The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-09-03
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.


North aDakota in delegate convention
assembled and confidently addressing
themselves to the people of this state
unanimously endorse the platform Of
t'le national republican party adopted
at Chicago on June %, 1904, and readi
ly adhere to and express our firm
lo~&,ty to the economic principles
1hC.7.n contained.
Tn achievements of the republican
~ffartv ring its many years of admin
istratic ald the broad policies of both
natiCnu. @ld international character
%!nausura and carried out by it we
deem wor 'ly Of the highest admira.
ton and (. .plause of our fellow citi
zens, and "ith it the unparalleled
prosperity Of the internal government
affairs of cur people adds lustre to
the personal character of our chief
executive, President Roosevelt, and
we pledge to him our cordial support
in the campaign Of 1904.
The republican party of the state of
North Dakota readily endorses the &C.
ton of its representatives in the sen
ate and congress. 1t feels that it has
every reason to be proud of their abili-
t.. Independence and courage in look
ing after the necessary and needed
economic legislation for the interests
Of the peor.e at large, a. we'll as the
interests Of the people of this state,
and recommend to them and their sue
ccssors to t.aose high and exalted po-
sitions a like zeal and character look
people. We heartily approve of the
efforts mao by Senator McCumber to
ecure the enactment of what is
known as the Federal Grain Inspection
Law.
The peopc of the state have every
reason to 30 proud of its development
aud progressive advancement in ma
terial weal;..' md the prosperity of its
people. We recognize the earnest and
honest efforts Of it's officials from it's
chief executive to the other state Of
iicials in lnr.r several state depart
ments. "" cypress our gratitude for
their service il the past and pledge to
the voters of cur party and the people
at large Of this state the same econ
omy Of public affairs under its admin
%istration.
We are heartily in favor of intensi-
fed farming and therefore approve the
efforts made t. secure the investment
in feasible irrigation works of as large
a 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
state engineer, and recommend that
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
Of the patriotic work of Lincoln, Grant,
Mckinley and other great republican
leaders who are dead. but we seriously
object to the policy inaugurated at st.
Louis whereby the democratic national
convention sought to deprive the ad-
ministration OF President Roosevelt of
any credit for its work in the passage
of the Hansbrough irrigation law. This
legislation was enacted in 1892, under
a republican president, and by a repub-
tives, the bill having been drawn, in
troduced, and managed by Mr.. Hans
brough in the senate, and when it
reached the house of representatives,
Mr.. Mondell (rep.) of Wyoming, took
charge of it and secured it's passage
by that body. 1t was then signed by
President Roosevelt and became a
law. There is no statute law applica-
BILE to such a theft as was perpetrated
by the democracy at st. Louis, but the
moral obligation to protect the republi-
cam national administration from the
political cracksmen rests upon every
republican in the land, and particular
ly upon this convention.
The republican party of this state
has 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-
heres to and maintains the same prin-
ciple.
We favor a just and comprehensive
primary election law and urge the