Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-09-05

suffering from the lack of good roads.
| We pledge hearty cooperation with
(, the federal government in building and
msintaining good r1aGs mdd tnr0ugaonb. tbere sne
for shall have it's equivalent in gooo-
roads betterment.
Section 0.
| AGRICULTURE-Ke is in a
large measure an agricultural state.
More than 20 per cent of her popula-
tion are engaged in agricultural pur-
suits. Schools, churches, roads, homes
and the health of the community are
closely identified with successful and
Intelligent farming. The high cost OF
| living is, in the main, due to INSULT
cient production In the country and In
adequate transportation and market
inf facilities.
We favor such legislation as will de-
velop and protect the live stock indus
| try; conserve. the fertility of the soil;
provide better marketing facilities, and
encourage better and more scientific
farming. y"tt,
PROFITEERING-Th high cost of
| living, growing out of the world war.
is primarily responsible for the present
unsettled industrial conditions The
profiteer. We pldege our party to the
enactment Of such laws as will prevent
combines whose purpose is to control
the prices of the necessities OF life, and
cooperate with the federal authorities
in remedying the existing evils to the
end that prOf1teering in food products
and other necessities of life may be-
prevented. f'
/ Section II.
PUBLIC. CHARITABLE. ELEEMOSY-
AIRY AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
The inmates of the public. charitable,
eleemosynary and penal institutions
are wards of the state. and 40 Such are
entitled to humane consideration and
4 helpful treatment and scientific care;
and the management of those institions
should be free from politics and be de-
voted to the welfare and good of the
unfortunate beings therein.
II We favor the selection of members OF
the Board of Control without regard to
political affiliation and that such mem
bers be men and women of the highest
personal character and reputation and
possessed of peculiar fitness for these
places; and we pledge the democratic
party and its nominees to SELECT men
} and women of this character for ap-
pointment on such boards.
MOB LAW-The democratic party has
always been party OF law and order
and has ever opposed mob law. The
democratic legislature at its 1913 ses-
sion, adopted resolution providing an
J amendment to the State Constitution
removing from office any officer hav-
ing prisoner in custody and surren-
adoption of that proposed amendment
We deplore the ignorance displayed
by the republican convention when II
! solemnly declared for the passage OF
this amendment to the Constitution
nearly two years after provision had
been made therefor by the state demo.
cratic legislature.
I pRoH1s1r1oS@%e ssct1Sn Commend eS the ac.
ton of the Kentucky General Assembly
during it's 1918 session, in ratifying thf
} amendment to the Federal Constitution
! prohibiting the manufacture and sale
of intoxicating liquors as beverages
> and it's further action in submitting tc
: the people of Kentucky an amendment
Z to the State Constitution prohibiting
the manufacture and sale of intoxicat.
ing liquors for beverage purposes, anc
we pledge our party to the passage Of
I all laws necessary for the enforcement
!, of the provisions of both said amend
ments. ~
PRIMARY ELECTION LAW-.We de-
clare that we are in favor of q state
, primary election law. By it every voter
I has the right to participate by his bal
/ lot in the selection of nominees fol
! office, whether in state, district or 9th
. er subdistrict of the state, and we are
) unalterably opposed to its repeal VIZ
5 condemn the. recent action OF the re-
: effect, at Lexington, in May last, dis
franchised the voters by selecting 1T
I machine made and boss-controlled can
didates in convention held prior to thu
= date specifically named by law TO
: naming the state tickets of both politi
cal parties And we condemn the re
: publican party for demanding in 1T
1 platform the repeal of the present stat
: primary election law
;. Section 10.
+ WOMAN FFRAGE--Believing a
: we do, in the justice of extending t.
women the right of suffrage on equa
wi wv the rafifipa
@ ton by the Legislature of Kentucky
Tat it's next session, of the amendmen
a to the Constitution of the United State
: extending to women this right of suf
frage, and we urge our representative
. in the legislature of Kentucky, and a.
: executive or other officers to use thei
# votes and influence in every legitimat
" way to bring about the ratification o
: the same.
h We pledge our party to support J.
: the next General Assembly. If the fed
eral amendment has not become opera
tive by that time, the submission to tn
people of an amendment to the Stat
: Constitution granting suffrage to wo
9 men on the same terms as to men, ant
9 when the amendment Is submitted, t
q support it at the polls as party prin
y ciple.
. PUBLIC HEALTH .ACTIVITIES--W
q point with pride to the progress whic
u has been made from year to year un
der the democratic administrations /
> the protection of the lives of the peopl
by the establishment of nonpartisa
" and nonsectarian boards of health, an
e we pledge our continued and generou
~ support to the Red Cross, the Women
Clubs, the tuberculosis Association
~ the physicians and pharmacists and a
others interested in lowering the ur
- necessary sick and death rate, especial
= ly from tuberculosis, trachoma, and til
y = diseases affecting. women and children
and we call on the next General As
,sembly for reasonable state aid to al
,e pecially institutions for the care an
Is prevention of tuberculosis.
!. Section II.
u THE OIL INDUSTRY-We reali2
y fully the. Importance Of and appreciat
~ deeply the rapid development Of IN
y oil industry of our state. It Is high
u important that both domestic and fol
7. eign capital be had successfully
81 to reach this hidden wealth. We faN
l. or such laws as will encourage the In
i vestment of capital in our state andwi
"a guarantee the investors full justice an
81 fair consideration. We specifcall
ts pledge our party as favoring produe
ID ton tax on oil, gas, and royalties,
lieu of all taxes on leases when actut
development Is being had.
II Section 1S.
lt ECONOMY IN GOVERNMENT
i a well known fact that the high COZ
y of living has affected the necessary eS
J. pense OF maintaining the penal an
70 charitable institutions of the state Q
well as many other necessary expend