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Show PLATFORM ADOPTED BY THE UTAH PROGRESSIVES H Tho platform adopted by tho Pro- H ffresslvo party convention held yes- Hl terday In Ogden Is as follows: H Political parties are justified only H I when they promote tho public wel- Hj fare. The two old parties long ago H abandoned this as their rulo of con- H 1 1 duct The Progressive party has been H formed, because It Is morally, polltl- Hl cally and economically necessary that Hj there bo a party consecrated to pub- H Ho service. Hj We rocommend to the people of our Hl state the national platform of our Hj party, as a great chartor of American H democracy, political and industrial H alike, and we pledge ourselves to en- H act appropriate state legislation to H give offect to its provisions. H We regard it a proud distinction to H follow our intrepid national leaders, Hj Theodore Roosevelt and Hiram W. bHHHHHH Johnson. j Paramount I' For years past, in both state and I nation, our governments have been controlled and our politics dominated H by tho unholy alliance between big H business and crooked bosses. H The paramount Issue in this cam- H palgn Is the control of our govcrn- H i ment and political life by the people H ij themselves, to the end that they may H have political and industrial democ- H In order that the government may H be restored to tho people, the passage H of specific legislation is Imperative. H Criir national platform outlines a H comprohenslvo plan of national re- H t form, which we deem it unnecessary H to amplify. We submit, In addition, H measures which are Indispensable if H the people are to control their state H government, for the public welfare. Hl Direct Primary. H Under the prevailing convention H system, platforms are written by tho H hand of Invisible, power, and nomina- H tions are dictated by sinister Influ- H enoes and result from trades made H without reference to the public inter- H j eat. Both old parties are controlled H by a bi-partisan combine, and no mat- H j ter which one wins, the people lose. H The peoplo must have the real as H well as the ostensible power of nomi- H nation by the passage of a direct pri- H mary law. H ' It is to tho public Interest that cam- Hl ' paign expenditures be restricted and H ' that all citizens, regaradlcss of their H j means, present their qualifications to H i the electorate. Tho direct primary H law should accordingly provide: H 1. That the state pay tho expense 1 of printing and distributing the can- H didate's platform. Hl 2. For the restriction of candidates' J expanses to traveling, hotel, advertls- 1 lng. printing, postage and other nec- j essary expenditures with a limitation j in amount to a percentage of the can- H didate's first year's salary, if efected. H Presidential Preference Primary Law. H Wo favor the enactment by the next M leglblaturc of a presidential preference B primary B Leglslatle Reference Bureau" and H Public Draftsman. H Sufficient moans of information are M not availablo to the legislator. There M arc six thousand volumes of judicial H precedents to confront him, to say i nothing of the great mass of social H and economic literature. He has no H access to the history of legislation, or H the experience of sister states and B foreign countries. H As a consequence, more and more, H wo find our statutes 111 considered, H loosely drawn, incoherent and self- B contradictory much to the public in- H , convenience. Hf Tnlc condition should be remedied Hj y providing for a legislative refer- Wtjj ence bureau and a skilled and impar- H tlal draftsman. H Legislative Procedure and Corrupt, H ' Practices. j i.The honest legislator, on coming to ' thQ capital, finds himself surrounded Hj'v " lobbyists and encounters a chaotic mmm legislative practice, which makes It fj difficult for him to remain true to his Ioath 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 es-tablished by general rulo scheduled In advance, and a weekly cumulative bulletin bul-letin bo Issued, showing the exact status of each bill aud its historv up to the time of publication. 3. That committees be compelled to report each and every bill referred to them wiihin a reasonable time Swlth a recommendation. 4:m? Prvent stealing, changing or ,. mutilating bills, that bills be intro- auced In, duplicate. " M .Th11,1 no Person shall appear be - m fore the legislature or any committee l If thereof, except In public hearings af- t Ft registering his name, the name of H. f ns principal It any, and the purpose Urn fi of his errand. r f tJ-.. Tbat lt sna" oe a misdemeanor ' nl i6 kV1,01 any corporation or P Si,,IobbylBt lo attempt, except bv '' r. Public argument at a regular hearing : to Influence the conduct of the lecls- H k ?T-?r oC an-v ot ita members or H fr committees; and that the giving of rree transportation, telephone, tele- u. W aa PuWlc officer and all otfiertuex- , i cep ralnstcrsand persona engaged' I t1fnCiUBlVcly ln charitable work and H r nr?hfXeimpt,C;i1 hy conGress. shall bo t SmSlS' 'p V appJ0PrJate Penalties. I f Th,i th' Refe,rondum anl Re""' f TIat tho