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 1914 
 
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 Illinois Party Platforms 
 
 1914 
 
 OF THE 
 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 
 >B 0CT19U 
 
 WITH 
 
 SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF AVAILABLE 
 
 MATERIAL ON FILE IN THE LEGISLATIVE 
 
 REFERENCE BUREAU, RELATING TO 
 
 THE SUBJECTS ENUMERATED 
 
 THEREIN. 
 
 Legislative Reference Bureau 
 
 STATE OF ILLINOIS 
 
 FINLEY F. BELL, Secretary
 
 FOREWORD 
 
 The Legislative Reference Bureau was created by the Foi'ty- 
 eighth General Assembly for the purpose of furnishing the mem- 
 bers of the Legislature information on legislative topics and 
 has collected several thousand books and pamphlets dealing with 
 economic and sociological matters, Statutes of the various States, 
 State documents, Court Reports, reports and proceedings of con- 
 ferences of public bodies, associations, etc., magazine articles, 
 bibliographies, digests and newspaper clippings bearing on legis- 
 lation. The Bureau is non-political in its organization and methods 
 and its services are gratuitous. It suggests no legislation and 
 furthers no special interests, excepting the furnishing of data for 
 the General Assembly. This pamphlet is published for the 
 purpose of acquainting the several candidates and public as 
 well, with the information collated by this Bureau for their use. 
 The list of references is selected and does not include all the 
 material on hand, being only the most important and up to date 
 matter relating to Illinois issues.
 
 SELECT BIBLOGRAPHIES. 
 
 AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION. 
 
 Buttrick, Wallace, and others. Farm demonstration work. 
 
 1913. 
 ilifornia. Board of Agriculture. Agricultural experiment 
 
 stations in the United States, (in its Report for 1912 
 
 p. 320.) 
 Galloway, B. T. Relation of the United States department of 
 
 agricultural colleges and experiment stations. 1913. 
 U. S. Department of Agriculture. Experiment station records. 
 
 Monthly. 
 
 Reports. 
 
 Kentucky L911-1913 
 
 Nevada 1912 
 
 New Hampshire L910-1911 
 
 New Jersey 1912 
 
 Purdue University 1 c J 1 3 
 
 BANKS AND BANKING. 
 
 Manner. Yernice Earle. Protecting the bank depositor. Re- 
 view of Reviews, Feb. 191 I. 
 
 Dowrie. George William. The development of banking in 
 Illinois 1817-1863- 1913. 
 
 Illinois. Auditor. Statements showing the condition of Illinois 
 State banks. 1913. 
 
 Investment Bankers' Association of America. Proceedings of 
 First Annual Convention. 1912. 
 
 Laughlin. James Lawrence. State banks and trust companies. 
 (in his Banking Reform, p. 269). 
 
 Williams, John Skelton. Democracy in banking. 1914. 
 
 Repok i s 
 
 Maine 1 912 
 
 Massachusetts 1912 
 
 \ I iehigan 1912 
 
 Minnesota 1911 
 
 Montana L912 
 
 Nevada 1910-1912 
 
 ' New Jersev 1912 
 
 New York' 1912 
 
 Ohio 1912 
 
 West Virginia 1911-1912 
 
 Wisconsin 1912
 
 6 LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU 
 
 BANKS AND BANKING -Concluded. 
 
 Laws (in pamphlet form.) 
 
 Idaho ;:n;! 
 
 Illinois 11)13 
 
 [owa ". . . 1913 
 
 Kansas 1913 
 
 Maine - 1913 
 
 Maryland : ! 912 
 
 Pennsylvania !!>o;. mioh. mil 
 
 West Virginia 1913 
 
 BLUE SKY LAWS. 
 
 Dolley, J. N. The Kansas Blue Sky law with a re-draft con- 
 taining such amendments as recommended after two years 
 administration. 1913. 
 
 Investment Bankers' Association of America. The I Hue Sky 
 law. Michigan. Opinion of judges of the Supreme Court. 
 1914. 
 
 Knnual report of counsel on I Hue sky laws 
 
 1913. 
 
 Lvtle, H. M. Promoting "wild cat" stocks. The Voter, Feb. 
 1913. 
 
 New York. Committee on Speculation in Securities and Com- 
 modities. Report. 1909. 
 
 New York Stock Exchange. Brief and reply brief submitted 
 on behalf of the New York Stock Exchange to the Senate 
 Committee on Banking and Currency. 1914. 
 
 Texas. State Department. The Blue sky law. 191-1. 
 
 Utermeyer, Samuel. Argument before Senate Committee on 
 Banking and Currency in support of S. B. 3895, to regulate 
 the use of mails, telegraph and telephone by stock ex- 
 changes. 1914. 
 
 CIVIL SERVICE. 
 
 Bryce, James. Civil service, (in his American commonwealth, 
 v. 2. p. 136.) 
 
 Catherwood, Robert. Draft of a model civil service law em- 
 boding the essential principles of a practical merit system 
 of public employment. 1913. 
 
 Chicago. Civil service commission. Civil service text book. 
 1911-1912, 1912. 
 
 Childs, Mary Louise. The merit system in Illinois, (in her 
 Actual government in Illinois, p. 175.) 
 
 Illinois. Civil Service Commission. Rules and classification. 
 1914. 
 
 Illinois. Civil Service Commission. Rules in effect Ian. 24, 
 1913. 1913. 
 
 Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs. Report oi the civil 
 service department, (in Year Book 1913-191 1. p. 30. I 
 
 National Assembly of Civil Service Commissions. Discussion 
 of a model civil service law. (in Proceedings of 6th meet- 
 ing. 1913. p. 128.)
 
 LEGISLATIVE aEFERENCE BUREAU 7 
 
 CIVIL SERVICE— c onduded. 
 
 National Assembly of Civil Service Commissioners. Proceed- 
 ings 6th meeting. 1913. 
 
 New York. Civil Service Commission. Manual of examina- 
 tions, 1911. 
 
 New York Civil Service Reform Association. Women's Auxili- 
 ary. Extent of the merit system in cities and states of 
 the United States. (in its Bibliography of civil service 
 reform and related subjects. 1913. p. 68. > 
 
 Xew York City. Municipal Service Commission. Rules and 
 classification as prescribed and established, Dec. 1903, with 
 amendments to July 1909. 1909. 
 
 Repob rs. 
 
 Chicago 1912 
 
 Illinois L910 L911 
 
 Los Angeles L912 
 
 Massachusetts L911 
 
 New lersev L913 
 
 Xeu York 1914 
 
 Wisconsin L912 
 
 CONSTITUTIONS. 
 
 Askin, Thomas. Parallel references. The Constitution of South 
 Dakota. Constitutional debates with digest of Supreme 
 Court reports. 1910. 
 
 Bryce, lames. Constitutional conventions. (In his American 
 Commonwealth. v. 1. p. 681.) 
 
 Child-, Mary Louise. Amendent to the Illinois Constitution, (in 
 her Actual government in Illinois, p. 198.) 
 
 Connecticut. [ournal of the Constitutional convention of Con- 
 necticut held at Hartford in 1818. 1901. 
 
 Dickerson, O. M. The Illinois Constitutional convention of 1862. 
 1905. 
 
 Dodd, Walter Fairleigh. Revision and amendment >>t state con- 
 stitutions. 1910. 
 
 I hum. Jacob Piatt- The proposed Constitution of Indiana. 1911. 
 
 Garner, James Wilford. Essentials of a written constitution, i in 
 his Introduction to political science. p. 3! 
 
 Garner, lames Wilford. The State Constitution, (in his Gov- 
 ernment in the United States, p. 57.1 
 
 Guthrie. William I). Constitutional morality. North American 
 Review. August, 1912. 
 
 Illinois. Legislative Reference Bureau. Digest of representa- 
 tion as shown in the various State constitutions. 191 I. 
 
 Michigan. Legislative Reference Department. Constitutional 
 compilations; provisions of the various State constitutions 
 compared with similar provisions in the Michigan constitution 
 of 1X50. 1907.
 
 8 LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU 
 
 O >XS'l I i UTIONS — Continued. 
 
 \mendent and revisions. 
 
 Boundaries, seat of government and departments. 
 
 Uribery and corruption. 
 
 Education and public school;-. 
 
 Elections. 
 
 Eminent domain. 
 
 Executive department. 
 
 Exemptions, (from Taxation.) 
 
 Finance and taxation. 
 
 Impeachment and removal from office. 
 
 Judicial department. 
 
 Labor interests. 
 
 Legislative department- 
 Liquor tratic; provisions for its regulation or suppression. 
 
 Military affairs. 
 
 Miscellaneous provisions and addenda. 
 
 Minimum wage (1913 J. 
 
 Municipal corporations; provisions relating to counties, 
 townships, cities and villages. 
 
 Preambles and Bills of Rights. 
 
 Provisions which have no corresponding sections in the 
 
 Michigan Constitution. 
 
 Public lands and forest protection. 
 
 Rights of Women. 
 
 State officers; Salaries; State Boards and institution-. 
 Michigan. Proceedings and debates of constitutional conventions. 
 
 1907. 2 v. 
 New Hampshire. Convention to revise the constitution. Journal- 
 
 1912. 
 New York. Constitutional convention. 1894. Revised record. 
 
 1900. 5 v. 
 Schroeder, Theodore. Methods of constitutional construction. 
 U. S. Library of Congress. Additional references on state con- 
 stitutions ; provisions, methods of amendment, etc. Bibli- 
 ography. Tpw. 
 
 State Constitutions. (/// pamphlet form.) 
 
 Alabama 1901 
 
 California 1912 
 
 Connecticut 1 <,() 1 
 
 Deleware 1913 
 
 Illinois 1914 
 
 Indiana 1913 
 
 Maine 1902 
 
 Massachusetts 1913 
 
 Michigan 1909 
 
 Minnes< >ta 1912 
 
 Missouri 1909 
 
 Nebraska 1913
 
 LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU 9 
 
 CONSTITUTK >.\S Concluded. 
 
 New York 1913 
 
 New fersey 1910 
 
 Nevada 1913 
 
 i Ihio L914 
 
 Pennsylvania 1909 
 
 ith Dakota 1910 
 
 Vermont 1913 
 
 \ irginia 1912 
 
 Washington 1911 
 
 Wisconsin 1911 
 
 COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS. 
 
 Carver, T. X. The rural organization service. 1913. 
 
 Ford, J. Coope ration in New England. 1913. 
 
 Illinois. Legislative reference bureau. Bibliograph) dealing 
 
 with cooperation in New England with extracts from the 
 
 laws. By James C. Holland. Tpw. 
 Massachusetts. Bank commissioners. Annual report on 
 
 cooperative banks. Pt. 2. 1913. 
 Russel Sage Foundation Library. Cooperative credit. A selected 
 bibliography. 1914. 
 
 L T . S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Digest of laws on coopera- 
 tive associations, (in its Labor laws of the U. S. 1914. 
 Pt. 1, p. 87. 
 
