The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1916-09-09
YTON SEW MExICO. sATURDAY, sEPTEMBER 8, isie

" We CuIuidlly anu HtdIJ JllN tlluOISe
the honest, economical and patriotic
administration of our governor, the
Honorable William C.. Mcdonald and
all other Democratic state officials.
We point with pride to the marked
Improvement in the educational in
stitutions of the state, and especially
TO the great advancement made in the
public schools under the present ad-
ministratiOn.
We highly commend the present
system of road construction under
which many hundreds of miles of
good roads have been built during
the present administration.
We point with especial pride to
the honest and efficient management
of the state penitentiary.
We condemn the action of the last
Republican legislature in unlawfully
unseating four duly elected repre-
sentatiVes of the people.
We condemn no appropriation for
the maintenance of the mounted pO-
lice and the state militia.
We condemn the action of the
last Republican legislature for its
failure to enact just and adequate
laws on taxation, Notwithstanding it
had two-thirds majority in each
branch thereof, obtained by the un-
lawful unseating of four Democratic
members.
We favor thesenactment of a law
providing for the deposit with the
state treasurer of all public funds
held by state officials, whether in
trust or otherwise, and for the plac-
ing of such funds at interest, and re-
iqulring all financial institutions hold
ing such funds to give surety bonds
and we refer especially to the con-
duct of the business of the state land
Office, under which large amounts
of money are held by the land COM
missioner without deposit in the
state treasury, or in banks for in
come purposes for the benefit of the
state.
We charge the Republican party
with responsibility for Intentionally
so drafting the laws creating the Of
flee of state land commissioner, pre-
scribing his duties, powers and linn
tations as such as to enable him to
extensively aid and strengthen the
party machine.
We condemn the present methods
of permitting the state land COM
missioner to deposit the fund de-
rived from state lands,' in banks for
political and private gain without
the state deriving any income as it
should from this source.
We favor the enactment of per-
manent endowment fund to be Great
edfrom the moneys derived from the
sale of state lands, the interest from
this fund to be used in the mainten-
ance of state institutions, and the
permanent fund TO be invested un-
der proper state authority, accord
ing 10 the constitution and the laws
iof the state.
We recommend the immediate fa-
vorable action of the United states
senate and the passage of the sec
ton grazing homestead bill.
! We Fecommend the elimination
from forest reservations of lands in
capable of producing merchantable
timber of commercial value, and are
not essential to the protection of
watersheds.
We further recommend that the
forest homestead act of June fl 1906
which permits entry of grazing lands
in equal proportion to the agricul-
tural lands listed and allowed for en-
try, and we further recommend that
the act be amended to permit an
entry of 800 acres.
We favor the enactment of law
empowering persons AND corpora
tions engaging in coal mining to con-
denim lands for right of way pur-
poses.
We favor the enactment Of law
providing for the furnishing Of free
school books TO the school children
of the state.
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