The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-08-12
CHARLES S. MOTIFS DECLARA.
TIoN OF PRINCIPLES
TO the People of the State of Michi.

NY soie desire in seeking nomina-
ton and election as Republican
candidate for the Governorshin of
Michigan, is ID be of real service To
all OF the people of the state. am
not influenced by any inclination for
power or prestige.
have neither sympathy with nor
toleration for the chronic oficeseeker
VINO looks merely for the Job and its
lncrements: the Office holder whose
principal concern is to perpetuate
himself IN office, nor the man who
makes politics his sole or principal
means of livelihood The state of
Michigan has been supporting alto
getner too many men of this type.
iodav, with the cost of SUSTAINING
them growing prohibitive, the people
VINO pay the bills, in the way of taxes
licenses and special assessments. and
tnat means everybody in the state
outside OF the favored political
groups, are making their first CO.
operative protest.
Michigan needs today in the execu-
I've chalr man trained and
squlpPed IN handling the affairs of
large business institutions, to initiate
economical business methods in the
state departments, to eliminate use
less ofnces, and to put the affairs of
the state on a practical rather thar
purely political basis.
1 am convinced that by placing y
check on expenditures, through fbe
intelligent Capitalization of mr.
cnases, by putting the budget svstem
into practical rather than theoroticaI
operation, by engaging the services
OF departmental and board execu-
yves qualified by training for the
tasks IN hand rather than because of
Oh prediction promises, an enor-
nous amount of money can be saved
70 the taxpayers of the state annual
II nominated and elected governor.
will endeavor:
1. 10 serve all people impartially.
opposing class legislation for the
others. u
:, z. TO require that full value be de-
llvered for every dollar of state
money expended.
3. To put the state on a sound fin
anclal basis, making proper provision
Tor the retirement of public improve-
ment bonds when they mature. To
insist upon the issuance of author
lied bonds in serial form, distribut-
ing their retirement ever periods suf-
ficiently long to prevent them from
becoming burden to the people. but
not permitting them to extend be-
yond the life of the Improvement for
which they are issued.
TO improve the states transpor-
tation fcciIities, as they relate to the
products of the farms, mines and
factories, and the general public.
D. 10 assist in the state highway
program to the end that highway
shall be built of more substantial
nature and that those built shall be
properly maintained.
o. To assist in the consummation of
the proposed Great Lakes-Aulantic
waterway.
z To cooperate with and assist the
state council of health in designing
and passing measures for the i'm
provement and protection of public
health.
8. To make an immediate study Of
the problems confronting the states
institutions and seek to bring about
such corrective measures as may
serve the best interests of the in
mates and the public at large.
may be necessary to bring about the
reforestation of waste lands, because
/. 1T has been demonstrated by actual
experience elsewhere that this can be
accomplished at a comparatively in
significant cost and will result in
making thousands of acres of waste
lands productive, thus adding mater
tally to the wealth Of the state.
To rEk NtNlxy Fet@
school teachers and ex-service men,
full benefits to which they are all en-
titled from the state.
H. To aim to conduct the affairs
of the state not entirely with view
to cutting expenditures indiscrimin-
ately, but rather with a view to Civ
ing the people of Michigan the best
government possible at a reasonable
cost, equitably distributed.
| contend that what Michigan
needs, and Michigan is not unlike
other states in this respect, is not an
avalanche of new laws, but rather an
honest, conscientious endeavor to en-
| force such laws as now exist, amend
| ing them where necessary to make
their operation practicable, and in
itiating only such new legislation as
the exigencies of the times may in
dicate will serve the best interests
of the state at large.
do not contend that superficial
study of the States government to-
gether with my business training and
experience equip me above all other
men to decide all of the intricate is
sues of this commonwealth, but I do
contend that by applying the same
methods that proved successful in adj
| ministering the affairs of the city of
Flint, by surrounding myself with
men and women of tried judgment,
unimpeachable integrity and special
lied training as advisers, can give
the people of Michigan the sort of
an administration that will meet the
extraordinary demands of the times.
In conclusion, desire to state that
Warren G.. Harding, of Ohio, Repub-
lican candidate for the Presidency
| and the principles of the Republican