 U. S. Commission on Cooperative Credit. Agricultural cooper- 
 ation and rural credit in Europe. 1913. 
 
 DRAINAGE. 
 
 Indiana. Bureau of Legislative Information. Drainage and re- 
 clamation of swamp and overflowed lands. 1914. 
 
 Minnesota. Drainage Commission. Report of the Drainage 
 Commission on drainage work in Minnesota. 1913. 
 
 Illinois. Laws. 1906. 1913. 
 
 EFFICIENCY AND ECONOMY. 
 
 Brewer, Charles B. Economy and efficiency in the trowrnment. 
 
 North American Review. March, 1912. 
 Card, George F. Charting each stenographer's work System, 
 
 April, 1912. 
 Chicago Bureau of Public Efficiency. Reports. 1910-1914. 
 Civic League of Cleveland. Report of the investigation of the 
 
 recorder's office. Made in the interesl of efficiency and econ 
 
 omy. 1913. 
 
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 10 LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU 
 
 EFFICIENCY AND EO >N< MY— Concluded. 
 
 Coulsom, R. E. Are S300.000.000 worth saving? The oppor- 
 tunity and the work done by the Men. .my and Efficiency 
 mmission at Washington. System. April. 1913. 
 
 Illinois. Efficiency and Economy committee. Preliminary report. 
 1914. 
 
 Indiana. Legislative Visiting Committee. Report- 1913. 
 
 Massachusetts. Economy and Efficiency Commission. Annual 
 report. 1912-1! 
 
 Muiphy, Carrol D. The man for the job. System. May. 19 
 
 Redrield. William C. The habit of efficiency. System. May. 1913. 
 
 Remington Typewriter Co. The high cost of stenographic ser- 
 vice ami how to reduce it. 
 
 Talbot, Winthrop. Vistualizing the cost of supplies. System. 
 May. 1913. 
 
 U. S. House of Representatives. Me— age of the President of 
 the United States transmitting the reports of the Commis- 
 sion on Economy and Efficiency. 1913. 
 
 U. S. Economy and Efficiency Commission. Circular-. 1911-1914. 
 
 ELECTIONS. 
 
 Pennsvlvania. Commission to revise and codify the election laws. 
 Condensed memorandum of the election laws of the various 
 states, i Appendix to its third and final report. I 
 
 Laws. < In pamphlet form.) 
 
 California 'H 
 
 Dele ware 1913 
 
 Illinois 1908, 1912, 1913 
 
 Iowa 1908 
 
 Kansas 1913 
 
 Louisiana 1900 
 
 Maryland 1908 
 
 Massachusetts 1907. 1908, 1909, 1911 
 
 Minnesota I 
 
 Montana 1910 
 
 Nevada 1913 
 
 Xew Tersev I 
 
 Oregon . .' 1907, 1911 
 
 Pennsylvania 1903, 1913 
 
 Washington 1912 
 
 EMPL< >YMENT AGENCIES 
 
 American Labor Legislation Review. Employment bureaus. I in 
 
 it- Administration of Labor laws. p. 491.) 
 American Labor Legislation Review. Unemployment. (in its 
 
 Review of Labor Legislation. 1912. p. 491.)
 
 LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU 11 
 
 EMPLOYMENT VGEXCIES Concluded. 
 
 Flexner, Abraham. Employment agencies. i in his Prostitution 
 in Europe. p. 94-95.) 
 
 Illinois. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Weekly bulletin-. 
 
 Leisersi.n. William E. The theoiy of public employment offices 
 and the principles of their practical administration. Political 
 Science Quarterly. March 1914. 
 
 U. S. Bureau of Labor. Cumulative index <>f labor laws on em- 
 ployment agencies. < in it- Labor Legislation of 1912. p. 237.) 
 
 I". S. Bureau of Labor. Statistics of unemployments and the 
 work of employment offices. 1912. 
 
 Reports 
 
 Berkeley, Cal 19L1 
 
 ilorado ! 1°11 
 
 Illinois 1907-1914 
 
 Massachusetts 1912 
 
 Minnesota 1911 
 
 I »hio 1911 
 
 West Virginia 191 1 
 
 Laws ( in pamphlet form, i 
 
 Illinois 1913 
 
 New York 1913 
 
 FARM ERS' INSTITUTES. 
 
 Delaware. Board of Agriculture. The Farmers' institute in 
 
 Delaware. 1912. 
 Illinois. Farmers' Institutes. Bulletins. Annual reports- 1903. 
 
 1911. 1912. 
 Year Book of the Department of Household 
 
 Science. 1911. 1912. 1913. 
 Illinois. Legislative Reference Bureau. Comparison of the 
 
 status of Farmers' institutes in the various states of the 
 
 United States. 191 1. 
 
 H< >USING. • 
 
 \nnals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 
 Housing and town planning. 1914- 
 
 Aronvici, Carol. Housing conditions in New Britain. Conn. 1913 
 
 Housing condition in New I faven. 1913. 
 
 Atterbury, Grosvenor. Model towns in America. 1913. 
 
 Bacon, Albion Fellows. The awakening of a state. 1910. 
 
 Keer, G. Frank. How to get cheap houses. American City. Ian. 
 1914. 
 
 Bryce, James- The menace of great cities 1913. 
 
 Lraiger. Sherman M. The progress of good housing. Ameri- 
 can Review of Reviews, Now 191 I.
 
 12 LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU 
 
 HOUSING— Concluded. 
 
 Eugenics Record Office. The hovel type source of defectives. 1913. 
 
 Forbe-. Elmer S. Rural and suburban housing. 1913. 
 
 Great Britain. Local Government Board. Housing and town 
 planning. 1913. 
 
 Ihlder, John. The work of a housing committee. 1912. 
 
 Los Angeles. Housing Commission. Reports. 1906-13. 
 
 National Housing Association. Recent progress in housing. 1914. 
 
 New Jersey. Tenement House Supervision Board. Annual Re- 
 port. '1914. 
 
 Palmer, George Thomas. The survey and the smaller city. 1911. 
 
 Philadelphia. City Club Bulletin. May 13, 1912. 
 
 Philadelphia. Housing Commission. Annual report. 1912. 
 
 White, Alfred T. The effect of a housing law. 1913. 
 
 INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM. 
 
 California. State department. Sample ballot. 1914. 
 
 Eaton, Allen H. The Oregon system : The story of direct legis- 
 lation in Oregon. 1912. 
 
 Fairlie, John A. The Referendum and Initiative in Michigan. 
 Reprinted from the Annals. Sept. 1912. 
 
 Hartwell, E. M. The Vote on Boston's referenda for one hun- 
 dred years, (in Proceedings of the Cincinnati conference 
 for good city government, p. 334. i 
 
 Meyer, Herman H. B. Select list of references on Initiative, 
 referendum and recall. 1912. 
 
 National Economic league. The Initiative and referendum. 
 1912. 
 
 Oberholzer, Ellic Paxson. The referendum in America. I'M 1. 
 
 Oregon. State department. Proposed constitutional amend- 
 ments and measures with arguments respecting the same. 
 1914. 
 
 Progressive National Service. Legislative reference bureau. 
 Status of direct legislation in the United States. 1913. 
 
 Progressive National Service. Legislative reference bureau. The 
 .Massachusetts plan for the initiative and referedum. 
 
 Teal, Joseph N. The practical working of the initiative and 
 referendum in Oregon, (in Proceedings of the Cincinnati 
 conference for good city government. p. 309 
 
 Thomas, David Y. Direct legislation in Arkansas. Political 
 Science Quarterly. 1913. 
 
 U. S. Supreme Court. Initiative legislation unconstitutional. 
 The brief for the plaintiff in error in the case of the Pacific 
 States Telephone and Telegraph Co., v. State of Oregon, de- 
 cided at the October term, 1908. 
 
 Vrooman, Carl S. Initiative and referendum in Switzerland. 
 1913. 
 
 Bryce, James. State judges. (in his American common- 
 wealth, v. 1. p. 563.)
 
 LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREA! 13 
 
 J LI >GES— SELECTION. 
 
 Garner, James Wilford. Methods of choosing judges, (in his 
 Government in the United States, p. 113.) 
 
 Gigliotti, Cairoli. Courts and judges, (in his Problems of today, 
 p. 65.) 
 
 Hornblower, W. B- The Independence of the judiciary. 1912. 
 
 Kales, Albert M. Methods of selecting and returning judges in 
 a metropolitan district, (in Annals of the American Acad- 
 emy of Political and Social Science, v. 52. p. 1.) 
 
 Pearson, Paul Martin. Appointment v. election of judges, (in 
 • his Intercollegiate Debates, v. 1. p. 345.) 
 
 JUDICIARY -REF( >RM. 
 
 Alger, George \Y. Swift and cheap justice. World's Work. 
 Organizing the courts for business ( tat. 1913. 
 Helping our halting justice. Nov- 1913. 
 Giving judges the power to be just. Dec. 1913. 
 Sporting theory of justice. Jan. 1914. 
 American Bar Association. Reports of the special committee 
 to suggest remedies and formulate proposed laws to pre- 
 vent delay and unnecessary cost in litigation. 1912. 
 Annals of American Academy of Political and Social science. 
 
 Reform in administration of justice. 1914. 
 Burgess, Kenneth F. A survey of the ninth judicial district 
 
 of Wisconsin. 1914. 
 Gigliotti. Cairoli. Courts and judges, (in his Problems of to- 
 day, p. 65.) 
 Michigan. Legislative Reference Department. Constitutional 
 provisions of the other states compared with those of 
 Michigan. 1909. 
 National Economic League. Preliminary report on efficiency 
 in the administration of justice. 1913. 
 
 LABOR LAWS. 
 
 Dunne, Edward F. Uniformity of safety and sanitation laws 
 for places of employment, including administrative and 
 machinery. 1914. 
 
 Cooperation between states for uniform 
 
 industrial legislation. 1914. 
 
 LABOR QUESTION— WOMEN. 
 
 Abbott. E., and Breckinridge, S. Women in industry ; the 
 
 Chicago stock-vards. Tournal of Political Economy, v. 
 
 1'.' 1911. 
 Ames. Azel, Jr. Sex in industry. A plea for the working girl. 
 Balten, Samuel Jane. The industrial menance to the home. 
 Bosworth. Louise Marion. The living wage of women workers. 
 
 1911. 
 Cutler, Elizabeth Beardsley. Women and the trades. 1909. 
 
 (Russel Sage foundation publications.)
 
 14 LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE Bl'RKAr 
 
 LABOR QUESTION— W< MEN— Concluded. 
 
 Connecticut. Wage commission. 
 
 Report of the special commission to investigate the condi- 
 tion of wage earning women and minors in the state. 1913. 
 
 Illinois. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Alphabetical arrange- 
 ment of industries with working time and wages earned. 
 1902. 
 