PC0Ple may, with the least ( . L D08!ble delay, secure laws that Th-v I tnV?' and deeat IaWR tuat they do H ' rreSu'm. faVr th ln,Ua"V0 anU f , AH public officers should be subject Mi- t0 r.ca11' uader Proper safeguards. (7 ... clvll Service Law. I j I A" state appointive officers should ' I c selected on the basis of merit un-,t un-,t der a proper civil service law if u. 8h0U,d be a misdemeanor to so- flit tSL ?reCf1Iro caranalBn contrib'u- mWW, lmni from state or fcderal offfcere or mrm- SS ffs and .? n, pi've omce?I tjfil ' tlC8 8bou,d promptly removed. Fflfi , . ReaPPortlonment. m JnfYe,in the d,hIs,on of the state R j 2 congressional, state senatorial II Wf fu x 8tatc representative districts, so Iff M l au.TOter can voto for candidates Ml II frmMhl8 Tn vlcnlty and not have VM candidates forced upon him by oiit-m oiit-m l!R Biders. J u .Public Service Commission. I kJjii 5all1ro,ad'L 1,gbt' Power, telegraph flf flnd , telephone companies exercise HJ4 i public functions which in many othor countries arc exercised by tho governments gov-ernments themselves. When these functions aro delegated, the public service corporation, which is an agent of tho state, Is subject to the stato's control and must be required to give adequate service and facilities at reasonable rea-sonable rates, without discrimination. Tho courts do not possess the necessary neces-sary machinory to give relief. 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. It requires active vigilance to securo proper service and facilities. 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 tho other, ln order that exact justice may be done all parties concerned, The expenso of this commission should be borne by the public servico corporations exclusively without an Increase in general taxation. Workmen's Compensation Act. Our law regarding employers' liabilities liabil-ities for injury to workmen is archnlc and unjust, and the resulting conditions condi-tions have long been Insufforable The rules of law referred to grow up before be-fore the ago of machinery, and at a time when laborers tolled with their hands or manual tools and when there were no necessary hazards ot employment; employ-ment; these rules aro absolutely un-BUited un-BUited to modern times and condition?!, condi-tion?!, i Under this system the total risk of the hazards of dangerous industrlen falls with crushing wolght upon the maimed workman or his widow and 'orphans tho persons least able to bear the burden. While many of these Injuries are preventable, and every means should be used to reduce them to an Irreducible Irreduci-ble minimum, still those remaining are tho price of our industrial greatness, and that price, so far as payable In money, must be paid by the whole community The employer must bo made liable on a fixed, scale, regardless of the common-law doctrines of negligence, contributory negligence, fellow servant ser-vant and assumed risk. j That the full benefits of the workmen's work-men's compensation law, when passed, ma' go to the injured man and his family with all poslble speed, and without dividing up with attorneys, runners and others, the administration administra-tion of this law should be taken out of the courts and placed with an administration ad-ministration board. No state in the west needs such a law moro than tho state of Utah Yet the Republican state platform "urges" the passage of a federal workman's compensation law, but lt Is silent regarding re-garding the needs of our own state Social and Industrial Justice. Tho supremo duty of tho stato is tho conservation of human resources, ' through enlightened measures, of social so-cial and Industrial Justice. We pledgo ourselves to work unceasingly for: ' 1. Effective legislation looking to ' the prevention of Industrial accidents, occupational diseases, overwork, In-1 voluntary effects Incident to modern i inrliiRtrv. 2. The fixing of minimum safety and health standards for the various occupations. 3. The prohibition of child labor. 4. Minimum wage standards for working women, to provide a living scale ln all industrial occupations. 5. One day's rest in seven for all wage earners. G. The eight-hour day on continuous continu-ous twenty-four-hour Industries. 7. Tho application of prisoners' earnings to the support of their dependent de-pendent families and of the dependent families of their victims. S. Publicity as to wages, hours and conditions of labor; full reports upon Industrial accidents aud diseases, dis-eases, and the opening to public inspection in-spection of all tallies, weights, measures meas-ures and check systems on labor products. prod-ucts. Wo favor a state commission to investigate in-vestigate the operation of tho systems sys-tems of medical insurance, old age pensions, maternity benefits and other similar systems now ln operation in foreign countries. We pledge ourselves to tho strict enforcement of the safety appliance laws and to amend those "laws wher-eer wher-eer necessary. Taxation. Tho first rulo of public finance is that taxation should fall upon those best able to bear its burden. This rule is Inverted