, 1922-11-02
JOHN B. ACCEPTS
WEIRD PLATFORM
Senator Elected as DEM
oCrdt Running this Year
on Platform With
Strange PIanks

John B.. Kendrick was endorsed
for United States Senator by the Nom
Partisan League Convention at Doug
las on July 18th. 1922. His personal
manager and other Democratic lead
ers were there maneuvering to get
this endorsement. Concessions were
made by the Democrats to the Nom
Partisan League, one of them being
that they could nominate men for
every other office on the Democratic
state ticket; what other concessions
and commitments were made in
volving John B. Kendrick have not
been made public. Those will show
up probably after election.
At the same time John B. Ken
drick was endorsed by this political
organization the following platform
was adopted. STUDY 1T WELL. IT
SHOWS WHERE THE DEMO-
CRATIC PARTY IN WYOMING IS
HEADED. II IS to be presumed that
John b. Kendrick accepts this plat
form. He has never denied 1t. al
though called upon frequently to
state his position. On the other hand
he has said he was IMMENSELY
PLEASED with the endorsement of
his candidacy by the Non-Partisan
League.
ITO the Officers and Members of the
State Conference on Progressive
Political Action:
We, your committee on platform,
beg leave to report that we have con-
.sidered the resolutions submitted to
us from different sources and those
that have occurred to us and beg
leave to report the following plat
form, namely:
We favor exemption of farm i'm
provements and home buildings up
to s%2,500.O0.
operated at cost
We favor the present s per cent
penalty for delinquent taxes be
changed to . per CEN per month for
four months and only the actual cost
of advertising and sale OF property
be assessed TO property holders.
We favor guaranty of bank de-
We favor initiative. referendum
and recall.
We favor public ownership and de-
velopment of water power and all
We favor public ownership of rail-
and coal mines.
We favor the repeal of the Cum
railroad law.
We are opposed to matching gov
eminent dollars for any p
We are in favor of n non-partisan
for all state. county and
municipal offices. the same as now
used with the judiciary and school
5uperintendents.
We are opposed to all subsidies.
We demand the strictest
" public expenditures: and we con-
iemn the action OF the governor and
he last Legislature In so largely in
the salary OF state officials.
Believing people as important as
property. We demand welfare legisla-
ion to protect the health and guard
morales OF the youth.
We demand n national referendum
war can be declared.
We favor that all corporations
be taxed NJ their real value.
We favor state fire insurance on
tate. county and school buildings.
We favor n state constitutional
shall provide among other
needed reforms that an act OF the
legislature shall be binding and shall
not be set aside by the courts.
We favor lowering OF the rate OF
interest so hat any agreed rate
exceed 3 per cent per II
the enactment OF district treas
Try laws.
We favor semi-annual payment of
axes.
We favor nomination and direct
OF president and vice-presi-
lent and U. S. Supreme Judges by
he people.
We favor state hail insurance ut
cost.
(Signed)
WADE FOWLER.
II. v. 8. GROESBECK,
GEO. Il. KINDLER.