The Little River news., 1922-09-27
GENERAL SYNOPSIS
 DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
There Are Some Striking Features in This Constructive and Progress
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other nominees of the party may well feel proud to launch their campaign for election. In many of it's essential features it is a restatement of the McRae platform of 1920. A merited recognition of the popularity of the chief executive who was renominated by the largest majority ever given an opposed candidate for governor ill the history of the state. The high lights of the platform may be summarized as follows:
 Abolish all useless offices and com missions.
 consolidate governmental agencies wherever possible.
 Equalization of assessments.
 Creation of the office of purchasing agent for state institutions.
 Strict enforcement of prohibition laws.
 Better farming methods.
 rnnroyed educational facilities.
 Severance tax.
 Endorsement of parole system of state penitentiary.
 Adeouate protection of both labor and capital.
 Increased aid to the Boys and Girls Industrial Schools and the State Farm for Women.
 Statewide improvement of highways with state funds
 More thorough conservation of na- tural resources.
 Constitutional restriction of local legislation.
 Repeal of all local special road 1egislation where bonds have not been issued.
 Referendum on all proposed new road districts.
 These are the principal blanks Ill the platform which are being adVo- cated by Governor McRae and the oth- or nominees who are to be elected of Arkansas to know that the general campaign as this is not deemed neces- sary The Republican nominee for governor has announced a series of dates for speaking but he Will not be met by Governor McRae.
 It is gratifying to all loyal citizens of Arkansas to know that the geenral revenue funds show surplus or more than S350 OO0, the largest amount since the adoption of the constitution and the only surplus since 1904. The state is now upon a cash basis, due to the foresight of Governor Brough and the husinesslike management of Governor McRae.
 One of the striking recommends tions of the platform is for the apol- ition of all general tax levies for state purposes, the necessary revenue to De derived from an extension of the eI- else tax on inheritances, franchlses' insurance premiums and similar prlV- ileges. It is recommended also that a severance tax be levied upon the states natural resources, including gas. oil. forest products, minerals, coal. gravel, sand, stone, pearls' etc.
 The Democratic party of Arkansas has supplied for the Literary Digest an emphatic answer to the questloH of how Arkansas stands on the Vol stead act. It has been observed that very few responses to the nationwide poll has been received by the DlSesC from Arkansas, but the entire Demo- cratic party speaks from it's platform in unmistakables terms. There snail be no retreat upon the question ol prohibition as a dictum of the party which declares that the 18th amend ment is a fixture in our organlc laW' that federal and state prohibition laws must be enforced, that the Volstead act must not be repealed or modlhed and that the sale of light wines and beer shall not be permitted.
 Two other recommendations at1ect- ing the criminal law are pronounce ments against all forms of gambling  as "inimical to the best interests ol society" Opposition is declared against any amendment or statute pro viding protection for race tracks or any other kind of gambling. It is also urged that legislation be enacted which will require registration Of all persons who own pistols and hlsh powered fire arms.
 The blanks on agriculture and edu- cation and labor and capital are es- ,necially strong. There are enough Recommendations in the platform on the subject of taxation to provide worK