 Illinois. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 
 
 Average number of wage earners by classes and industries 
 giving wages for each industry, i in Report. 1904.) 
 
 Illinois. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Weekly earnings of 
 working girls in factories, (in Report. 1906.) 
 
 Illinois. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Women employed in 
 department stores, (in Report. 1908. I 
 
 Illinois. Department of Factory Inspection. Some recent legis- 
 lation for the benefit of working women. (in Illinois 
 factor}- inspection bulletin, no. 10. Oct. 1913 
 
 Illinois. Legislative Reference Bureau. 
 Females in factories. Tpw. 
 
 Illinois. Legislative Reference Bureau. 
 
 List of references on wages of women in industry. 191 '. 
 
 MacLean. Annie Marion. Wage-earning women. 1910. 
 
 Massachusetts. Special committee to investigate the condi- 
 tions under which women and children labor. rt. 1 ; 14. 
 
 Montgomery, Louise. The American girl in the stockyards 
 district." 1918. 
 
 National Women's Trade Union League of 1 '11 
 
 Proceedings of the third biennial convention. 
 
 The Protection of Women. Outlook March, 19 
 
 Robert. Jeanne. Woman and the wage question. American 
 Review .of Reviews. April, 1912. 
 
 Russell. Thomas H. The girls' fight for a living. 1913. 
 
 U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Earnings of married women, 
 (in its Labor laws of the U. S. pt. 1, p. 79.) 
 
 U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employment of women in 
 pow r er laundries in Milwaukee. A study of working con- 
 ditions and the physical demands of the various laundry- 
 occupations. 1913. 
 
 U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Hours, earnings and dura- 
 tion of employment of wage earning women in selected in- 
 dustries in the District of Columbia. 1913. 
 
 U. S. Census Burear. Employees and wages. 1900. 
 
 U. S. Commissioner of Labor. Labor laws and factory con- 
 ditions among women and child wage-earners in the United 
 States. 
 
 U. S. Sixty-first Congress. Second Session. Women and child 
 wage earners. 
 
 Women's wages in Chicago. Some notes on available data. 
 Journal of Political Economy, v. 21. No. 2.
 
 LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU 16 
 
 LABOR UNK >NS. 
 
 Woods, R. A. & Kennedy, J. A. Young working girls. A 
 summary of evidence from two thousand social worki 
 1913. 
 
 Brooks, John Graham. The problem of syndicalism. I'.M I. 
 Cadburv, Edward. Experiments in industrial organizatio 
 
 L912. 
 Hoxie, Robert S. Trade unionism in the United States. 
 
 The essence of unionism and the interpretation of union 
 
 types. Journal of Political Economy. March. 1914. 
 Hoxie, Robert S. Trade unionism in the United States. 
 
 ( General character and types, journal of Political Economy, 
 
 March. 1914. 
 Mitchell, lohn. Organized labor. It> problems, purposes and 
 
 ideals. 1003. 
 National Women's Trade Union League of America. P 
 
 ceedings. 1911. 
 New York. Labor departmeut. Statistics of trade anions in 
 
 L913. 
 U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Trade-marks of labor unions. 
 
 (in its Labor Laws of the U. S. pt. 1. p. 81. 1914.) 
 U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Union scale of wages and 
 
 hours of labor. L913. 
 Whitney. Nathaniel Ruggles. Jurisdiction in American build- 
 ing trades unions. 1!» ! I. 
 
 LEGISL \TI\T. PR( >CEDURE RULES, 
 
 Flack. Horace E. Appointment of Committees, (in his Leg 
 
 lative procedure of the various states. 1913. 'J pw. i 
 ■Nebraska. Legislative Reference Bureau. Committees, (in 
 
 its Legislative procedure in the forty-eight states, p. 16.) 
 Nebraska, Legislative Reference Bureau. Committees, (in 
 
 its Reform of legislate e procedure and budget in Nebraska. 
 
 p. liu 
 U. S. House of Representatives. Appointment of select and 
 
 conference committees. ( in its Proposed rule-. L913. p. 1.) 
 
 MINIMUM WAGE. 
 
 American Association for Labor Legislation. Main provisions 
 of minimum wage laws in the United States. 1913. 
 
 Bosworth, Louise Marion. Living wage of women workers: 
 a study of incomes and expenditures of t50 women workers 
 in the city of Boston. 1911. 
 
 Brown, Rome G. The minimum wage, with particular refer- 
 ence to the legislative minimum wage under the Minnesota 
 statute of 1913. 
 
 Chicago. Vice Commission. Salesgirls' wages and tempta 
 tions. (in its Social evil in Chicago, p. 205.) 
 
 Connecticut. Wage Commission. Report of the Special com- 
 mission to investigate the condition of wage-earning wom- 
 en and minors in the state. 1913.
 
 16 LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU 
 
 MINIMUM W \GE— Concluded. 
 
 ■ Hammond, M. B. Judicial interpretation of the minimum 
 wage in Australia. American Economic Review, (tine. 
 1913. 
 
 Illinois, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Alphabetical arrange- 
 ment of industries with working time and wages earned. 
 (in its report. 1902. p. 162.) 
 
 Average number of wage earners by 
 
 classes and industries giving wage for each industry, (in 
 its Report. 1904. p. 30.) 
 
 The range of weekly earnings, in con- 
 densed form, of 88.7 per cent of the total number of working 
 girls in factories, (in Report. 1906. p. 175.) 
 
 Weekly wages at present time of women 
 
 employed in department stores, (in its Report. 1908. p. 413.) 
 
 Illinois, Supt. of Public Instruction. Minimum salary legis- 
 lation in the United States and foreign countries, (in it? 
 Biennial Report. 1908-1910. p. 445.) 
 
 Massachusetts. Minimum wage commission. Report. 1912. 
 
 Michigan. Legislative Reference Department. Laws of the 
 various states relating to a minimum wage for women and 
 minors. 1913. 
 
 Millis, Harry A. Some aspects of the minimum wage. 
 Journal of Political Economy. 1913. 
 
 Montgomery, Louise. The American girl in the stockyards 
 district. 1913. 
 
 National Association of Manufacturers. Minimum wage, (in 
 its Report on industrial education. 1913.) 
 
 New York City. Public Library. The minimum wage. 
 A preliminary list of selected references. 1913. 
 
 New York Consumers' League. The minimum wage, (in its 
 Report for 1912.) 
 
 Oregon. Legislature. An act to establish an Industrial Wel- 
 fare Commission to provide for minimum wage for wom- 
 en. 1913. 
 
 Progressive National Service. Legislative Reference Bureau. 
 Minimum wage. 1913. 
 
 The protection of women. Outlook. Mar. 1914. 
 
 Robert, Jeanne. Woman and the wage question. American 
 Review of Reviews. April, 1912. 
 
 Russell. Thomas H. The girl's fight for a living. 1913. 
 
 Ryan, John A. Minimum wage legislation. Catholic World. 
 Feb. 1913. 
 
 U. S. Department of Commerce and Labor. Statistics showing 
 average weekly wage of wage-earning women in Chicago, 
 (in Labor Bulletin. No. 91.' 1910.) 
 
 U. S. Sixty-First Congress. Second Session. Women and 
 child wage earners. Sen. docs. v. 86-101. 
 
 Women's wages in Chicago. Some notes on available data 
 Journal of Political Economy, v. 21. p. 143.
 
 LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU IT 
 
 MUNICIPAL IK >ME RULE. 
 
 Dcming, Horace E. The domination of cities by stal 
 
 latures in the United States, (in his Government of Vmeri- 
 
 can cities, p. 26. > 
 Fesler, Mayo. Progress of municipal home rule in Ohio. 
 
 American City. Feb. 1914. 
 Myer, Balthasar II. Central utilities commissions and home 
 
 rule. American Political Science Review. August. 1911. 
 haffner, Margaret A. Municipal home rule charters. 1908. 
 Shall our cities be made states. American city. Feb. 101 1. 
 U. S. Bureau of Corporations. Home rule in taxation, (in 
 
 us Special Report. 191 l. p. 9. I 
 \\ h\ not make states out of our large municipalities? American 
 
 City, Jan. 191 I. 
 Wilcox. Delos F. Municipal home rule and public utility 
 
 franchise. National Municipal Review. Jan. 1914. 
 
 < >LD AGE PENSIONS. 
 
 Massachusetts. Commission on old age pensions, annuities 
 
 and insurance. Report. 1910. 
 Nichols, Egbert Ray. Compulsory old age insurance, (in his 
 
 Intercollegiate Debates, v. 4. p. 411.) 
 Roode, Albert De. Pensions as v. \merican Economic 
 
 Review. June. 1913- 
 Squier, Lee Willing. < M<1 age dependency in the United 
 
 States. L912. 
 
 POLITICAL CORRUPTN >X. 
 
 Brooks, Robert C. Publicity and regulation of campaign con- 
 tribution^ (in Proceedings of the Cincinnati conference for 
 good city government. 1909. p. 439 
 
 Connecticut. Commission on laws relating to direct primaries 
 and corrupt practices at elections. Report. 1907. 
 
 Crews, Nalbert O. The reign of bribery and corruption in the 
 Illinois legislature. Twentieth Century Magazine. Sept. 
 1910. 
 
 Gigliotti, Cairoli. Corruption and inefficiency in public life. 
 (in his Problems of today, p. 86.) 
 
 Michigan. Legislative Reference Department. Bribery and 
 corruption. Constitutional provisions of the several states 
 relating thereto. 1907. 
 
 Schaflfner. Margaret A. Corrupt practices at elections. Con- 
 tributions and expenditures. 1906. 
 
 PRIMARIES. 
 
 Connecticut. Commission on laws relating to direct prima i 
 and corrupt practices at elections. Report. 1907. 
 
 Vermont. Legislative Reference Rureau. Direct primaries. 
 1914. 
 
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 Law.-. I /;;. pamphlet form, i 
 
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 Delaware 1906, 1910 
 
 Iowa 1909 
 
 Michigan 1913 
 
 Kansas , 1913 
 
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 Wisconsin 190*3 
 
 PRISON LABOR— (CONTRACT). 
 
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 PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION. 
 
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 1911. Tpw. 
 
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 Hoag, C. G. Effective voting. An article on preferential 
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 and direct primaries. National Municipal Review. Jan. 
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 cial vote. 1911. 
 
 Illinois. State department. Maps of Cook County, Illinois. 
 Senatorial and congressional apportionment. 1901.
 
 LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU 19 
 
 PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION— Concluded. 
 
 Moore, Blaine 1". The history of cumulative voting and minor- 
 ity representation in Illinois. 1870-1908. 1909. 
 William J. Fischer. Recent developments of proportional 
 
 representation. Political science quarterly. March, 1914. 
 
 PUBLIC FUNDS— INTEREST. 
 
 American Surety Company of New York. Public funds. 
 
