Show REPUBLICAN R PLATFORM STANDS PAT PM I AND CLAIMS ALL VIRTUE FOR PARTY We the Republicans of the state of ot Utah In convention convention assembled declare and nd affirm as follows We Ve unqualifiedly indorse t the tho e policy of ot President Theodore Roosevelt Roos velt and the ac tf tion ion t of the last congress in its success ful f ul legislation the railroad rate law the meat inspection amendment tha pure food law l aw the denatured alcohol law and other beneficial b acts This legislation deals bc with the problems arising from great combines c of capital in a practical and commonsense c way war It recognizes that wealth of ot itself is not an in n evil but that evils are very ery often connected with its administration It seeks not to destroy the he t wealth itself nor to destroy the great enterprises e es which wealth we has caused but butto buto to t tl o eliminate so far as s human law l aw can eliminate the evil VU and conserve the good for the benefit of ot the people p ople and it thereby demonstrates anew the constructive ability of at Republican states statesmanship statesmanship statesmanship manship V Under the protective tariff the Ameri Amen American American can people pt scaled the tho great heights of prosperity More mills and factories are in operation more goods are being manufactured more men are being em employed employed plo ed higher wages are arc being paid for tor labor more American products are being b sold at homo home and abroad than ever be fore Plenty and contentment fill rUI the land from sea to fo sea All this has been brought about and all this exists under and because of Republican policies the very foundation stone of which is pro We Ve reaffirm our unwavering confidence in the wisdom of this great policy of ot our party The good effects of the Dingley law are plain and ble what may result from any an change cannot with certainty be foreseen but we declare it to be our firm conviction that more harm barm than good will wUl come from any attempt at present to ravine the schedules We re reaffirm our allegiance to the prin principles prInciples principles of reciprocity as taught taua ht by Pros President dent and the Hon James G Elaine Blame and declare that reciprocal trade t ade in the arti articles cbs cles the tho like of which our Jur country pro produce produce produce duce and with which they can supply our markets marketa is simply free tree trade in disguise We indorse the th work of f the Utah con congressional congressional gressional delegation In harmony with the national administration in furthering the general prosperity pf gf t the country and we indorse the Republican adminis administration administration of ot the state of Utah We demand that the right be e given by statute to permanent easement within tor for forest est reserves for public roads irrigation ditches and canals and reservoirs for storing water the same as Is now granted upon public domain and Insist upon our congressional delegation urging the en enactment enactment of such statute We Wo recognize the tile meritorious services rendered by the th Utah Indian war veterans and pledge our representative r pre In h congress to urge the tho governments recognition reco of such services by suitable pensions Wo We recognize the hardships hard to certain c bona bon fide fida caused by the tho whole wholesale wholesale wholesale sale withdrawal of ot lands containing coal and urge rge the restoration r of ot such lands lanIs to entry at tho th t earliest possible date We Ve favor the building of r permanent good gO q roads and approve of legislative ac tion ton for systematic sy good roads construe tion Uon W the policy of ot the Republican party in its reclamation of the arid arld lands of the west |