The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-31
.BOURBONS POINT
TOSTATEW WASTE
Ineffciency and Extravaganza
Charged Against Allen.
Kansas Democrats Adopt a
F'POwer Busting" Policy.
WIDE SCOPE IN PLATFORM
Legislation to Curb PrOfiteer.
ing Is on Long Program.
Industrial Court Also Is Con-
demned by BourbOns.
WIDE SCOPE N PLATFORM


The Democrats met at noon in the
auditorium and after a stirring ad-
dress by Tom W. Morgan of Ottawa
who was elected chairman. pro-
ceeded with the making of their state
platform The meeting of the Bour-
bon state central committee was held
after the adjournment of the party
council.
The platform that was adopted took
in wide scope of political territory
condemning most every kind of Re-
publican activity and especially con-
demning the present state administra-
ton as extravagant and inefficient.
The national administration and ma
tional ticket were praised in the high
est terms and the Volstead act and
suffrage were endorsed.
Among the new measures to which
the platform pledges the party are:
Legislation to curb profiteering.
The taxing of war profiteers to bear
the burdens OF heavy war taxes.
The enactment of an effective moth
ers' pension law and a rewriting of
the workmen's compensation law
along the lines of the Cox law enacted
in Ohio.
Condemn Court and Allen.
The longest plank in the platform
is devoted to a condemnation of the
court of Industrial relations and a
comparison of its establishment by
Governor Allen with the methods used
by President Wilson in handling labor
problems. In condemning the indus
trial court, the platform says:
Governor Allen with a total disre-
gard for the feeling of labor and the
welfare of the state, has used the in
dustrial court as a press agency to ad
vance himself POLITICALLY teal In accord
ing, he has appointed partisan boost
ers and press agents to Jobs the
court and on its ever growing list of
HnDlOEPS.
franchise a scrap of paper by revok-
ing contract, made within the year,
and under conditions that are the same
now as when made, between Kansas
City Kan. and its telephone companies
and has awarded increases in rates that
VIII mean millions OF dollars to the
telephone trust. 1t has raised telephone
rates thruout the state and has not
forced the companies to pay their en-
ployes more or to improve their serv-
ice. It awarded DoEerty for his threat
to freeze the people last winter by Civ
ing him millions of dollars thru in
creased gas rates while at the same
time it was press agenting its determi-
nation to imprison the miners who de-
manded tolerable working conditions
and rules 1t has forced the people
Of Kansas to pay excessive freight
homa and Arkansas and allowed the
coal barons to prevent the mining of
coal until prices reached the maximum
by maintaining intolerable conditions
about the mines"
Against Amendments.
While expressly favoring good roads,
the Bourbons went on record as of
the opinion that this is not a pro-
pitious time for the state to enter upon
an extensive road-building program
and under the theory that taxes should
be held down the three constitutional
amendments proposed by Governor AL
len were condemned because of the
belief that they would increase taxes.
Morgan in his speech accepting the
craftsmanship of the council eulogized
Cox and Roosevelt and humorously
slapped Governor Allen for 'gadding
around the country so much of his
states time"
Ex-Gov. Geo. H. Hodges, who ha.
been one of the leading figures a
every Democratic gathering in tn,
state for years and who is a candidate
for the United States senate, was alb
sent from the party council meeting
today It was reported that Hodge
was i'll following his return from tn
Pacific coast.
The Democrats chose the following
members of the party council to draf
| the state platform: l. E. Elpinger
Holton; J. E. Billiard. Topeka; A F
Hatten, Westphalia; Hubert Lardner
Fort Scott; Thurman Hill, Indepen
dence; J. Cassin. Girard; G. W. Coffin
Council Grove; Mrs. T. B. Matlock
Marion; Andy Sherer, Frankfort
Richard Roher, Junction City; ].
Ruppenthal, Russell; A. c. McC1intic
BeIoit; ]. r. Beeching. Hutchinson
L. L. Taylor. Dodge City; Warrel
Knaus, Mcpherson; E. T. Hackney
Wellington.
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