The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-26
Those Who Seek Election to State
Legislature Said to be Going to
Have to Answer Questions
: on Their Attitudes.
LIST is MADE PUBLIC
State Highways, school Books, Tax
alton and Prohibition are Among
the Subjects for Dis
cussion.

Burlington Gazette: Union LABOR
of Burlington and Fort Madison, as
well as the balance of the first dis
trict, and, it is said, with the co-opera-
tion of certain farm organizations, mas
completed the QUESTIONABLE for these
candidates who seek nominations 1or
the state legislature of Iowa from TINS
district. A copy of these questions
was made available today. There
had been a great deal of local COM
lment on the list of questions placed
by union labor before the candidates
for congressional honors which was
published exclusively in the Gazette
yesterday.
/ Not For County.
/ 1t is reported from reliable source
that a decision has been reached by
the local labor organizations not to
submit list of questions to the coun-
ity office seekers-at least not until
after the nominations are known. The
candidates for the various county off
ces will be questioned ;s to their at
itude on various matters.
The State Questions.
The list of questions to be submit
ted to the men seeking nominations
for state Legislature were announced
as follows:
"a Are you in favor of amend
ing the present road law to re-
qnire a majority vote in both the
city and rural districts in order
to pave the streets or roads there
on?
(2) Are you in favor of the state
publishing school books and fur
nishing them to the pupils at cost:
(3)Are you in favor of establish
ing modified form OF the Tor
ems system for registering land
titles?
ca Are you in favor of improv-
ing or abolishing the present y
workmen's compensation law?
go Are you in favor of the cost
OF city paving being paid out OF a
general paving fund, instead OF
direct from the property owners?
Co.. Are you in favor of refer
endum on any law changing the
basic or organic law of the state
or the nation?
90 Are you in favor of collec-
tive bargaining to insure greater
industrial peace?
(S) Are you in favor of estab-
fishing minimum wage for wo-
men?
(9) Are you in favor of estab-
fishing conpulsory grammar
school, education fer children men,
tally or physically capable?
(10) Are you in favor of the cleo
ton of members OF the state high
way commission by direct vote
OF the people?
(11) Are you in favor of the /
rights of American wage earners .
to organize for lawful purposes? .
(12) Are you in favor of public
ownership of public Utilities?
(13) Are you in favor of The. de-
duction of Indebtedness on all |!
homes and the assessment of tax
es on the value remaining?
(14) Are you in favor OF indus
trial labor acting concertedly by
Withdrawing their labor in order 4
to secure a just settlement of I.
their demands?
Prohibition.
Several of the questions given
in this list as well as in the list
of questions submitted to con- ., >.
gressional nominees are Identical.
Question fourteen m, ans really 4,
the right to strike, if it is con-
sidered as necessary step. On
the matter of question number
six, it is reported, unofficially, that
this applies particularly to the
prohibition issue-whether or not
the question should not be sub
cd n q vnfe the pannlo