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Show H Hj The platform adopted by the Pro- Hj StobbIvo party convention held Sept. H 18 In Ogdcn as follows: H Political parties arc justified only B when they promote the public wel- H fare. The two old parties Ion? ago H abandoned this as their rulo of con- duct. The Progressive parly has been H! formed, because it is morally, polltl- Hl caJIy and economically necessary that Hl there be a party consecrated to pub- Hl lie eervlce. HI AVe recommend to the people of our Hl state the national platform of our H party, as a great charter of American H democracy, political and Industrial B alike, and we pledge ourselves to eii- act appropriate state legislation to B give effect to its provisions. H Wo regard it a proud distinction to j Hj follow our intrepid national leader:;. H Theodore Roosevelt jand Hiram V H Johnson. fl Paramount Issue. H For oars past, in both state and B nation, our governments have been h controlled and our politics dominated by the unholy alliance between big H business and crooked bouses. H The paramount idsue In thls.cam- H palgn is the control of our govern - ment and political life l the people Hj themselves, to the end that they may Hj have political and industrial deaioc- H Tn order that the government may H' be restored to the people, the pastas H of specific legislation Is imperative. H Our national platform outlines a H comprehensive plan of national m- H form, which v-'p deem It unnccesxar;. H to amplify Wo submit, In addition. H measures which are indispensable if H the people are to control their state b government, for the public welfare. H Direct Primary. H Under the 'prevailing convention B system, platforms arc written bj the H hand of invisible power, and nomina- H tions are dictated by sinister infill- H ences and result from trades mndo H v.-'ihout reference to the public inter- H est. Both old parties arc controlled H by a bi-partisan combine, and no mat- H ter which one wins, the people lose. H Tho people must have the real as H well as the ostensible power of nomi- M nation by the passage of a direct pri- H mary M It is to the public interest that cam- H palgn expenditures be restricted and H that all citizens, regaradless of their H means, present their qualifications to H the electorate. The direct primary H law should accordingly provide: H 1. That, the state pay the expense B ' of printing and distributing the can- H didate's platform. H 2. For the restriction of candidates' H expenses ro traveling, hotel, adiertls- H in?, printing, postage and other nec- H essary expenditures with a limitation H in -nmount to a percentage of ftc ean- H didate's first year's salary, if elected. H Presidential Preference Primary Law. H We favor the 'enactment by the next H legislature of a presidential" preference, H primary1. ar. H Lcgisltlvo Reference Bureau and H Public Draftsman. H Sufficient means of information are H not available to the legislator. There H arc six thousand volumes of judicial H precedents to confront him, to day H nothing of the great mass of social H and economic literature. He has no H accees to the history of legislation, or H the experience of sister states and H foreign- countries. H As a consequence, more and more, j we find our statutes 11 considered, H loosely drawn, incoherent and self- H contradictory much to the public in- H convenience. H This condition should be remedied H by providing for a legislative refer- jence bureau and a skilled and impartial impar-tial draftsman. Legislative Procedure and Corrupt, Practices. The honest legislator, on coming to the capital, finds himself surrounded by lobbyists and encounters a chaotic legislative practice, which makes It difficult for him to remain true to his oath of office and easy to become corrupt. cor-rupt. To meet this situation we pledge: 1. Full publicity in committee hearings. hear-ings. 2. That committee hearings be established- bj general rule scheduled In advance, and a weekly cumulative bulletin bul-letin bp.j3S.ued, showing the exact status of each bill and Its hl3lory ip i jto the time of publication. 3. That committees be compelled lo report each and every bill referred to them within a reasonable time, with a recommendation. J To prevent stealing, changing or mutilating bills. ihst bills be Introduced Intro-duced In duplicate 5. That no person shall appear before be-fore the legislature or auv committee 'hereof, except in' public hearings af-tfcr af-tfcr registering his name, tho name of his principal,' if any, and the purpose ot his errand fl. That It shall be a misdemeanor for the agent of any corporation or anv lobbjlst to attempt, except by public .a'rsimwit at a regular hearing to Influence the conduct of the legislature legis-lature or of auj nf Its members or committees; and that the giving of free transportation,) telephone, telegraph, tele-graph, ev,iess or other services to any public officer and all others except ex-cept ministers and persons engaged exclusively in. charitable work and those exempted by copgress, shall be prohlblrod. with apnroprlate penalties. Initiative, Referendum and Recall. That the peop!e may, with the least posible delay, secure laws that they desire, and defeat lav. s that they do not desire, we favor the Initiative and referendum. All public officers should be subject to recall, under proper safeguards. Civil