The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-08-24
Recommends Reforms Along Popular
Lines, Declares for a Direct Primary
Law, Against Corporate Domination
and the Free Pass

from the immortal Lincoln to the in.
vincible Roosevelt. We declare anew
our adherence to the principles enuh.
ciated in the republican national plat.
form. We also reafiirm all the doc
trines and declarations of our last
state platform.
We especially commend the inspir-
ing character and undaunted leader.
ship of Theodore Roosevelt. 1t is
with exceeding pride that we contem-
plate the confidence reposed in him
by the people of our own country and
the admiration he commands from the
whole world. Nebraska rejoices in
the fact that the president has re-.
ceived the united support of our en-
tire delegation in both houses of con-
gress for the many beneficial meas
ures he has recommended in direct
line of interest and advantage to the
people, which they have assisted in
framing into wholesome laws. Among
the most noteworthy are:
The railroad rate bill.
The Panama canal bill.
The lock level canal system.
The pure food bill.
The irrigation bill.
The employers liability bill.
The meat inspection bill.
The denaturalized alcohol bill.
The Oklahoma statehood bill.
The naturalization bill.
Our country is at peace with all
nations of the earth, and is expert
encing an unparalleled season of gen
uine prosperity. Never before in our
history as a nation has our credit been
M han 10 tnIn t,
plentiful; the wage earners, the farm.
ers and the business people prosper
Gus, owing to the wise, judicious and
careful administration of the laws en-
acted by the republican party during
its control of our national affairs.
We declare our unalterable allegi-
ance to the principle of protection
under the beneficent operation of
which our country has grown both
rich and great. While yielding moth
ing from our adherence to this princi-
pie we believe that changes in sched-
ules should follow changes in condi-
tions. The history of the republican
party demonstrates that such revision
can safely be trusted only to the party
which honestly believes in protection
and earnestly endeavors to justly ap-
ply the principles to conditions as they
exist.
We most heartily approve the ac-
ton of our officers, both of the nation
and in the state in their splendid eff
forts to insure justice for the people
against conspiring trusts and combi.
nations and all forms of graft, that all
may have square deal"
The glorious record of the past is
the party's best pledge for the future.
We endorse and commend the econ
omical and lawenforcing administra-
ton of the affairs of the state under
Governor John H. Mickey. During
the past six years under the repub-
lican administration the state of Ne
braska has been we'll governed; all of
its state institutions have been ably
and economically managed and are
sustained at a rate per capita unus.
ually low.
We believe that the Union Pacific
and Burlington railway companies
should have accepted the valuation
placed upon their property by the
state board of equalization and assess
ment and paid their taxes as all per-
sons and other corporations have done.
We approve the action of the legal de-
partment of this state in their efforts
to enforce the provisions of the rev.
enue law and secure the payment of
taxes and pledge our constituted au-
thorities our hearty support in COM
pelling the railroads to pay their just
share of taxation at the same time and
in the same manner as private indi
vidual.
We favor and urge upon the next
legislature the enactment of direct
primary law providing for the nomina-
tion of all state, county and district
officers, including congressman and
United States senators, by direct vote;
and until such law is enacted, we ia
vor the nomination of United States
senators by state convention and we
pledge the republicans elected to the
legislature to support for United
States senator the republican candi-
date who may be nominated for that
Office by this convention.
We favor the amendment of the
constitution of the United States pro-
viding for the election of United
States senators by a direct vote of
the people.
We declare ourselves as unalterably
opposed to the domination of corpo-
IdIlOnS III puDllC dHdlTS, ana urge the
enactment of the next legislature of
an anti-pass law that will prevent the
issuance of any free pass, free ticket,
free transportation, or transportation
known as newspaper or editorial mile
age, except to bona-fide employees of
railroad company, and to members
of their immediate families and care
takers of live stock.
We are heartily in favor of and our
party unreservedly pledges its en-.
dorsement of the proposed constitu-
tional amendment providing for three
railway commissioners to be elected
by direct vote of the people and urge
that the next legislature shall confer
upon such commission power TO pro
hibit rebates, determinations and spe-
cial rates to privileged corporations.
persons or localities, and TO see IN n