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Show ' : oo OUR POLICY AS TO PROGRESSIVISM. A 'few of our Progressive friends, who have never been quite reconciled to tho ways of tho old party, aro inquiring in-quiring as to the Standard's position on those progressive doctrines which were vigorously advocated In the campaign cam-paign of 1912, and a number of them have been asking as to whether we have changed our views. The Standard, in once more advocating advo-cating the cause of Republicanism, has not felt that It is yielding any principle for which It fought in the last campaign, but rather that It is enlisting a greater- force to help put those ideas Into effect, Our faith In the Republican party par-ty is based principally on the knowledge knowl-edge of the fact that an overwhelming overwhelm-ing percentage oj, tho 4,119,000 Republicans Re-publicans who voted for Roosevelt in 1912, today are shaping the policies and 'destiny of the Republican organization. organi-zation. , No, the Standard has not forsaken any of the fundamentals of the reform forces of the United. Statesfbut Is as earnestly devoted to progressive doctrines doc-trines as ever. The Standard has mapped out a aeries of articles on the reform issues ot the day, which should prove interesting inter-esting to our Progressives. One of the subjects to be treated on la popular government in California, as epitomized in the following nine propositions to he submitted to the voters at the next state election: "To lengthen, the terms of superior judges from bIx to twelve years. "To eliminate 'short term judges by making the appointees hold ovor until the end of the unexpired term "To permit the state to loan 'its credit to prlvata persons and corpora- ' tions, a Tural credit measure. "Tj aaleguard the initiative and provide that no bond Ibbuo may bo initiated unless it Is carried by a two-thirds vote. "To make it posslblo for a -city which wishes to open a park to pur-chaso pur-chaso tho adjoining land nnd sell at tho advanced price causel by the Improvement, Im-provement, "To remove constitutional restriction restric-tion from tho legislature m tho matter mat-ter of adopting a ndw taxation system. sys-tem. "Relating to the exemption of churches from taxation, permitting exemption In case an admission is charged for entertainment. "Relating to charteis of counties. "To make a legislative investigation investiga-tion of question of free text-books for high schools." |