Logan Republican | 1912-06-27 | Page 2 | Platform Adopted by the Republican National Convention

1 PLATFORM ADOPTED BYTHE RE-I RE-I i j PUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION 'l 1 H" I Chicago, Collnoum, June -22. -AMco H" I President Fairbanks rend the report Hf ' tne committee on platform, which H'i j I ' was adopted jus .follows: B 'I I I j The Republican party assembled by ! - I the representatives In national con-I con-I vcntloD, declares Its unchanging faith BBB I In government of the people, by the Hf ' people, for the people. We renew H 'J ' 5 our allegiance to the principles of the Kft I j I' Republican party and our devotion to H't . '', the cause of republican Institutions 'fv I, established by the fathers, it Is np- B ''' ( V: proprlate that wo should now recall H ; i , with a sense of veneration and gratl- H : 'I tude the name of our first great lead- H ' ' n er, who was nominated In this city, H jj'- and whoso lofty principles and nor- B , vices to his country nro an Insplra- Bh f j. tlon to the party ho honored Abra- i HK ' bam Lincoln. In the present stato of i BB ( , ! , public nffalrs wo should be Inspired Bm i ' ' by his broad statesmanship and by BM ' ' bis tolerant spirit toward men. ( V I , ' Tho Republican party looks back BV on Its record with pride and sails- Bl " 1 1 faction and forward to Its new respon- BV jj i slbllltles with hope and confidenoe. Bs 1 Its achievements In government con- Bb I stltute the most luminous pages in Bb ' I J our history. Our greatest national BB Gun advance has been made during the Bf PJ years of Its ascendency In public nf- !. ' fairs. It has been genuinely nnd ol- i ways a party of progress; It has nev er been either stationary or reactionary. reaction-ary. It has gone from the fulfillment BS i ' f ' another in response to the public BM f J need and to the popular wilt Bl , Laws, Not Men. B !; We believe In our self-controlled H i t representative democracy, which Is a B , i government of laws, not of men, and B ' in which order Is the prerequisite of H i progress. Bb The principles of constitutional gov- B ' . ernment, which make provision for Bb I , orderly and effective expression of the H ' Ji popular will, for tho protection of civ- Bb t 11 liberty and the rights of men nnd Bb Interpretation of the law by an un- BM trammeled and Independent judiciary, B ) have proved themselves copablo of B T sustaining the structure of n govern- B t ment which after more than a century H I i j of development, embraces 100,000.000 B , I j people, scattered over u wldo nnd ill- H i ' verse territory, but bound by common B I I affection to the constitution of tho B ' United States. ' Bb ' Under the constitution nnd the orin B j ', ciples asserted and vitalized by It, BB ' '& 1 the United States has grown to be i !j one of the great civilized nnd clvlllz- BK ing powers of the earth. It offers n BB ' H home and an opportunity to the am- BM j B bltlous and tho Industrious from other B, 1 8 lands. Resting upon tho broad basis BM If w of n people's, confidence nnd n peo- MM . 1 ' pie's support, and managed by the BM , I jl people themselves, tho government of B I -j the United States will meet the prob- BM ! ,1 lems In the future as satisfactorily ns BM i It has solved those of the past. BM i Constructive Stateimanshlp. BM Tho Itepubllcan party Is now, as ol- BM I ways tho party of advanced and con- BM ' structive statesmanship. It Is pre- BM pared to go forwaid with the solution BM of those new questions which social, BM economic nnd political development B j ; havo brought Into the fore-front of the BM ' nation's Interest. H , ' , H will strive not only In the nation, B I a but In the several states, to enact the MM ! I necessary legislation to safeguard the H . i I public health; to limit effectively the BM ' 1 labor of women and children; to pro- B tect wago earners engaged In danger- fl ous occupations; to enact comprehen- P slve and generous workmen's compen- B satlon laws In place of tho present H j wasteful and unjust system of cm- H ployers' liability; and In all possible B ' ways to satisfy tho just demands o' M I the people for tho study nnd solution M 1 of the complex nnd constantly chang- M Ing problems of social welfare. In deal HH ' " Ing with these questions It is lmpor- MB 'I 'j tant that the rights of every imltvldu- BMJ nl to the powers nnd resources nnd to BML, I the control of his own justly acquired BM8 I ' property, so far as thoso are compat- K W ible with the rights of others, shall V I not be Interfered with or destroyed. H Q Independence Of Courts. bbbI 1 a The social and political structure H M of the United States, rests on the civ- B Jj j il liberty of th(j Individuals; and for m jj ' the rotectton of that liberty the peo H lli pie have wisely, in the national and H , 1 1 state constitutions, put definite H' ji limitations on themselves and on MBj their governmental officers and agen- cles. To enforce thCBO limitations, to BMb secure the orderly nnd coherent oxer- E f else of governmental power nnd to BMB q protect the rights of even the bum- BMB j i blest and least favored Indlvldunl are H I ! the functions of Independent courts H 1 ' of justice. B The Republican party reaffirms its BMB , i intention to uphold at all times the BBB authority nnd integrity of tho courts, BBB both stato and federal, and it will MH M il I ever insiit that their iiowers to en- H f B ToTCe their process and to protect life, B ' ! ' BB liberty and property Bhall be prcserv- BBBBLitBBBBBBT cd inviolate. An