The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-05-29

ident Roosevelt's pledge to carry for
ward McKinleys plans and President
Roosevelt's administration is thoroughly
approved. A high compliment is paid
him personally. He is spoken of as rep
resenting a Civic patriotism of the high
est type" and the destinies of the coun-
try are regarded as safe in his hands.
Governor Nash Is Endorsed.
The platform then deals with state
issues and Governor Nashs administra-
| tion is endorsed.
| The resolutions warmly comm end Sen
ators Foraker and Hanna and endorses
| the record of the Republican congresses,
especially those since the Inauguration
of William Mckinley"
1--WE deem 1t especially proper" the
platform continues. that the Republicans
| of Ohio, the state of William Mckinley,
| Should at this time call attention to the
! general prosperity which followed his
| first election to the presidency. A protect
! i've tariff law was quickly enacted and
| the gold standard firmly established and
! the country passed to a state of great
business activity and universal prosper
! ity, the most remarkable in the history
! of the world.
"All labor Is now employed and at
wages higher than ever before known.
Democratic success would threaten the
| destruction of the protective system un-
der which our splendid present prosperity
| has come, and the mere shadow of i'm
| pending free trade would destroy conf
| dence. unsettle business, alarm industrial
interests and Immediately diminish the
| demand for labor.
I'VE congratulate the country upon a
racord of dimplomatic achievement with
| out a parallel In our annals and which
| Will m ha of n
administration, which, avoiding alliances
and entanglements in it's foreign policy,
| has kept steadily in view the glory of the
| American flag by growth and spread of
American commence, the steadfast sup
| port and maintenance of American
doctrines and traditions, and has wrought
| for the present and the future in the in
terest of worldwide peace and progress.
Capital and Labor.
No question now pressing for atten-
! tion can be of greater Importance than
that which concerns the relation of capi-
tai and labor. and we pledge ourselves to
| the protection of these two servants of
| civilization. We believe with Lincoln that
! capital is only the fruit of labor, and
| could never have existed If labor had not
! first existed. Labor is the superior of
capital and deserves the much higher con-
sderation.' 1t is necessary that labor
should be intelligently organized. We be-
lieve in fewer hours and larger rewards
i for labor, and favor such laws as will
| harmonize the interests of labor and CAPT;
tai and tend to tighten the burden of toll.
| In regard to the trusts the platform
| says; The Republican party is the only
| one that has dealt courageously and hon
| estly with the trust question. 1t enacted
| as early as 1890 a law framed by that dis
tinguished statesman, John Sherman, to
prohibit and punish combinations in re-
straint of trade, the control of wages or
the advancement of prices. This act,
| framed by Republican statesman, passed
by Republican Congress and signed by
a Republican president, has proved help
ful in preventing abuses by such combi-
nations where such abuses were found to
exist and is now being vigorously ap-
piled by Republican administration In
the prosecution of unlawful combina.
| tions.