Show republican PLATFORM llie republicans of the city of ogdan through their chosen in convention assembled congratulate tho people of the united stales on the general prosperity of the country the re suit of wise law enacted oy a national republican administration and we point with deto the achievements of the party in the state as well as in the nation we heartily endorse the last two republican national administrations and ask the people to contrast them with the four years of woe under the reign ot grover cleveland we endorse the wie conservative and statesmanlike administration of ahe republican governor of utah and reaffirm our allegiance to tho last national and state platforms of our party we call attention to the fact that ala republican party in the last congress voted in favor of the submission of an amendment to the constitution of the united states for the purpose of regulating and destroying trusts but as the law required a two thirds majority the democratic minority in congress wa abie to defeat its submission we are in favor of municipal ownership of all public utilities and pledge our party if entrusted with the government of the city of ogdan to secure control either by condemnation or purchase first of the water works system and afterwards of other public utilities in the order of their importance we are opposed to the granting of franchises by the city to any corporation or individual without securing to the city an adequate rental tor the benefits conferred T 1 we pledge our candidates 11 elected to the strictest economy in the cites affairs in every branch thereof to the end that taxes may be reduced and the cites credit strengthened we favor the re peal of the merchants license law as the supreme court has declared a part of said law unconstitutional and we think it unjust to force a special tax upon part of our business men while others escape said tax we call special attention to the fact that for the past six years a democratic mayor has presided over the public affairs of the city of ogden and that the democratic mayor under whose administration the litigation against the water works company was first begun Is now one of the owners or the reputed owners of the cites water which he in his official capacity asserted belonged to the city of ogdan we deira in this connection to call attention to the fact that the city is now no nearer a solution of the water question after six scars of democratic misrule than when legal action waa first begun and we pledge the people that in the event of tha election 01 alie republican ticket a speedy settlement of the water question will be had and an end put to expensive and useless law suits we call attention to the fact that according to the judgment of the democratic mayor the lack of ability and want of experience in the democratic city attorneys office wag BO great as to require within the past two years tho employment of three attorneys from salt lake city and one from ogden to act as hia assistants ana that in spite of all this array of legal talent and expenditure pend iture of thousands of dollars tho legal affairs of the city have gone from bad to worse and we pledge the people that it they entrust the legal affairs of alie city to the nominee of this convention that a prompt and trial of nii law suits will lie had and a fair and just attention to the interests will be obtained without the employment of nn attorney from salt jakc or any other foreign country we call attention 10 the fact libat the republican party within the ast four and one half years has faithfully kept the pledges which it made to restore prosperity to the country and in addition to the ordinary expenses of tho government it has carried to a success ful and glorious issue a foreign war which wrested cuba from spanish surf dom and tyranny granted freedom and republican to rico the philippine islands to our possessions established and bestowed the blessings of our republican institutions and enlightened freedom upon the philippines and porto rico we denounce the dastardly murder of the president of the united states and demand the enactment of such lawa as will at once and forever drive the monster anarchy from the confines of our country and while expressing our sincere sorrow at the untimely taking off of our beloved president wm mckinley we call upon all good citizens to sustain the of hh successor and pledge ourselves to loyally support him in hii of public affair the Ke publican party is a party of law and order and we pledge ourselves if entrusted with the conduct of city at faira to n faithful economical ewt and impartial execution of the law we invite alie operation cooperation co of all good citizens of ogdan irrespective of previous political affiliations lio believe in our declaration of principle and he lican watchwords watch worda of and reciprocity lawi a |