The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-10-22
REPUBLICAN, PLATFORM.

lions were adopted:
The republicans of the state o
North aDakota in delegate conventio,
assembled and confidently %addressin
themselves to the people Of this stat
unanimously endorse the platform O
The national republican party adopte'
at Chicago on June %, 1904, and readl
~ adhere to and express our firm
loyalty to the economic principle
therein contained.
The achievements of the republican
party during its many years of admin
istration and the broad policies of boil
national and international charactei
lnaugurated and carried out by it W.
deem worthy Of the highest admira
tion and applause Of our fellow citi
zcns, and with it the unparalleled
prosperity Of the internal government
nffnirs OF our people adds lustre tc
the personal character Of our CHIEF
executive, President Roosevelt, and
wa pledge to him our cordial support
In the campaign Of 1904.
The republican party of the state OF
North Dakota readily endorses the &C.
tsos Of it's representatives in the sen.
ate and congress. 1t feels that it has
every eason to be proud Of their abili.
~. independence and courage in look.
Ing after the necessary and needed
economic legislation for the interests
Of the people at large, as we'll as the
interests of the people of this state,
and recommend to them and their sue
cessors to those high and exalted po-
sitiOns a like zeal and character look
ing to the public welfare Of all our
people. We heartily approve Of the
efforts made by Senator McCumber to
Known as the Federal Grain Inspection
Law.
The people of the state have every
reason to be proud of it's development
and progressive advancement in ma
'H'iai wealth and the prosperity Of it's
people. We recognize the earnest and
honest efforts of its officials from its
chief executive to the other state Of
hcials in their several state depart
mcnts. We express II gratitude for
their service in the past and pledge to
The voters of our party and the people
at large of this state the same econ
O7ny of public affairs under it's admin
Etration.
we are heartily in favor of intensi-
ned farming and therefore approve the
efforts made to secure the investment
IN feasible irrigation works Of as large
n proportion as possible Of the money
North Dakota has furnished to this
fund. We approve the action of Gov
ernor White in appointing a temporary
atate engineer, and recommend That
ruch an Office be created. We further
commend the generosity and public
spirit of the citizens who agree to ad
vance the funds necessary to sustain
this department until the legislature
meets, and we recommend that the
legislature take steps to have these
citizens reimbursed for whatever
funds they have advanced for this pur-
pose.
We commend the democracy for
their generous expressions of approval
If the patriotic work Of Lincoln, Grant,
Mckinley and other great republican
leaders who are dead, but WI seriously
object to the policy inaugurated at st.
Louis whereby the democratic national
convention sought to deprive the adj
ministration of President Roosevelt OF
any credit for it's work in the passage
Of the Hansbrough irrigation law. This
legislation was enacted in 1892, under
a republican president, and by a repub-
lican senate and house of representa-
lives, the bill having been drawn, in
izoduced, and managed by Mr.. Hans
Droutgh in the senate, and when it
reached the house of representatives,
Mr.. Mondell (rep.) of Wyoming, took
CHARGE of it aud secured its passage
~ that body. IL wss then signed ~
President Roosevelt ana became q
law. There is no statute law applica-
bile to such a theft as was perpetrated
W the democracy at st. Louis, but the
moral obligation to protect the republi-
can national administration from the
political cracksmen rests upon every
republican in the land, and particular
sy upon this convention.
The republican party of this state
mas heretofore declared itself in favor
Of the enforcement not only of the
prohibition law of this state but of
all Of it's criminal laws and still ad-