The Harrison times., 1916-06-10
THE PLATFORM.

COHNeuUOH dsSeulDIeu enuOTS6 Jne Nd
tional Administration of President
| Wilson.
We favor revision of our revenue
laws, so as to fix and enforce a fair
basis Of assessment, prevent tax dodg-
ing, and make all assessments uni
form
We favor an enforcement of the
Act of the Legislature of 1913, pro-
viding for a Budget System for the
purpose of keeping the expenditures
of the State Government within the
bounds of the revenue raised for
state purposes.
We favor such legislation as will
place the state on a cash basis.
We endorse the Primary Election
Bill prepared by the committee ap-
pointed by the Democratic State Con,
vention of 1914, and now being ini-
tiated
Capital and labor are inter-depend'
ent, and each should have regard for
the rights of the other. We favor
such legislation as will protect both.
We favor the passage of law with
proper safeguards for the protection
Of the, state that will permit corpora
tions required to give bond to deposit
our own bonds as security.
We favor a pardon board, and until
1t can be created with some power,
we demand that the governor in the
exercise of the pardoning power, shall
enforce Sections 1867 and 2575 of Kir
by's Digest, requiring a publication Of
notice Of the intention to apply for
tho pardon.
We favor the passage Of Amend
ment No. II, submitting to majority
vote of each school district the right
to increase their school taxes from
seven to twelve mills.
We ask liberal appropriations for
the State University, the State Nor
NAL, the Agricultural School, and the
Charitable Institutions, and separate
millage tax for said institutions, and
demand their divorcement from poll
tics.
We favor the convening Of con-
stitutional convention to frame new
constitution, more responsive to the
needs Of a growing commonwealth.
We favor, as soon as the finances
of the state permit, the establishment
Of State Reformatory for girls.
We favor the enactment of law
whereby the bonds representing the
permanent school fund Of the state
shall be increased by such an amount
as will allow an interest rate Of six
per cent per annum from the date OF
their issuance to the present time, and
that provision be made that said bonds
shall bear six per cent interest here
after.
We demand the abolition Of useless
Offices and commissions; the retrencn'
ment in public expenditures; the
strictest accountability Of officers who
handle public funds, and insist that
the aggregate Of all appropriations by
the General Assembly shall not ex-
ceed the income of the state.
We denounce mob law, and all forms
Of lawlessness, and call upon the
courts and juries to enforce the laws
to the end that life and property
may be made secure.
We lavor a system of marketing
bureaus for the distribution of farm
products, so as to enable the producer
to reach the consumer at the least cost
and inconvenience.
We favor prison reform, the merit
system, honest business methods In
the management Of state prisons, free
from politics, but demand that the
penitentiary should be made self-sup-
porting,
We favor immigration and ask the
General Assembly to make liberal pro-
vision for advertising the resources Of
the state.
We favor the improvement Of the
public roads Of the state, and urge the
Legislature to make sucn changes in
existing road laws as will bring about
this result, and conserve the funds
selected for that purpose.
We believe the Legislatures in the
past decade have INDUCED to much
local and special legislation In disre-
gard Of the spirit OF the Constitution,
and we urge the next General Assem-
bly, to reduce to a minimum this evil.
We favor such an Amendment to the
Constitution as would effectually curb
this evil.
We recommend the reorganization
Of the State Guard, along the lines,
as suggested by the National Admins
tration, and call upon the young men
Of the state to lend their assistance
to this plan.
We favor the prompt perfecting OF
plans for the adequate handling OF
the problems of the feebleminded, to
be carried out as fast as the financial
condition OF the state will permit.