Service Lav. I AH state appointhe officers should J be selected on the basis of merit tin- i der a proper chll service law. i Pclitlcsl Activity of Public Officers. It should be a misdemeanor to so-lielc so-lielc or receive campaign contributions contribu-tions from state or federal officers oi employes, and all appointive officers who disDlaj activity In partisan politics poli-tics should be prompt? removed. Reapportionment. We favor the dMslon of the stat" into congressional, state senatorial and state representative districts, 30 that a voter can vote for candidates j from his own vicinity and not have candidates forced upon him by out-' piders. j Public Service Commlcslcn. ! Railroad, light, power, telegraph ?nd telephone companies exercise public functions which in many other countries arc cxercjsed by. the govern gov-ern menCs themselves-. When these i functions "are delegated, the public I service corporation which is an agent of the state, is subject to the state's control and must be required lo give j adequate service and facilities at reasonable rea-sonable rates without discrimination. The courts dq not possess the neces-1 sary machine'r'y to give rGHef, Reasonable rates can only be determined de-termined after and with reference, to the physical valuation of the corporate properties The courts can onlv enjoin an unreasonable un-reasonable rate, but they cannot substitute sub-stitute a reasonable one for the condemned con-demned rate. I It requires active vigilance to secure! proper service and facilities. t The state needs a public service! commission to stand between the ' humble citizen and small municipality municipal-ity on the one hand and the public corporation on the other, fn order that exact justice mry bo done all parties I coucerned. The expense of this commission should be borne by the public service corporations exclusively without an Increase In general taxation. Workmen's Compensation Act. Our law regarding employers' liabilities liabil-ities for Injury to workmen is archaic and unjust, and the resulting conditions condi-tions have long been Insufferable. The rules of law referred to grew up before be-fore the age of macnincry, and at a time when laborers tolled with their hands or manual tools and when there , weto no necessary hazards of employment: employ-ment: these rules are absolutely un-sulted un-sulted to modern times and conditions. condi-tions. Under this system the total risk of the hazards of dancerous Industries falls with crushing weight uion the maimed workman or his widow and orphans the persons least ablo to bear tbe burden. While many of these Injuries are preventable, and every means should be used to reduce them to an irreducible irreduci-ble minimum, still jihose remaining are the price of our Industrial greatness, and that price, so far as payable in money, must be paid by the whole community. The employer must be made liable on a fixed scale, regardless of the J common-law doctrines of negligence, I contributory negligence, fellow servant ser-vant and a'ssumpd risk. That the foil benefits of the workmen's work-men's compensation law, when passed, may go to the Injured man and his family with all posible speed, and without, dividing up with attorneys,) runners' and others, the administration administra-tion of this !aw should be taken out of the courts and placed with an administration ad-ministration board. No state in the w'o9t needs such a law more than the state of Utah. Yeti the Republican slate platform urges" I the pas3atc of a federal workman's! compensation law, but It is silent re-j gardlng the needs of our own 3tate. i Social and Industrial Justice. I occupational diseases, overwork, in- I voluntary effects incident to modern Industry. I 1. Effective p?lsiatlon look'ng to tho prevention of industrial accidents, I The supreme duty of the slate is the conservation of human resources, through enlightened measures, of social so-cial and industrial justice. We pleJge ourselves lo work unceasingly for: 2. The fixing of minimum safety j and health standards tor the various ! occupations. I P.. The prohibition of child iabor. ' 4. Minimum -wage standards for working women, to provide a living j scale in all Industrial- occupations. I 5. One day's rest in seven for all wage parners. i n. The eight-hour day on continu- I ous lwnity-four-"hoiu' ind-olvles. ' 7. The application nf prisoners' j earnings to the support of their dependent' de-pendent' famlllos and of the dependent j families of their victims. Z. Publicity as to wages, hours and eondilirns of labor: full report'-!: upon industrial acidents an I diseases, dis-eases, and the opening to public In- spection of all tallies, weights, measures meas-ures and check systems on. labor prod-1 rets. t I Wq favor' a state commission to investigate in-vestigate (he operation of the sys-1 terns of medical Insurance, od age pensions, maternity beneiits and other ( similar systems now in operation In foreign countries i We pledge ourselves to the strict I enforcement of the safety appliance! laws and to amend "thOBc laws wherever wher-ever necossary Taxatlon. The first rule of public finance Is : that toxatipn should f&"i "Pn those ) best able to bear its burden. This rule is inverted in. the system of taxation tax-ation which prevails in our stato and country. To correct the present inequalities, we favor tho progressive income tax and progressive inheritance- tax and i other similar measures. 