The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-08-13

free choice to select their homes.
from the lands, the title of which is.
vested in the government, but the
equity of which is in the present
and prospective citizens of the State.
Section II. We recog nize in the
irrigation plan and laws enacted
for the purpose Of carrying out the
same the greatest wisdom on the
part of tbs government looking to
the reclamation of the arid lands
within our State, AMI we recognize
that this great movement originated
with Republican administration,
that the law was enacted by a Re-
publican congress, and that the
credit therefore is due solely to the
Republican party, and we ask the
people of the State to express their
approval and appreciation of this
great policy of reclamation at the
ballot box.
We recognize the active and eff
cient work of the reclamation de-
partment of the present national
Republican administration and call
the attention of the people of the
State of Idaho to the fact that the
largest single. appropriation ever
made for public purpose west o1
the Missouri river was made by the
Roosevelt administration for the
reclamation of arid lands within
this State.
Section IL. We favor such lib
eral laws, rules and regulations
governing the right to the use O
the public domain for pasturage a:
will result in harmonious adjust
ment of such rights between owner:
of different classes of stock grazing
thereon, and that such resources
should be handled only in the in
terest of preserving the permanen
value of such lands to those wht
should hereafter make their home
thereon, and we recognize the wis
dom of the existing two mile limi
law relative to the use of the publi
lands for such purposes as declared
in our last State platform and W
reafirm the declaration of our las
platform upon questions involving
the rights of capital and labor.
Section 13. We fully endors
and commend the course of ou
Republican representatives. in COZ
gress, Senator w. B. Hepburn an
Congressman Burton L. Frenc
and we extend the thanks of th
Republican party to them for the
efficient services to the citizens {
the State Of Idaho and point wit
pride to their records, while servin
their constituency at the nationt
capital,
Section ID. We believe in th
enactment and enforcement of sue
: laws as will absolutely prevent tt
> existence within our State or an
: other State of such com binatlons {
! capital or such business comhin
tions as are calculated to or do r
} suit in the prevention or discou
l agement of fair competition in bu
mess and we believe that the merg
7 or transfer of lines or any enterpri
e representing the public utilities
] life should be prohibited by the e
: actment and enforcement of lav
: adequate to that end and we cot
! mend the energetic enforcement
q the existing laws by the nation
E administration against the trus
and illegal combinations.
Section IS. We believe that t
: people are justified IN looking upc
e any threatened accession of Il
y Democratic party to power as
menace to the prosperity, happine
and welfare of the people, haxu
n in mind the experience of the IL
r Democratic national administrati
t which brought disaster to the pc
q pie individually and collective
e and desolation to the country
IL large, which reduced our credit
l. nation among the nations of t
st earth to the lowest possible measu