Show REPUBLIC PLATFORM republicans of utah county certainly have occasion to feel proud of the platform adopted by the late convention held at provo it is far reaching in its scope and american enough to appeal to the admiration of all loyal citizens with all the reasoning of late among the people of utah regarding the powers of the central govern ment it will be hard to find the powers of the states and the federal government defined in more terse and comprehensive language than the section of said platform which says the people of the united states in their organized capacity constitute a nation and not a mere confederacy of states the national government is supreme within its sphere of national duty but the states have reserved rights which should be faithfully maintained each should be guarded with jealous care so that the of our system of government may be preserved and the union kept inviolate the fourth clause against the influx of the vicious and criminal classes of foreign nations is up with the times there is a strong feeling awakening in the breasts of americans against this kind of immigrants and the country will necessarily have to look to tho ee publican party to furnish the necessary legislation their landing on our shores the democrats are afraid to dabble with this kind of legislation because their party is largely made up of the very elements that should be excluded all countries are marked with wealth m just proportions with their amount of diversified industries that j the more diversified the industries the greater the opportunities for the increase of wealth the fifth clause emphasizes this fact and says such can best be fostered by a protective tariff we denounce the BO called economic policy of the democratic party as leading to the degradation of american workmen to the level of foreign pauper labor apon the maintenance of the republican protective system depend the very existence of our wool and lead interests and the growth and prosperity of our stock raising agricultural and infant manufacturing though the democrats say they favor homo industry their platform had not the slightest reference to the munificence of the government making it possible for sugar works to start in this county the ninth chausa is endorsing a vital tendency toward republicanism it says we are uncompromisingly in favor of free public schools for our territory so that every child within our borders rich and poor alike can receive a good english education at the public expense the perpetuity of republican principles depends oa the education of the masses in this they differ from the democratic which seem able to flourish among the most ignorant the first tendency of an ignorant foreigner when com ing to this country ia to become 6 democrat later on a republican our democratic friends have no mention of free schools in their platform likewise they make no reference against trusts |