Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1924-10-09
PROGRESSIVE
PLATFORM
PROGRESSIVE PARTY
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The progressive party state conven-
ton met at Boise on Aug. 26th and
the platform and resolutions adopted
for the campaign were as follows:
RESOLUTIONS
The progressive party of the state
of Idaho, in convention assembled,
hereby affirms its whole-hearted al
legiance to the patriotic declaration
of principles, as enunciated by the
conference for progressive political
action at Cleveland, Ohio, on July 4
and o., 1924, and pledge our best eff
forts toward the triumphant election
of our matchless leaders, Robert M.
LaFollette and Burton X. Wheeler.
We most heartily commend the
course in the national halls OF the con-
gress, of that small but valiant band
of defenders of the rights of the CONF
mon people against the onslaughts of
predatory wealth, and particularly,
we point with pride to the consistent
course at all times of our honored
senator, William II. Borah, and call
upon the people of Idaho to send two
men to the lower house Of congress,
who will stand with him in the battle
for human rights against the socalled
vested rights of property.
We are firmly convinced that it is
time for the banks to go out of the
governing business and to this end
we favor an amendment to the law
creating the federal reserve banking
system, taking its control from the
hands of private individuals and re-
storing this constitutional prerogative
to the hands of the people through
their regularly elected representatives.
We extend to organized labor the
pledge of our hearty cooperation in
its ceaseless battle for better cond-
itions for the men who toll and prom
Use our assistance in abolishing the
nefarious and pernicious syndicalism
law, the sinister power of corpo-
ation-controlled judiciary to rule by
injunction instead of by law, the a.
doption of a fairer jury system, mod
eled along the line of the Montana
statute, law requiring contractors
on public improvements to employ
only regular union labor, where pos
sible, and also the adoption of the
federal child labor law.
We commend the unselfish, whole
hearted efforts of the men and wom-
en- of Idaho, who have SO faithfully
upheld the banner of progressivism
in the past that now victory is in
sight
We strongly condemn the machine
administration of state affairs, which
has piled an increasingly heavy bur-
den of taxes upon the people of Ida
no, and which has been faithful to
no interest excepting big business. We
pledge a complete reform in the adj
ministratiOn of these affairs of the
state, a reduction of expenditures for
state purposes and a enforcement OF
state government for corporation in
huence and dictation.
We extend a hearty invitation to
progressive thinking, forward-looking
people of all other parties, to join
with us in redeeming the state from
corporation rule and placing it in
line with other progressive common
wealths in recording verdict in IA
vor of the candidates on our national
ticket.
The Platform
We. the delegates to the state con-
vention of the progressive party in
Idaho. assembled at Boise, August
DC. 1924 declare the paramount is
sue is the abolition of privilege, mean
ing by privilege the unjust econom-
ic advantage by possession of which
small group controls our national
resources, transportation and credit;
stiles competition, prevents equal
opportunity of development and die
tates the condition under which we
live.
We declare unqualified adherence
TO the national platform adopted in
the national convention held in Gle
veland. Ohio, July and ). We con-
graduate the people Of Idaho upon
the opportunity to support the COM
ing election for president and vice
statesmen. Senators Robert M. La
Toilette and Burton X. Wheeler.
We proclaim undying faith in the
principles of the constitutions of the
United States and the state Of Idaho
religious freedom, freedom OF the
speech and of the press, the right
of peaceable assembly and petition
for that redress of grievances, polit-
zeal liberty, habeas corpus, protection
of life, liberty and property, which
shall not be taken away without the
due process of law and the right to
contract; all golden gems guaranteed
in the constitution of the state OF
Idaho and wrungfrom the hands OF
tyranny in a thousand years struggle
and preserved to a vigilant poster
ity. Save the costitution from mon
opoly enroachments. We believe in
devotion to civic righteousness in
home, school and state.
Plank I've condemn the amend
ment to the constitution now submit
ted to the voters OF the state of
Idaho to tamper with, regulate and
limit In the interest of the power