in the system of taxation tax-ation which prevails in our state and country. To correct the present inequalities, we favor the progressive Income tax and progressive inheritance tax and other similar measures We favor the abolition of the poll tax by which the humble toiler pays tho Bame amount as the man of great wealth. Assessors should be required to assess as-sess property at its actual value, with -proper penalties for failure to do so. "Hlgh Coat of Living. Immediate 'arrd.searching inquiry-should inquiry-should be Instituted "id- our state as to the high cost of living, and measures meas-ures of relief should be passed We pledge ourselves to the above, and particularly to investigate tho 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. I The mining Industry is one of the ' most Important Industries of tho i stato mining bureau to cdllect and distribute- reliable data pertinent to tho development and extension ot the mining Industry, and that will pre- I vent the promotion of companies organized or-ganized for the benefit of tho promoters pro-moters only, commonly known as wildcat schemes." We favor the revision of the mining min-ing laws. . , Country Life. The development of our agricultural resources to their fullest extent wil conduce to the prosperity of the peo- 2 Cia8'fcs throughout the state, and such development should bo fostered In every way Wo pledge ourselves to maintain the Agricultural college at the hgn-est hgn-est standard of efficiency, to promote tho broadest diffusion of the best agricultural teachings; to establish stato 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 subjects should be a compulsory' part of the high school curriculum. Good Roads. , We agree to submit plans and Invite In-vite tho co-operation of all citizens for the establishment and maintenance mainte-nance of good Toads throughout tho state. Indian War Veterans. We express our gratitude to the veterans of our Indian wars, and we believe that they aro entitled to pensions. pen-sions. Conservation. Our position on tho conservation of natural resources, a question of such vital Importance to this state, cannot bo stated better than in the words of our national platform, which wo specifically spe-cifically adopt No discrimination should be made between small farmers and large ranch owners in the use of the forest reserve and public domains. Republican State Administration. We submit the record of the pros-ent pros-ent Republican state administration to tho candid judgment of our people. peo-ple. After pledging himself to the ratification rati-fication of the constitution income tax amendment, the present governor used all the power and influence in his high office to coorce the legislature into rejecting the much-needed mea3- IITA IThe present administration has dis. regarded the mandate of our state constitution requiring railroad rale I regulation and the initiative and referendum ref-erendum and other important legislation legisla-tion Republican officials have placed over a million dollars of state funds In favored banks. In which they are officors and directors, without a dollar dol-lar of interest to the people. In these things, and Jn many others, oth-ers, the state Republican party has shown Itself incompetent, if not worse. We pledgo ourselves to remedy rem-edy tho foregoing evils The Courts. We pledge ourselves to simplify legal procedure and reform Judicial methods in the slate of Utah. The Constitution and the Courts. Thoro is no good reason In logic or experience why the courts should have tho ultimate authority to determine de-termine the constitutionality of statutes, sta-tutes, pnssed under the "police power" pow-er" by competent authorities In no other country In tho world do they have this power and tho fram-era fram-era of the constitution did not intend to confer such an enormous, unrestrained unre-strained and despotic power upon the American courts. Tho legislative and executive branches of tho government are sworn to obsorve tho constitution equally with the courts. When the legislative and executlvo branches of i the government declare upon their ' oath that a statute is constitutional, as they do by passing and signing it, respectively, and the judiciary expresses ex-presses itself to a different effect by declaring the act unconstitiiHnnnl the difference of opinion of these co-1 co-1 ordinate branches of the government must be settled by the people who made the constitution. In every other free country, if tho people desire workmen's compensation compensa-tion laws, restriction of the hours of labor in unhealthy industries, or other oth-er changes for the general welfare it is theirs to say whether they shall havo such changes. Tho peoplo 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 havo 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 tho judicial garment Conclusion. The foregoing is not only a declaration declara-tion ot principles, but Is a covenant with the people of this state, and n program of legislative aud executive action, to the carrying out of which we pledge our sacred honor. |