 Laws relating to depositories and duties and responsi- 
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 bid plan. 1909-1914. 1914. 
 $4,000,000 interest on public monies received 
 
 annually in the state of Ohio. 1914. 
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 A second plea for publicity in the office of 
 
 county treasurer. 1914. 
 The office of county treasurer of Cook 
 
 County; an inquiry into administration of its finances with 
 
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 1913. 
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 from the accumulation of state funds from 1907-1912. 1912. 
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 funds.' 1911. 
 
 PUBLIC UTILITIES— OWNERSHIP. 
 
 Allen, Walter S. Some problems of public ownership. 1914. 
 
 Bureau of Railway Economics. List of publications pertaining 
 to government ownership of railways. 1914. 
 
 Dunne, Edward F. The growth of public control of utilities. 
 1913. 
 
 Municipal ( hvnership of Public Utilities. 
 
 1904. 
 
 Ely, Richard T. Municipal ownership of natural monopolies, 
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 Guyot, Yves. W r here and why public ownership has failed. 
 ' 1914. 
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 Holcombe, A. N. Public ownership of telephones on the conti- 
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 PUBLTC UTILITIES— VALUATION. 
 
 Gray, John H. The regulation of public service corporations. 
 The vagaries of valuation. American Economic Review. 
 Mar. 1914. 
 
 Hayes, Hammond V. Public utilities. Their cost new and de- 
 preciation. 
 • Uman. Ralph E. The development by commission of the 
 principles of public utility valuation. 1913.
 
 20 LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU 
 
 PUBLIC UTILITIES— VALUATK >N— Concluded. 
 
 McPherson, Logan G. The valuation of railways, (in his Five 
 
 lectures on .transportation. p. 70.) 
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 perties of the Wisconsin steam and electric railroads for 
 year ending fune 30, 1912. (in 6th Biennial report, p. 
 143.) 
 
 RECALL. 
 
 Brown, Rome G. Recall of judges. Argument in - tion. 
 
 1914. 
 
 Eaton, Allen H. The Oregon system. The story of direct 
 
 legislation in Oregon. 191 2. 
 Hamilton, Charles II. Constitutional chaos... 1912. 
 Kansas. University of. Extension Division. The recall of 
 
 judges. 1913/ 
 Stilson, Fielding J. The operation of the recall in Los Angeles. 
 
 (in Proceedings of the Cincinnati conference for good 
 
 city government. 1909. p. 326. i 
 
 ROADS— FEDERAL AID. 
 
 Davis, Charles Henry. National highways bring about good roads 
 
 everywhere- 1913. 
 Federal Aid Good Roads Convention. Proceedings. 1913. 
 U. S. Joint committee on federal aid in the construction of | 
 roads, (rood roads. Preliminary report. 1913. 
 
 SCH( )( >LS AS S( )CIAL CENTERS. 
 
 Chicago Daily News. Social centers in public scho.il>. August 
 
 10, 1909. 
 Hunt, Caroline L. The daily meals of school children. 1909. 
 Perry, Clarence Arthur- Wider use of the school plant. 1911. 
 Ward, Edward J. The magnified school, (in his Social center. 
 
 p. 324.) Bibliography p. 345. 
 
 SH( >RT BALLOT. 
 
 California. State department. Sample ballot. 1 ( H4. 
 
 Childs, R. S. Short ballot principles. 1911. 
 
 Cincinnati conference on good city government. Round table con- 
 ference on the short ballot- fin Proceedings of the con- 
 ference. 1909. p. 464.) 
 
 Gilbertson, II. S. The New York county system. American 
 Political Science Review. August, \ { )\4. 
 
 National Short Ballot Organization. 'The first short ballot county. 
 Los Angeles county charter. 1912. 
 
 The short ballot. A movement to simplify politics. 
 
 New York Short Ballot ( )rganization. The short ballot in the 
 State of New York. 1914-
 
 LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BURL AT 21 
 
 SI 1* >RT BALD >T ( oncluded. 
 
 Nichols, Egbert Ray. The shorl ballot, (in his Intercollegiate 
 
 Debates, v. 2. p. 319. | 
 Shotr Ballot Bulletin 1911, 1912, 1913, L914. 
 
 STATE INSURANCE. 
 
 Hoffman. Frederic I.. Care of tuberculosis wage earners in < ler- 
 
 manv. L912. 
 Eiigday, Hamilton. State insurance and first aid: 1913. 
 Illinois. Legislative reference bureau- State insurance for all 
 
 wage earners, with sick benefit and old age and widow-' pen 
 
 sions. 1913. Tpw. 
 Lewis. F. W. State insurance; a social and industrial need. 19 
 Rubinow, I. M. Social insurance with special reference to Amen 
 
 can conditions. 1913. 
 Washington. Industrial Insurance Department. First annual 
 
 report. 1913. 
 
 STRIKES. 
 
 L T - S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Michigan copper district strike. 
 1914. 
 
 I". S. House of Representatives. Hearings before the Com- 
 mittee on rules on the industrial disputes in Michigan and 
 ( "olorado. 1913. 
 
 TAXATK »X. 
 
 Blakcv. Roy G. Notes of the National tax conference held at 
 Buffalo, Oct. 23-25, 1913. American Economic Review. 
 Dec. 1913. 
 
 Bullock. Charles J- New York's taxation problem. Real estate 
 magazine. April, 1914. 
 
 Fuller, Frederick T. A suggested program of tax reform in 
 Massachusetts. 
 
 I ioodnow, F. J. Congressional regulation of state taxation. 1913. 
 
 Gerstenberg, Charles W. Classes of tax legislation, (in Ad- 
 dresses and proceedings of the New York State conference 
 on taxation. 1913. Conference, p. 160.) 
 
 Hahn. Byron Y\. School taxes, (in the Addresses and proceed- 
 ings of the New York state conference on taxation. 1912 
 Conference- p. 347. ) 
 
 I Ian. W. < >. The license tax system in Louisiana- 1909. 
 
 Indiana. University. Extension division. Proceedings of a con- 
 ference on taxation in Indiana. 1 ( '14. 
 
 Michigan. Legislative Reference Department. Finance and tax- 
 ation. Constitutional provisions relative thereto, compared 
 with the provision of article XLV, Michigan constitution. 
 1907. 
 
 National Tax Association. Proceedings, 7th annual conference. 
 1913.
 
 22 LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU 
 
 TAXATION — Concluded. 
 
 National Tax Association. State and local taxation. Papers 
 read at the sixth annual conferences, 1907-1912. 1912. 
 
 New York Tax Reform Association. Twenty-third annual re- 
 port for the year 1913. 
 
 North Dakota. Tax Commission. County assessor in various 
 states, (in first report, 1912. p. 96.) 
 
 Revision of tax laws in Pennslyvania. American Economic Re- 
 view, Sept. 1913. 
 
 Seligman, E. R- A. Assessment and taxation of corporations, (in 
 Addresses and proceedings of the New York State confer- 
 ence on taxation. 1911 Conference, p. 198.) 
 
 Taxation of corporations in Connecticut. American Economic 
 Review, June, 1913. 
 
 U. S. Bureau of Corporations. Special report on taxation. 1914. 
 
 U. S. Bureau of Corporations. Taxation of corporations. 
 Pt. 1. New England. 1909. 
 Pt. 2. Middle Atlantic states. 1910. 
 Pt- 3. Eastern Central states. 1911. 
 Pt. 4. Western Central states. 1912. 
 
 Washington. University. Extension division. Taxation in 
 Washington. 1914. 
 
 Wisconsin. Tax Commission. How to assess property in cities 
 and rural towns. 1914. 
 
 Wisconsin. Tax Commission. Tax commision; its growth and 
 administrative work, (in its Biennial report. 1912. p. 1.) 
 
 Reports. 
 
 Arizona 1912 
 
 Illinois 1913 
 
 Kentucky 1914 
 
 Maine 1912 
 
 Massachusetts 1912 
 
 Minnesota 1912 
 
 Nevada 1913 
 
 New Jersey 1912 
 
 New York 1907 
 
 North Dakota 1912 
 
 Ohio 1912. 1913 
 
 Washington 1006. 1912 
 
 West Virginia 1912 
 
 Wyoming 1912 
 
 Laws. (In pamphlet form.) 
 
 Illinois 1909 
 
 Indiana 1909 
 
 Maine 1909 
 
 Nevada 1913 
 
 New Jersey l'MV»-1914 
 
 South Dakota 1913
 
 LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU 23 
 
 TAXATION— ILLINOIS. 
 
 Chicago Commercial Club. Necessary reforms in the system 
 of state taxation in Illinois. 1912. 
 
 Fairlie, John A. A report of the taxation and revenue system 
 of Illinois prepared for the Special tax commission of 
 Illinois. 1910. 
 
 Haig, Robert Murray. A history of the general property tax 
 in Illinois. 1914. 
 
 Illinois. Auditor. Tabular statement of the amount of taxes 
 charged for collection against the equalized assessed valua- 
 tion of railroad property. 1912. 
 
 Illinois. Auditor. Statement of property assessed for 1912 in 
 the several counties in Illinois. 1912. 
 
 Illinois. Board of Equalization. Proceedings 1911. 1912. 1913. 
 
 Illinois. Joint Legislative Committee on Revisions of the 
 Laws Relating to Countv and Township Organization. 
 Taxation, (in its Report. 'l913, v. 2. p. 147.) 
 
 Illinois. Tax Commission. Statement. 1913. 
 
 Kales. Albert M . «x Leissman, Klmer M. Compilation '>i tax 
 laws and judicial decisions of state taxation in Illinois. 
 1912. 
 
 Moore, Nathan G. Tax evils in Illinois and their cure. 1913. 
 
 U. S. Bureau of Corporations. Changes affected in the taxa- 
 tion of corporations in Illinois. Railroads and capital 
 stock tax. (in its Special report. 1914. p. 70.) 
 
 TEXT BOOKS. 
 
 Dutton, Samuel Train & Snedden, David. Text books and 
 
 school supplies, (in their Administration of public educa- 
 tion in the United States. 1908. pp. 208-229.) 
 Gillan, S. Y. Facts concerning school books. 1910. 
 Indiana. Legislative Reference Bureau. Practical operation 
 
 of free text book laws in certain representative states. 1912. 
 Kansas. Legislature. Act providing for state publication of 
 
 school books and the appointment of a State school book 
 
 commission. 1913. 
 Kansas. Text Book Commission. Official list of books used 
 
 in the primary, grammar and high schools of the state. 
 
 1912. 
 Kentucky. Text Book Commission. State adoption of text 
 
 books. (1914.) 
 Michigan. Public Instruction Department. List oi books and 
 
 prices in accordance with the law regulating the sale of 
 
 text books in Michigan. 1913. 
 Michigan. Public Instruction Department. Supplementary 
 
 list. 1914. 
 Minnesota. Superintendent of Education. Laws relating to 
 
 text books, (in his Laws relating to the public school 
 
 system. 1913. pp. 66-70.) 
 Minnesota. Superintendent of Education. List of books and 
 
 prices. September 1, 1911.
 
