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Show DR. BUTLER IS J. FOILlIBEi Republican Candidate Outlines J 17 Points for Betterment ;- of Nation , , . ,' NEW YORK. May 8. Dr. Nicholas .." Murray Butler, candidate for F.epub-V ' 'lican nomination, tonight issued ja'-" statement of his principles, favorirtg among other things light wlno and ' beer and the principles underlying'!',; K the Kansas court of industrial rola- -tions. This will be tho only public 'r' statement that Dr. Butler will make . prior to the Republican convention mu Junfl. neonrfUnrr in .Tnhn TP T"nMu i.if- manager of tho Butler campaign 'Com- II mittec, ! 4 I The statement sets forth seventeen j) H points covering the subjects which Dr.U H Butler says urgently need attention v H Tho substance of Dr. Butler's points 7. H follows: J H End Executive Atitocracy. J i-J JH 1. Restore to tho peoplo their Ani-V" H orican form of government. BrlnjS 'n - f H executive autocracy to an end. If? If 2. Attack the high cost of living at H Its source the high cost of govern- H merit. 3. Enact an executive budget. Per- I1-mit.and I1-mit.and require tho heads of depart- w. ments to appear before the senaic i JH and house. J 4. Reduce the expanded credit IH with inflated currency and high prices 1 IH built on it. Begin paymont of tho T H war debt. 11 5. Supervise big business, to the 1 end that monopoly, unfair ' practices .' -j and profiteering may bo stopped. " 6. Resist government ownership 1 w and operation of railways. Restorol ,H tho credit of tho railroad companies' Vi For Industrial Domocrncy. Ill 7. Aid tho movement towards lit iH dustrial democracy by the partlcipa-, :. K K !! tlon of hand workers moro fully In -'j1 j fj tho returns from their labors. '"Z. j lH S. Make the public interest su- ?h preme, so that while no man can he -k i ifll compelled to worlc against his wilj, ,3, ) H permit no group or section of tho com- H munlty to starve tho public or para- -H lyzo It in an Industrial controversy. ' i , H D. Protect the natural resources. r - p H Try to koop young peoplo on the J H farms. 10. Promote every movement fo " IH Improve health, housing and educil- l H 11. Provide tho nation with a mor- H chant marine. H 12. Resist attempts to bring bach w H tho saloon. Displace tho Volstead act H by a law for enforcement on the ba- r sis of common sense. There aro boers . 'M and light wines that form a part o,f -the staplo diet and aro not more in-toxicating in-toxicating than molasses and not hajf ,. so iiarmful as icewator. - Wnulrl Stmt r.vrioliln.- , 13. Stop lynching and mob rulo by making Ihc communities in which j H tliey occur and the local officials dli -C' , IH rectly answerablo for not preventing (,- IH or punishing these outbreaks. , 14. Rid our political lifo of shU- i H tionalism. Draw tho men and womeh ,-. ' of tho south to tho Republican party. IH 15. Reform our primary laws by preventing thoso not members of a political party from talcing part In itls -primaries. Z 1G. Mako plain In what true Amen- vM icanism consists ana yiciu not a jot n lH or tittle to It. Meet wrong ideas with ! right ideas. Reserve force for ext- " trcmo cases In which the public is ' sM put in dangor. w 17. Resume our foreign policy oh ,? historiic lines. Agree with other na;- r- tions on measures to scttlo interna;--'" iH tional disputes by arbitration. Estab;- ' ltsh tho international court of jus1- H |