Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-16


 fere with the operation 0f such as
 sociations among business men
 farmers and wage earners as will re-
 suit in positive benefit to the pub.
 lie.
 We approve the enactment of the
 railroad rate law and the vigorous
 enforcement by the present adminis-
 tration of the statutes against re-
 bates and discriminations as the re- suit of which the advantages former l ly possessed by the large shippers over the small shippers have substan-
 tially disappeared. In this connec- l ton we commend the appropriation of $35O,0 by the present congress in order to enable the interstate con- merce commission thoroughly to in- vestigate and give publicity to the ac- counts of interstNte railroads. We believe, However, that the interstate commerce law should be further amended so as to give railroads the right to make and publish traffic agreements subject to the approval of the commission but maintaining all ways the principle of competition be- tween naturally competing lines and avoiding the common control of such lines by any means whatsoever and such legislation as will. prevent by l federal restriction the future over-is- sue of stocks and bonds by interstate carriers.
 | The enactment in constitutional form by the present session of con- gress of the employers liability law; the passage and enforcement of the safety appliance statutes as we'll as the additional protection secured for engineers and firemen, the reduction in the hours of laborers, trainmen and railroad telegraphers; the successful exercise of the powers of mediation and arbitration between interstate railroads and their employees and the law making beginning in the policy of compensation for injured employees of the government are among the most commendable accomplishments of the present administration. But there is further work In this direc- tion yet to be done, and the republi- can party pledges Its devotion to ev- cry cause that makes for safety and the betterment of conditions among those whose labor contributes so much to the progress and welfare of the country.
 The same policy which has induced the republican party to maintain pre- lection to American labor. 10 estab- lish an eight hour day in the con struction of all public work to in- crease the list of employees which shall have preferred claim for wages under the bankruptcy laws, 10 adopt an adequate child labor statute for the District of Columbia, to direct an investigation into the conditions of working women and children, and later the employees of telephone and telegraph companies engaged in in- terstate business, to appropriate S150,000 at the recent session of con gress in order to secure thorough inquiry into the causes ot catas- trophes and loss of life in the mines, and to amend and strengthen the law prohibiting the importation of con tract labor. will be pursued in every legitimate direction within federal authority, to Tighten the burdens and increase the opportunity for happi- ness and advancement of all who toll. The republican party recog- nizes the special needs of wage work CTS generally, for their veil being means the we'll being of all.
 But more important than all other l considerations is that of good citizen ship and we especially stand for the | needs of every American whatever his occupation in his capacity as a ] self-respecting citizen.
 Among those whose welfare is as vital to the welfare of the whole | country rests peculiarly upon the prosperity of agriculture. The re- publican party during the last twelve years had accomplished extraordinary work in bringing the resources of the national government to the aid oi the farmer. Not only in advanc- ing agriculture itself, but in increas- ing the conveniences of rural life in order to attract farmers sons and toward rather than away from the farm, have the energies of the administration been engaged.
 Free rural mail delivery was es- tablished over earnest democratic op- position. 1t now reaches millions of our citizens, and we favor its exten- sion until every community in the land receives the full benefits of the postal service. We recognize the so- cial and economical advantage of good country roads, maintained more and more largely at public expense and less and less at the expense of the abutting owners. In this work we the growing factors of state aid and believe in such national assistance as can be appropriately 
 We declare for such amendments of the statutes Of procedure in the federal courts with respect to the use Df the writ of injunction as will, on he one hand prevent the summary ssue of such orders without proper and. on the other. will preserve undiminlshed the power of he courts to enforce their process. o the end that justice may be done It all times and to all parties. The 'epublican party has been for more han fifty years the consistent friend { f the American negro. It gave him reedom and citizenship. Ii wrote ! ntO the organic law of the land the ! that proclaim his civil [ md political rights, and 1t believes z o-day that his noteworthy progress n intelligence. industry and good Q has earned the respect and ' Of the nation. We demand equal justice for all len. without regard to race or color. .