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Page Seven LARE COUeY INDEPENDENT, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY il, 1916. To The R epublican Voters of Illinois BY I . To Athe Republican Votera e f Nortiiern Illinos:- ., fjet" 1sume of voting age I have been a worker in the Repubican party. I am ai dkar.of et s policies because I believe in tiicm I believe that if carried n effect , ,[osepiciess vill isure the. velfare, thfé prosperity and the peaceful progress et our qou**YIn, * te grestesl; possiblejnioasure. ý ý IY . -4-@4 et of epublica principles is that administrative efficiency is the. firat demand upon arwiio iold executive.offices n Athe nem.et the party. There- fore 1 boute.e e 4#inisration ef state affaira can meat safely be given te men who have faithin htMs GOVERWOR 10 BUSINESS MANAGER ,%%0 gvernebki !Iiil aa diitative office-in fact as weil as An the ce o1)qpqçgwtiton. -Lackof et doItiatiye cff iciency there means bad govru nowever Ïell-întentionid tfii. overnor. may be. As I regard the. governora.hip, t s first et ail a business office. The Governer s the. business manager etftth. pub? lat large. He bas other and important duties. But thie are more or legs occasional. Ris duties as the business agent et the people .are et À'prrn"e i ýrtaùéAeand they are continnus. DUTIES THAT ARE VITAL To b. alert te tthe needs of the people aid te urg legislation te meet those needs, te have the CoiuragO aid the. understandui te oppose barmful legisation-even se f ar as te usé tth. veto pover-ars essential duities, et course, et the Governor et a great tte. But lta theaithtul performbace etftii. daily administrative taska et hua office, luAh wt= ,u4careful supervision et the work etftthe Aats, in getting done i the shortet m.sd et the« lovest coot;tthe thinga that nwedte b. don., i watciifuiness in the:* peditu2e ofth. Pub'Hlcs money te g et fer eacii dollar adolrswrtiesrv icep', ls Ahdeue tt are vital te. the well-beln n the security et the people. It la te muci duties that I will particular y devote myseif as Governer et our state. .A great woring force and tue annual expenditure et millions et dollars are re- quired ifor tii. state te tulfll ta obligations te ts citisens. The. public pays the bills in taxesý-stesdiy Increasing. tAxes,, t seamne. Tii. peo)ple are Iiierl i prôviding funds. lh.y should get tic best service-botii in superintendence and in actual work -their rnoney ca» buy., DO WE GET OUR MONEY'S WORTH? -Do w. get what w. bave a right te expeet, wiiat we pay fer, in the way ef pub- lic service? I.do not believe we do. I do net think the average taxpayer believes we do. I believe ourtax rate ta eut et proportion te the quahity and quantity efthte per- vice we get.. Our ge*'rnmgntal organisation has net kept Ah. pace et the times. Our oveniiead charges are greater than our production et needful public service warrants. Ou âtjAsA.organisation Mi struggllng along i ahaphaad, catch-as-catcb can iÈitjt. )d o. 2wrk required of t.Zut. t laçks rnethod, t laks ce-ordination. Hence vsj*. accemplshmeit at a maximum of colt. * tnyvievti greateit present need eof Minos s a reorganizatien et the gov- h; th1e use et plain, coMn(ro-esmehd ncarigo tate business, in 6e office eot Governor I vini uxlertake that reolganization; I *ilt ~ l ediiniter the business airairs oft tbe eate as a business institution 1 w, liiibegin by uÙslng &11 h. pover ofthte office te establish the., ~o oi~ budgt svêtern et rnaking*appropriations et state money in place ofet i, p-ab . ues-vok thod te vhlch Ne are actomd TOO MANY SPENDING AGENTS As a business mafl Iviii undertake, se tar as t lies n the. power et the Gev- ernor to do où, te »nr'Volel . tangle and correQt tii. eyil resulting frorn a niultiplicity o! 4»la.tlng an4 coonAc$n tate boards, commissions aid agents-eacii spendinig mou iourqade u otlier. I *Îl1 usé 'the power efthte office te get brbadcy iutu0!Aý tg eamps i harmienise tue diaties anmd scope et ail th. agentesetftthe ptate, set fb émdeat lbusin e.ffi.ncvmay b. obtained and Aat h public moiey nioy be spn or value ai d zelytltered, away. Aloas a part et .the piogràm for business efficieîcy, I will use the power of the office te get a cAvi service lav, aid sncb ai administration et t that will make it; dif- fietfr neffcienits te g#I Ith public iservice, smd ,which.ii viipermAt the rifdiance Of âe, public service ofet miin<eets as., ave caUéied te ge l it. t kTÉkC0im PREVP-NT ACTION. Mf iois uld 4i~v opinions upon ether than pure- ly a or of cos ,çeneral public concri p or rigsding many efthtem *v-efforts te get tii. pub- eem3pe d, partly by a conflict et Because ef conftitutional restrictions such policies, for instance, as thie short ballot as a rernedy for extravagantly expensive and ridiculoualy complez prie Ary p, é people, t»i4.abolitidn of cinnUlative voting fo r legislatiive officers, thei. nerinietiosada en f udgpbiafier oedrctl tiv. su refetendurn, and eniarged suffrage for wornen, cannot be subnitted to the people with- in any reasonable tie. Witii a program consented to by the advocates of ail these policles ten or a dozen years woe?