The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-03-14

Republican
Platform
Every Citizen who believes in
good, wholesome city govern
ment can support candidates
who pledge themselves to this
platform.
TO ALL CITIZENS OF
THE CITY OF TULSA:
The coming municipal campaign is one of the
most important in the history of this wonderful
city Of ours, and the republican party, as an or
ganzation, offers to all the people, the follow
ing declaration of principles, for the conduct
and management of municipal affairs when
we believe every law abiding citizen, VINO
stands for good government can adopt as their
platform in the management of the civic affairs
of this city.
The republican party of the city of Tulsa stands
for clean, honest, economical and efficient clty
government, and believe the elective ofti-
GERS of this city and their appointees should rep.
resent all of the citizens, all classes and all OF
every duty without fear favor, with equal
rights to all and special privileges TO none.
We declare for the rigid and uncompromsing
enforcement of every law against crime, and
especially do pledge the full power of the
administration in abolishng the so-called boot
logging" joints, gambling joints, immoral dives
and criminal resorts, and the arrest and prose-
tution of those engaged in bootlegging, gamb-
ling and other forms of vice and immortality
We declare and pledge that the full power Of
the administration will be especially directed
against automobile stealing and every effort OF
the public safety department in full and com
plete cooperation with the county, state and
civic organizations will be directed against, and
used in the arrest and prosecution of such GRIM
inals.
We pledge our candidates to the most rigid,
practical and efficient inspection and correc-
ton of the sanitary conditions of every part OF
the city, insofar is consistent with the pro-
visions of law and funds available for such pur-
poses.
We declare in favor of demanding and requir
ing that every public service corporation oper-
ating in this city shall, without delay evasion,
comply strictly and literally with every obli- 4,
cation to the people, in the conduct and eXer-
else of every franchise or privilege affecting the
public welfare.
We declare in favor of pure water for the peo-
pie at a reasonable rate and pledge our candl-
dates to honest practical, efficient management
of the water problem" by and with the super
vision, advice and cooperation of an advisory
board of seven members to be selected from
and by the various welfare units of the city, to
the end that every dollar of expenditure shall
be for full value received and free from tant of
graft extravaganza
We declare in favor of increasing the salaries
of our public school teachers, compatible with
the dignity and Importance of their profession
and with the increased cost of>living. We favor
adequate school buildings and the strict en-
forcement of such laws and ordinances will
secure to our chool children the greatest posi-
BILE comfort safety and protection.
We declare in favor of metropolitan system
for the public safety department, wherein quail
fications for employment shall be efficient serv-
ice, loyalty to established law, prompt obed-
ence to constituted authority, and term of office
measured by merit only, unnfluenced by politi-
cal favor
We declare in favor of the Merit System" in
all public appointments.
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