Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-09-19

DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM, 1918.

marck on September 4th, 1913, ad-
vocate the following platform of prin.
cipals and pledge to the people # the
State the carrying out of these prin.
cipals by our candidates should they
be elected to the various State Offices
in November.
To our great President and Com
mander in Chief we send greetings;
and to him we pledge out unqualified
support;
The first duty of every American
in the present crisis is to lend all
possible aid to the Federal Govern.
ment in the var in which we
are engaged, and we rejoice in the
fact that our beloved country has at
this time for its Chief Executive a
mai possessed of such clear vision,
high ideal, and remarkable grasp
of public question as Woodrow
Wilson.
We are unalterably opposed to the
program of state socialism as outlined
in the provisions of a certain mea
sure, introduced into the 1917 legis-
alive assembly and known as House
Bill No. a..
We oppose every attempt to re.
move all debt restrictions from the
constitution of our state, and the
proposed constitutional amendment
which provides for raising the state
limit of Indebtedness from two hum
dred thousand t, twelve million dollars
We oppose the exemption of per-
manent improvements and personal
property from taxation, q measure
advocated by the Non-Partisan Lea
que, believing that the levying of all
taxes upon laIds, and the elimination
of personal property from taxation.
to be unju' It to the agricultural in
terests to tha State
We are opposed to amy all e ldment
of the state constitution which will
remove the safeguards oow surround
ing the school funds OF the state. and
we are unalterably cpposed to aay
program favo:ing the Investment OF
these funds in other tnan giiS edgei
securities, and wien auch funds ere
invested in mortgages, in no case
should the amount loaned exceed one
half of the actual valuation OF the
securities
We vigorously object to having oul
political affairs controlled by a SO
cialist autocrat living outaide thu
state and having no interests her
other THAI a desire to experimen
with a program Of State s~ociaji m t
the detriment Of the citizens of Mort
Dakota.
We favor the building and operat
ing at the expense of the state, of ter
minal elevator. its location to be de
tremined 1y a commission appointe
by the Governor for that purpose.
We favor submitting to>the peop1
of the state, an amendment to tt
constitution allowing the erection
a state cwaed flour mill and recon
u0u lCS duOPIiWu. FE 70
Recognizing the fact that educatie
is a material factor in the develop
n, mt Of high standards of citizensh'
, pledge ourselves to an eficiel
a / energetic program for. the bette
,rto of our rural schools that tt
,uth of the state both in the vi
lagos and on the farms may have Il
best possible educational advantage
We urge the extension of our pr
sent Nonpartisan judiciary and scho
ballot 80 that it may apply to
County and Legislative offices.
We urge the next Legislative s
sembly to give careful c%onsiderati
to the present primary law, that
may be 80 amended that the will
the voters of the State may be cles
". carried out in the simplest a
most direct ann possible. \
rec ommend that at the opening of
next Legislative assembly in tt
State a joint Committee from
House and the Senate consisting
seven members be appointed by t
speaker of the House and the Pre-
dent of the Senate instructed to dr.
an amendment to our present T
mary law. the purpose of which sh
be the carrying out of this plato
pledge. s.xs ,,,.,.
We favor an amendment to
constitution providing for State +
Insurance by an acreage tax.
Realizing that good roads is a I
terial factor in improving our ~
Communities bringing about q he
understanding and feeling 'betw
our rural and urban population,