The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-09-03
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM Is
SHORT BUT TO THE POINT


siate convention assembled nj lne city
OF Idaho Falls. takes priaa in oav,
meAding the achievements of iae ~.
uoaai administration in the inierests
o sne citizens OF the United States
ailu ot 'he democracy OF the world
churr the leadership of Woodrow Viii
SON the United States has advanced
IIoI position OF isolation to one OF
wo1d leadership.
Me unreseryedly endorse and com
mefa the Democratic national plat
Iorm adopted by the national conyen.
'ion al san Francisco ON June IS, 1890.
ana hereby pledge our united and en-.
,hasiastic support TO the nominees al
that nseation-Goyernor James M.
Sox.of OHIO for president and FranAiin
y. roosevelt for vice president.
iNDoRsE NuoENT.
/ We indorse the record of Hon.
John +. Nugsnt in the United
States senate and commend him
Tor his consistent support Of the
/ national administration. In this
/ connection we call attention to the
fact that his influence in the
United States senate, as we'll as
mig vote, has always been in the
I 'hrerests OF all the people--waoe
! Garner, the farmer and all leaiti-
I mate business.
rms convention views with pride
and gratitude the splendid services
rendered to our nation in its crisis BY
the FORMER service men and women oi
the state.
We recognize the existence Of ar
obligation as yet unfulfilled by state
ana nation TO equalize the financial
loss sustained by service men and
women OF the world war and pledge
the party to support suitable state and
national legislation to secure tho
equalization of such loss.
FOR DIRECT PRIMARY.
! W. demand the repeal Of the
I, hybrid enactment Of the last isols.
\ Iaturs, which replaced our direct
primary law, and the enactment In
its stead Of primary law which
shall place the power Of nomira-
4 tion OF national and state and
county officials directly In the
hands Of the peopI..
\ We condemn the cabinet system fo
the administration of state affairs al
recommended by Governor ID. w
Davis and enacted into law by Re
publican legislature. which Is in fact
well devised plan for the creation of /
political machine as radical de
parture in government not incorpo
rated In the platform of any politica
party and one that In nh justie-
should haye been submitted Tn n vot
of the people before its adoption. w
pledge our party, III successful II TN
polls, to prompt repeal OF this in!qu
tous law and 4 prompt return to a sin
plified, economical and democrati
form of government. az contemplate
by the constitution.
AGAINST JUDICIARY IN POLITICS
A non-partisan Judiciary, unham-
pered by the thrall of party poll
tics, i5 necessary 10 perpetration
OF the peoples liberties. We dc
plore the action OF the iast Repu5-
lican governor, who, purely for
political purposeo, placed cur ju-
dietary back in poiitics, and wa
pledge our legislative and eSecu-
tive cand dates, IL successful in
the coming contest, TO return TO
i a non.parttsan Judiciary to the end
that our Judges may be removed
from any suspicion OF corruption
through party bias.
{ We condemn in unme assured tern
Y the ruthless. useless and extrayagar
0 expenditure of the peoples money b
q the present Republican administratiu
. and pledge our party. II successful
the coming election. 10 an immediai
Y return 10 Democratic principles and
2 rigid retrenchment of state finances
point consistent with efficient sta
4 government and the development
Y our resources and the upbuilding I
/ our state institutions
2 Realizing the Importance to the sta
y OF efficient teachers In the publ
n schools, we favor the enactment
legislation providing for an increase
i the remuneration OF our teachers COZ
d mensurase with the importance ar
:. dignity of their position and proyidir
n that women doing the same work ;
men shall receive the same pay.
Y For Helping Labor.
+ We favor legislation in accord wi
p the just demands of labor. and parti
s ularly the following; An exclusi'
state fund workmen's compensation "A
with a minimum schedule OF awar'
of SIS weekly and with the eliminasit
of the minimum wage OF those wi
2 may become bcneficiaries oi the act.
o We favor for women workers stl
? atantial minimum wage and Gn eigt
J. hour day
We demand the enactment Of Ia
d which shall put into operation our 60
D. stiiutional provision for The iniuatiH
Il referendum and recall.
4 Ne unresery edly favor the inve'
h nent OF the school and endowine
a funds Of the state OF Idaho in muni'