orderly method Is provided under our situation of government gov-ernment by which the people may. when they chose, alter or amend the constitutional provisions which underlie under-lie that government. Until these constitutional con-stitutional provisions are so altered or amended In orderly fashion, it Is the duty of the courts to see to It that when challenged they are enforced. en-forced. That the courts, both federal and state, may bear the heavy burden laid upon them to the complete satisfaction satis-faction of public opinion, we favor legislation to prevent long delays and the tedious nnd costly appeals which have so often amounted to a denial of Justice In civil cases nnd to a failure fail-ure to protect the public j criminal cases. Opposes Judicial Recall. Since the responsibility of tho ju dlclnry Is so grent, the standards ol Judicial action must be always and everywhere above suspicion nnd reproach. re-proach. While we regard the recall of Judges as unnecessary and unwise, wo fnvor such action as may bo necessary nec-essary to simplify the process by .which any Judge who is found to be derelict In his duty may be removed from office. Together with peaceful and orderly development nt homo the Republican jparty .earnestly favors all measures for the establishment and protection of the pence of the world and for the development of closer relations between be-tween the various nations of the earth. It believes most earnestly in the peaceful settlement of International Internation-al disputes nnd In the reference of nil justifiable controversies between nations na-tions to nn International court of Justice. Monopoly And Privilege. The Itepubllcan party Is opposed to special privilege and to monopoly. It plnced upon the ftalute book the interstate in-terstate commerce act of 17, and tho Important amendment thereto, and the anti-trust net or 1S90 and It has consistently nnd successfully enforced en-forced the provisions of these laws. It will take no backward step to permit per-mit tho re-establishment in any de-grco de-grco of conditions which were intolerable. intol-erable. Experience makes it plain that the busltiesa of tho country mny be carried car-ried on without fear or without dls trubanco and at tho same time without with-out resort to practices which aro nb-horrent nb-horrent to tho common senso of Justice. Jus-tice. The Republican party favors the ennctmont of legislation supplemented supple-mented to the existing anti-trust act which will define ns criminal offenbes those specific acts thnt uniformly mark attempts to restrain and to monopolize mo-nopolize trade, to tho end that thoso who honestly Intend to obey the law-may law-may hove n guldo for their action and thnt thoso who aim to violate tho law may tho more surely bo punished. Tho same certainty should bo given to the law prohibiting combinations nnd monopolies that characterize other oth-er provisions of commercial laws, In order that no part of tho field of business busi-ness opportunity may bo restricted by monopoly or combinations, that business busi-ness success honorably achieved may hot bo converted Into crime, and that tho right of every man to ncqulro commodities, nnd particularly tho necessaries nec-essaries of life, In an open market, uninfluenced by the manipulation of trust or combination may bo preserved. pre-served. Trade Commission. In the enforcement and administration administra-tion of federal laws for governing interstate in-terstate commerce and enterprises Intrusted In-trusted with a public function, there may be committed to a federal trade commission, thus placing In the luuult of an administrative board, many of the functions now necessarily exercised exer-cised by tho courts. This will promote pro-mote promptness in the administration of the law and avoid delays and technicalities tech-nicalities incident to court procedure. We reaffirm our belief in a protective protec-tive tariff. The Republican tariff policy pol-icy has been of the greatest benefit to the country, developing our resources, resourc-es, diversifying our industry and protecting pro-tecting our workmen against competition competi-tion with cheaper labor abroad, thus establishing for our wage earners the American standard of living. The protective tariff is so woven Into tho fabric of our Industrial and agricultural agricul-tural llfo thnt to substitute tor It a tariff for revenue only would destroy many Industries and throw millions of our people out of employment. The products of tho farm and tho mines should receive the same measure of protection ns other products of American Amer-ican labor. Wo hold that tho Import duties should be big enough while yielding a sufficient revenue to protect adequately ade-quately American Industries and wages. Some of the existing Import duties are too high and should be reduced. re-duced. Readjustment should be made from time to time to conform to changed conditions and to reduce excessive ex-cessive rates, but without injury to American Industry. To accomplish this correct Information Is Indispensable. Indispen-sable. This information can best be obtained by an expert commission, as the large volume of useful facts contained con-tained In tho recent reports of the tariff board has demonstrated. Tariff Study Needed. The pronounced feature of modern industrial life is Its enormous diversification. diver-sification. To apply specific rates justly to these changing conditions requires closer study and more scientific scien-tific methods than ever before. The