ê b. required to brlng j ust the four named befor. the voters, as our constitution stands. And otiiers that require constitutional revision before they can get effective coWaderation are being pr.ssed upon the public. NIED CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION We alknow itwould b.foollsh to hope for an agr.ed prograrn. Therefore, I 'Believé,1 the meutai!4uate remedy for such a condition is a constitutional convention. In the election of deeates te sucii a convention the. minds of the voters would b. un- biased ef the part*iaanahip, te prejudipes or the personalities of politics. ln suoii a von- vention a calmer judgment could be rèndered and earlier resuits could b. secured tii» in any other way. "Home Rule,' so-called, for tbi6 various municipalities of the atate, is another policy that has been widely discussed, I believe An that sort of home rule, whereby. matters particularly aff.ctlng a general comnlunity are lef t to the judgment of &e voterg of that commiunity for determiniation. But I k.ep i mid the tact tuat "ci comrnty in but a part of thestate, and I believe that ail questions affectint our.è- pIe as a whole should be resolved by the whole state. I arn An entire syrnpathy with Chicago's efforts to consolidate her maiy tax- levying and tax-eating bodies. Such an effort is in harrnony witii administrative esKi- cl.ncy. CONSERVE THE LAND As Governor I wiil try to deal jusi IV wlth ail the. diversified interesta of the state. There is one interest, iiowever, which I believe would engage the especial attention of ue al-our agricultural1 industry. That Is an industry upon wiiich pot only our gen- eration s dependent. The lands of the state,, and tii. producta of the. laid, are the t&rl- té.ge and the dependence of ail the generaà.ons to corne oter us. Hence, I belleve, the conservation o! the land, its restoratioxi te and mainten- ance at the gre&tçot possible fertiity and productiveness, should be the urgent care of the state. What the, state can do, by advice, counsel or investigation, te induce the oc- cupants of the lanld te grow two blades ef grass, twe heads of wii.at or two ears of corn, where one is grown now, should be done. - PROSPERITY DEPENDS ON LABOR Ilinisisa great state, tbt'only in agriculture, but aise in mmmi and malinu- facur1z,'UpoutJ1ýe_&tady employinent et labor at good wages and un oer iealthful and satisfactory werking conditionsi, and upon the, profitable investment of capital, depezd largely the. contentment aid prosperity ef ail our people. Good business de- mands that fair and just consideration be given te the rights of labor and te tiose of capital. As Goveruer t vil be my earnest endeavor to gAve sucii consideration te each, both in the 't'Ùdflhtration of éxisting laws and ini any new laws that rnay b. pro- pod.Natiiraily I have net tried in this statementte gAve rÀ%y views upen ail the. ques- tions with which the, next Governerof Illinois will have te deai. 1My Intention bas bec» te set forth mv attitude teward the duties of the gevernorsliip. Tiiere wMilb. turtiier discýissioui as the cantyaign progresses. And I will be giad te define rny position upon any aqustion of importanc0 e tileb voters. CANDIbATE AS BUSINESS MAN The Republican candidate for Governor will be norninated in a direct primary. That P#imary should net b. copsidered a conteat between party factions nor a batt.le- rýygl or bosses ahtd leaders. It should be considered as tiie occasion when tii. votera Qt9Iýr, 1party-soberly i alm blbod and upon ltormation-may select tii.mmitiiey be1~v0 t be es$it,ýby carcter and ïciiiev'erent fer the, job et business manager ot 'the Ïtate for the next four years. It is upon,4he tiieory that the.. nomination wiil b. made An that spirit that I offer myseif as a oandidate for the nomnation for Gevernor to the votera eofrny party. As a business mia 1 subg9t1î my candtidcy te their business judgment. 1 want thié votera to find eut 11 they tan about mie, te lnform themselves et my chara er aud-ot-my -ab'lltt ca mrtiirough the plian I have outllned for a common- seneb5flU~-k0 dmiistation o!thestate's aairs. The GovernorI, As.thévn.o'fs manager of the public at large. As a business man, I submit rny cnlay to'e e usiness judgment of the votera. FrabikLoir A I i