Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1907 — DEMOCRATIC PLEDGES AND MEASURES. [ARTICLE]

DEMOCRATIC PLEDGES AND MEASURES.

That the Democratic members of the legislature mean to do all they can to carry out the pledges contained in the state platform is shown by the bills already introduced by them. Whether they can force the passage of these measures against the adverse Republican majority in both house and senate is a question. But at any rate they intend to try. Besides, the Democratic members will introduce and stand for several measures which, while not specifically mentioned in the platform, fall clearly within its spirit. The platform covered, among other things, the following subjects: 1. Legislation against trusts. 2. Two-cent railroad fares. 3. Depositories for public funds, with all interest going to the people. 4. Restriction of the powers of all public service corporations. 5. A law to "insure fair nomination', clean campaignsand honest elections." 6. Withdrawal of the right to do business in this state from insurance companies which have contributed policy holders money to the campaign fund of the Republican party, until a good faith effort has been made to recover the money so diverted. 7. A law to prevent the giving or acceptance of railroad passes to or by public offiicals. 8. The repeal of the present ditch law and the enactment of a just measure. q. Amendment of cities and towns law. to. Regulation of private banks. 11. Favoring local self government. The following partial list of already introduced by Democratic senators and representatives shows that the above platform declarations have not been lost sight of: H. B. 9. Brolley. For two-cent passenger fare on steam roads. Railroads. H. B. 10. Sicks. For congressional district auditing commission to audit books and records of county officers. County and township business. H. B. 11. Freuchtenicht. To create office of inspector of railway equipment. Railroads. H. B. 12. Parker. Prohibiting 'street railway companies from operating cars to winter without vestibules, Railroads. H. B. 37. McDonald. To repeal the present ditch laws. Ditches and drain?. H. B. 26. McEvoy. Providing county aid for farmers’ institutes. County and township business. H. B. 29 McKinney. To repeal act creating board of veterinary examiners. Medicine. H. B. 39. Green. To increase the mortgage exemption from S7OO to f 1,40 a Ways and means.

H. B. 87. Downey. Primary election bill. Election*. H. B. 61. Thornton. Forbidding use or acceptance of passes by public officials. Criminal code. H. B. 59. Wells. Requiring insurance companies to refund campaign contributions on penalty of forfeiting right to do business in the state. Insurance. H. B. 51. Joyce. For two cent fares Railroads. H. B. 53. Brown. Anti-trust bill. Corporations. H. B. 54. Brown. Limiting school book revisions to fifteen years, except a.s to geographies and histories, which shall be each ten years. Education. H. B. 71. Honan. Providing for full train crews on freights and passengers Judiciary. H, B. 79. McCullough. Transferring power of appointing police commission ers from the governor to mayors. Cities and towns. H. B. 95. Joyce. To prohibit diversion of insurance company funds for political purposes. Elections. H. B. 99. Hay. Requiring public officials holding funds to furnish surety company bonds. County and township business. - H. B. 101. Brown. Prohibiting corporations from contributing to campaign funds. Elections. H. B. 129. Strickland. Two-cent fare bill with baggage provision./ Railroads. H. B. 130. Sweeney/ To repeal “salary grab act.” County'and township. H. B. 169. Behymer. Prohibiting charge for rental of meters by gas, water and electric light companies. Rights ano privileges. S. B. 3. Benz. Providing for primary elections in city and county. Elections. S. B. 24. Kistler. Prohibiting political contributions by any corporation and making the violation a misdemeanor with fine from SSOO to $5,000. Elections. S. B. 36. Slack. Requiring campaign committees to make public contributions to the campaign fund. Election. S. B. 37. Slack. Prohibiting any insurance company that gives campaign contributions from doing business in this state. Insurance. S. B. 50. Slack. Providing for an inheritance tax. Judiciary A. S. B. 61. Kistler. Making the statute of limitation effective against a tax lien after ten years. Judiciary B, S. B. 75. Slack. Anti-lobby bill. Judiciary A. S. B, 76. Stotsenberg. Providing that at the next general election in November, 1908, the question of a new constitutional convention be submitted to the voters. Constitutional revision. S. B. 77. Stotsenberg, Allowing a man to bunt on his own farm without a license. Criminal code. S. B. 127. Kistler. Providing penalties where a foreign corporation fails to comply with the foreign corporation law of the state. Corporations. 8. B. 158 Moss. Providing for uniform high school text-books. Same as house bill. Education. S. B. 160. Ranke. Providing for a readjustment of method of taxing interurbans so that local street car lines will pay their full share. Railroads.