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Show Republican County Platform The Republicans of Cache County In convention assembled ro-afflrm tholr nlleglanco to tho great Republican Repub-lican party of the nation, and declare as follows: Wo endorse the National Platform and candidates presented at tho convention con-vention at Chicago. We endorse tho administration of stato affairs under tho leadership of Governor William Spry, and glvo our nlleglanco to the state platform and candidates presented at tho recent state convention nt Salt Lako City. Wo bellovo lu a free and untram-meled untram-meled Judiciary, and stand tor the best there Is In professional lite In the personnel of tho Judgeships. We commend the llfj, tbo training, the adaptability, and tho ability of Attor-noy Attor-noy James C. Walters our candidate for Judge of the First Judicial DIs- tr.ct, to tho electorate of Cache county. coun-ty. Wo endorse and pledge our support sup-port to tho Judicial ticket. " Wo commend and approve tho bus ness like and economical administration administra-tion of present county affairs. During Dur-ing tho present Republican administration adminis-tration many miles of road havo been graded, and tho administration has been otherwise diligent In tho Improvements Im-provements of roads. It has built a substantial and convenient addition addi-tion to tho county court house. It has built five cement bridges, each with a span of over twenty feet, and from fifty to seventy-five cement culverts, cul-verts, all representing moro permanent perma-nent Improvements thnn hns been accomplished ac-complished during any '. ' prior administrations. ad-ministrations. In addition to these improvements when tbo present administration ad-ministration turns over thp affairs of tho county to Its successor tho county's coun-ty's Indebtedness will havo been do-creased do-creased more than $30,000. Wo declnro that tho present county coun-ty administration hns kopt Its pledge with tho peoplo on tho liquor question Prior to tho liquor election tho Republican Re-publican mnjorlty, knowing tho desires de-sires of tho peoplo nnd anticipating tholr verdict, refused to grnnt liquor l'censes in county territory. Wo favor tho co-oporatlon of tho County Sheriff's ofllco with tho police forco In cities In tho matter of enforcement en-forcement of tho law, and moro pnr-tlcularly pnr-tlcularly in tho mntter of tho "Senrch ' law. Wo favor economy In tho matter and seizure" clnuso In tho liquor of clerkships In stato and county offices, of-fices, and keep in vlow thrco great principles In tho government of Cncho county: public improvement, public economy, and public piosperlty. Wo favor, and pledgo our representatives represen-tatives In tho IcgUlaturo to support such legislation as will promoto tho ndvancoment and prosperity of our institutions, In particular our own Utnh Agricultural Collego, tho nntur-nl nntur-nl nnd commercial resources of our district In educational, agricultural commercial and other linos. A fair wago for tho laborer, with reasonablo working hours, top rrlces for the farmer, and laws that will prohibit all professional men, and combination combina-tion of Interests, from combining to fix maximum and minimum rates. Wo Lollovo tho rank and fll of tho Republican party aro still Republl-cans, Republl-cans, nnd condemn tho action on tbo part of a misguided few, who aro blindly cutting tholr own throats In attempting to cast tho affairs of Cacho county In the hands of tho Democracy by organizing a new party. In this hour of prosperity and plenty, plen-ty, running over a period of nearly half a century of unparalleled, rue ten-less ten-less Republican rule, this hour of political po-litical unrest and personal strife, amidst tbo clamor for a chnngo without with-out reasons therefor, wo cnll upa the Republicans of Cacho county to consider well tho nil Important problem prob-lem of tho hour. Political parties, llko Individuals havo records of their own. Tho record of tho Republican party Is tho history of our country. It has met and solved every nntlonnl question thnt hns demnnded solution for over a half a century. Its record rec-ord Is clean and spotless Tho Democratic Dem-ocratic party has a record too, a ro-cord ro-cord that does not Inspire hope, and Is remembered only In regret. Tho now party, founded on personal nm-bltlon nm-bltlon may servo as ballast, It will never stcar tho ship. In tho words of tho martyred William McKlnlcy: "You do not havo to guess what tho Republican party will do. Tho whole world knows Its purpose. It -has enacted It Into law and executed It In administration. Thoro will bo prophets of evil and falso teachers. Somo part of tho column may waver nnd wander away from tho standard, but thoro will over rally around It a mighty majority to preservo It stainless." |