The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-08-27


Republicans in state convention, the ma
ton and the cause of humanity and civil
ization have suffered an irreparable loss
in~the death of President Mckinley. His
magnificent personal character, his cool
iudk keen sense of justice and wise
craftsmanship will ever stand as guide
to the people in personal and political
affairs.
We believe that in President Roose-
velt, our party has found a worthy leader
whose fearlessness in the discharge Of his
| duty and his devotion TO the best interests
of the whole country prove him to be
worthy successor of his lamenteds prede-
cessor, and, the Republican party OF Idaho
extents to President Roosevelt its hearty
support.
| I'VE especially endorse the foreign pol
icy of the administration and denounce
the unpatriotic attitude OF the Democra-
tic party wherein it has sought to degrade
our army and our navy for the purpose
of puerile political gain and has unhes-
| itatingly made common cause with the
enemies OF our country IN hopes that the
same would secure to it political advance
ment. ar t4ft
Second The wisdom of the protective
policy of the Republican party is made
manifest by its results. 1t needs no vim
diction in view of the general prosperity
attendant upon all parts of our country,
prosperity that has come to all classes
of our citizens, and that is in striking
contrast with the distress ul conditions
of the last national Democratic admins
tration. We there fore again reafiirm our
belief in the policy of protection to Amer
lean industries and American labor.
Third-Since its organization the Re
publican party has steadfastly been the
true friend Of the workingman Our
party in congress abolished the competi-
ton of slave labor. prohibited Cooley i'm
migration, enacted the alien contract
labor law. did away with convict contract
system, provided for boards Of arbitration
and the incorporation of national trades
unions, and limited the hours OF labor
! of national employees. lthas ever thrown
the safeguard of protection around all
i American industries and has exalted and
4 dipnified the man that tolls. Nationally.
: it is the avowed friend of organized labor,
, and we, the Republicans of Idaho, follow
ing the lead of our party, pledge these
organizations our earnest support.
| Fourth-The Republican party is in ia
vor of the policy of government which
results in the largest number OF people en-
| gaging in independent enterprise ano
business on their own account, and rec
=. ogDizes the fact that the larger the prop
G ortion of the people so engaged, The high
er the stage of civilization
Resolved, That the formation of enor
nous over-captalzed corporations, com
monty called trusts. for the purpose o
U concentrating all of the industries ant
;. .lprodncts Of the country in the hands OF
few men, sitting competition and enab
Il ling them to dictate the wages OF labo
: land prices of commodities to both tn
producer and the consumer in the inter
u est of their own aggrandizement, is
v great and growing evil, the plain remed'
for which should be laws regulating tn
y capatalizasion Of corporations .withi
l. reasonable and moderate limits.
We recognize the fact that under tn
constitution OF United States, as it no'
l. stands, no adequate restrictions Can D
put upon the organization OF such corpo
u ations, therefore we favor such an amend
,e ment TO the constitution ms Will enao
congress to effectually regulate and SUI
press all trusts and injurious combins
tions or aggregations of capital
That many OF the industries of this coui
try have outgrown the need OF protec
i've tariff is made evident by the facttha
the American manufacturer has entert
y the markets of The world and is success
o fully competing with the manufacture
- of all other countries Many OF the ia
o. if schedules adopted to foster infant /
q dustries have fully served that purpo
and have become means of aiding al
de building up powerful trusts and CONT
nv nations, and enables these to exact fro
- the American purchasers the pay ment
e. higher prices than they exact Tor u
II same class of goods sold In foreil
countries We. therefore favor revisl
OF the tariff, without unreasonable fdel
which will place upon the free list eve
article and product controlled oy q