1914 we said:
eve hereby declare in favor of state
wide prohibition within the state of
Idaho, and to that end favor the sub
mission to the voters of this state by
the next legislative assembly of a
constitutional amendment embodying
that provision"
That pledge will not have been
fully redeemed until the adoption of
the constitutional amendment which
will be submitted to the voters in No
vember. We hereby reaffirm that
pledge and urge the adoption of the
constitutional amendment. In any
event, we favor the continuation of
statewide prohibition in Idaho.
Woman's Suffrage
We commend the principle of wo-
mans suffrage, and call the attention
of other states which are considering
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eficial and ennoblinginfiuence of wo-
men in the public life of this state
since the granting of the equal fran
of this principle throughout the sew
eral states.
Workmen's Compensation
We favor the enactment of a work
mems compensation law which will
guarantee to the workman injured in
the course of his employment, prompt
and reasonable compensation for such
injuries, regardless of the question of
negligence.
Reclamation
We favor the enactment of legiSla-
ton for more effective control by the
state of the distribution, adjudication
and administration of the public wa
ers of the state.
We deprecate that false economy
which retards the development of the
natural resources of the state, as was
the case of the veto of the bill passed
by the last legislature to further the
work of the United States Geological
survey in Idaho. We favor a contin-
uing appropriation by the state for
cooperation with the United States
Geological survey and reclamation
service for collecting and tabulating
dependable data respecting the water
resources of the state.
Economy
1t is as true of government affairs
as it is of business that true economy
consists not so much in refusing to
spend at all, as to spend wisely. We
tcondemn the indiscriminate use of the
veto power by the present democratic
governor. We believe in the strictest
economy in the handling of the bust
ness of the state, and while we pledge
to the people of the state the practice
of such economy, we shall insist that
appropriations shall not be cut so low
as to interfere with the efficient man.
agement of the affairs of tht state.
Sale of State Lands
We urge the adoption by voters Of
Idaho of the constitutional amend
ment to be submitted at the Novem
: Der election providing for the more
rapid sale of state lands, to the enact
. ment of which we pledged ourselve!
= two years ago.
Reorganize Land Board
For many years the system undel
: which the lands of the state hav,
been managed and the money of tn,
state has been loaned has been sub
l ject to criticism. With the manifold
duties devolving upon the officers hav
ing charge of this department, it
: inevitable that honest mistakes shout,
: occur. We believe that the money o
l the state is a sacred trustand shoul,
be handled upon strict business princi
Piles such as practiced in the privat
l affairs of men. To this end we re
4 commend and pledge to the people o
e the state of Idaho a complete reor
0 ganization of the land department S
that sufficient safeguards may b
e thrown around the handling of the as
: sets of the state to insure agains
1 the loss or impairment of such funds
We favor and promise to enac
: laws which will prevent the loanin
d of the money of the state to any O
t its officers or employees, either ar
pointive or elective, or to any of tn
e relatives thereof.
o Fish and Game
e We condemn the present Democrat
: governor for his veto of the bi
r passed by the last republican legisls
r ture providing for a fish and gam
e commission, under the terms of whic
4 this important department of tn
e states activities would have been ts
IS ken out of politics and placed upo
l. that efficient plane which its import
e ance justifies. We promise that TIL
el department will be removed from tn
n political influence which has dom
mated it in the past two years, an
d that the great natural assets whic
lie the state has in its fish and game wi
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20 Neglect of Duty
lie We deplore and condemn the pra
re tice adopted and followed by the pre-