1 We favor the abolition of the poll j tax by which the humble toiler pays I the same amountas the man of great 1 wealth I Assessors should bo required to assess as-sess property at Its actual value, with proper penalties for failure to do so. High Coat of Living. Immediate and searching inquiry should be Instituted in our state as to the high cost of lining, and measures meas-ures of relief should be passed. We pledge ourselves to the above, and particularly to investigate the conditions which keep up the price of coal In this state of inexhaustible deposits, de-posits, and to pass measures required to give relief. Mining. ' The mining industry is one of the most Important Industries of the state mining bureau to collect and i distribute reliable data pertinent to (he development and extension of the 1 mining industry, and that will pre- vont the promotion of companies or- i ganized for the benefit of the pro-' moters only, commonly known as "wildcat schemes." We favor the revision of tho mining min-ing laws. Country Life. 1 The development of our agricultural resources to their fullest extent will conduce to the proaperity of the people peo-ple of all classes throughout the 9tate, and such development should be fostered In every way. We pledge ourselves to maintain the Agricultural college at the highest high-est standard of efficiency, to promote the broadest diffusion of the best agricultural teachings; to establish state experiment farms in different sections, and to use our best endeavors endeav-ors to make country life more attractive, at-tractive, so that youth In our rural districts will remain on the ' farms In rural communities, agricultural oubjects should be a compulsory part of the high school curriculum. Good Roads. j We' agree to submit plans and in- vite the co-operation of all citizens for the establishment and mainte nance of good roads throughout the I state. I Indian War Veterans. We erpress our gratitude to the veterans of our Indian wars, and we I believe that they are entitled to pen-I pen-I eions. I Conservation. Our position on the conservation of .natural resources, a question of such vital importance to this state, cannot be stated hotter than in the words of lour national platform, which we specifically spe-cifically adopt .N'o discrimination should bo made between small farmers and large ranch owners In the use of the forest eservo and public domains Rcpub-.ican State Administration. We submit the record of the present pres-ent Republican state administration , to the candid .judgment of our pco- pie. i After pledging himself to the rati- j f'cation of the constitution income tax amendment, the present governor uspd ail the power and influence 'n his ', high office to ooprre the legislature I irto rejecting the much-needed meas- i ure. - I The present administration has dls. regarded the mandate of our state j conslitution requiring railroad rate regulation and the initiative and ref- , orendum and ether importnnt lcgisla- , tion i Republican officials hae placed over a million dollars of state fund" in, favored banks, in which they are officers anil directors, without a dol- t lar of interest to the people In these tilings, and In many oth ers, the state Republican party has shown Itself Incompotont, if not worse. We pledge ourselves to remedy rem-edy the foregoing evils. The Courts. AVe pledge ourselves to simplify legal procedure and reform Judicial methods in the state of Utah. Tho Constitution and the Courts. There is no good reason In logic or experience why the courts should have tho ultimate authority to determine de-termine the constitutionality of ata-I ata-I tutes, passed under the "polico pow-, pow-, er" by competent authorities. j Tn no other country In the world do i they have this power and the fram- ers of the constitution did not intend I to confer such an enormous, unrestrained unre-strained and despotic power upon the I American courts. The legislative and cxecutlvo . branches of the government are sworn to observe the constitution equally with tho courts. When the ! legislative and executive branches of ' the government declare upon their joath that a statute is constitutional. j as they do by passing and signing It. respectively, and the bidlciary ex-I ex-I presses itself to a different effect I by declaring tho act unconstitutional, I tho difference of opinion of these co-' co-' ordinate branches of the government . must he settled bv the people who I made tho constitution. In every other free country, if the I people desire workmen's compensa-, compensa-, tion laws, restriction of the hours of , labor In unhealthv industries, or other oth-er changes for the general welfare. It is theii'3 to say whether they shall have such changes. The people of this state are not Inferior In-ferior In Intelligence and integrity to the people of foreign countries, and we solemnly declare that our people must have restored to themselves the power to enact social legislation with, out being held in tutelage by any man. or set of men. whether or not they wear the judicial garment. . Conclusion. The foregoing is not only a declaration declara-tion of principles, bul is a covenant with the people of thl3 state, and a program of legislathe and executive ! action, to the carrying out of which we pledge our Bacred honor |