The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-17
Platform of the Repubs
 In Its Forn1atiue Stage

country from a repetition of such stringency only untf there can bA es- tablished q permanent currency system that VII avoid all emergencies.
 ! the deveiopment of such a permanent system. responding to our greater nee assds; ,, a.s and D line Tn sn respect. with world and the appointment of mona- tary connnission by the present con- ssess which will impartiaily invssti- early realization of this purpose.
 The present currency laws have fully Justined their adoption, but an ex- Rsn9lnS commerce. q marvellous growth | the eenters of distribution. Increasing the demand for the movement of crops n the west and south and entailing tions. disclose the need of a more eias. | tic and adaptable system. Such system must be met by the requirement. oh agricuisuraiists manufacturers. mer- chants and business men generally. au- tomatic in operation. minimizing the fluctuations In interest rates. and above all 1t must be in harmony with the re- | every dollar 4shaii De based upon res deemable in. and, as good as gold. In line with the purpose here de-
 '0 Sy svsy asd sssey m the banking and currency system. we l favor the establishment of postal savings bank for the people on prtn- l pending in congress and set for vote Anfi-Trust Law,
 shsT@an ns sansilsaSst svsP
 ic opposition and enforced it after dem ocratic rejection, It has been whole of wise and fearless administration. ! But experience has shown that its ef- 1 fectiveness can be strsn9theneq and its | real object better obtained by such ernment greater supervision and con l trol over and secure greater publicity l In the management Of that class of In. to sot ass0 S a ss the operation of such associations amons business men men, farmers o.,t,na and we approve the enactment of the l railroad rate law and the vigorous en. tion. of the ststutss against Tebates and discriminations. as the result of which the advantages formerly pos sma shippers oa sass d appeared. Tn this connection, we com mend the Appropriation of &3ko.000 by the pfesept congFeas ih sorder to en- able the interstate commerce eomnis- | sion thoroughly to investigate and to | give publicity. to the accounts of in- | terstate railroads. We believe how should be further amended 50 as to | give railroads the right to make and publish trim cagreements subject to
 a araya Gs hs tSs prinsp. out S coupetitiop between. naturally compet- l ing lines and avoiding the common control Of such lines ey eny means enactment of such faaislatl0n as will | prevent by federal Festrietion the fu- ture ever-issue of stocks and bonds The enactment in constitutional form | by the present session of Congress of the elHplnyars' liability laws; the nsss- age and enforcement ef the safety ap- tional protection secured for engineers and firernen. the reduction in the hours of laheFeFs. tr4iuuaen and railread tel. sSe pcwsss S ef mSSistson Sfsss ana sGsos srSstrsr tton between the interstate railroads and thair esnployea and the law making beginning h the policy of eenapensas ernment are anong the most commend. able aceompltshmeAts of the present Administration. But there ls further work in this direction yet te be done devotion to every clause that makes for safety and the betterment of con. diticns ahnons those whose labor con. sripSSEtes ISSs % much tQ the prosress and The same wise policy which has in- ducAd the Republican Party to main tain protection of American labor. to
 racon of s spa pase aSav wSSE SaE m s Ssa the. list of employees who shall have preferred claim for wages under the bss;nskrurtcy ns;ss laws; to edeRt aR sdsquats Columbia, to direct an investigation in. t0s the conditions Of working women and children, and later the employees of tslseaoqs and telegraph sonapaa!ss en- proprlate st5o,000 at the recent session Of Congress in order to eefure a thor ough inquiry into the eauses of catas- teosnss SsDs ana snd loss of fs H mines and hibiting the importation of contract labor will be pursued in every legiti- mate direction within Federal auther- the special needs of wage workers generally for their we'll being means the well being ef all, But more ira- Pertsnt than an ether s9nsiderstions especially stand for the needs of every American. whatever his occupation iF his capacity as . self respecting citi-
 Among those whose welfare is as vital to the welfare of the whole ceun- try as Is that of the wage eaPner 10 the American farmer, The prosperity
 
 prosperity of the farmer Not only in advancing agriculture itself. but in in, creastng the eonvenienees of rural life in order to attract farmers sons and daughters toward rather than away from the farm. have the energies 0f the administration been engaged.
 Free rural mail delivery was estab- llshed over earnest Democratic opposl- tion. it now reaches millions of our citizens and we favor it's extension tln. til every community in the land rs- ceives the full benefits of the postal service. We recognize the social and economical advantage of good country roads. maintained more and more large ly at public expense and less and less at the expense of the ahutting owners. Tn this work we recommend the grow ing factors of State aid and believe in such national assistance as can be ap- propriately rendered.
 Limit to Insuncti0ns.
 We declare for such amendments of the statutes of procedure In the Fed oral couFts with respect to the use Of the writ of injunction as win, on the one hand prevent the summary Issue of such orders without proper consid- eratfon, and on the other will preserve undininished the power of the courts to enforce their process to the end that Justice may be done at all times and
 The Republican Party has been for more than fifty years the consistent friend of the American negro. It gave him freedom and citizenship. It wrote into the organized law ef the land the declarations that proclaim his civil and political rights. and 1t believes today that hIs noteworthy progress in iDtel- ligence. authority and goed citizenship