The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-06

GIVES OUT
PLATFORM
Candidate Discusses Issues
in His Campaign for
Governor.
Governor.

N7R. CARLETON B. MCUL
HI LOCH. Democratic nominee
II for Governor. has given to
The Indianapolis Times statement
OF his principles. the platform on
which he is seeking election.
The statement covers the issue Of
the present campaign in a general
way.
DR.. ,McCunoch said:
At am in favor Of a proper CO.
operative marketing bill and have
been a conscientious advocate OF
such a bill for four years. and If
elected will advocate and sign such
a bill.
''I am opposed to the county unit
school system and have pointed out
it is further evidence OF centEaliza.
ton Of power. to which the Demo
cratic party is unalterably opposed.
Discusses Khan
after the Ku-Klux Khan issue
forced itself into politics by envelop-
ing the Republican party I insisted
on a plank in the Democratic plat
form standing for freedom of relig-
ious worship and all other guaran-
ties OF the Constitution and the Bill
OF Rights. I stand squarely for tse
purity of the courts, the supremacy
Of the law and the right to worship
according to conscience.
II believe honesty in public affairs
is just as important. in fact more i'm
portant, than honesty in private at
fairs. A public Office is a public
trust and should be administered with
the most scrupulous fidelity.
1T is not enough to talk of reduc-
ing taxes without offering a definite
plan. This plan is old-fashioned
economy, spending less money, cut
ting the cost to fit the cloth, just
as the majority OF Indiana people
have had to do in the past few years.
Needless and useless boards and
commissions, with which our State
is top-heavy, should be abolished or
consolidated. Payrous should be
pared down to the quick.
Problem of Insane
st believe it mistake to build pa
latial homes for able-bodied crinni-
nails, such as the one at Pendleton,
when hundreds of insane women are
languishing in county jaiIs and poor
houses for lack of State accommodate
tons.
"I believe in local skelf-government
in the fullest degree. consistent with
good government and the proper pro-
lection of the taxpayer. 1 stand for
decentralization of power and return
of control of their own affairs to the
county and township units.
If the public service commission
is not abolished, ! promise to APP
point members whose paramount
duty will be to represent the people
at large who are otherwise unpro-
tected. Capital invested in public
utilities must receive a reasonable
return, otherwise we would be with
out them-but dividends on inflated
values must not be extracted from
the scanty purse of our people.
Rights of Labor
Labor deserves more than a llV-
ing wage. There must be a margin
for the family comfort and the wider
opportunities Of life. There must be
better and safer working conditions
The weekly compensation for acct
dent should be revised upward and
1 stand unreservedly for the labor
plank in the Democratic State plat
form.
II believe in the development of
Our good roads, but always with the
proyiso that their ruinous cost of
construction car and must be re-
ducedl
} IT believe the various special funds
of the State are trust funds in the
most sacred sense. and the borrow
ing and juggling back and forth of
this money is a moral crime and
should be forbidden
1.-The status of the State board of
agriculture should be definitely de-
ternined If it is State institution
its money should be handled through
the treasurer and auditor, as are all
other State funds. At present it |
seems to be a State institution when |
money is desired and private in
stitution when question OF inyestiga-
ton or expenditure arises. .