 24 LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE HI UK AT 
 
 TEXT B< K >KS Concluded. 
 
 Missouri. Superintendent of Schools. Supplementary list of 
 
 text books, No. 1. 1913. 
 North Dakota. Public Instruction Department. Price list of 
 
 text books for North Dakota, issued April. 1909. 
 Ohio. School Book Commission. Report. January 1913. 1913. 
 
 UNEMPLOYED. 
 
 American Labor Legislation Review. Unemployment. A 
 problem in industry. May 1914. 
 
 Kellor, Frances A. (Is employment a municipal problem? Nat- 
 ional Municipal Review. April 1914. 
 
 Kingsbury, [ohn A. ( )ur army of unemployed. Review of Re- 
 views. April, 1914. 
 
 New York. Commission to inquire into the question of em- 
 plovers liabilitv. Unemployed and lack of farm labor. 
 1911. 
 
 New York. Labor department. Bulletins. Idleness of Organ- 
 ized Wage Earners. 
 
 VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. 
 
 Best, R. H., and Ogden. C. K. The problem of the continu- 
 ation school and its successful solution in Germany. 1914. 
 
 Indianapolis News. Vocational education. 1913. 
 
 Mayer, Alary Josephine. Vocational training in our public 
 schools. American Review of Reviews. April, 1912. 
 
 Miles, H. E. What I am trying to do to give two million 
 children a chance in vocational continuation in schools. 
 World's Work, October, 1913. 
 
 Pennsylvania. Department of Public Instruction. Vocational 
 education in Pennsylvania. 1913. 
 
 U. S. Bureau of Education. Vocational guidance. 1911. 
 
 WOMAN SUEFRAGE. 
 
 Rlackwell, Francis H. An electorate of men and women. 
 
 North American Review. 1912. 
 Bryce, James. Woman suffrage, (in his American Common- 
 wealth, v. 2. p. 600.) 
 Harper. Ida Husted. Woman suffrage throughout the world. 
 
 North American Review. September, 1907. 
 Illinois. Supreme Court. Woman suffrage decision, with 
 
 dissenting opinions of Justice Farmer and Justice Cooke. 
 
 William Scown vs. Anthony Czarnecki et al. 1 ( >14 
 Low. Maurice A. The "Mission" of woman. North American 
 
 Review. August, 1912. 
 Progressive .National Service. Legislative Reference Bureau. 
 
 Statistical summary relating to woman suffrage in the 
 
 different states. 1913. Tpw. 
 Seawell, Molly Elliott. Two suffrage mistakes. (North 
 
 American Review. March. 1914.
 
 LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU 
 
 W< i.M.W SUFFR KGE— Concluded. 
 
 Shaw, \nn;i, and others. Woman suffrage. I in Governor's 
 
 conference. Proceedings, L911. p. 118:p. L76.) 
 U. S. House of Representatives. Woman suffrage. Hearings 
 
 before the Committee on the judiciary. L91 I. 
 \ year of equal suffrage. World's Work. November, 1913. 
 
 W< >RKINGMEN'S C( >M PENSATK >N (STANDARDS). 
 
 Harper-. Illinois workmen's compensation laws. Table- for 
 computing the present value of compensation settlement-. 
 191 1. 
 
 Value table-, tin Illinois workmen's compensation act. 101:5. 
 P. 29.)
 
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 ILLINOIS DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM 1914. 
 
 Adopted at Democratic State Convention of Illinois held in Ar- 
 mory at Springfield, Illinois, Sept. 18, 1914. 
 
 The Democratic Party of Illinois, represented in its State Con- 
 vention, congratulates the nation upon the incomparable record 
 achieved by Democracy under the inspiring leadership of President 
 Wilson. 
 
 Within the brief period of eighteen months, the Democratic 
 national administration has taken up and triumphantly dealt with 
 a varied, complex and portentous series of problems, situations 
 and conditions without parallel since the nation was born. 
 
 "Lest we forget" let us recall to mind a few of them: 
 
 1 — A situation in Mexico inherited from a Republican pre- 
 decessor, inviting international complications, commercial and in- 
 dustrial distrubance, and war. 
 
 2 — Long-standing demand ignored by Republican administration, 
 for an income tax law. 
 
 3 — Public need of, and public demand for, consistent tariff 
 downward revision, unheeded by Republican administrations. 
 
 4 — Imperatively needed currency legislation, long promised 
 but never provided by Republican administrations. 
 
 5 — An inextricable muddle of legislation and prosecution 
 directed against the evil practices of "big business," all made in- 
 effective and inconclusive, but damaging to honest business, by 
 Republican effort to placate sentiment without hurting special interests. 
 
 6 — Tremendous and unexpected problems, born of Europe's 
 war conflagration, which interrupted and unhinged industrial pro- 
 duction, commerce, finance, and ocean transportation throughout 
 the world. 
 
 Mark the results, all achieved within less than half a presi- 
 dential term : 
 
 1 — The Mexican situation dealt with in a spirit of firmness, 
 with justice, and without bluster, that has won the world's admira- 
 tion, forestalled war, conserved American blood and treasure, 
 fended off international complications, and set the oppressed Mexi- 
 can people well on the road to a new era of peace, order and general 
 welfare. 
 
 2 — An equitable income tax law enacted and put into effect. 
 
 3 — The tariff revised downward for the benefit of all people, 
 not for a few favored special interests. 
 
 4 — A currency law that meets with practically universal ap- 
 proval enacted and now in process of being put into effect. 
 
 5 — Anti-trust laws enforced with an eye single to ending bad 
 practices, not merely for the sham-battle purpose of "making a 
 record," and new legislation to correct obscurities and incon- 
 sistencies in old anti-trust laws, on the eve of enactement.
 
 LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU 1' 
 
 6- — Dollar diplomacy abolished, and the doctrine of human 
 rights substituted therefor. 
 
 7 — An insidious lobby driven out of Congress. 
 
 8 — The Panama Canal completed. 
 
 9 — Steps taken to open up the great natural treasure house 
 of Alaska; the Alaskan railway authorized and the survey thereof 
 begun. 
 
 10 — Popular election of United States Senators made effective. 
 
 11 — Two great railway strikes averted by arbitration, and the 
 Colorado coal strike settled. 
 
 12 -Destruction of the telephone and telegraph trusts. 
 
 13 — Parcels post service extended and made cheaper. 
 
 14 — Reduction of express rates and charges. 
 
 15 — The elimination of the postal service deficit. 
 
 16 — Since obtaining control of the lower house of Congress 
 three years ago. the enactment by the Democratic party of more 
 labor legislation, asked for by the men who work, than was en- 
 acted during all previous Republican administrations. 
 
 17 — Every problem, situation or condition arising from the 
 European war promptly, firmly and patriotically met ; the country 
 rescued from a financial crisis, and probably a crash, by quick 
 executive and legislative action ; war insurance for American car- 
 goes provided to open up foreign trade ; legislative action taken 
 that makes the hope of an American merchant marine an immediate 
 realization. 
 
 Thanks to President Wilson, and to his loyal support by the 
 Democratic party, we are at peace with all the world while the 
 nations of Europe are engaged in destructive war; we have laid 
 the foundation for bringing peace to the warring nations; our in- 
 dustrial, commercial and financial structure is sound; the oppor- 
 tunity to take first place in finance, in commercial and industrial 
 development, and in the trade of the whole world is at our feet. 
 
 What page in the history of the American presidency carries 
 a record comparable with this? 
 
 And the achieving of it has been marked by a breadth of vis- 
 ion, a firmness of purpose and a personal dignity and simplicity 
 that place the name of Woodrow Wilson on the honor roll of 
 American presidents, alongside those of Washington, Jefferson 
 and Lincoln. 
 
 In the light of this nation's need of further constructive legis- 
 lation and administration along the lines of the record already 
 made, we believe public interest demands that Woodrow Wilson 
 be re-elected president of the United States, and we now pledge to 
 him the support of the Democratic party of Illinois for renomina- 
 tion and re-election in 1916. 
 
 We commend the Democratic representatives of Illinois in 
 the National House and Senate for their unfaltering support of 
 the president, and we bespeak for them hearty approval at the polls 
 in November. 
 
 To uphold the hands of the president by electing men to Con- 
 gress upon whom we can rely, is the first duty of patriotic citizens
 
 28 LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU 
 
 in thefee trying times. We commend this thought to the considera- 
 tion of all citizens of Illinois, regardless of party affiliations. 
 
 To President Wilson (after March I. next) we pledge without 
 reservation the support of another Senator from Illinois, Roger C. 
 Sullivan, whose frank and common sense appeal to the people has 
 made him the Democratic nominee for United States Senator. For 
 his ability, for his breadth of mind, for his ripe experience and 
 strength of character, we offer him to the voters of the state, re- 
 gardless of party, as one in every way fitted to give Illinois repre- 
 sentation again in the United States Senate commensurate with 
 her rank in the sisterhood of states. 
 
 As the simplest and most effective method of dealing ade- 
 quately with questions affected by state constitutional restrictions 
 —woman suffrage, revenue reform, the initiative and referendum. 
 the "short ballot" remedy for expensive and complex primary and 
 general elections, multiplicity of taxing bodies and overlapping of 
 governmental functions in Chicago and Cook County, a larger 
 measure of home rule for municipalities, minority representation 
 in the General Assembly, and many other questions — we favor and 
 recommend provision by the next General Assembly for a constitu- 
 tional convention, or 
 
 The Democratic party advocates, and will endeavor to bring 
 about, an amendment to the present state constitution by striking 
 from Section 2, Article 14 of said constitution (known as the 
 amending clause) the words: "The General Assembly shall have 
 no power to propose amendments to more than one article of the 
 constitution at the same session, nor to the same article oftener 
 than once in four years." 
 
 If said amendment be passed by the next Legislature it can be 
 submitted to the people for approval or disapproval by popular 
 vote in November, 1916, and if it can be approved by the people, 
 as we are confident it will be, the present constitution can be 
 amended freely and quickly to meet all the demands of modern 
 progress. If a new constitutional convention be thereafter adopted, 
 (and it cannot be adopted under the provisions of the present 
 constitution until long after November, 1916,) this amendment to 
 the present constitution will probably be incorporated therein. If a 
 new constitution is not adopted, this amendment will enable the 
 Legislature, from time to time, to propose any and all emendments 
 to the present constitution which may be demanded by the people. 
 
 The so-called amending clause of the present constitution 
 renders the amendment of the constitution most difficult of attain- 
 ment. It has acted as a rigid collar around the throat of the grow- 
 ing State of Illinois, and prevented that constitution from respond- 
 ing to the demands of modern progress. 
 
