State Legislation

I. Social and Economic Legislation A. State regulation of Businesses -- 1. Railroads

2. Public Utilities: gas, water; telephone, electricity,

3. Banking and Insurance B. City regulation of businesses -- 1. Utilities: regulate gas & water; some public ownership 2. street cars -- regulate fares 3. fees and licensing

C. Labor 1. Employer's Liability

2. Workman's Compensation

3. Child Labor limited

4. Maximum hours (for women & children)

5. Minimum wages (for women & children)

6. Occupational Safety laws

7. Arbitration Boards

8. Employment Bureaus

State Government

B. Welfare

1. Public Health

2. Aid to mothers with dependent children

3. Women’s Rights

4. Housing -- regulate tenements; state standards

5. Education

6. Caregiving Institutions

7. Correctional institutions

C. Recreation

II. Moral reform legislation

A. Liquor – restrict saloons; prohibit liquor sales

B. Marriage – restrict divorce, regulate marriage

C. Eugenics – sterilize “defectives” and “habitual criminals”

D. Sexuality – anti-prostitution laws, restrict birth control

E. Regulate amusements, especially on Sunday; limit cigarettes

State Government

III. Political reform legislation

A. Expand Popular Control Liquor – Direct Democracy: initiative, referendum, recall, direction election of senators

B. End Obstruction by parties – direct primary elections; non-partisan elections

C. Expand Participation – woman suffrage

D. “purify” politics – Australian ballot; citizenship

E. “Purify” – restrict – politics with restrictions: registration, residency, literacy, poll tax