Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-08-06
THE REPUBLICAN STATE PLATFORM
, Adoptad at the State Conventions Held In
| Mitchell, Tuesday, July IL.

| Mitchell, Tuesday, July IL.
We, the republicans of South Da
kota, in convention assembled, d,
hereby reaffirm our allegiance to tn,
great republican party and our loyal
ty to the principles upon which it wa
founded
In the language of the national plat
form, we declare that "this great his
toric organization, which destroyed
slavery, preserved the union, re
stored credit, expanded the ma
tional domain, established sound q
nancial system, developed the indus
tries and resources of the country, anl
gave to the nation her seat of honor
in the councils OF the world, nov
meets the new problems of govern
ment with the same courage and Ca.
pacity with which it solved the old. ,
We heartily endorse and approve the
platform adopted by the National
Republican Convention at Chicago on
ly ratify The selection of Hon. Will
liam "a. Taft and James S. Sherman
as the standard bearers of our party
in the coming campaign.
We approve in fullest measure the
principles and policies ineugurated
by Theodore Roosevelt and cougratu-
late our great party upon its loyalty
to these principles and policies shown
by the selection of the great Secreta-
ry OF War, who is unequivocally COM
mltted to them, as the successor OF
President Roosevelt to carry them on.
We hereby ratlfy and reaffirm the
platform of the republican party of
South Dakota adopted by the State
Convention on April 7th, 1908, as a
declaration Of our party upon state
issues.
We especially endorse the resolu-
tion in the national republican plat.
form which declares unequlvocally
for revision of the tariff BY special
session OF congress Immediately fol-
lowing the Inauguration of the next
president, and in making such revis-
ion, we favor the removal of the tar
fl from coal, iron, lumber and wood
pulp, as well as from all articles the
price or production of which is con-
trolled by trust or monopoly. Revls-
ion, however, should be made by the
friends OF the protective system and
notify its enemies, because the policy of
protection to American industries has
given to the the Republic the most re-
markable growth In the history of
the world and should be preserved.
We heartily endorse the enactment
OF the interstate railroad rate law and
the vigorous enforcement of the stat
utes against rebates and discrimina-
tions and specifically approve of that
part OF our national platform which
favors sucn legislation and supervision
as will prevent the future over issue
of stocks and bonds by Interstate car
riers.
We favor the extension of the power
of the interstate commerce commits
sion so as to make it effective in fixing
and establishing maximum rates, ,andso
that the commission can control the
making of class sifcations. We also
favor the giving to the board of rail-
road commissioners of this state the
power to control classifcations and a
law requiring that rate or classifica-
tion once established between points
wholly within this state shall not be
advanced without notice to the board
OF railroad commi ssioners.
We heartily endorse the efforts
made by the national administration
to crush out monopolies and illegal
combinations and to sternly punish
the offenders. We insist upon a re-
lentless continuance of that policy.
We believe that the ascertainment
of the true cash value of all public
service corporations is essential to an
intelligent establishment of rates and
the proper control OF such corpora.
tions and that all public service cor
porations shall be required to keep a
uniform system of bookkeeping and
accounts, which shall at all times be
open to the inspection OF the inter
state commerce commission and the
established boards of railroad com-
m ssioners and assessment boards oil
the several states.
We heartily endorse the law pass
ed by the last legislature appropriate
ing money to be used for the purpose
of ascertaining the true cash value oil
the railroads in this state and the
steps taken by the railroad commits.
sioners to carry on that work. We fa-
vor the making OF sufficient appro-
priation to enable the board to fully
complete the work thus begun.
We favor the comprehensive and
permanent improvement OF the Mise
issippi and Missouri rivers and de-
clare that the railroad freight rates