 We reaffirm our belief that the constitution of this state should 
 provide for the initiation of legislation by the people themselves, 
 and for a popular vote by referendum upon legislation passed by 
 the Legislature, upon a demand therefor by a reasonable percentage 
 of the people. We make the reservation that in the enactment of 
 a referendum amendment to the constitution or initiative and 
 referendum laws, no part of the state be discriminated against.
 
 LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU 
 
 We favor the abolition of the State Hoard of Equalization in 
 the interests of fair pla) in taxation and equity and jusl ind 
 efficiency in the assessment of taxable property, and we favor 
 the substitution for the State Board of Equalization, when defunct 
 and out of existence, of a tax commission, clothed with adequ; 
 power to" properlj classify the various forms of property and to 
 bring into the light propert) which is now hidden and to assess all 
 property at a just and equitable valuation which now esca] 
 taxation, the said commission to be appointed b) the ' rovemor with 
 the consent and approval of the Senate. 
 
 We endorse the splendid State administration of the Memo 
 cratic Governor, Edward F. Dunne, for its efficiency, it- economy, 
 its statesmanship, its honesty, it- steadfast adherance to sound and 
 progressive principles, and we congratulate Governor Dunne and the 
 people of our State upon the great success he has achieved in the 
 redemption of almost all of hi- platform pledges, made previous to 
 his triumphant election two years ago. 
 
 We are proud of the record made by the Democratic Sti 
 administration. 
 
 It has ratified the amendment to the federal constitution pro 
 viding for the election of United States Senators by the direct v< 
 of the people. 
 
 It lias created a public utilities act under which a commission 
 has complete and absolute control of the great public utilities of 
 the State, and i> enforcing rules and regulations for the thorough 
 protection of the people. 
 
 It has placed upon the statute books an act permitting every 
 city in the State of Illinois to own or operate or lease public utili- 
 ties of an\ and all descriptions. 
 
 It has authorized the employment ^\ convicts in building 
 public roads, and pursuant to this act such convicts are now being 
 generously utilized in upbuilding the State highways. 
 
 It has authorized the founding of an epileptic colony for the 
 care of these unfortunates. 
 
 It has authorized the rotation of names upon the ballot for all 
 State officers. 
 
 It has created a Legislative Reference Bureau for the collection 
 of data on economic and sociological subjects for the purpose ol 
 furnishing complete information to the people and to members of 
 the Legislature upon all legislative topics. 
 
 It has created an Efficiency and Economy Committee that has 
 been assiduously engaged in devising methods for the consolida- 
 tions of State departments and commissions and procuring 
 retrenchments of expenses. 
 
 It is building an entirely new State hospital to relieve the 
 overcrowded conditions of the other asylums or State hospitals 
 with all posible speed and despatch. 
 
 It has placed upon the statute books the first practical road- 
 making law in the State of Illinois, and is vigorously engaged in 
 the upbuilding of the roads of the state. 
 
 It has enacted a law requiring the semi-monthly payment of 
 wages and salaries by all corporations in the state.
 
 30 LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU 
 
 It lias abolished the fraud- and scandals in the fish and game de- 
 partment, and consolidated these departments so as to give suffi- 
 cient fish and game protection. 
 
 It has enacted an excellent workmen's compensation act, which 
 provides for definite reward to injured employees. 
 
 It has amended the Mechanic's Lien law so ;i- to give a'.->ub-con- 
 tractor a lien on a building for labor and material furnished. 
 
 It has enacted laws providing for greater safety in mining opera- 
 
 . and has further developed the establishment of rescue stations 
 to relieve miners from the dangers incident to that great industry. 
 
 It has enacted a law permitting the organization of corporations 
 for leaning money by wage assignment and limiting the rate of in- 
 terest ur compensation therfor. 
 
 It has placed upon the statute books a law which requires the 
 owners of coal mines, mills and foundries and other work-shops to 
 maintain sanitary washrooms, convenient to the place of employment, 
 for the use of employees, and passed many other laws in the interest 
 of the whole people. 
 
 It has moreover changed the whole course of treatment for the 
 wards of the state. In the penal institutions, reform and not ven- 
 geance has been the watchword. 
 
 I fnder the Democratic administration in the charitable institutions 
 of the state extensive building operations are now in progress, which 
 will provide adequate room for the patients and proper accommoda- 
 itons for the employees. 
 
 It has humanized and civilized the state institutions of Illinois 
 by abolishing corporal punishment in all those institutions having to do 
 with the care and training of children; by abolishing all mechanical 
 restraint and all brutality in the handling of the patients in the state 
 hospitals, and by adopting and instituting the eight hour system for 
 the benefit of the employees. 
 
 We demand of the next session of the General Assembly the re- 
 apportionment of the state into Congressional, Senatorial and Judicial 
 Districts that will correct the inequalities and injustices of existing 
 partisan Republican apportionments. 
 
 It is a well established rule of common law that interest upon or 
 other accretions to a trust fund follow the trust. Public funds are 
 trust funds. Therefore all accretions and earnings or profits upon 
 public funds, whether in the form of interest on bank deposits or other- 
 wise, belong by right to the people for whom such public funds are 
 held in trust, and every resource of the law should be employed to 
 compel all officers charged with the care of public funds to account 
 for and cover into the public treasury all accretions to and earnings or 
 profits on such funds. We demand immediate legislation to facilitate 
 enforcement of this simple rule of comimon law and common honesty. 
 
 We favor immediate revision by the General Assembly of all 
 civil service laws now on the statute books to the end that the de- 
 ficiencies, ambiguities and absurdities of such laws be corrected ; and 
 we favor extension of the revised civil service laws so as to make 
 thorn applicable to the employees of the Sanitary District of Chicago.
 
 LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU 31 
 
 the clerk and bailiff of the Municipal Court of ( hicago and the Elec- 
 tion Commission of Chicago. We favor the extension of the civil 
 service system and authority to all the offices connected with the Mu- 
 nicipal Courts an<l the county government oJ Cook County. 
 
 We demand immediate legislation that will provide effective g 
 ernmenta] supervision and control of all persons, firms or corporations 
 conducting a hank or holding themselves <>ut to the public as bankers, 
 within the State of Illinois. 
 
 We favor the immediate legislation to provide fof the election o\ 
 all jii ficers at a time when no other officers are to be el 
 
 We renew our demand for the passage of an adequate corrupt 
 practices act. 
 
 Establishment of a merchant marine, the restoration of the United 
 States to it- rightful place among the maritime nation, and the up- 
 building of our foreign trade go hand in hand. Our candidate for 
 United States Senator has taken an advanced position on these issues 
 and we hereby heartily endorse his views and incorporate them as 
 part of thi> platform. 
 
 Federal aid for the building of good roads has also been advocated 
 by our Senatorial candidate. We pledge him the support of the party 
 in his fight to obtain it.
 
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 REPUBLICAN PLATFORM. 
 
 Adopted by Republican State Convention at Peoria, September 
 
 18, 1914. 
 
 The Republican party in Illinois, assembled by their representa- 
 tives in State convention more than a half a century after its first great 
 historic victory inspired and led by Abraham Lincoln, appeal.- to the 
 awakened intelligence and experience of the people applied to the 
 present Democratic administration, and in memory of the matchless 
 achievements of the Republican party and its present fitness and ca- 
 pacity rightly to meet and solve all issues before the American peo- 
 ple, asks the election of its candidates and the approval of its policies. 
 We send our greetings to the republicans of every state and all others 
 in accord with them, with the assurance that the state of Lincoln, 
 Grant and Logan will be redeemed from the Democratic party and 
 restored to the traditions and principles that have always matte the 
 Republican party the only safe, creative and Progressive party of the 
 country capable of successfully preserving, developing and applying 
 such principles as will restore prosperity, promote social justice and 
 secure civil libertv under the regulation of the wise and just laws. 
 
 The Republican party appeals to all who believe in its principle- 
 and its ability properly and well to administer the government i if 
 the country, to unite in its support and elect its candidate- to the end 
 that its governmental principles may be substituted for the unquiet, 
 sectional and destructive experiments and legislation of the Demo- 
 cratic party which elected its president in 1912 by a minority lacking 
 nearly one and onedialf million votes of a popular majority. The 
 division of those opposed to the Dcmoratic party not only continues 
 ii in power, with its demonstrated 'incapacity and unfitness to govern 
 the country, but promotes control by such minorities as hinder and 
 weaken the rule of the people. 
 
 The record of the Democratic party since it as-urned the powers 
 of government March 4. 1913, is one of breken promises and faith 
 betrayed. Its pledges have been kept neither when in office nor can 
 they be relied upon during the campaign. 
 
 REPUBLICAN EXTRAVAGANCE. 
 
 It denounced appropriations made by the Republican congresses 
 a- a profligate waste of public funds, the cause of high taxe>. and 
 demanded a return to simplity and economy, which were claimed as 
 a democratic virtue. In power in both houses of congress and in the 
 ofhee of president, the most Democratic party has been the most ex- 
 travagant and wasteful in the history of our country. New offices have 
 been created as partisan spoils, needless appropriations passed, and 
 under the guise of internal improvements the most lavish and useless 
 river and harbor bill ever framed has passed the house, the objects of
 
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 whose expenditure in large part are grossly sectional and the result 
 of shameless bargaining for local interests having no relation to the 
 general welfare. We condemn it and the reprehensible practices that 
 create it, and demand that logrolling and pork barrel methods of loot- 
 ing the treasury be permanently abandoned and such appropriations 
 be based upon the systematic needs of waterways and coast improve- 
 ments and expended so as to be a public benefit instead of a local 
 favoritism. 
 
 Instead of lowering taxes by simplicity and economy, the appro- 
 priations of the Democratic party exceed by nearly one hundred mil- 
 lion dollar? those of any preceding Republican congress. With 
 government expenditures in excess of revenue receipts by many mil- 
 lions, Democratic promises of economy are broken and that party is 
 now devising new tax laws to impose additional burdens on the people, 
 rather than a retrenchment in its profligate waste of constantly dwind- 
 ling revenue under existing laws. 
 
 HIGH COST OF LIVING. 
 
 The Republican protective tariff was falsely charged with the high 
 cost of living and with burdening the American farmer and laboring 
 man. Under the free trade legislation of the Democratic party the 
 fanner's product has been cheapened in his hands and the American 
 workman has seen our pay-rolls diminished or destroyed so that the 
 loss of emplovment has crippled the purchasing power of his toil and 
 the high cost of living has become higher, with nothing lower except 
 the ability of all to transact business and earn a living- 
 
 FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE. 
 
 The Democratic party pledged itself honestly and rightly to en- 
 force the civil service laws of the United States. It has debased the 
 service, violated the letter and spirit of existing laws, refused to place 
 offices created under new laws under civil service and returned to the 
 abandoned and reactionary practice that to the victor belongs the spoils. 
 
