The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-29
The Platform

Of outlawry and secure the protec.
tion OF all citizens.
The IL 'resslng situation nrislnp
from the shameful administration OF
the state bank guaranty law by the
present s'' 'ministration must be
faced and overcome. The state il
morally bound to administer the re.
mains OF thi ed trust to the.snd
that Il may be said in truth. "Not
a single deposltor IN any state bank
IN Oklahoma has ever lost a dollar. "
We shall push 20 the limit efforts
TO recover all that belongs to the
state guaranty bank fund and Ia
obtain conviction OF all guilty OF
violation OF state banking laws.
The accumulation of large bal
ances IN the hands OF the state treas
urer and their distribution among
banks on tho basis OF favoritjsm con-
stitute a growing menace to the or
derly conduct for the public busi-
ness. II IL one OF the scandals Of tho
present administration. The public
ls charged high Interest rates by
banks which enjoy the use OF state
funds.
We pledge the enactment OF legis.
lation whereby the governor. state
treasurer and other state officers
VIII determine the banks in which
state funds are TO be deposited. Civ
Ing preference to banks which quail
ify for state deposits by submitting
certified lists of loans already made
on which the rate of interest
charged Is not more than per
cent above the federal reserve bank
rediscount rate, asgrcgating not
less than the amount OF deposit Of
state funds applied for. substantial
ly following the methods so sue
cessfully used by the war finance
corporation in making advances to
banks on loans for agricultural pur-
poses.
We pledge that the state highway
department shall be efficiently ad-
minlstered, that the letting OF con-
tracts for road construction shall
be fairly allotted to the people to
get the benefit OF roads instead of
being delayed so that banks get the
benefit OF interest on the funds
available for construction. that local
labor will in so far as practicable
be used in road construction, that
a sound program for highway con-
struction and maintenance will be
developed and pushed to tho end
that n connected system OF highways
close cooperation will be maintained
with the bureau for roads for
United states department OF agri-
culture, and that federal aid will
be utilized to the fullest degree
Increasing popular demand for
education calls for the coordination
and development of work OF our
state institutions for normal, coll
legiate and university education
Competition for state educational
institutions with the public schools
must be stopped, equal opportuni-
ties for the elementary education OF
all children, whether living in cities
or towns or on farms, must be pro-
vided. Efficiency OF teachers, not
their political activity. must be the
determining condition OF their em-
State institutions must
live within their means, as limited
by appropriations made by the leg
islature. Appropriations made to
these institutions by the legislature
must be sufficient, X expended with
economy and good Judgment. to
provide adequate facilities for all
OF them TO meet the demands for
people for education.
The state has neglected to assume
its respoM Mibilities to provide equal
tain n common school education. In
every district where levy Of Is
mills for school purposes does not
produce sufficient funds to pay for
n fun term OF at least seven months,
aid from the state treasury 10 com
plete the full term should be sup
piled and the state. not the school
should pay for all text
books. Every effort should be for
the relief OF people from burden
which has been imposed upon them
by the frequent and unnecessary
changes in text books which have
been made.
While young Oklahoma was facing
the enemy in France, politics was ad-
journed among us here at home. We |
were holding up the hands OF those |
who were defending us. We were
up draft-evaders and pend |
Ing UP vlolators for espionage acts, !
who were working 10 hamper our /
70 equip, supply and sustain |
those who were fighting for us |
overseas. These now profess great |
for the eX-service men. |
we insist that only those who stood |
with our soldiers In time OF war are !
20 be entrusted with the in |
.erest OF our veterans in time OF |
ptuNFs
The first obligation OF n grateful |
'tate Is to the survivors Of Union and |
he Confederate armies. for Spun |
sh American war veterans 20 the |
'ick. disabled and needy. who serv-
ID in the World war, and the de-
oendents OF those who did not re-
urn.
We pledge ourselye TO continue ef-
'orts to discharge this obligation in
he fullest measure without dlscrlm-
nation aR TO the race or color, and |
point TO the legislation 10 this end
originated by the house OF repre-
entatives OF the eighth legislature,
Is evidence OF performance In this
espect We favor immediate nat!on
Il legislation providing fully and
.deluately for all disabled soldiers
DON'T FAIL TO ATvTENT THE I