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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1910
Page
2
The Bernalillo county Republicans adopt a platform endorsing state level initiative and referendum with safeguards to limit direct legislation. They condemn the Oregon plan and recall, praising Taft and others while arguing reform is needed to curb populist measures and preserve constitutional government.
The piece accuses Republican bosses of backing direct legislation in rhetoric while designing an impractical, graft-friendly system in the constitution. It claims they aim to win a constitutional convention majority, condemn Oregon form, and fool voters with initiative and referendum while preserving power. It urges voters to resist being deceived.
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports some Republicans support the initiative and referendum only if a petition gains 51 percent of territory voters. The move appears weak and controversial as many Republican papers still oppose the measures for popular government. The shift in tone over the last week prompts questions about strategic political recalibration ahead of a looming crisis.
The Santa Fe New Mexican notes that Colorado spends 17 000 dollars in a special legislative session with no new laws enacted, while New Mexico under Republican rule spends more on clerks and attendants in a single session, reflecting partisan contrasts in state governance.
Forty eight Kansas counties representing 430 274 people did not send a single prisoner to the state penitentiary during the past year. The piece notes Kansas as a dry state with the lowest illiteracy rate and highest per capita banking deposits in the United States.
Biographic notice profiles John I Hinkle of Hagerman born July 18 1871 in Franklin County Missouri son of Miles P and Sarah Ann Hinkle. A lifelong Democrat educated at Missouri University law school he practiced in Roswell Clinton and Hagerman later leading the First National Bank at Hagerman with a 1900 marriage to Alice Kerr and a son.
An election of qualified voters in Chaves County New Mexico is called for September 6, 1910. Voters will choose four delegates for Chaves County at precincts across the county.
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The platform advocates ten year protection of public school lands from sale to speculators, a uniform primary for elective officers, tax and debt limits, a State Corporation Commission, a robust initiative and referendum system, a recall provision, a Corrupt Practice Act, state banks with insured deposits, state-wide prohibition by ordinance, easy constitutional amendments, no multi subject acts, State Insurance Commissioner, elective judiciary, limited injunctive powers, and an eight hour workday cap for state, county, and municipal projects.
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