Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-10-27
Albuquerque Morning Journal Wednesday, October H. 1920

139 of 1917 and II. y. PIT of 1917,
all relating to that subject and all
rejected by the republican-con-
trolled legislatures. on the topic
Of women in industry there was s.
b. 70 in 1915 and s r. As of 1917,
but both failed. House bill 200
of 1917 was introduced at the re-
quest Of the State Federation Of
Labor and was solely designed for
the legal protection Of women in
industry. 1t passed the house and
was killed in the senate. A previ-
Gus article has pointed out how the
! republicans refused to pass an
eight-hour day for laborers after
pledging to do so in the 1918 plat
form.
Play for Solder Vote.
I'VE pledge the cooperation of
our representatives in The enact
ment of all proper legislation
which the American Legion may
recommend" This is 1920
pledge. For the 1919 legislative
action, ex-service men are referred
to the Morning journal for Mon
day, October %. in which there is
review of the act of the republic
can majority in the senate in
changing a constitutional soldier
settlement bill into an unconstitu-
tional one in order that the state
might be spared expense. The
American Legion asked in 1919 for
good bill but its request was
ignored.
THE republican party. says the
1920 platform, lis proud Of its part
in the enactment of both statewide
and national prohibition" POSI-
bly, It is also proud that the re-
publican majority would not in
clude prohibition in the Constitu-
ton, that the 1912 legislature re-
fused to submit an amendment,
that both the 1912 and 1916 legis-
latures refused to pass democratic
bills for the regulation of the
liquor traffic. that the 1916 legisla-
ture again refused to submit an
amendment and that the 1917 res
olution submitting prohibition was
passed by practically unanimous
action by both democrats and re-
pubicans alike.
There are some pianBs in the re-
publican platform for which the
party has stood before. such as
health, child welfare, girls well
fare, and educational effort, but
they are planks which the demo-
cratic party has also been advo-
eating and for which democratic
Legislators have voted as solidly as
have the republicans.
The Party Record.
The 1920 republican plat
form in New Mexico favors
economy willie the party rec
,s.u iIIo,VS desire Tor eItrav-
aganCc: faVOrS the abolition of
uaeIcSS Offices, while the re-
pgbliCan-COntrollcd legislators
have stcadfastly refused to do
Just that: welcomes the newly
enfranchiscd voters in spite of
the fact that the party refused
to keep its campaign pledge to /
submit Il suffrage amendments;
stands for an equal system of
taxation, Just as il did i'm 1914;
favOrs the direct primary syS-
tenn which IL voted down in
1915; favOrs u primary In the
face of it, 1919 record when
four primary bills were before
the house and not one passed;
would safeguard the state for
est lands. the T,Ini mountain
contract TO the contrary not
withstanding; would see the
party enact child labor law
after turning three of them
down; would also protect wOm-
en- in industry after rejecting
three bills To do just that, par
ticulaIly the oHF asked by the
state federation of labor; would
pass the legislation asked by
the American Legion after Il
fiat refusal TO do so In 1919.
right when the soldier boys
needed help: ana finally ell I
dorscs the republican record