 It denounced the Republican principle of protection to American 
 labor and industries as unconstitutional, and declared for free trade 
 in most of the articles, the like of which we have the ability to produce 
 in our country sufficient for our own need, and for a tariff for revenue 
 only on the remainder of such articles. Its revision of the tariff in 
 the Act of Oct. 3d, L913,is a sectional measure discriminating against 
 the farmers' products of the North and West and the products of the 
 Pacific coast, and against the laboring men and manufacturers of the 
 entire country by removing the protective barriers that gave them 
 the just advantage of our markets and our wage scales and equalized 
 the difference in wages at home and abroad. It pledged itself to des- 
 troy no legitimate industry. By freelisting sugar it has destroyed 
 the cane sugar and crippled the beet sugar industry so that neither 
 can be restored except by promptly returning to a Republican pro- 
 e duty on sugar, which alone gave us S5o.(X)0.000 of revenue
 
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 anuallv and imposed no burden on the people. As a source of revenue, 
 the Democratic tariff act is a self-confessed failure. From it a deficit 
 would have resulted under ordinary conditions; the war in Europe has 
 only hastened the appearance of a deficit which is a natural result of 
 the Democratic party's tariff act, and a normal symptom that in- 
 variably marks its attempts to govern the country. A treasury deficit 
 of more than $100,000,000 is now apparent. Instead of meeting it by 
 prudent economy and a wise reduction of appropriations, war taxes 
 are proposed when we are at peace, leading to additional burdens on 
 the people. The necessity for this tax is not created mainly by the 
 European war. While the decrease of revenue from duties is partly 
 due to reduced imports, it is more largely caused by a reduction in 
 duties, by lowering rates on some or entirely freelisting other articles. 
 The Democratic party is n< >t responsible for our reduced imports since 
 the war began, but the loss of revenue on imports since the war is 
 directly chargeable to that party. In view of this, we declare that 
 Republican protective tariff law is better than additional and excessive 
 taxation of the American people. 
 
 C( >L< A1BIAX TREATY. 
 
 The Democratic party has presented to the United States senate 
 a proposed treaty with Colombia that apologizes for and expre-.se- 
 regrets for our recognition of the independence of the Republic of 
 Panama, our treaty by which we acquired the Canal Zone from the 
 new republic, and binds the American people to pay Colombia $25.- 
 000,000 damages. Nothing but a concurring vote of the United States 
 senate is now lacking for this national humiliation. We oppose the 
 ratification of the proposed treaty, and arraign the Democratic party 
 for its betrayal of the honor and interests of the American people 
 embodied in the measure and declare against its ratification of such 
 ] ir< ipi >sed treaty. 
 
 THE TARIFF. 
 
 The Republican party of Illinois declares its settled faith in an 
 allegiance to the principle of protection as absolutely essential to the 
 maintenance of living wages for the workingmen of our country and 
 the foundation of American agricultural and industrial independence 
 and prosperity. A protective tariff taxes foreign products competitive 
 with our own when imported. It gives our markets to our producers 
 and creates American payrolls with the American standard of wages 
 for our workingmen. It diffuses its benefits throughout our entire 
 country, so that our common strength arises from the strength of each. 
 and keeps control of prices in our hands at home, instead of sur- 
 rendering it to foreign countries. It is national and not section in its 
 benefits and not only develops and maintains our industries, but pro- 
 duces the larger part of our public revenues by placing the burden on 
 the foreign producer as the price of selling his merchandise in our 
 markets. We recall with especial satisfaction at this time that no pro- 
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 has failed to produce sufficient revenue to defray the expenses of the 
 government. 
 
 The rates of custom duties is a practical matter to be governed 
 from time to time by conditions of production and market-; the un- 
 deviating principle is the protection of American labor, agriculture and 
 industries. To that end we favor a tariff commission to gather correel 
 information SO accurately to apply tariff rates to meet changing con- 
 ditions and not to base such legislation on the lack of knowledge and 
 die loose conjecture that guided the Democratic party in passing the 
 Wilson-Underwood tariff act. 
 
 STATE ADMINISTRATK >\. 
 
 The Democratic administration in this state came into power after 
 a campaign of charges against the Republican administration, every 
 one of which has been proven false, and upon pledges and promises, 
 not one of which has been proven false. 
 
 The charge was made that the tax rate of thirty-five cents fixed 
 by the last Republican administration was excessive. The first tax 
 rate levied for state purposes by the present Democratic administra- 
 tion was fixed at seventy cents; double the highest rate ever raised 
 and expended by the Republican administration. 
 
 The charge was made that Republican appropriation- of $2 
 000.000 were extravagant. The first appropriations made for state 
 purposes by the Democratic administration aggregate $38,000,000 
 an increase of S!l,000,000. 
 
 ST Aid-; CIVIL SERVICE. 
 
 The charge was made that the Republican state civil .service law 
 and its administration were a "fake." Since the inauguration of the 
 Democratic administration, this law has been assailed in the Illinois 
 courts by the Democratic attorney general; it has been attacked by a 
 Democratic legislature through amendments weakening its force and 
 diminishing its authority; and its intergrity has been violated and its 
 administration preverted to political and partisan purposes through 
 the machinery of the dental Civil Service commission itself, resulting 
 in diminished efficiency and economy in the management of all state 
 institutions and departments of the state government. 
 
 Idle charge was made that Republican officials were incompetent 
 to discharge their duties. The record of the Democratic administra- 
 tion shows an increased cost and a steady deterioration of service in 
 every branch of the state government. This fact has been so no- 
 torious and so firmly Uxv^\ in the public mind that it is deemed un- 
 necessary to point out specific instances to add to the overwhelming 
 evidence of the lack of qualification of Democratic state officails. both 
 elective and appointive, to meet the responsibilities or perform the 
 duties of the various departments of the state government. 
 
 To bring to an end the wastefulness, extravagance and inefficiency 
 which have characterized the present Democratic administration; to 
 give to the people of Illinois an honest and effective administration
 
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 of the state government, and to restore to the conduct of public affairs 
 the efficiency and economy of Republican administration, we call upon 
 the voters of Illinois to rally to the support of the Republican candi- 
 dates so that this great task, of such vital interest to the people of 
 Illinois, may he- accomplished. 
 
 The Republican party pledges itself if restored to power, to work 
 for the following reforms, which it believes to be of paramount im- 
 portance in the legislative and administrative work of the state: 
 
 The enactment of a comprehensive corrupt practices Act ap- 
 plicable to all public offices. 
 
 The extension of civil service principles to all branches of the 
 ^tate service. 
 
 A comprehensive reform of our state revenue system to the end 
 that the burdens of taxation may be justly and equitably distributed. 
 
 WOMAN SUFI' RAGE. 
 The granting of unlimited suffrage to women voters. 
 STATE CONSTITUTION. 
 
 The amendment or revision of the state constitution to the end 
 that miich needed reforms which are prevented, hampered or delayed 
 by the restrictive provision of the present state constitution may be 
 obtained most easily, most quickly and most completely. 
 
 We re-affirm the platform adopted by the Republican State con- 
 vention in 1910 and the platform of the Republican National conven- 
 tion of 1912 in reference to trust and private monopolies. 
 
 The Illinois Farmers' institute has always been a non-partisan 
 non-political organization for the advancement of farm life and farm- 
 ing. 
 
 The Republican party views with regret any attempt to hamper 
 its work or lessen its usefulness and pledges to restore it to its former 
 place and to keep it unhampered and free from political domination 
 or control.
 
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 ILLINOIS PROGRESSIVE PARTY PLATFORM. 
 
 Adopted by Progressive State Convention at Urbana, Sept. 18, 1914. 
 
 The Progressive party of Illinois, again assembled in state 
 convention affirms anew the program of social justice, of economic 
 progress and of fair and "permanent prosperity" which the party 
 gave to the country in 1 ( '12. 
 
 We meet at a crucial moment. The "old parties" offer the 
 state two senatorial candidates smirched by franchise grabbing 
 and the taint of legislative conspiracy or corruption. The fact 
 summons the citizenship of Illinois, irrespective of party, to the 
 support of Raymond Robins for United States senator for the 
 effective destruction of the political tradition that has made Lori 
 merism a national disgrace. 
 
 Back of the standards of the reactionary leaders of the Kepubli- 
 cans and Democrats is a host of other candidates whose defeat the 
 Progressives of Illinois hereby pledge themselves to achieve. We 
 enthusiastically pledge our loyalty to the congressional, legislative 
 and county nominees of the Progressive party, asking in their 
 behalf the support of all citizens who wish to eradicate bossism and 
 dishonesty from public office. 
 
 FACE VITAL [SSUES. 
 
 In nation and state supreme issues confront us. 
 
 Nationally, the European war confronts us. lt> disorganiza 
 tion of the world's commerce, its revelation of our own lack of a 
 merchant marine should come as a summons to American com- 
 mercial and agricultural enterprise and as a vital proof of the need 
 of sound economic legislation. 
 
 The Democratic part)- through extravagance in state and na- 
 tion has made it more difficult for us to meet this crisis. Nation- 
 ally it has framed the biggest appropriations that the country has 
 known. The Democratic chairman of the House appropriation- 
 committee has publicly accused his Democratic colleagues of "pil- 
 ing up public expenditures until the Democratic part}' is becoming 
 the laughing stock of the country." In the Illinois legislature the 
 I democrats, through a Republican chairman of the House approp- 
 riations committee, have surpassed all records for extravagance, 
 despite their personal and platform pledges for economy, by doubl- 
 ing the rate of taxation. 
 
 ECONOMY DEMANDED. 
 
 We demand a reduction in state appropriations. 
 
 We protest now against further consideration of the Demo- 
 cratic proposal to pay $25,000,000 to Colombia to salve the pride of 
 a country which tried to hold up the building of the world's water 
 way known as the Panama Canal.
 
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 Twenty years ago less than one-fourth of the breadwinners 
 of this country worked for a wage paid by others. Now, over one- 
 half of the breadwinners work for wages and 7,000,000 women and 
 2,000,000 children are enrolled in the armies of industry. Half a 
 million men hungered in our greatest cities last winter. The whole 
 condition proves that it is not enough for the government to 
 regulate relations between business enterprises : it must, within 
 wise limitations, not only control the strong but help the weak. 
 
 ASSEMBLY CRITICIZED. 
 
 In the state the need for sound progress and sane reform is as 
 great as that need in Congress. The last general assembly of 
 [llinois was controlled by a reactionary bi-partisan combine of Re- 
 publicans and Democrats. Under this leadership it killed the 
 the initiative and referendum bill, a measure overwhelmingly de- 
 manded by vote of the people, it killed the resolution to submit to 
 popular vote the proposal for a constitutional convention; it killed 
 the bill to permit cities to have nonpartisan elections. 
 
 The same bipartisan combination, its Republican wing led by 
 Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman, elected to the all-powerful position 
 of speaker of the house a Sullivan Democrat. It killed the resolu- 
 tion to free the house from secret domination of the speaker ; it 
 killed the bill to limit the hours of women working in factories ; it 
 killed the bill for one day's rest in seven. 
 
