Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-05-08
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM
Republican Statement of Princi-
pies and Policy.

rolloWlng the Republican plat
form in full, as adopted at Portland on
Wednesday, April End, by the State
Republican Convention:
The Republican party of Oregon, in
State Convention assembled, proud of
Its record and past history, its devo-
tlon to the priniples OF human liberty
and human rights, its great and im-
perishable names which lend luster
and glory to the American Nation at
home and among the nations of the
earth, and as an assurance of it's con-
tinued fidelity to the great principles
for which it has contended in the past
IN state and national affairs, does
hereby make and affirm the following
declaration Of its principles:
The events OF the late war with
Spain carried us into the Philippine
Islands. We hold it to be consistent
with the principles of liberty and of
our national life and the sovereignty Of
the United States should be maintain
ed it the islands, under such local self
government as the people may be, or
may become, fit to participate in.
We therefore declare against all pro-
posals looking to the retirement of the
United States from the Philippine
Islands.
That in the war which President
Roosevelt has inaugurated against the
gigantic combinations of incorpofat-
ed capital he has the united and en-
thusiastic support of the Republican
party Of Oregon.
We demand and insist upon the
passage OF the bill now pending in
Congress for the exclusion of Chinese,
known as the Mitchell -Kann exclus-
ion bill.
We reafirm our allegiance to the
principles of protection in necessary
cases OF industries still in their infan-
cy or unable to compete with foreign
productions.
We recognize the right OF labor to
organize and combine for mutual pro-
lection under the law, and we recon-
mend that the legislature enact neces-
sery legislation to protect labor in all
its rights and privileges. In the in
terest of American labor and the up
building of the workingman as the
cornerstone OF the prosperity of our
country, We recommend that Congress
create Department OF Labor in
charge of a Secretary with seat in
the Cabinet.
We demand that law be passed
by the next legislature placing all
public officers of this state upon reas-
enable salaries, which shall not be in
creased during the incumbent's term
OF Office, and beyond such salary they
shall receive no compensation as fees
or otherwise.
In order to promote the develop
ment of the mineral resources OF the
state, we are in favor OF the crea-
tion and maintenance of a mining
bureau by the state.
We declare our approval and sup
port OF the suggestions Of President
Roosevelt for the irrigation of the arid
lands OF the country. This work
should be undertaken by the United
States as soon as possible, and carried
forward on consistent plan under
direction OF the general Government.
We urge our representatives in Con.
gress and Senators to use every effort
TO secure the speedy opening Of the
Columbia river between the DaIles
and Cello, and for clearing the river
of all distractions to navigation from
Tvs lIOubll W Vic iitdu VI ldFlHdLlOU.
We urge also renewed and continued
effort for improvement of our coast
harbors and streams within the state,
and tho speedy construction Of an
isthmian canal.
That the public lands are the herit-
age OF the common people and should
be held in trust for the use and benefit
Of all the people under the homestead
laws. We are therefore una1tersbly
opposed to all plans schemes or propo-
sition for leasing public domains, eth
er to individuols or to corporations.
We favor a policy by the state and
the United States which shall further
foster and. support our fisheries. and
I We request the Legislature to enact