Republican party has shown by its creation of the tariff board, Us recognition of this situation, and Its determination to be equal to It. We condemn the Democratic party for Its failure cither to provide funds foi the continuance of this board or to make some other provision for securing secur-ing the Information requisite for Intelligent In-telligent tariff legislation. We protest pro-test against the Democrats' methods of legislation on these vital Important subjects without careful investigation. Wo condemn tho Dcmocrntlc tariff hills passed by the houso of representatives repre-sentatives of tho Sixty-second congress con-gress ps sectional, ns injurious to tho public credit, nnd as destroying business busi-ness enterprise. Tho steadily inci easing cost of living liv-ing has becomo a matter not only of national but of world-wide concern. The fact that It Is not duo to the protective tariff system la evidenced by tho oxlatenco of similar conditions condi-tions In countries which havo a tariff policy different from our own, ns well ns by tho fact that the cost of living has Increased while rates of duty havo rcmnlnod stationary or been reduced. Tho Republican party will support a prompt scientific Inquiry Into the causes which are operative both In tho United States and elsewhero to lncreaso the cost of living. When tho exact facts aro known It will tnko tho necessary steps to remove any abuses abus-es that bo found to exist, in t order that tho cost of tho food, clothing and shelter of tho people mny In no way ho unduly or artificially increased. Banking And Currency. The Republican party has always stood for a Bound currency and for safe banking methods. It Is responsible respon-sible for tho resumption of specie pay. monts and for thu establishment ol the gold standard. It Is committed tc tho progressive development of our banking and currency system. Our banking arrangements todoy need further fur-ther revision to meet the requirements of current conditions. We need measures meas-ures which will prevent the recurrence of money pnnlcs and financial disturbances distur-bances and which will promote tho prosperity of business and the welfare of the laboring people by producing constant employment. We need better currency facilities for the movement of crops In the west and south. We need hanking arrangements arrange-ments under American auspices for the encouragement and better conduct of our foreign trade. In attaining theso ends, the independence nf ijdl-vldual ijdl-vldual hanks, whether organized under un-der national or stato charters, must ha carefully protected and our banning bann-ing and cu.'-on-.y sjitem must bo safe-gvarded safe-gvarded from any possibility cf do morallzntlcn by sectional, fnancvil or political intorttls. e Financing For Farrners It Is of great Importance to thrt bo-cial bo-cial and economic welfare of this country that Its farmers have facili ties for borrowing promptly and cheaply cheap-ly the money they need to increase the productivity of their land. It is as Important that the financial machinery machin-ery be provided to supplythe demands of farmers for credit as it Is that the banking and currency system be reformed re-formed In the Interest of general business. busi-ness. "- Therefore, we recommend and urge an authoritative investigation of agricultural agri-cultural credit societies and corporations, corpora-tions, In other countries, the passing of state and federal laws for the establishment es-tablishment and capable supervision of organizations having for their purpose pur-pose the lending of funds to farmers. Conservation Policy. We rejoice in the success of tho .distinctive .dis-tinctive Republican policy of the conservation con-servation of our national resources for their use by tho people without waste and without monopoly. Wo pledge ourselves to a continuance of such n policy. Wo favor such fair and reasonable rules and regulations as will not dip courage or Interfere with actual bona-fldo bona-fldo homeseekers, prospectors and miners in tho acquisition of public lands under existing laws. In tho Interest of tho general public and particular of tho agricultural or rural communities we favor legislation looking to tho establishment, under proper regulations, of a parcels post the postal rates to bo graduated under a zono similar in proportion to tho1 length of carriage. We approve tho action taken by the I president and tho congress to secure' with Russia, as with other countries, I n treaty that will recognize the abso-1 lute right of expatriation and that wl j prevent all discrimination of whatever, kind between Amerlcnn citizens, whother natlvo born or alien, and ro-, gardless of race, religion or previous i political allegiance. The right of asy- lura is a precious possession of thc people of tho United States and It Is not to be surrendered nor restricted. , The Navy. ! We believe in the maintenance of an adequate nnvy for the natlonnl de-fenso de-fenso nnd we condemn tho action of the Democratic house of representatives representat-ives in refusing to authorize the construction con-struction of additional ships. Wo believe that ono of tho country's most urgent needs Is a revived merchant mer-chant marine. There should be Amer-' Amer-' lean ships, and plenty of them, to mnko uso of the great American Inter-' Inter-' oceanic canal now nearlng completion. Mississippi River. Tho Mississippi river is tho nation's 1 drainage ditch. Us flood waters, gathered gath-ered from thirty-one states and the dominion of