Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1924-10-09

PLATFORM
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
ADOPTED AT TWIN FALLS

The resolutions and platform adopt
ed by the democratic state convention
at Twin Falls ON August 26 were as
follows:
We, the representatives Of the DEM
ocratic party in Idaho, in convention
assembled, make the following dec
laratiOn of party principles:
We heatily endorse the democratic
platform of 1924 and approve the in
depreciation thereof made by our can
didate for president. We also ap-
prove his subsequent utteranGes on
the questions of religious liberties and
his attitude on the Ku Klux Khan.
We congratulate the democratic
party for its selection of tile two
great constructive and progressive
statesmen, John w. Davis and Charles
w. Bryan, as its candidates for pres
ident and vice-president and hail will
approval the declaration of our lead
er, John Davis, that there can be NJ
compromise with reactionaries.
We favor the immediate creation
of governmental agencies which viii
enable the farmer to fix the prices
of his own products. To this enc
we favor enactment of the legisla
ton similar to the McNary- Hanger
bill now pending in congress.
We further pledge our candidates
and especially our legislative candid
ates, if elected, to support any JUS
program which may be advanced Dl
agriculture or labor, insofar as thu
Same may be consistent with the ma
terial interests of the state as q
whole and declare for the complete
protection of the rights of farmer:
and industrial workers to organize
bargain collectively, and conduc
such cooperative marketing enter
prises as they choose.
We favor the, amendment of thu
present fish and game laws of tn
state of Idaho, so as to provide TO
the creation of q non-partizan stat
and county commission sustained en-
tirely by funds derived from fines
and license and not by tax upon The
people.
We favor the enactment of nation
al workmen's compensation act which
will protect railroad employees engag
ed in interstate traffic or commerce
We favor a non-partizan Judiciary
We pledge our executive and legis
lative candidates, if elected, to the
enactment of a statewide primary
law.
We favor the enactment of a nation
al law by which the surplus profits
now accrued and accruing from the
federal reserve system shall be usec
to guarantee depositors in all banks
that are members of the federal re
serve system.
We also favor the enactment Of
such state laws as will adequately
protect deposits made in state banks
We favor the enactment of a law
which will permit farmers to organ
ipe power districts for the purpose Of
providing light, water and power fol
their homes.
We favor such an amendment Il
the present public utilities law as viii
provide for an appeal to the distric
courts from any order granting OF
refusing to grant a certificate of con
venience and necessity.
We favor the reorganization OF
the state highway department in the
interest of efficiency and economy.
We favor the enactment of a law fol
the taxation of all electrical power
developed by private corporate int
erests within the boundaries OF thu
state and exported and sold to othel
companies or users in other states.
We favor the enactment OF a work
able. initiative, referendum and recall
We favor a just and reasonable
revision of the automobile license
law. believing that a gas tax afford
more equitable means of revenue
for the maintenance of the public high
ways. We favor reducing the presen
automobile license fee TO a nomina
sum.
We favor such additions to tn'
state statutes relating to the unfail
competition in the dairy industry al
TO afford greater and more effect
tive protection to local dairy indus
tries.
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