The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-10-18
Platform of ]. w. Ethridge.


House of Representatives | deem it
necessary and proper that submit to
the voters of Grant the various princi-
pies and measures which favor, and
which appear to me of prime neces-
sity to the political and material ad-
yancemsnt of the State, and if elected
promise by all the gods of the calen-
dar to devote what ability l may pos
sess to the advancement and material
progress of Louisiana.
/. / favor the earliest possible call
ing of a Constitutional Convention,
with view of adopting new consti-
luton, authorizing progressive legis-
iation, thereby permitting Louisiana to
assume her rightful place among the
more progressive States of the Union
2. l favor fullest publicity of any
aw (prior to It's enactment) affecting
constitutional rights and privileges.
thereby abrogating beribbond bureau
Gratis working behind closed doors.
In short am bitterly opposed to the
system practiced as individuals conduct
private business. The revolution gave
the strong men of our race the oppor-
unity for which they mad been planning
ind waiting. Then it was that they
wiped from our constitutions and our
statue books every trace of feudal
.ristocracy, then it was made public
Ulcers neither more nor less than pub
tic servants.
8. l favor curtailing the appointive
power of the governor. thereby max
ing the various State boards elective,
for the reason the genius of our insti-
buttons and the abiding genius of the
people are opposed to the concentration
# power in the hands of few, be it
political lord, tax lord or even an animal
i idustry lord | urge this for the reas-
on that self-interest is ever ebert for
occasion, besides the system is radical
and dangerously un-American.
A. l favor woman suffrage, standing
squarely on the Democratic principle,
That no one is good enough to govern
the other. without the others consent.
The reason is plain. The law of civil
cation is association in a condition of
quality. 1t is not MANN ade law,
but a natural law, and it is as inexor-
able as are the other laws of nature.
5. heartily favor the construction
and maintenance both of Highways and
rural thoroughfares, realizing that i'm
proved roads are the best assets of any
community or nation.
6. l favor the cause of education,
and if elected promise to work in har-
mony with the administration for the
betterment and uplift of educational
work in Louisiana.
z. Realizing that the present tax
reform has failed in its promise Tex
cept to handcuff and chain your asses
sor), favor a change and trust that
the ensuing administration will work
out plan more democratic in its op-
Grafton.
8. l favor adequate provision being
made for the criminal insane; special
legislation to protect child-labor; and
equal pay for equal work for women.
In conclusion, stand for the Ameri-
can principles established by the pa
triots of America who fought, bled and
died that this country might be land
of liberty and opportunity. The thing
most needful is to return to Democra-
tie simplicity, and read and understand
what our fathers fought for and plan
ned, for themselves and for US. In
other words reassertion of Thomas
Jefferson's principles, the unmatched
and dauntless leader who stood for The
American Future.
J. w. ETHRIDGE, Attorney.