Canada, constitute nn overpowering ov-erpowering force which breaks over many million acres of the richest land In the union, stopping malls, Impeding commerco and causing great loss of life and property. These floods arel national In Bcope and tho disasters they produce seriously affect the general gen-eral welfare. The states unaided can-1 sot cope with the giant problem, hence we believe tho federal government govern-ment should assume a fair proportion of tho burden of its control bo as to prevent tho disasters from recurring floods. Reclamation. We favor the continuance of the policy pol-icy of the, government with regard to tho reclamation of arid lands, and for tho encouragement of tho speedy settlement set-tlement and Improvement of such lands wo fnvor nn amendment to the law that will reasonably extend tho time within which the cost of nny reclamation re-clamation project may be repaid by the land owners. Rivers And Harbors. We favor a liberal and systematic policy for the improvement of our rivers and harbors. Such improvements improve-ments should be made upon expert Information In-formation and after a careful comparison compari-son of ccst and prospective benefits. Alaska. We favor a liberal policy toward Alaska to promote- the development of the great resources of that district with such safeguards as will prevent waste and monopoly. We favor the opening of the coal lands to development through a law leasing the lands on such terms as will invite development and provide fuel for the navy and the commerce on the Pacific ocean, while retaining title In the United States to prevent monopoly. Philippine Policy. The Philippine policy of tho Republican Repub-lican party has been and is Inspired by tho belief that our duty toward the Filipino people Is a national obligation which should remain entirely free from partisan politics. Porto Rico. We ratify in all its particulars the platform of 1908 respecting citizenship citizen-ship for the people of Porto Rico. Immigration. We pledge tho Republican party to iho enactment of appropriate laws to gtvo relief from the Constantly growing grow-ing evil of induced or undesirable Immigration, Im-migration, which Is Inimical to the progress and welfare of the people of the United States. 8afety At 8ea. Wo favor the speedy enactment of laws to provide that seamen shall not be compelled to endure Involuntary servitude and that life and property at sea shall be safeguarded by the amplo equipment of vessels with life saving appliances and with full complements com-plements of Bkllled, able bodied seamen sea-men to operate them. Republican Accomplishment. The approaching completion of the Panama canal, tho establishment of a bureau of mines, the institution of postal savings banks, the Increased provision made in 1912 for tho aged and infirm soldiers and sailors of the republic and for their widows, and tho vigorous administration of the law relating to pure food and drugs, all mark tho successful progress of Republican administration and arc additional evidences of Its effectiveness. effective-ness. Economy And Efficiency. Wo commend tho earnest efforts of the Republican administration to se-euro se-euro greater economy and Increased efficiency In tho conduct of the government gov-ernment business. Extravagant appropriations appro-priations and tho creation of unnecessary unnec-essary offices are an injustice to the taxpayers and a bad example to the citizens. Civic Duty. Wo call upqn tho people to quicken their interest In public affairs to condemn con-demn nnd punlBh lynchlngs nnd other j forms of lawlessness, and tho strengthening strength-ening In nil posslblo ways a respect for law nnd the observance of it. Indifferent In-different citizenship Is nn evil from which tho law affords no adequate protection pro-tection and for which legislation ran provido no remedy. Arizona And New Mexico. Wo congratulate the people of Arizona Ari-zona and New Mexico upon the admission ad-mission of those states thus merging in the Union in final nnd enduring form tho last remaining portion of our continental territory. Republican Administration. I Wo challenge successful criticism of tho sixteen years of republican . B ministration under Presidents McK ' ley. Roosevelt and Taft. w0 heart t I reaffirm the indorsement of prD,u ' McKinley contained In the platform I 1900 and of 1904 and that 7reL I Roosevelt contained in the platf0fl I of 1904 and 1908. "aorm We invite the intelligent Judgment I of the American people upon the ' ministration of William Howard TarT I The country has prospered and been I at peace under his presidency. Durine I the years in which he had the cc-o J eration of a Republican congres, nJI unexampled amount of construct legislation was framed and passed In the Interest of the people and in obed lence to their wish. That legislation Is a record on which any administration administra-tion might appeal with confidence to the full Judgment of history Wo appeal to the American electorate electo-rate upon the records of tho Itepubllcan Itepub-llcan party and upon this declaratloa of Its principles and purposes. We aro confident that under tho leadership leader-ship of the candidates here to be nominated nom-inated our appeal will not bo In vain, that tho Republican party will meet every just expectation of the people whose servant It ts, that under Its administration and its laws our nation will continue to advance, that peace and prosperity win abide with the people and that new glory win be added add-ed to the great republic.