, 1926-07-07

up its income to the very limit;
leaving nothing for and
makes resort to additional taxes as
a remedy when occasion arises. 1t
is a wrong theory to pass along bur-
dens to future generations. Every
/ generation should care for its own
expenditures, insofar as possible, or
better still refrain from making
them. There must be reform in
this respect. Expenditures must be
reduced all along the line, if pros
perity is to be maintained, and con-
tentment is had among the people.
We, therefore, pledge our party to
rigid economy in conducting public
affairs of the state, and we strongly
recommend immediate measures for
relief to the settlers on the recla-
nation projects of the state of
Wyoming.
1t should be laid down as a prin-
ciple for future guidance that when
ever a state contributes large sums
of money for any purpose, that
state should be rewarded by the re-
turn of the funds for development
purposes within the state of origin.
We maintain and insist hat the
federal government, as trustee, ad-
minister the public lands and their
in the interest of those
who settle and develop such lands |
and of the people and industries of
the state wherein the lands are To-
Gated; that by proper laws the gov
eminent dispose of" the unreserved
and Incorporated public domain,
as provided in the constitution, as
rapidly as possible to the end that
they shall be transferred into pri-
vate ownership and made subject to
development and to taxation by the
state. We hold that the state. by
the constitution and the treaties
under which the public lands were
acquired. is entitled to come into
complete sovereignty over the re
naming area of the public domain.
We pledge the Republican party
to a progressive business admins
tration. Not only should taxes be
reduced, unnecessary offices and ex-
penditures abolished and other bust
nesslike economies effected. but the
agriculture, mining, stock-raising
and other industries of the state
should be encouraged and aided to
reach the highest state of efficiency
and usefulness possible, through
wise and active cooperation.
We are in favor of a systematic
reduction of state expenses, by the
abolition of superfluous commission
and bureaus, and above all else,
we demand that steps be taken
to at once meet the state deficit
now amounting to well over a mil
lion dollars, and which the Demo
cratic administration has no only
failed to meet. but has constantly
increased.
We favor the immediate ratifica'
ton of the tri-state agreement fol
the ALLEGATION of water, which the
present Democratic administration
has failed to accomplish and which
has seriously retarded important ir-
rigation development.
We are not only in favor of tht
enforcement of n law by the Law
enforcement division of the state
government, but the enforcement Of
the law more efficiently, and the
enforcement of all laws wherever
violated. to the end that the live
stock and other industrial interests
2 in the state may receive theil
proper measure of protection, Thar
. the menace of law violation be re
l moved and that the law enforce
ment department of the state b,
brot to a higher reput and greater
usefulness.
l We deplore corruption in publ,
Y office, wherever and whenever i