 For all these reforms the Progressive members of the legis- 
 lature fought, just as they alone unitedly voted for woman suff- 
 rage, which was opposed by Democratic and Republican reaction- 
 aries alike. 
 
 Finally, we emphasize the fact that the Progressive party pro- 
 gram, in both national and state legislatures, has been blocked 
 and crippled by the corrupt and shameless abuse of the systems 
 of political machinery controlled by the rings of the two old parties. 
 
 REFORMS ARE PLEDGED. 
 
 In view of these conditions, be it therefore 
 
 Resolved, That the Progressives of Illinois declare the trust 
 legislation of the Sixty-third Congress inadequate, and pledge their 
 candidates for the federal Senate and House of Representatives 
 to labor and to vote for the creation of a comprehensive and power- 
 ful trade commission, as planned in the Murdock bills; 
 
 Resolved, That we also pledge these candidates to work and 
 to vote for the immediate creation of a permanent, expert, non- 
 partisan tariff commission to advise congress upon all tariff change. 
 especially those rendered wise by the great economic consequences of 
 the European war. 
 
 O >NGRESS HELD I. AX. 
 
 Resolved, That we pass vigorous criticism upon the Demo- 
 cratic majority in the Sixty-third Congress for its refusal to legis- 
 late for the prohibition of child labor, for the investigation of the 
 need for social insurance and for the creation of a federal employ- 
 ment bureau ; and that our party hereby pledges its candidates for
 
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 the tw v -> houses of Congress to legislate to these ends and for othei 
 legislation to meet the increasing needs and opportunities of the 
 farmer and the wage worker. 
 
 Resolved, Thai we pledge these candidates to work for a 
 powerful navy, adequate to the strategic requirements of a sea- 
 board protection and best gained by a naval program of not less 
 than three battleships a year until such time as the greal powers 
 of the world can be federated into an international courl with in- 
 ternational police to preserve the principle of arbitration of dis- 
 putes between nations; and that our members of Congress be in- 
 structed to aid international disarmament by every means in their 
 power in the interests of the larger well-being of mankind. 
 
 NEEDS < )!• ILLIN1 >IS. 
 
 In view of the conditions in Illinois, as set forth above, be it 
 also 
 
 Resolved, Thai a constitutional convention to revise the archaic 
 state constitution of 1870 is the greatest need of Illinois today. 
 
 Resolved, That the complete enfranchisement of women, the 
 initiative, referendum and recall, the short ballot and minority 
 
 representation all cry for a constitutional convention, and that we 
 pledge all of our legislative candidates to work for it. 
 
 Resolved, That we hereby especially and expressly pledge oui 
 nominees to work for the initiative and referendum. 
 
 Resolved, That we pledge our state candidates to work and to 
 vote for such house rules as may limit the powers of the speakei 
 exclusively to those of presiding officer; to vote to elect the com- 
 mittee on rules from the floor of the house, and to confer upon that 
 committee the power either to select or to nominate for confirma- 
 tion by the house all standing committees. 
 
 Resolved, That we further pledge our members of the legis- 
 lature to require and provide for the prompt appraisal of the pro 
 pert) values of the statewide utility combinations, notabh the 
 McKinley traction system and the so-called "Instill group," to -how 
 what difference there be, if any, betw-een capitalization and actual 
 \ alue. 
 
 Resolved, That we pledge the Progressive legislators to throw 
 all their strength to strengthen the merit system in the civil service 
 against the reactionary attacks made upon it by the Democrats in 
 the last few years, and to extend civil service to Cook County, the 
 Chicago sanitary district and the Chicago Municipal courts. 
 
 CHICAGO HOME RULE. 
 
 Resolved, That this convention recommend that the general 
 assembly give to the City of Chicago the power to regulate the 
 public utility trust within its borders, without prejudice, however, 
 to what max prove to be the sound policy for the control of similar 
 utilities in the smaller cities. 
 
 Resolved. That we favor reform in the methods of legal procedure, 
 so that technical requirements shall not unreasonably delay the 
 suitor's demand for relief. 
 
 Resolved, We demand the passage of an entirely new drainage
 
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 act, simple, direct and concise in its provision and equally pro- 
 tective of the rights of property owners and of those requiring 
 i trganized drainage. 
 
 \( >NP VkTISAX BENCH. 
 
 Resolved, That we Favor the enactment of a law. subject to 
 the referendum of the people, providing for the nonpartisan nomi- 
 nation and election of all county, municipal and judicial officers. 
 
 Resolved, That in addition to the foregoing we pledge our 
 party and its representatives to bring into actual legislative effect 
 these further principles from our platform of 1912: 
 
 Rural credit for farmers. 
 
 Living wage standards for women to be established by wage 
 boards. 
 
 Eight-hour day for women industrial workers. 
 
 Secret primaries. 
 
 Abolition of contract labor in prisons. 
 
 TO PROTECT WORKERS. 
 
 Creation of standards for compensation for death and injury 
 
 in industry. 
 
 A system of social insurance especially adapted to American 
 c< -nditions. 
 
 Continuation schools for industrial education of youth. 
 
 State supervision of private banks. 
 
 "Blue sky" law to protect the public from fictitious stocks and 
 bonds. 
 
 More experiment stations and agricultural contests. 
 
 Abolition of state board of equalization and creation of an ap- 
 pointive tax commission. 
 
 Finally, be it resolved, That the state committee be and here- 
 by is instructed immediately to require of all Progressive candi- 
 dates for Congress or the general assembly a signed pledge to 
 support the measures introduced in fulfillment of the program 
 herein set forth, or to declare publicly and in writing those which 
 they propose to oppose.
 
 LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU 41 
 
 ILLINOIS SOCIALIST PARTY PLATFORM. 
 
 Adopted at Socialist State Convention held at Chicago, Sept. 
 
 18, 1914. 
 
 "The Socialist Party of the Stale of Illinois, a part of the Social- 
 ist Party of the United States, and affiliated with the Socialist organi- 
 zations throughout the world, stands for the right of all people to enjoy 
 life-, to have liberty and to attain happiness. 
 
 "As a result of the private and corporate ownership of the means 
 of making a living the great mass of humanity is oppressed, robbed 
 and denied its common rights. 
 
 '"The interest of the owning class is opposed to that of the work- 
 ing class. Better wages, better working conditions, better living con- 
 ditions, mean less rent, less interest and less profit-. 
 
 •'Through the control of the judiciary, legislative and adminis- 
 trative bodies by the owning class the rights of property and profits are 
 defended and made of the highest importance. Through the suite 
 means the working class is kept in subjection. Witness the oppres 
 sion of the Woolen Mill operatives in Lawrence, Massachusetts; the 
 shooting of men. women and children in the coal field of West \ ir- 
 ginia; the assaults, deportations, and breaking of the strike in the 
 Calumet District of Michigan; the unspeakable outrages and awful 
 slaughter in Ludlow, Colorado. 
 
 "This i> the same treatment that the working class of Illinois 
 must expect in future conflicts with the owning class until the workers 
 shall secure control of the law making, law enforcing and law deciding 
 bodic -. 
 
 SUPPORT ORGANIZED LABOR, 
 
 "The socialist Party recognizes the great benefits secured and 
 maintained through labor organizations and pledges its support to or- 
 ganized labor in all its contests with the Capitalist clas> to improve 
 conditions 
 
 "We, however, call the union workers' attention to the fact that 
 although organized labor can increase wages and raise the standard 
 of the workers' life it cannot solve the great problem of unemployment 
 and cannot secure to the worker his full share of the social wealth 
 produced. Unions fight to better the conditions of the labor market. 
 Socialists propose to abolish the labor market by making the workers 
 joint owners of the social means of production and distribution, by the 
 election of Socialists to office, and through them instituting the munici- 
 pal, state and national ownership of industries. 
 
 "The Socialist Party is the organized expression of the working 
 class on the political field and its elective and appointive officials have
 
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 in the past, du now and will in the future place the rights of worker- 
 first and foremost. 
 
 'As measures to advance these aims the Socialist Party of Illi- 
 nois pledges itself and its officials to the following immediate de- 
 mands : 
 
 STATE PROGRAM. 
 
 I. Old age pensions. 
 
 _'. State life, disability, and fire insurance. 
 
 3. Public ownership of all water power. 
 
 4. State ownership and operation of transportation, with pro- 
 vision tor municipal ownership and operation. 
 
 5. Public ownership and operation of telephone communication 
 with provision for municipal ownership and operation. 
 
 6. An adequate cooperative association law. 
 
 O INSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. 
 
 7. A constitutional convention providing for (a) the initiative, 
 referendum and proportional representation ; (b) complete woman 
 suffrage; (c) home rule for cities; (d) amendment of the Illinois State 
 I Constitution by a majority of the voters voting thereon. 
 
 8. The abolition of all private employment agencies, and the 
 further development of the Illinois Free Employment < >ffices. 
 
 9. Relief by the State and municipalities for the unemployed 
 by the improvement of highways and other public work-;. 
 
 10. Legislation, curbing the use of injunctions; providing for 
 jury trials in all proceedings for contempt of court growing out of 
 labor disputes; and protecting workers and their families in time of 
 industrial conflict; and to prohibit by law the employment and use of 
 privately hired police, detectives, and gunmen in industrial disputes. 
 
 II. The compulsory publication of the fact that a strike is in 
 progress whenever men are solicited to take the place of striking 
 workers. 
 
 LIMITATION ON INHERITANCE. 
 
 12. Modification of the law of this state, with reference to in- 
 heritance and wills, limiting inheritance exclusively to heirs and the 
 amount which direct and collateral heirs may receive as follows: Wid- 
 ows not to exceed $100,000, direct heirs not to exceed $50,000, col- 
 lateral heirs not to exceed $25,000. All the remainder of the deceased's 
 estate to become the property of the state. 
 
 13. Improvement of the Public School System, and the passage 
 of a law to authorize the educational bodies of this state to make 
 every school a social center and furnish free text books and free meals 
 t<> all who attend the public schools. 
 
 14. The enactment of a corrupt practices act to prevent excessive 
 expenditures and corruption in elections.
 
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 15. Establishment of a more comprehensive merit system for all 
 state and county employes. 
 
 16. An act guaranteeing- the right of picketing in labor dispute-. 
 
 STAND l »\ OUR REG >RD. 
 
 In conclusion, we emphasize the fact that the Socialist Party 
 platform is not merely a list of empty promises like old party plat- 
 forms. Official reports prove that the four Socialists elected to the 
 Illinois Legislature two years ago did all in their power to carry out 
 the Socialist platform. They introduced forty-five bills for the im- 
 provement of the conditions of the working class. These bills were 
 defeated by Republican, Democratic and Progressive politicians who 
 represent capitalist interests.
 
 
 
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 Gaylord Hros. 
 
 Makers 
 
 Syracuse, N. Y. 
 
 PM.JMI.21, 1908
 
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